One of the most successful noosurgical instruments of early internet culture, the Political Compass was created in 2001 by New Zealand journalist and amateur noosurgeon Wayne Brittenden. It draws from the work of Wilhelm Reich, Hans Eysenck, and Theodor Adorno, according to the website’s own description. Because, of course,
Marx's philosophy of history aims to interpret historical change as the result of the interplay of conscious human decision, technological innovation, and the social relations that facilitate the development of technological infrastructure in human societies. He explicitly argues that this materialist dialectic points to a historical trajectory which,
Since the wave of republican revolutions from the 1700s to the 1800s the geoculture (the set of dominant norms of the modern world-system) has been dominated by liberal ideology. The major selling point of liberalism has been that it is about liberty; that it is the political ideology most concerned
The state feeds. But never without consequences. Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meals Program (MBG) arrives with promises that are difficult to reject : addressing stunting, improving children’s nutrition, and proving that the state is truly present in people’s lives. In its official narrative, MBG is framed as a symbol
Negara memberi makan. Tapi tidak pernah tanpa konsekuensi. Program Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG) di Indonesia hadir dengan janji yang sulit ditolak yakni mengatasi stunting, memperbaiki gizi anak, dan menunjukkan bahwa negara benar benar hadir dalam kehidupan rakyat. Dalam narasi resminya, MBG adalah simbol kemajuan, bukti bahwa negara tidak hanya mengatur,
Anarchism in Indonesia is often imagined as something that must always be visible: black flags, loud slogans, and open confrontation with the police. This image is convenient for the state and the media, as it makes labeling, criminalization, and simplification much easier. What is rarely discussed is the reality that
The regime of Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party in Hungary has for the last 16 years been a model for the populist attempt to remove liberalism from democracy. Right-wing populists naturally seek a democratic mandate against corrupt elites but want to be unrestrained in the use of state power
I would like to start by quoting one of the most important journalists of today, Julian Assange, who was asked about the character of the state I come from: He said that, like several other countries, Serbia is place where the future happens first. That being said, it is important
Despite massive rejection since it was proposed, the revision of the Indonesia Military Law (RUU TNI) was still enacted on March 20, 2025. After the enactment, the rejection from the people escalated and gave birth to massive #TolakRUUTNI (literally translated to reject the revision of the Indonesia Military Law) demonstrations
Anarchism is the political philosophy that calls for replacing all relations of domination with relations of free association. We call for this because we understand that human beings sustain ourselves through free cooperation. When we dominate each other the dominated experience the domination as an alienating force that excludes them
When the Spanish Section of CIT decided to bring multiple lawsuits against the CNT-AIT some years ago, it was very important how they did it. The Secretary of the CNT-CIT, Enrique Hoz, hired a lawyer who filed these suits – without the mandate of the organization to do it. This says
Anarchism, plain and simple.
어제(20일) 오전 10시 30분경, 경남 진주 CU 물류센터 앞 도로 위에서 사람이 죽었다. 아니, 정확히 말하자면 자본과 국가가 공모하여 노동자를 죽였다. 파업 16일 차, 생존권을 지키기 위해 연좌 농성을 하던 화물연대 조합원 동지를 자본의 이윤을 실은 대체 차량이 짓밟고 지나갔다. 사고인가? 아니다. 이것은 파업을 무력화하려는 자본의 탐욕과 그 하수인을
The regime of Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party in Hungary has for the last 16 years been a model for the populist attempt to remove liberalism from democracy. Right-wing populists naturally seek a democratic mandate against corrupt elites but want to be unrestrained in the use of state power
민주주의를 위한 변호팀(TAUD)에 소속된 시민사회 운동가들이 처음부터 안드리 유누스에 대한 산성 테러 사건을 단순한 폭력이나 상해 행위가 아닌 계획적인 살인 미수로 간주해야 한다고 주장한 데에는 그만한 이유가 있다. 산성 액체는 그 엄청난 파괴력과 치사율로 인해 많은 국가에서 살인 수단으로 지정되었다는 사실 외에도, 가해자들이 신체의 다른 부위가 아닌 얼굴을
On March 28 Americans and others internationally took to the streets in the millions and across the country in No Kings protests. These protests are directed against the Trump administration which has been using ICE to terrorize communities across the country according to an ethnocratic antiimmigration agenda and launched an
It is not without reason that activists from the civil society movement who are members of the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) from the start called for the case of acid attack on Andrie Yunus to be seen as an attempt at premeditated murder, instead of being seen as an
Bukan tanpa alasan para aktivis dari gerakan masyarakat sipil yang tergabung dalam Tim Advokasi untuk Demokrasi (TAUD) sedari awal menyerukan agar kasus penyiraman air keras terhadap Andrie Yunus dilihat sebagai upaya pembunuhan berencana, alih-alih dilihat sebagai tindak kekerasan atau penganiayaan biasa. Selain bahwa air keras telah ditetapkan sebagai alat pembunuhan
인간에게 평화를, 제도에는 전쟁을!
It is often said that the digital age is one of mis and dis-information. Algorithms feed us both accurate and baseless narratives, while giving us very little to distinguish the two from each other to the benefit of opportunistic social forces and elites. That said, widespread falsehoods have been part
And those subjected to violence for resisting state arbitrariness
Dan orang-orang yang mendapat kekerasan karena perlawanannya terhadap kesewenang-wenangan Negara.
The Board of Peace did not emerge from a vacuum. It was born out of a crisis of legitimacy within the U.S. led global order. Following a series of unilateral moves by Washington including aggression toward Venezuela and open tensions with the mechanisms of the United Nations, the idea