I would suggest that perhaps the greatest organic radical thinker was Jesus the Nazarene. The travesty of his message twisted and deliberately misrepresented by organised religion has done the same job of work that the criminocrats’ industrial project has done. If we try and follow the two commandments that he gave us - Love God (creation) and Love others as we Love ourselves - then we might better practice Pro-Nature Organic Thinking and regain much of the medieval holistic world view and enable Organic Radicalism to flourish once more.
Is there, amongst your writings, or from your fellows, a critique of psychiatry? As a life-long victim of it and its neurotoxins, only recently realizing its scope, I would like to see that.
Not currently, though I learned a lot on the subject from my good friend Pete Shaughnessy (RIP) and the Mad Pride organisation of which he was a leading member. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shaughnessy
There is a lot here to be digested and I will have to read it again, probably a third time. But my initial reaction is to the epithet "radical," which may or may not be used properly. In fact, it is never used correctly. Radical (from radix) is that which gets to and is at, the root of the matter. One would necessarily have to trace its misuse and abuse over the past two centuries to truly understand how it was perverted. But what I think you are writing of, is actually getting at the root of the matter. That is, to dig up the falsehood at its root and dispose of it. If that is where you are headed (and, again, I'll re-read you), then I can see the label, "radical," as being used rightly. Of course, the Black Panther party and the Weathermen and Bader Meinhof all labeled themselves (wrongly) "radical," but they meant "extremely dangerous to the authority they despised." As long as you do not think you will be classified into a general grouping with faux-radicals...
Yes, the term "radical" is intended to indicate a desire to tackle issues at their roots, and indeed to restore a culture of rootedness. The second connotation of radical change is also appropriate in that we do urgently need to combat the current uprooting of humanity in order to rediscover that rooted, organic, way of being. Labels are notoriously treacherous and frequently misleading, but hopefully the content of the ideas communicated through the project makes it clear that we have nothing in common with those who use the word "radical" in other ways.
I especially liked this: "The global criminocrats can’t have people clinging to old-fashioned beliefs in the importance of local community, culture and connection to place!" and the list of "They can't..." 's that followed. Truth!
Interesting article thank you. I find it interesting you don't mention...or know of.....Dr. Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian philosopher and founder of the Anthroposophical (Wisdom of Man)l Society in the early 20th Century. He was the founder of the Waldorf Schools, and wrote and lectured on divers subjects such as medicine, nutrition, farming, societal structure but above all was able to interpret the great sweep of history , culminating in unlocking our Christian mysteries and their meaning for our times.
He established himself as a counterforce to the industrialisation and gross materialism you describe, but by urging a stronger personal relationship with the divin
Hit the wrong button! Was meaning to say he urged a personal and responsive relationship with the divine spiritual realm on the basis of knowledge of occult truths, known as spiritual science.
Yes, I have heard interesting things about Steiner but have not looked at him yet... The collection of organic radical thinkers does not pretend to be comprehensive - it's an ongoing project!
Thank you - that was interesting, especially as I am still trying to come to understanding of "natural law", which many talk about.
One question: how do the horrific punishments of the medieval period, from torture to hanging, fit in to a way of life that you admire? (Not forgetting the feudal aspects too.)
It's not a literal return to the Middle Ages that we need (including executions et al), but an orientation towards a future drawing on the positive qualities of a past now dismissed as irrelevant.
“It's not revolution we're after; it's liberation. We want to be free of a value system that's being imposed upon us...”
- John Trudell
"Machine money progress is the cause of our common abuse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NmEot5IIUg
"The Halluci Nation
The human beings
The people see the spiritual in the natural
Through sense and feeling
Everything is related
All the things of earth and in the sky have spirit
Everything is sacred
Confronted by the alienation
The subjects and the citizens see the material religions through trauma and numb
Nothing is related
All the things of the earth and in the sky have energy to be exploited
Even themselves, mining their spirits into souls, sold
Until nothing is sacred not even their self"
https://youtu.be/WhlKs_3Srj0?si=ejojvHP-KrCqb2tl
Fantastic article Paul. Loved reading it.
I would suggest that perhaps the greatest organic radical thinker was Jesus the Nazarene. The travesty of his message twisted and deliberately misrepresented by organised religion has done the same job of work that the criminocrats’ industrial project has done. If we try and follow the two commandments that he gave us - Love God (creation) and Love others as we Love ourselves - then we might better practice Pro-Nature Organic Thinking and regain much of the medieval holistic world view and enable Organic Radicalism to flourish once more.
A very powerful essay!
Thanks Luc.
Thank you. Permission to translate into Portuguese and publish with acknowledgement at libertarios.pt?
Of course!
Is there, amongst your writings, or from your fellows, a critique of psychiatry? As a life-long victim of it and its neurotoxins, only recently realizing its scope, I would like to see that.
Not currently, though I learned a lot on the subject from my good friend Pete Shaughnessy (RIP) and the Mad Pride organisation of which he was a leading member. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shaughnessy
I can't thank you enough for writing this incredibly important synthesis.
Thank you, too, for your interest and encouragement.
The mapping of the orgrad network sounds like a great project for a student or complexity expert to tackle!
There is a lot here to be digested and I will have to read it again, probably a third time. But my initial reaction is to the epithet "radical," which may or may not be used properly. In fact, it is never used correctly. Radical (from radix) is that which gets to and is at, the root of the matter. One would necessarily have to trace its misuse and abuse over the past two centuries to truly understand how it was perverted. But what I think you are writing of, is actually getting at the root of the matter. That is, to dig up the falsehood at its root and dispose of it. If that is where you are headed (and, again, I'll re-read you), then I can see the label, "radical," as being used rightly. Of course, the Black Panther party and the Weathermen and Bader Meinhof all labeled themselves (wrongly) "radical," but they meant "extremely dangerous to the authority they despised." As long as you do not think you will be classified into a general grouping with faux-radicals...
Yes, the term "radical" is intended to indicate a desire to tackle issues at their roots, and indeed to restore a culture of rootedness. The second connotation of radical change is also appropriate in that we do urgently need to combat the current uprooting of humanity in order to rediscover that rooted, organic, way of being. Labels are notoriously treacherous and frequently misleading, but hopefully the content of the ideas communicated through the project makes it clear that we have nothing in common with those who use the word "radical" in other ways.
Paolo, grazie per questo bell'articolo!
I especially liked this: "The global criminocrats can’t have people clinging to old-fashioned beliefs in the importance of local community, culture and connection to place!" and the list of "They can't..." 's that followed. Truth!
When the psychopathic techno/fascists obliterate most of the planet the "remains" of humanity will revert to a deindustrialized primitive state.
Interesting article thank you. I find it interesting you don't mention...or know of.....Dr. Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian philosopher and founder of the Anthroposophical (Wisdom of Man)l Society in the early 20th Century. He was the founder of the Waldorf Schools, and wrote and lectured on divers subjects such as medicine, nutrition, farming, societal structure but above all was able to interpret the great sweep of history , culminating in unlocking our Christian mysteries and their meaning for our times.
He established himself as a counterforce to the industrialisation and gross materialism you describe, but by urging a stronger personal relationship with the divin
Hit the wrong button! Was meaning to say he urged a personal and responsive relationship with the divine spiritual realm on the basis of knowledge of occult truths, known as spiritual science.
Yes, I have heard interesting things about Steiner but have not looked at him yet... The collection of organic radical thinkers does not pretend to be comprehensive - it's an ongoing project!
Thank you - that was interesting, especially as I am still trying to come to understanding of "natural law", which many talk about.
One question: how do the horrific punishments of the medieval period, from torture to hanging, fit in to a way of life that you admire? (Not forgetting the feudal aspects too.)
It's not a literal return to the Middle Ages that we need (including executions et al), but an orientation towards a future drawing on the positive qualities of a past now dismissed as irrelevant.
“I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”
― William Blake, Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion