Personal
- About me
I am a musician who wanted to write more political songs and then realised i couldnt do so honestly if i didnt get my act together and get involved in the actual movement. I try and use music as much as possible to aid the cause of anarchist revolution in many ways, but my political activity is not limited to this. I was a founding member of the Antimilitarist Network, after having been involved in the Smash Edo campaign and seeing the limitations of it. I have also played supporting roles in many other campaigns, mostly at my University, Sussex.. I am a hippy stereotype in many ways- i play acoustic guitar, have dreadlocks and take pyschedelic drugs, but i´m not a pacifist, and am committed to a materialist philosophical outlook, after having dabbled in pseudo-spiritual bollocks for a while and ultimatly rejected it. I am now the Latin American Secretary for the Anarchist Federation and am currently touring the region making contacts for IFA.
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 20 - 29
- Custom title
- Just coz i´m a hippy don´t mean i won´t burn down a police station
- Interests
- Travelling, Music, "conciousness expansion", Political theory, Direct Action
- Favourite books
- The Brothers Karamatsov, Crime and Punishment (Dostoyevsky), lots of Terry Pratchett, Yann Martell.
- Favourite films
- Dog Day Afternoon, Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas, Casablanca, Land and Freedom
- Music
- Industrial Metal, Dubstep, Techno, Drum and Bass, Ska, Reggae, Acoustic Folk, Folk Punk, Punk, Nu Metal, Gabba
- Dislikes
- Authority, Alienated Labour, Spirituality, Arrogance
Networking and politics
- Political label
- "United Colours of Resistance" Anarchist Communist, Social Ecologist, Anarcha-Feminist, Queer Anarchist, Lifestylist, Antimilitarist, Insurrectionalist
- Region
- UK
- Country and town
- Brighton
- Employment sector
- education and learning
- Political group membership
- Anarchist Federation of the British Isles, International of Anarchist Federations, Antimilitarist Network (UK), Autonomous Student´s Network, Education Not For Sale, Workers Climate Action
- Occupation
- Student
- What do your politics mean to you?
I believe that Anarchist Communism is the only viable form of social organisation if we are to avoid ecological collapse, as well as being desirable in its own right. I beleive that a strong antimilitarist focus is an essential component of any revolutionary movement, or else we are doomed to eventual failure. I do also see workplace struggle as another essential component, but believe that it is not nearly enough by itself. I see what some call "lifestylism" as yet another essential component and will strongly challange those who dismiss its value as hypocrits. I also beleive that widespread insurrection is neccessary, though again, not by itself.
- Favourite thinkers
- Piotr Kropotikin, Murray Bookchin, Errico Malatesta, David Harvey, Alfredo Bonabo, the Crimethinc Collective, and (last but not least) Myself
- Favourite political books
- "Going to places that scare me", Kriss Krass, "Lets Demolish, and then?.." Errico Malatesta, "Prisons and their Moral Influence on Prisoners" Kropotkin
History
- Member for
- 3 weeks 4 days