Image The illusion of the precapitalist gift - humanaesfera What was the precapitalist gift? In what concrete material circumstances did it make sense? Here, we…
Against Civilization - John Zerzan The anthology 'Against Civilization', first published in 1999 by Uncivilized Books, is a well-regarded primer to anti-civ thought. For communists, it contains some valuable texts that are worth reflecting on.
Image Jacques Camatte and the new politics of liberation - Dave Antagonism A compilation of a series of articles that were spread over three issues of 'Green Anarchy' (#18, …
Image The brain of society: notes on Bordiga, organic centralism, and the limitations of the party form - C. Derrick Varn Article examining Bordiga's idea that after the international class war is won, the…
Image The Proliferation of Neo-Primitives Neo-primitives prefer an imaginary past to the work of creating a different society.
Image Primitivism in technological society - Miquel Amorós In these notes for a 2006 talk, Miquel Amorós depicts primitivism as an example of “false…
Image Primitive communism and women's role in its emergence How did human evolution give rise to a species whose very survival is based on mutual confidence and…
Image A Review of Jared Diamond's 'The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?'
Image Primitivism and history - Miguel Amorós An index of key quotations from the utopian and philosophical predecessors of today's primitivism, from Diogenes to Battaille, via the bagaudae,…
Image Engels was Right: Early Human Kinship was Matrilineal The earliest human institution was not the nuclear family. The latest research now indicates that it…
Image Hunter-gatherers and the mythology of the market - John Gowdy Marx claimed that "the vitality of primitive communities was incomparably greater than that of …
Image The origins of hunter-gatherer egalitarianism - Christopher Boehm Christopher Boehm's theory on how rebellions against alpha-male despotism created hunter-gatherer…
