An Anarchist Bestiary: Lichen

We are not individuals Lichens help us think beyond ourselves solely as separate individuals by highlighting the variety, complexity and intimacy of how our lives are reproduced, maintained and enriched in close interdependence with the more than human world. This is an entry in the Anarchist Bestiary, an ongoing project which shares stories that enable … Continue reading An Anarchist Bestiary: Lichen →

An Anarchist Bestiary: Jellyfish

Becoming Ungovernable Jellyfish can inspire us to escape authority, making ourselves invisible, undefinable and ungovernable; to read the prevailing currents and, avoiding co-option occupying the margins, to thrive outside the mainstream. This is an entry in the Anarchist Bestiary, an ongoing project which shares stories that enable us to learn with and from other species, … Continue reading An Anarchist Bestiary: Jellyfish →

An Anarchist Bestiary: Murmurations

Practicing Togetherness Murmurations act as an exemplar for the power and importance of practicing togetherness. Of organising, communicating, negotiating and acting together; fully responsible for ourselves, but so much stronger as a community. This is an entry in the Anarchist Bestiary, an ongoing project which shares stories that enable us to learn with and from … Continue reading An Anarchist Bestiary: Murmurations →

A Call for an Anarchist Bestiary

This podcast critiques the assumptions underlying the medieval bestiary and the way it informed modern Western scientific thinking, and reimagines a bestiary for a more than human world in which all species can thrive. It is the second of two linked episodes, the first is here. NOTE on the image: I used AI to create … Continue reading A Call for an Anarchist Bestiary →

Arrest 2: Anarchy is Order

This podcast starts with a badge, and goes on to consider the idea of anarchy. The podcast is about 11 minutes long. The roots of the circle A may lie in the logo for the Spanish branch of the International Workers Association. The modern circle A logo. The transcript of the podcast is here: Arrest … Continue reading Arrest 2: Anarchy is Order →