What Is This All About?

Free Society was an Anarchist newspaper which ran from 1895-1904, originally published in Portland, Oregon and later moved to San Francisco, California, which published articles by many import Anarchist authors and activists.

Although this newsletter probably won’t achieve the same fame, it is hoped it will maintain the same spirit of intelligent rebellion and interesting insights.

Series

There are several different series you may be interested in:

Capitalism - What Is It?

Who Deserves Our Help? (Work vs Entitlement)

What Justifies Hierarchy? Should Anyone Ruler Over Another?

Who Will Do The Dirty Jobs After The Revolution?

Radical Star Wars - Andor And Anarchism

Ursula K. Le Guin & The Dispossessed

& A Video Channel & Zines

Disclaimer

I write as part of my learning process. All my articles are to be considered drafts which may be revised and corrected as I find more information. Please let me know if you find any inaccuracies or have missed out anything important in any article.

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Series Highlights

Capitalism Series

Part of my series on Capitalism:

• What Is Capitalism

• The Father Of Capitalism

• The Real Conspiracy: Capitalism

• The Real Cost Of Capitalism

• The Capitalist Empire Strikes Back

• How Capitalism Co-Opted Christianity

• Are We Property?

• Redefining Capitalism

• Dubious Defences Of Capitalism

• Capitalism vs Socialism

• Why Hate Capitalism

  
  Also see -

• Were We Born Evil? (Or Did Capitalism Make Us That Way?)

• I, Pencil, The True Story

• & The Radical Little Red Hen & Capitalism’s Fairy Tales

Entitlement Series

This article is part of The Universal Entitlement Series (& adjacent articles):

• The Moral Question

• Society And Shoulds

• The Myth Of Merit

• Were We Born Evil?

• Competition vs Co-operation

• Universal Basic Illusion

• How The World Became This Way

• A Better World Is Possible

• Entitled To Everything

• Also see - Capitalism vs Socialism on the morality of Capitalism

Hierarchy Series

• Five Questions Of Power

• Justifications For Hierarchy

• Hierarchy And Revolution

• Justifications For Hierarchy (Under Leninism)

• The Key Keeper

• Organising Without Rulers

You might also appreciate -

• Are You An Anarchist? (Graeber)

• Love Is Anarchist

Sci-Fi Anarchists Series

• The Anarchist Avengers

• The Last Of Us Town Of Jackson

• Star Wars Andor

  • Star Wars Radical Origins

  • Andor’s Political Inspiration

  • Nemik’s Anarchist Manifesto

  • Nemik’s Manifesto Origins

  • Anarchist Saw Gerrera

  • Radical Star Wars Conclusions

• Dispossessed Series

  • How Anarres Works

  • The Utopian Pravic Language

  • Odonian Hymn Of The Insurrection

  • Antillia’s Utopia (Anarres On Earth)

  • In Defence Of The Dispossessed

• V For Vendetta

  • V Speaks To Madam Justice

  • V For Poetry

What’s In A Word Series

• What Is Conservatism?

• What Is Liberalism?

• What Is Socialism?

• What Is Capitalism?

• What Is Republicanism?