The call to “abolish the wages system” is one of the most radical and uncompromising slogans ever to emerge from the revolutionary tradition. First advanced with urgency by anarchists and socialists in the 19th century, the demand retains its full explosive power today. In a world characterised by the obscene accumulation of wealth by the […]| The Slow Burning Fuse
The slogan “There is no authority but yourself” has been widely associated with anarcho- unk subcultures, notably popularised by the British band Crass, but its resonance extends far be…| The Slow Burning Fuse
The ruling class thrives on our exhaustion. They profit from our compliance, our silence, and our belief that resistance is futile. But what if dismantling their systems could be easy? What if it c…| The Slow Burning Fuse
Communism Without the Gulags? Growing up in capitalist societies, odds are your understanding of communism comes from a Cold War lens. You might picture long breadlines, surveillance states, gulags, and grey concrete cities where everyone is poor, miserable, and controlled by the government. And anarchism? That’s probably just Molotov cocktails and chaos. Now combine the […]| The Slow Burning Fuse
Capitalism’s defenders—whether they’re billionaires on morning talk shows, Facebook capitalism apologists, or that one uncle who won’t shut up at family dinners—love to insist that “capitalism gives everyone a chance.” That if you just work hard, study hard, and play by the rules, you too can achieve success. In this worldview, poverty is an individual […]| The Slow Burning Fuse
“Everything the rich have, they have stolen” is not metaphor. It’s not poetic exaggeration. It’s a historical and material fact. From the enclosure of the commons to today’s billionaires profiting …| The Slow Burning Fuse
This was found here: give him a visit Monday, or Tuesday, or Wednesday, or Thursday, or Friday morning arrives, grey as so often here, dragging me unwillingly into the sterile glare of office light…| The Slow Burning Fuse
Introduction: Understanding Inverted Totalitarianism In his 2003 book Democracy in Chains, political theorist Sheldon Wolin coined the term “inverted totalitarianism” to describe a political system…| The Slow Burning Fuse
The politicians, the leaders, the rich, the big bosses, are in command… THEY control. WE, THE PEOPLE, SUFFER… THEY have tried to make us mere functions of a production process. THEY have polluted the world with chemical waste from their factories. THEY shoved garbage from their media down our throats. THEY made us absurd sexual […]| The Slow Burning Fuse
Anarchism has long been misunderstood and misrepresented, often caricatured as a call for chaos or an invitation to disorder. However, at its core, anarchism represents a deeply ethical and profoun…| The Slow Burning Fuse
