Notices by David S. D’Amato (dsdamato@kolektiva.social)

“[Herbert] Read was wise beyond his years in recognizing that lasting social change must have roots in mental and emotional transformation.”

#anarchism #anarchists #leftlibertarianism #leftlibertarian

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/04/293250/

We’re in an ideological environment in which Hillary Clinton can talk about a “formal deprogramming of the cult members,” while accusing others of being extremists 🧐

#socialconstructivism #thestate #statism #anticapitalism #exploitation #leftlibertarianism

People occasionally ask whether my provocative (I guess?) opinions raise eyebrows with polite society types: almost never, and I’ll tell you why. They figure that it’s fine to be a bit eccentric because the ideas have absolutely no chance, no audience, no movement, no force capable of challenging *their* bastions, capital and the state. Are they right? #anarchism

“The figurative use of the term grows out of the idea that radical change means change at the very deepest levels, change at the roots of a system. The radical mind is one that wants to find the roots and then to see them as they are, to see what they look like in the absence of ideological appurtenances.”

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-s-d-amato-toward-an-explanation-of-the-radical