NOTE: There are some spoilers below for people unfamiliar with the TV series or books. Also, this commentary is confined to a reading of the television series alone, not the books. It also borrows from some of my own scattered observations over the last several years on social media and in some cases from my own posts to fan discussion threads. For sci-fi fans there are a lot of things to love about The Expanse. Top on the list for many people is …
Tag: Anarchism
Paul Burrows (March 7, 2021) Today is the 100th anniversary of the day that the repression against the Kronstadt soviet began. Judging from the relative absence of any discussion about Kronstadt over the last several years …
[Some brief remarks for “Red November / Black November,” Winnipeg I.W.W. feast, November 15, 2014.] It’s an honour to be invited to say a few words about memory and martyrs of the working class. But sadly, …
Paul Burrows Originally published in Chris Spannos (ed.), Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century (AK Press, 2008) Editor’s note: This chapter is based on a talk given at the Life After Capitalism Conference, World …
Originally published in Manitoba History Journal (Number 57, February 2008) Emma Goldman visited and lectured in Winnipeg on five separate occasions: first in 1907, twice in 1908, again in 1927, and finally in late-1939, just five …
ANARCHISM & RADICAL DISSENT: “Winnipeg Social Forum,” University of Winnipeg, May 7th, 2005 I’ve been asked to initiate a discussion about something called “anarchism & radical dissent,” and touch on some core issues of activism: like …
“Is There An Alternative to Capitalism?” Rough transcript of a talk by Paul Burrows (of Mondragón Bookstore & Coffee House) as part of the SMAC (Structured Movement Against Capitalism) forum on “Alternatives to Capitalism” (Wednesday, April …