Content tagged with "anarchy"

The Gift Economy on the Internet

Posted by Mary in ZapBoom on 11/08/2007 at 14:32

Open it up, it's free... and here's why

 

One of the basic tenets of anarchist thought is the gift economy, an economic system in which goods and services are given without any explicit agreement for a reciprocal gift of money, good or services from the receiver. Basically, in a gift economy, if someone needs something which you have the ability to give, you give it, and vice versa. Most people consider gift economies to be rather silly and utopian ("someone's just gonna give me a new cell phone - yeah right!"), but what few people realize is that a

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It's Anarchy, Baby!

Posted by Mary in ZapBoom on 16/07/2007 at 13:10

"These anarchists are scaring me with their theories of bourgeois reproduction."


On Saturday I went to a friend's wedding in DC. In between the church ceremony and the reception I found myself at loose ends. I was wandering around the Columbia Heights neighborhood when I found a very cool restaurant/bar/community center/lefty book store called Busboys and Poets. I decided to buy a book and read for a couple of hours. What I picked was Days of Love, Nights of War: Crimethink for Beginners and I really liked it. It's written by an anarchist collective called CrimethInc (cute!) and it's

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