THE DRUMS OF LIBERATION

One Piece and Zen One Piece is my favorite anime, and quite possibly one of the greatest works of fiction, ever. Fight me. I have so many thoughts about the importance of its themes that I struggle to write them down. While its anarchist themes are fairly self-evident, this video’s Buddhist interpretation is very interesting […]

Strike at Sen Yu Clothings (Myanmar) factory (used by ENCUENTRO Moda)

As I wrote in 2021 in Buddhist Anarchists for Myanmar Buddhist anarchists demand the end of capitalism and economic exploitation. One cannot live a right livelihood by exploiting others’ labour, be it a worker in a field, a factory or an office, or a wife, daughter or mother’s labor in the home. Only when every […]

Reinventing the Wheel

Archives of the buddhist peace fellowship The Buddhist Peace Fellowship was, at least in the West, the most influential organization of the “Engaged Buddhism” tendency in the late 20th Century. It is still active today but has declined in membership and influence since its heyday. To understand the politics of the BPF it is especially […]

How to Organise Your Building

Authors: Rose Lenehan and Tracy Rosenthal PDF file size: 207 KB Download PDF This article by Rose Lenehan and Tracy Rosenthal originally appeared in … How to Organise Your Building We don’t just talk about philosophy and meditation here: the point of practice is not to benefit yourself, but to help others. Get your shit […]

Anarchist Compass: 29 Ways of Navigating Christofascism

NOTE: “Anarchist Compass: 29 Offerings for Navigating Christofascism” is an act of love and solidarity. It is intended for everyone who sees … Anarchist Compass: 29 Ways of Navigating Christofascism My favorite quotes : Compassion is a kind of strength. That means care for comrades, not only fighting against repression, but fighting for a world […]

Circling the Ⓐ: Revolution in a Single Syllable

Let us therefore trust the eternal Spirit which destroys and annihilates only because it is the unfathomable and eternally creative source of all life. The passion for destruction is a creative passion, too. — Mikhail Bakunin 1. Love it or hate it, the “Circle A” — scrawled on walls, carved in bathroom stalls, printed on […]

Tips for radical Buddhist study groups

I have recently had the good fortune to find a radical Buddhism study group. This has been incredibly supportive, both for my practice and for this blog getting going again. During my hiatus from No Selves, No Masters I started an anarchist study group which would eventually become the Center for Especifismo Studies (CES). When […]

Case #69: Gudō’s Teapot

A long time ago in a galaxy far away… Zen master Gudō and his students from the village had just finished their weekly zazenkai and were enjoying some tea and biscuits. A student asked the master: “Master, I have a problem. I want to help sentient beings by working to improve society. But my mind […]

Nondominational Buddhism

Several years ago I wrote a post about the expected scope of this research project. I wanted to clarify what kind of operation I was performing in studying the intersection of Buddhism and anarchism. In that post, out of a healthy abundance of skepticism, I concluded that a reasonable outcome would be to find an […]

White lotus, red turbans, black flags: revolutionary buddhist heretics

“The bodhisattva practices emptiness, but he does not realize emptiness…He considers peacefulness but does not seek extreme peace.” – Vimalakirti Sutra By way of (re)introduction Hello, my patient readers. Believe it or not, the work continues behind the scenes. It took me some time to come back around, but I am back on this project […]