Mark Gillespie's Columns
An Invitation to Join a New Anarchist Community
"I don't care anymore about who wears the title of 'Grand High Anarchist.' I don't care if barter is better than currency or vice versa. I really don't care about whether or not someone calls me a collectivist, communist or an-soc....What I do care about is being free to live my life in peace with others who wish to do the same." Column by Mark Gillespie.
Anarchist Finance, or What Price Ancapistan?
Another column by Mark Gillespie about how we move from a police state to Ancapistan.
Intentional Communities: The Fastest and Cheapest Way of Secession
"There's a question that is on the lips of every anarchist that I know (whether an-cap or an-soc): How will we destroy the state?" Column by Mark Gillespie.
"So, as you watch these scenes of killing and murder, don’t just feel sorry for the poor Iraqi or bemoan the wars that make young men into killers. Be truly concerned for your own ass, because what’s happening in Fallujah or Najaf today, will be happening tomorrow, in a city near you." Column by Mark Gillespie.
Contrarianism in everyday living. Column by Mark Gillespie.
"The whole point of being an anarchist is eliminating the state, not using state power to destroy the state. Anyone who would claim absolute power over anyone else is automatically suspect as far as anarchy is concerned." Column by Mark Gillespie.
F**k the Law: Illegal Concealed Carry
"The fact is that, as an anarch, I don’t feel that any other individual or their chosen tool, the State, has the right to tell me how much protection and what form of it I may have." Column by Mark Gillespie.
Taoism and Anarchy: The Ancient Way to a Modern Freedom
"...if there ever were a philosophy that shared so much with our anarchist worldview, that philosophy would be Taoism. As a matter of fact, I would go as far as to say that Taoism and Anarchy are nearly the same, in their basic essentials." Column by new Root Striker Mark Gillespie.