Weekly Shaarli

All links of one week in a single page.

Week 33 (August 12, 2019)

Haile Selassie of Ethiopia Dies at 83 [1975]
A Walk In Hong Kong

A first-hand account of a Hong Kong protest.

What is Dual Power? | Communist Labor Party
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I don't know anything about this organization, but I like their primer on dual power.

"Dual Power institutions come in two flavors: alternative institutions and counter-institutions. ... The two kinds of Dual Power institutions do this from different (but complementary) angles. Alternative institutions meet a need directly. Counter-institutions challenge capitalism’s way of doing things. Alternative institutions start making a system that’s just, while counter-institutions work against one that’s unjust."

Exit Interview: I Was a Black, Female Thru-Hiker on the Appalachian Trail [2017]

"There’s a great deal of privilege that goes into thru-hiking. [...] You have to buy your gear. You have to travel. You have to take six months out of your life. You have to find a way to feel safe. That’s one of the reasons the trail looks like it does."

What Happens When Cities Make Homelessness a Crime: Hiding The Homeless - YouTube
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This short [12:54] Vice doc from the end of 2015 is a look at the criminalization of homelessness, and the second half is an expose of Robert Marbut's grift of selling his anti-homeless consulting services to municipalities and business improvement districts.

Resisting Tyranny in Hong Kong | The Final Straw Radio Podcast

Good interview with an activist in Hong Kong.

Kevin Carson’s Revival of Individualist Anarchist Economic Theory - Anarkismo

Wayne Price's review of Kevin Carson's "Studies in Mutualist Political Economy"