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Amid the crises: mutual aid as a response in the decade of immanent collapse

We are entering the second Holiday season since the pandemic hit us. We are also about to enter a brand new year, where, again, the uncertainty of the pandemic is still shivering down our spines. We know that this nightmare is most likely far from over. What’s worse is that the pandemic is not theContinue reading “Amid the crises: mutual aid as a response in the decade of immanent collapse”

Independent and Dependant Antigua

An intersectional approach to the racist colonial hierarchies instilled within Antigua’s national identity Britain has irrevocably moulded the national identity of Antiguans. Europe has incessantly meddled with the inner workings of Antiguan society while profiting off of the people they deem as inferior. The inferiority that Britain established and that Europe at large perpetuates isContinue reading “Independent and Dependant Antigua”

Mental Health in the Workplace: How Capitalism Destroys Leisure

You know that feeling you get when you know you should be studying or working, but you’re watching Netflix instead? That gut-wrenching guilt that comes not just with procrastination, but also with doing anything with your free time that’s not school/work related? That’s a result of capitalism. In my article In Defense of Anarchism, IContinue reading “Mental Health in the Workplace: How Capitalism Destroys Leisure”

Will History Repeat Itself? Looking Back at the 1920s to Predict What’s in Store in the 2020s

The 1920s, glamorised and celebrated in books and films, seems like an anomaly in history. With such vivid iconography, it’s a struggle to remember anything about the decade other than flappers, Gatsby, art deco, and jazz. It feels entirely separate from the rest of the early twentieth century and its two world wars. But, sayingContinue reading “Will History Repeat Itself? Looking Back at the 1920s to Predict What’s in Store in the 2020s”