Theory/Practice

Been away in The Capital Of Europe for a week, and a post or several about this experience should be on the way soon, but in the interim, here's a shortish piece for 3:AM on Verso's Radical Thinkers series. In terms of the praxis/talking question, the Climate Camp have set up er, camp on the heath where the revolting peasants used to assemble before descending upon the capital - and about a ten minute walk from my flat. I shall most certainly be partaking as soon as I get all the deadlines I accumulated over the holiday out of the way, but you should certainly take a look at this list of discussion topics, via the Blackheath Bugle - an extensive, fascinating and interestingly contradictory selection there, with a talk on stopping coal mining next to a meeting celebrating women's role in the miners' strike. Possibly most curious of all is the topic 'Composting the Capitalist State – how we can, why we must'. The Socialist Lavatory League may have to attend to give the case against the Earth Closet.