From 6f61643f8b02be9e6c0276c8286e6daba1567108 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raging Raspberries Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:51:56 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] post: welcome to resilient rockhampton --- posts/1902-05-01-mutual-aid.rst | 30 ------------------- posts/1908-07-19-what_i_believe.rst | 20 ------------- posts/1974-05-01-the_dispossessed.rst | 19 ------------ posts/1986-05-01-connotations_of_anarchy.rst | 19 ------------ ...11-19-welcome_to_resilient_rockhampton.rst | 30 +++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 posts/1902-05-01-mutual-aid.rst delete mode 100644 posts/1908-07-19-what_i_believe.rst delete mode 100644 posts/1974-05-01-the_dispossessed.rst delete mode 100644 posts/1986-05-01-connotations_of_anarchy.rst create mode 100644 posts/2021-11-19-welcome_to_resilient_rockhampton.rst diff --git a/posts/1902-05-01-mutual-aid.rst b/posts/1902-05-01-mutual-aid.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 92aa259..0000000 --- a/posts/1902-05-01-mutual-aid.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Mutual Aid: A Factor Of Evolution" -author: Pyotr Kropotkin -tags: jfdi ---- - -Each time, however, that an attempt to return to this old principle was made, -it's fundamental idea itself was widened. From the clan it was extended to the -stem, to the federation of stems, to the nation, and finally—in ideal, at -least—to the whole of mankind. It was also refined at the same time. In -primitive Buddhism, in primitive Christianity, in the writings of some of the -Mussulman teachers, in the early movements of the Reform, and especially in the -ethical and philosophical movements of the last century and of our own times, -the total abandonment of the idea of revenge, or of “due reward”—of good for -good and evil for evil—is affirmed more and more vigorously. The higher -conception of “no revenge for wrongs,” and of freely giving more than one -expects to receive from his neighbours, is proclaimed as being the real -principle of morality—a principle superior to mere equivalence, equity, or -justice, and more conducive to happiness. And man is appealed to to be guided -in his acts, not merely by love, which is always personal, or at the best -tribal, but by the perception of his oneness with each human being. - - In the practice of mutual aid, which we can retrace to the earliest - beginnings of evolution, we thus find the positive and undoubted origin of - our ethical conceptions; - -and we can affirm that in the ethical progress of man, mutual support not -mutual struggle—has had the leading part. In its wide extension, even at the -present time, we also see the best guarantee of a still loftier evolution of -our species. diff --git a/posts/1908-07-19-what_i_believe.rst b/posts/1908-07-19-what_i_believe.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 8613304..0000000 --- a/posts/1908-07-19-what_i_believe.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: What I Believe -author: Emma Goldman -published: 1908-07-19 -tags: skeleton ---- - -The student of the history of progressive thought is well aware that every idea -in its early stages has been misrepresented, and the adherents of such ideas -have been maligned and persecuted. One need not go back two thousand years to -the time when those who believed in the gospel of Jesus were thrown into the -arena or hunted into dungeons to realize how little great beliefs or earnest -believers are understood. - - The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have - dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man’s right - to his body, or woman’s right to her soul. - -If, then, from time immemorial, the New has met with opposition and -condemnation, why should my beliefs be exempt from a crown of thorns? diff --git a/posts/1974-05-01-the_dispossessed.rst b/posts/1974-05-01-the_dispossessed.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 0c576c0..0000000 --- a/posts/1974-05-01-the_dispossessed.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: The Dispossessed -author: Ursula K. Le Guin -published: 1974-05-01 -tags: skeleton ---- - -It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey -the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond -choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each -of us must suffer alone, in hunger, in poverty, in hope, we know our -brotherhood. We know it, because we have had to learn it. - - We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will - save us if we do not reach out our hand. And the hand that you reach out is - empty, as mine is. - -You have nothing. You possess nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have -is what you are, and what you give. diff --git a/posts/1986-05-01-connotations_of_anarchy.rst b/posts/1986-05-01-connotations_of_anarchy.rst deleted file mode 100644 index ca00866..0000000 --- a/posts/1986-05-01-connotations_of_anarchy.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Connotations of Anarchy -author: Dr Joseph Toscano -published: 1986-05-01 -tags: skeleton ---- - -Anarchy is a bogey word: we are coming out of the closet, as it were, to show -that we do not have horns or tails. We are simply Australians who have a -different philosophy of life. We don't believe in Big Government: in fact, we -don't believe in government at all. Government, any government is based on -violence and power. If you don't believe it, just look at your headlines over -the past few weeks. - - Anarchy doesn't mean bombs in the street or supersonic bomber raids, it - means 'without rulers'. - -Anarchy means voluntary co-operation and self-management, equality, shared -economic decision making. diff --git a/posts/2021-11-19-welcome_to_resilient_rockhampton.rst b/posts/2021-11-19-welcome_to_resilient_rockhampton.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d88267 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2021-11-19-welcome_to_resilient_rockhampton.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +--- +title: Welcome to Resilient Rockhampton +author: the collective +tags: "mutual aid" +--- + +Our collective is building a resilient community around the principles of mutual +aid. + +All we have is each other, so it's critical that we provide a resilient +community network that can support, sustain and grow itself in an autonomous, +tolerant, diverse and inclusive manner. + +We will enable this by providing resources, information and tooling for +collaboration, communication and event organising that's informed by ongoing +discovery and facilitation of community needs. + + In the practice of mutual aid, which we can retrace to the earliest beginnings + of evolution, we thus find the positive and undoubted origin of our ethical + conceptions; and we can affirm that in the ethical progress of man, mutual + support not mutual struggle—has had the leading part. + + In its wide extension, even at the present time, we also see the best + guarantee of a still loftier evolution of our species. + + -- Mutual Aid: A Factor Of Evolution by Pyotr Kropotkin + +Being involved with our collective and associated groups should feel like +living in alignment with our hopes for the world, our passions and enliven us +in an environment of reciprocity and respect.