counterculture

John Moore: From an antipolitical perspective, the implications are clear. On the one hand, anarchy must be rejuvenated and become conscious and vigilant. Liberation from all forms of coercion and hierarchy, including its formulation in the cuneal paradigm, can be achieved only through an attentive and sagacious anarchy. On the other hand, techniques must be developed whereby the controlled can experience the psychosocial biodegradation process, with its liberating cathartic effects, and hence regain their forfeited heritage as uncontrollables—the real paradise lost.

In late 1997, I teamed up with several other people and toured the west coast, serving good, lovin' food to thousands of homeless and houseless people, from Eugene, Oregon down to the San Francisco Bay area, and ultimately to Tucson, Arizona. Living, loving, and cooking out of a thirty or so foot Winnebago was, perhaps, the most educating experience of my life, at least until that time. It was here that I learned what practical anarchy was - you know, the kind of anarchy that exists outside an academic vacuum - the kind of anarchy pleasantly devoid of anarchisms.