ANARCHY in ALBION

This is the political blog of the writer, artist and philosopher, Wynfrið Wynn. It is dedicated to the practical application of anarchist principles in daily life – right here, right now on this beautiful Isle of Albion.

As I mentioned on my other blog I agree with the following sentiments…

Let’s go back to a time when there was no ‘England’ and there were no ‘English’. A class of people came along and decided they wanted to rule over this place and these people but before they could rule over somewhere they needed to give it a name. And before they could govern the people who lived there they had to give them a name too. ‘England’ and ‘the English’ were a necessary construction for a governing class and remain so to this day. ‘The Lark Descending’ celebrates a few of the stories of the people who are governed and you ought not to be surprised at how rich and compelling some of the stories are. Our indigenous population have been unravelling the universe for us in music and song for millennia while the governing class have been ridiculing our folk music for only a couple of hundred years.

From Chris Wood's ‘The Lark Descending’

Which is one reason for naming the blog ‘Anarchy in Albion’. The other reason is because I believe that to live independently – or ‘deliberately’ as Henry David Thoreau would say – (as a true anarchist should always endeavour to do) then you must have an intimate relationship with the land that you live upon. To survive on an island sitting just to the north of continental Europe you must understand it’s unique ecology, climate and seasons. The common cultural history (as opposed to the history of powerful elites) of a given geographic location is awash with practical information for those who wish to take control of their own lives. So Albion future can still learn from Albion past.