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The Workerist Manifesto

  The Workerist Manifesto by Gregory A. Butler About the Book The average American private sector worker produces about $200,000 worth of goods or services a year…. but only gets paid $35,000 in gross pre tax wages in return (in a country where you need to make $100,000 a year to support a family of 4 at a middle income standard of living). Why does this country’s 161 million strong working class continue to tolerate that? This book sets out to answer that question. About the Author ABOUT THE AUTHOR – Gregory A. Butler is a longtime labor activist in New York City. He got his first unionized job in February 1986, has been a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers, United Brotherhood of Carpenters, American Federation of Teachers and the International Union of Operating Engineers, was a shop steward in the UBC for 17 years and a union delegate in the IUOE for 3 years. This is his third book: his previous works were DISUNITED BROTHERHOODS …race, racketeering and the fall of...
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Anarchy Is Boring

  Anarchy Is Boring “Anarchist people say, ‘Abolish the cops.’ But in this kind of society, you can’t just do that. How are you going to go help vulnerable people if they’re being attacked?  You need to create a healthy community before you can get there. You talk about smashing the state and getting rid of capitalism, but if you want to keep this level of complexity, you can’t have that. The only way you can have it is to get rid of mass society, of modern mass society.” - John Zerzan Anarchy Is Boring The Platypus Affiliated Society – Reflections on Seattle 1999: An interview with John Zerzan