Articles by James Herod | Films For Action

James Herod · It should be quite obvious, but apparently it’s not, that we can’t devise an anarchist revolutionary strategy until we have a clear idea of what it is we’re trying to achieve. Regrettably, there has been a vigorous ban on thinking...

An Awareness of How We Do Not Want to Live

James Herod · There are places where you can come over a bridge and see a whole big city spread out before you. The Mystic River Bridge coming into Boston is such a place, as is the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan or the Golden Gate Bridge into San...

Is Greed All That's Wrong with Capitalism?

James Herod · Is greed all that's wrong with capitalism? No. It is not enough to attack capitalists for being greedy, although this is a common tactic. I hope to explain why in this short essay. Consider a small business family who work...

Getting Free: Creating an Association of Democratic Autonomous Neighborhoods

James Herod · The main purpose of this book is to try to persuade revolutionaries to shift the sites of the anticapitalist struggle and to select new battlefields. I identify three strategic sites for fighting - neighborhoods, workplaces, and...