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This site hosts my writing and media appearances including news about the documentary movie, Accidental Anarchist. I am a former British diplomat who resigned over the Iraq war. I founded the world's first non-profit diplomatic advisory group, Independent Diplomat.

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Rojava and ‘What is to be done?’ – Alexei Sayle Podcast

Posted on September 13, 2022 by carne

Alexei Sayle interviewed me for his podcast about Rojava and what lessons it might offer us. The discussion also touched on some of the ideas that will surface in ‘What is to be done’. Access the podcast here: https://audioboom.com/posts/8156179-r-is-for-rojava

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Accidental Anarchist: full-length version now free online

Posted on June 23, 2022 by carne

I was pointed here to find the full-length version of Accidental Anarchist on Kolektiva Media, an anarchist website, available for free. I would say this, but it’s better than the shortened BBC version which cut some of the narrative points Continue reading Accidental Anarchist: full-length version now free online→

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Blogging the book: What is to be done?

Posted on June 9, 2022 by carne

I’m writing a book, provisionally titled ‘What is to be done?’. I am posting updates about my progress on my Facebook writer’s page and Twitter (@carneross).

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Note on Writing: Fear

Posted on June 9, 2022 by carne

Today’s note on writing What is to be Done is about fear. I’ve been having a recurring dream. I’m appearing in a Shakespeare play. Vain as ever, I’m playing the leading role. In some versions of the dream, I’m playing Continue reading Note on Writing: Fear→

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Inspiration

Posted on June 5, 2022 by carne — No Comments ↓

Today’s note on What is to be done. This quote from Judith Butler: “Sometimes you have to imagine in a radical way that makes you seem a little crazy, that puts you in an embarrassing light, in order to open Continue reading Inspiration→

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Aesthetics and format in What is to be Done?

Posted on June 4, 2022 by carne

Today’s note on What is to be done? I’m interested in aesthetics and in particular how format changes the way that readers take in information. I think traditional non-fiction books don’t really work anymore. They’re too long with paragraphs and Continue reading Aesthetics and format in What is to be Done?→

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A note on the title

Posted on June 3, 2022 by carne — No Comments ↓

What Is To Be Done? was the title of a nineteenth century novel by Russian philosopher and literary critic Nikolai Chernyshevsky. The story of an one woman’s struggle to seek independence and revolution was hugely influential and went on to Continue reading A note on the title→

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What is to be done?

Posted on June 3, 2022 by carne — 1 Comment ↓

Today, to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee (not), I am starting to write a long-planned book, provisionally titled ‘What is to be done?’. I’ve been preparing it for years and am now finally getting to the drafting stage. It’s a book Continue reading What is to be done?→

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Accidental Anarchist now free online

Posted on June 16, 2020 by carne — No Comments ↓

Accidental Anarchist is now available for viewing on YouTube. It’s the shorter, sixty minute, BBC Storyville cut. You can see it here

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Politics as we know it should die and loving anarchy should prosper

Posted on June 11, 2020 by carne

Metro newspaper ran this piece from me on 8 May 2019 as part of its ‘Future of Everything’ series. Here’s the link to the original piece on their site. The current way of doing politics and our economic life on Continue reading Politics as we know it should die and loving anarchy should prosper→

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The Leaderless Revolution

How ordinary people will take power and change politics in the 21st century Now published in the UK by Simon & Schuster in September 2011, and in the US by Blue Rider Press (Penguin) in January 2012. Click here for more
So bold, so full of incontestable truths and overwhelming convictions, that it should be read by every diplomat, politician and thinking citizen with the courage to pick it up.
John le Carré

Independent Diplomat book

My book, Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite, offers a critique of contemporary diplomacy drawn from my own experience as a diplomat. In analysing the many deficits of the current system – and how that system produces bad decisions – it also offers a vision of what can be put right. Buy it now

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