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I’m now regularly posting on Substack. Please join me there. This is my latest post. I won’t be putting all my future posts up here on this site. If you subscribe, you will be notified of all future posts by Continue reading My next post on Substack: Berkman, Goldman and the correct method of revolution→

A few years ago I visited Rojava in North East Syria to witness for myself the extraordinary revolution of self-government, often led by women, following the ideas of Murray Bookchin and Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK. The visit was Continue reading The Rojava revolution: a video introduction→

Published in Vashti, 1 May 2024 Vashti is an independent online magazine offering Jewish perspectives on debates confronting the contemporary British left. In supporting Israel’s collective punishment of Gaza’s civilians for the heinous acts perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th, Western powers Continue reading Gaza and the erosion of the rules-based international order: A conversation with Carne Ross→

I’ve started a regular newsletter or blog on Substack. I talk about world events from a radical perspective, but also with an insider’s knowledge as someone who was once very much at the heart of government. I’ve worked on political Continue reading Gentle Anarchy – My new blog on world events→

It is twenty years since I resigned from the Foreign Office over the Iraq War. I remember well the day I wrote to the Foreign Secretary, attaching my secret evidence to the Butler Inquiry as the reason. The government had Continue reading Twenty Years since my Resignation: some hard lessons→

I appeared this weekend on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story show discussing Israel’s attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria and the risks of broader regional conflict. This discussion took place on 13 April, before Iran’s drone and missile attacks on Continue reading Israel/Iran/Gaza→

I recently had a conversation with Douglas Rushkoff, a theorist of post-capitalism, especially in tech and media. It was a joyous exploration of ideas. Our talk touched on the origins of the relationship between capitalism and government, the financial crisis, Continue reading A talk with Douglas Rushkoff→

Thank you to Jonny Gordon-Fairleigh for inviting me and to Cooperative and Community Finance for sponsoring this event. We think we know what democracy means.  I used to think that.  I was once a servant of Britain’s so-called democracy, a Continue reading Demanding Democracy: Speech at Stir to Action festival, 18 May 2023→

This is the text of a speech I gave on 29 April to the OxPeace Conference on Ukraine. The speech underlines the need for all of Ukraine’s populations, including in the Donbas and Crimea, to be consulted in any possible Continue reading Ukraine: the requirements of a peace deal→

The excellent DOPE magazine now has its own website, which means you can see my article ‘Anarchy is Love’ in issue no.9 here – https://www.dopemag.org/issue9

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

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

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→

In response to the Gilets Jaunes protests in France, I wrote this about some of the characteristics of Leaderless Revolutions: The link is here and the text is this: The gilets jaunes movement in France is a leaderless political uprising. Continue reading How to create a leaderless revolution and win lasting political change, The Guardian, 13 December 2018→

A terrific discussion on a radical podcast, It’s Going Down. You can hear it here.   It’s Going Down https://itsgoingdown.org It’s Going Down is a digital community center from anarchist, anti-fascist, autonomous anti-capitalist and anti-colonial movements. Its mission is to Continue reading It’s Going Down: Twilight of Statecraft: Carne Ross on Crisis, Climate Change, & War→

I was interviewed by Revolutionary Left Radio on 3 December, all the way from Omaha, Nebraska. It was a great discussion with a very thoughtful interviewer, Brett O’Shea, whom I thank. You can click below to hear it or go Continue reading Interview with Revolutionary Left Radio→

Russell Brand discussed anarchism with me in this podcast.  It was one of the best and most thorough interviews I’ve ever done.

This profile about me and my ideas appeared in The Observer in the run-up to the BBC4 broadcast of “Accidental Anarchist”. I’ve also pasted the text of it here (I hope The Observer will forgive me): Ex-diplomat Carne Ross: the Continue reading Carne Ross: the case for anarchism, The Observer July 2017→

Demetri Kofinas interviewed me for his “Hidden Forces” podcast.  You can hear our discussion here.  Demetri has added a useful reading list too, covering some of the subjects we discussed.  Thank you for a great discussion Demetri!  (Note, the web-page uses a very old photo of me.  I am unfortunately rather older than this pic suggests.)

Continue reading Diplomacy, War and Anarchy: “Hidden Forces” podcast→

Continue reading Accidental Anarchist: TEDx talk→

1A, a show on WAMU on National Public Radio, interviewed me about the film.  It was a full discussion of the ideas – anarchism, Rojava, the flaws in contemporary democracy.  You can hear it here.

Continue reading National Public Radio interview on “Accidental Anarchist”, March 29 2017→