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.
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
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
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
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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