- Horizon anarchism
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or=February 2008Horizon anarchism is a political concept used to describe newly emerging anarchist communities at
Burning Man and in the Burner culture. It was introduced byDale Pendell in 2006 during hisPalenque Norte lecture at Burning Man. In some ways similar to the traditional anarchist concept of "building the new society in the shell of the old", he uses the term to denote the current building of alternative structures by planning for a long-term anarchist future, "on the horizon". In the lecture Pendell analyzes, among other things, the relation between the state and cultural institutions like Burning Man. His ideas draw on the writings ofNoam Chomsky andHakim Bey . Unlike some other forms of anarchism, Pendell describes Horizon anarchism as not being opposed to reformism, saying cquote|I want to see the president, when it comes time to sign a bill, even if [the bill] may be necessary, to recognize--instead of being proud of every piece of legislation that’s passed--to recognize that it represents a "failure" of our collective social nature. And, instead of giving away all these pens with fanfare, he should light a stick of incense, and say 'My fellow Americans, it is with deep regret that I must announce to you [that] , because we could not solve this problem on our own, we have had to enact another piece of legislation. Let us pray we can recover our senses and repeal it as soon as possible.' [ [http://www.raiazome.com/Dale_Pendell--Horizon_Anarchism Full transcript] , "Horizon Anarchism" speech, September, 2006.]Some characteristics of Horizon anarchism described by Pendell:
* keeping principles in practice
* reforming the existing system
* planning for the very long-term
* getting together in an alternative societyQuotes
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* [http://www.matrixmasters.net/blogs/?p=115 Audio recording]
* [http://www.raiazome.com/Dale_Pendell--Horizon_Anarchism Full transcript]
* [http://www.earthrites.org/turfing/index.php?/archives/331-Pharmako-Gnosis-Tour-Part1.html Pharmako Gnosis]
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