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Month: September 2020

Architecture and Anarchy

Posted on September 26, 2020 by chris-coates

However interesting the actual carpentry work was I started to become frustrated with the almost inevitable ‘William Morris’ conundrum. That the sort of people who could afford what we were making were not really the sort of people I wanted to work for. Continue reading Architecture and Anarchy→

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Greenspace Burnley, Self-build, Walter Segal

Seeing the Wood and the Trees

Posted on September 19, 2020 by chris-coates

A number of different strands of what we had done before and what our needs were when we had moved into the Mill came together at the end of the 1980s and led to the setting up of Altham Harwood Centre Continue reading Seeing the Wood and the Trees→

Posted in Communal Living, People In Common | Tagged Altham Corn Mill, Altham Hardwood Centre, Altham Oak

Give the Anarchist a Dictionary

Posted on September 12, 2020 by chris-coates

By far the most often quoted political statement at PIC was Emma Goldman’s “If there won’t be dancing at the revolution, I’m not coming.” Continue reading Give the Anarchist a Dictionary→

Posted in People In Common | Tagged anarchism, Chumbawamba, Colin Ward

Swimming in the Income Pool

Posted on September 5, 2020 by chris-coates

…for the best part of 20 years or so at People In Common I pooled income with other members. The big difference being that there were no ‘blood ties’ to motivate sharing of income – income pooling was ideological. Or it was and it wasn’t. Continue reading Swimming in the Income Pool→

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