Bluntly put, I was first astounded and then disgusted by the thinkers Mr. Mossetti chose to offer us a replacement library for Occupy (or #occupy). He seems to have systematically avoided solid authors and texts in favor of people like Clare Solomon who recommends us to read Jo Freeman's "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" from 1972, which has been shown countless times to be utterly lacking in relevance (especially in the age of Occupy, when our successes have come from ignoring people like her)! And why John Zerzan? Why so phobic toward Anarchists? Couldn't Mr. Mossetti find anyone like David Graeber (who was intimately involved in planning the original Occupy actions), Michael Albert, Cindy Milstein, Vandana Shiva or any of the many Italian, French, or English Anarchists presently active in activism and publishing? For far too long, the liberal or corporate press has held John Zerzan up as the epitome of contemporary Anarchism, which is strange since his philosophy, Primitivism, is really primarily a product of theoretical discussions between 1970s Detroit Marxist sectarians (especially those involved with the journal Fifth Estate). Where is Dan Hind, David Goodway, Brian Morris, or Alan Carter (just to mention some great published thinkers from the UK)? With Bill McKibben, Bifo, and Spivak represented, the list rounds out with a celebrity liberal, a neo-situationist, and a deconstructionist. Bravo. There is no one on the list that holds a seriously anti-authoritarian, non-obscurantist, global, direct action-oriented, pro-Enlightenment, contemporary, imaginative position. With part 2 including the likes of Simon Critchley, only Marxist Bertell Ollman will be worth waiting for. But I doubt I'll bother.

Bluntly put, I was first astounded and then disgusted by the thinkers Mr. Mossetti chose to offer us a replacement library for Occupy (or #occupy). He seems to have systematically avoided solid authors and texts in favor of people like Clare Solomon who recommends us to read Jo Freeman's "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" from 1972, which has been shown countless times to be utterly lacking in relevance (especially in the age of Occupy, when our successes have come from ignoring people like her)! And why John Zerzan? Why so phobic toward Anarchists? Couldn't Mr. Mossetti find anyone like David Graeber (who was intimately involved in planning the original Occupy actions), Michael Albert, Cindy Milstein, Vandana Shiva or any of the many Italian, French, or English Anarchists presently active in activism and publishing? For far too long, the liberal or corporate press has held John Zerzan up as the epitome of contemporary Anarchism, which is strange since his philosophy, Primitivism, is really primarily a product of theoretical discussions between 1970s Detroit Marxist sectarians (especially those involved with the journal Fifth Estate). Where is Dan Hind, David Goodway, Brian Morris, or Alan Carter (just to mention some great published thinkers from the UK)? With Bill McKibben, Bifo, and Spivak represented, the list rounds out with a celebrity liberal, a neo-situationist, and a deconstructionist. Bravo. There is no one on the list that holds a seriously anti-authoritarian, non-obscurantist, global, direct action-oriented, pro-Enlightenment, contemporary, imaginative position. With part 2 including the likes of Simon Critchley, only Marxist Bertell Ollman will be worth waiting for. But I doubt I'll bother.

Dear Dan, the reading list will be published on  Through Europe in several issues (not just two), once a week for a couple of months. Many more authors/activist/thinkers/etc will give their list of books. Please be patient.