Journal of Horizontal Organization
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Journal of Horizontal Organization
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We are a newly developing academic journal focused on research into horizontal organization, movement building, analysis of revolutionary history, and more...
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The enemies of human liberation have spent billions of dollars researching the methods to maintain their hegemony. Hierarchical power is reified and maintained by this unending deluge of analysis, organizational theory, and strategic methodological improvements. (1/?)
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#OtD 17 Oct 2005 the highly acclaimed Chinese author and anarchist, Ba Jin died at 100 years old. He wrote prolifically for the radical press, as well as his novels, and suffered repression from the Communist Party government stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1262...
-The development of horizontal pedagogies
-The exploration of subaltern, non-hegemonic, and culturally specific forms of horizontal power, both contemporary and historic
-Analysis and proposition of direct democratic/consensus methodologies
-Development of horizontal justice methodologies
-Analyses of industrial and organizational psychology in a horizontal context
-Organizational theory around building horizontal power structures
-Theory, practice, and analysis about building a mass movement
-Analyses of existing or historical horizontal movements
-Complex systems analysis (or other organizational theories) applied to these topics
The movement to construct a horizontal alternative must likewise develop its practices, its theories of organization, and its methods, if it hopes to end hierarchical hegemony. Though under duress, we must construct liberatory alternatives. Given these facts, our emphasis is on:
The enemies of human liberation have spent billions of dollars researching the methods to maintain their hegemony. Hierarchical power is reified and maintained by this unending deluge of analysis, organizational theory, and strategic methodological improvements. (1/?)