Nick’s Notes: The following is a letter I sent in an email to the New York Times piece, found here. The question is fundamentally mistaken from the get-go. I don’t think we should be focusing on what can make us employed but rather what provides value for ourselves and our communities. The question of jobs…
(Nick’s Notes: This is the second of two unpublished Hardly Working posts that I had for C4SS. It was originally written in late May) For a while now I have been trying to wrack my head and figure out how to tell a story about the anti-work position to better exemplify its means and ends. It…
(Nick’s Notes: This post was originally written in June 2014 but was never published and that was part of the reason why I stopped working on this individual blog at C4SS. I’m perfectly happy just doing op-eds, features and book reviews anyhow. I think that’s enough work for me! Plus, this is my own individual blog and…
In a society based around institutions that seemingly love to wake us up way too early (schools and prisons are two comparative and worthwhile mentions as well) it shouldn’t surprise anyone that work makes us do the same. Of course, the CDC statistics aren’t actually cited, are hard to find and when you finally find…
See the text version here.
Hey everyone, as the title implies this is just the text version. The audio version of my presentation will be put up tomorrow and will be via my Youtube channel. Thanks! Introduction My name is Nick Ford and for around a year now I’ve been running a site called AbolishWork.com. In that time I’ve been…
(Original link here (now dead)! I’d like to give my many thanks to Jason for his improvements and encouragement!) When a given structure, institution, activity, or social pattern makes up a lot of our lives as individuals, it demands our attention as individualist anarchists. Work is one such thing that takes up most of our lives…
(Original link can be found here) It was recently brought to my attention by James Tuttle that Stevphen Shukaitis published the paper, “Learning Not to Labor“. I figured I would drop my two cents on what we should be aiming for, if we want a “zero work training” or a pedagogy for anti-work people like me.…
This is a brand new C4SS blog that debuted back on Saturday. Meant to repost it then but got tied up in other projects. My name is Nick Ford and I would like to welcome you to this blog of mine, Hardly Working. The goal of this blog is to promote a future where none…
(Nick’s Notes: These tips were included by a friend of mine on Facebook. I don’t necessarily agree with all of them but I thought they may prove useful either way.) #1 Volunteer for all tasks that involve leaving the job site- in my case it’s usually going to the pharmacy to pick up emergency meds,…