‘Long Walks and Anarcho-Primitivism’ – Ramblinactivist’s Blogs

At the root of this discussion is a very simple question: “What if, one day, everything just stopped; could you survive?”. I don’t mean apocalypse; I mean engaging with the very practical reality that long before human civilisation ends, or nears the end, ‘consumerism’ will have collapsed first.

That is what this series will explore: How it is possible to learn to live “when the lights go out”, and to do that very easily and cheaply. How, by spending time developing practical skills outdoors – outside of the restrictions of today’s everyday ‘normality’ – you can learn to move beyond the restrictions of that life, as the inevitable breakdown of ‘normality’ grinds inexorably forward over the next 10 to 20 years.

This site merges ‘Ramblinactivist’ Paul Mobbs’ ‘work’ and ‘relaxation’ blogs to develop a new way of looking at today's multiple, related ecological crises. It proposes that the response of us as individuals is entirely the same no matter what the issue – creating a new simpler, less material lifestyle outside of the common expectations of ‘modern’ society.

Most recent blogposts:

An image of ‘Massacre in Korea’, by Pablo Picasso, 1951 ‘Radical References’ No.1, 27^th April 2021:

‘England's Standard Advanced’;
A Declaration from Master Will Thompson and the oppressed People of this nation, now under his conduct in Oxfordshire, dated at their Rendezvous, May 6^th 1649

Revisiting the story of the local Leveller revolt from 372 years ago, to see how the problematic patterns of history laid down then, persist into the modern-day.

This blog post also contains an podcast recording of the text.

blogimg-03 Long Walks & A/P, Part 3, March 2021:

‘Wild tea making and the revolt against the machine’

Walking, camping, and foraging, are the last ‘natural’ refuges outside technological society – the last ‘commons’ open to all irrespective of wealth; albeit one that’s always under threat. I know I’m not alone in that position. More importantly, I know there are many more who want to ‘downshift’ into “something else” – other than where they are now – but have not the first clue how.

Go directly to the video that accompanies this post.

Long Walks & A/P, Part 2, Imbolic 2020:

My Day-Pack ‘Unpacked’; what do I carry in the big bag on my back?

So many times people passing have said to me, “what have you got in that big rucksack?” In this blog post I’ll outline what it is I carry in ‘my big pack’, and a little about why I take it.

Go directly to the video that accompanies this post.

Long Walks & A/P, Part 1, Yule 2020:

‘An Introduction, with Musical Trees’

An introduction to my new blog – and the importance of change as a process where you are open to chance discoveries rather than just dogmatic advance planning.

Go directly to the video that accompanies this post.

The ‘Meta-Blog’, no.9, 1^st December 2020:

‘My Resignation’; or,
‘Long Walks & Anarcho-Primitivism’

This is a cross-posting from The ‘Meta-Blog’, since this essentially marked the launch of this whole project: “I am writing to inform you that as of the end of 2020, I am resigning my position with the environmental movement”

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Most recent blogposts:

‘England's Standard Advanced’;A Declaration from Master Will Thompson and the oppressed People of this nation, now under his conduct in Oxfordshire, dated at their Rendezvous, May 6th 1649

‘England's Standard Advanced’;
A Declaration from Master Will Thompson and the oppressed People of this nation, now under his conduct in Oxfordshire, dated at their Rendezvous, May 6^th 1649