novaTopFlex is actively researching potential anarchist communities, collectives, and co-ops throughout Vermont and much of the Berkshires and Pioneer Valley, attempting to connect with anticapitalist and degrowth-oriented communities across the region. While capitalist society often deems such arrangements impossible, research has consistently shown that businesses along the U.S. 7 corridor may suffice for anarchist networking and activism. Along Route 7 in western Vermont and throughout the Berkshires, numerous family and small-scale operations continue to exist and depend on advocacy against capitalism to enable such organizations to thrive. Without a guarantee of universal basic services in the Berkshires, class struggle is very obvious and overt, though access to small-scale communities can expose the classism further.
Tag: Decoloniality
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Hype for the Future 15A: Why Amherst, Northampton, and Hadley?
The Five Colleges region of Western Massachusetts is highly notable for sharing novaTop views on anarchism, decoloniality, intersectional feminism, post-Marxism, degrowth, and ecologism. Each of the six listed concepts is highly celebrated within the region, particularly out of a deep understanding that capitalism creates dystopia and harms the entire population in devastating ways across the board without escape.
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Permacomputing and Solarpunk Meetup for September 29, 2025
What novaTopFlex Learned from the Philadelphia Community
At the beginning of every Permacomputing and Solarpunk meetup, the individuals of the community are asked for their respective pronouns. For instance, I am Andrew Kay (novaTopFlex), and I am he/him/his. A few of the individuals, myself included, are not from Philadelphia, and that is actually another question from the Permacomputing call over on Jitsi. I am not directly affiliated with either of these software services and/or concepts but these are commonly used by novaTopFlex identities.
July 2025 Meetup
Did you know that Jews people are comfortable openly talking about their Jewish heritage over at Iffy Books, and that everyone is very welcoming and inclusive? If you are not accustomed to such friendliness, welcome to the community; however, in some cases people may also come from other states like Texas where there may only be two (or fewer) anarchist communities.
September 29 Meetup
I was on the call with a person nicknamed “Asteroid,” she/her/hers. On this day in 2025, I have learned with her and with the Iffy Books community about a few important websites and content/privacy concerns, including, but not at all limited to, anarsec.space and privacy.com for credit cards. Recommendations for privacy have also included disabling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth where possible, using random phone numbers for masking, and even using Signal as opposed to all other platforms. Especially since our community may be interested in protesting and activism, there is an elevated reason to use Signal and even burner phones.
Benefits of Permacomputing
According to the Permacomputing group at large, the most important and logical way(s) to utilize the Permacomputing model include Linux, *BSD, Solaris, and other UNIX-like systems; minimized use of technology; and additional aspects influenced by both permaculture and perhaps horticulture as well.
Eco-Feminism and Additional Economic Influences
In a world beyond the patriarchy, a world where friendship is no longer deemed as “less than” nor taboo compared to the forced conquest of deeper feelings and commitments, ecofeminism allows for our authentic selves to be expressed in our community, not just for in-person bonds but also between subcommunities such as modern-day technological Luddites.
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Future Planning
In my future, I am most worried about my life at 18, 19, and 20, and i am afraid that capitalism will prevent me from carrying on beyond the age of 21. If I can even live to see 25, i am afraid of the high risk of extinction that our systems are creating. However, even under heavy capitalist pressure, i am temporarily able to resist the most obvious forms of capitalist influence. Such actions include posting onto ethical platforms under ActivityPub and the Fediverse domain, even if the connection is not inherently obvious at first.
Actions of Resistance
Even though I pledge to avoid proprietary software as much as reasonably possible, I unfortunately must post to proprietary services relatively frequently in my best efforts to gain a mainstream following. For instance, I have multiple YouTube channels, my primary one being at https://www.youtube.com/@novaTopFlex, providing information on various free and open-source topics, particularly in the software domain.
However, I continue to maintain my position as a free software and an open-source software advocate together, and even my online presence calls out the claim, “we need a mass proliferation of open-source software.” I prioritize my access to Mastodon and Lemmy in particular, though I would accept traditional IRC (especially Libera.chat) over such a proprietary service as Discord. In addition to my aforementioned position, I aspire to become one of the editors of Permacomputing, at least on the side of my activities.
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