What you are reading, watching, or listening to? Or how far have you gotten in your chosen selection since last week?

I’m familiar with Ricardo Flores Magon and the Zapatistas, but is there any anarchist writings/movements/organizations associated with the Chicano liberation movement?

I am a former marxist trotskyst and I have some questions regarding marxism: Would you consider yourself a Marxist? Why or why not? Can you even be an anarchist and a Marxist? Is Marxism inherently statist?

Correct me if I'm wrong but Marx was pretty pro-authority and pro-state. So why would you consider yourself a Marxist and an anarchist? I saw some people on this sub calling themselves Marxists and I don't understand it.

Also I don't understand why you would name your whole ideology after a person, isn't that kinda authoritarian in itself when you follow a single person's train of thought. (Again, correct me if I'm wrong)

Question: should I [m17] do direct action when it comes to politics or stick to non political direct action and increase my hours in the retirement center I volunteer in?

Context: I became a communist after reading Marx when I was 14. After reading a lot more political theory, I have garnered sympathy for the syndicalist movement and anarchy without adjectives over time particularly after reading postmodernism. I am 17 now. I have some free time I would like to dedicate to leftist movements. I already volunteer at a retirement home on Sundays but I would also like to get politically involved. In the small province in Germany where I live, there are no explicitly anarchist youth groups (or just normal anarchist groups for that matter). I am hell bent on doing something regardless.

There are three choices of political groups I can join. One is the SDAJ, which are very Marxist-Leninist. They hate NATO, cheered for the terrorist group RAF (Red Army Faction) and behave like tankies generally. Then, there is the "Junior Sozialist:innen", which are just young Social Democrats. Then there is the more vague "Linksjugend solid" which is just leftist in general, focusing more on identity politics than anything. I hate the guts out of all the groups above. SDAJ for being tankie, Jusos for being social democrats and LJS for focusing on watered down liberal identity politics instead of economic theory and actual worker solidarity.

Thanks in advance

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I want to write an essay on individualistic anarchism, and I want many people to see me views on it. How do I publish it, and where do I send it to. Online, or else where?

I have been looking for a good source to keep up to date on environment news that's more on the radical side. I regularly read earth first online articles but they are often not published regularly. I have thought about subscribing to their magazine but I am unsure if they regularly put out releases.

This got butchered by the cops over on r/prison, which apparently is a place to love prisons.

Some of you know me and may have seen this. Smile is an amazing person and if an anarchist or anti racist was inside he’s the one who would fight to keep you safe.

Just respecting my friend.

I was reading this book, thinking what an excellent source it is. I'm surprised it's not available to be logged on goodreads. I'd like to show this book representation with a high rating.

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Hello, I've recently gotten involved with writing letters to incarcerated individuals. I was wondering if there's any websites or resources that catalog or discuss political prisoners who actively want to receive letters- most "prison pen pal" websites for the USA just list the general populous which is all well and good, but I was curious if there's a site chronicalling individuals who've been arrested at protests, for political unrest, etc.

Thanks!

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In the mainstream eye, punks and anarchists are always put in the same box. But in reality even tho they might have similar points of views (anti-authoritarian, leftists) they don’t focus on the same aspects of them. I was curious to know about what your views were on punks and if you are one.

Hi, looking for anything in American anarchism that comes close to the creativity of Perlman. If you think there are no others from America, please let me know of if you think there is one elsewhere.

What I've wanted to know for a while is what's the best historical source of rehabilitation we have of a previously horrible individual, idk if I should ask this question on a history subreddit or here since I'd like to believe that everyone here believes in rehabilitation but do we have evidence of a former top Nazi official or something like that DRASTICALLY change over time, not just living a lowkey life in East or West Germany (and probably still holding very reactionary beliefs), do we have any specific cases of a full on SS official or something becoming a socialist or at least full on denouncing their previous beliefs and becoming an activist for the various groups of people murdered in the Holocaust. I've been really curious about how far we can push rehabilitation for a few years now, I really do wonder if even someone like Hitler's mind could be changed, I want to know the limits of the human mind. If Hitler didn't kill himself I'd love to ship him off to an abandoned island or something and making attempts at rehabilitation there. I don't want to start any shit here, I'd just a hypothetical scenario that I'd love to explore.

How do you deal with the uphill feeling of trying to make positive space and action without strong relationships? I definitely lean toward interdependence, and I think missing that strong comrade collectively and closely working together might help, but for reasons too many to delve into, it's been difficult to find and execute. For context, I run a weekly queer space meant to give space and mutual aid to higher needs individuals who have trouble fitting in usual social lgbtq spaces.

Does anyone else have experience with loved ones learning of your anarchist beliefs, and then dismissing it entirely, and subsequently shutting down if you ever talk about it? I quite literally am the only anarcho-syndicalist anti-theist in my life, and I find passion and purpose in it, though it’s proven itself difficult to uphold, and even more difficult to be able to express the passion.

The Libertarian Socialist Wiki on Fandom.com has gone down.

I'm not sure how many people were aware of it, but it had some good info. on it.

So I made a basic backup here - https://github.com/AnarDocs/LibSocWiki

I'd love for there to be an Anarchist Wikipedia.

Would anyone here be interested in contributing something like this? (or even resurrecting and expanding this one on a Wikipedia-like web page)

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A younger friend of mine I've made on discord just came to me and explained that he was indeed not pro Palestine. I need some advice on how I can gently course correct him, because he's only 15 but is Jewish and is only seeing the anti Zionist logic as antisemitic. He claims to not want anything bad to happen to the Palestinians, and thinks it's just Hamas. I don't know how to explain to him that the Hamas 'threat' is non existent and that they are commiting blatant genocide without him imedietly tuning me out and unfriending me. I believe I have a chance of redeeming him, but I'm not sure how. He knows I am pro Palestine, and I have offered to send him sources on what is happening but he does not want to listen. I don't want to lose this friend, but I'm not sure how to help him. Any advice? What have you guys done if you've found yourself in a similar situation?

It's always been an interesting topic and I'd love to learn about any attempts or views of it. Myself being from the region, I want educate myself.

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