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Anarchism is a social movement that seeks liberation from oppressive systems of control including but not limited to the state, governmentalism, capitalism, racism, sexism, ableism, speciesism, and religion. Anarchists advocate a self-managed, classless, stateless society without borders, bosses, or rulers where everyone takes collective responsibility for the health and prosperity of themselves and the environment.
Anarchism is a social movement that seeks liberation from oppressive systems of control including but not limited to the state, capitalism, racism, sexism, speciesism, and religion. Anarchists advocate a self-managed, classless, stateless society without borders, bosses, or rulers where everyone takes collective responsibility for the health and prosperity of themselves and the environment.
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Do you know where I can find the pdf copies of the anarchist STRIKE! magazine that Graeber mentioned in the preface of The Bullshit Jobs? And who was the editor of this mag?
I'm assuming that I am not alone in these emotions. its a terrible fate that one of our only examples of a stateless society was snuffed away by a nationalist thug barley so soon. I could only imagine if it survived the war making Barcelona the home of an actual free society!
Join us on Monday October 28th at 6:30pm at Wooden Shoe Books for the next session of our letter-writing series illuminating facets of Palestinian resistance movements. This month we’ll be discussing and writing to one of the pre-Oslo Palestinian political prisoners. There are approximately a dozen men, most of whom are serving life sentences for resisting the occupation forces, who have been imprisoned since before the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993. These men have been intentionally excluded by occupation forces from release deals. Many of them remain active from behind bars through writing essays and founding the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
Snacks and letter-writing supplies will be provided. We’ll tune in to some related podcasts while we’re writing. If you are unable to join us, you can write to Palestinian prisoners via Samidoun’s website.
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[Image description: Image of two film strips, one slightly overlapping the other, with each frame containing a photo of a pre-Oslo Palestinian political prisoner. In order from left to right, top to bottom, photos are of Mohammed Ighbariya, Ahmad Abu Jaber, Mohammad Ahmad al-Tus, Ibrahim Abu Mokh, Mohammed Adel Daoud, Ibrahim Ighbariya, Samir Abu Nima,Ibrahim Bayadseh, Juma’a Ibrahim Adam, Raed Mohammad Al-Sa’adi, and Walid Daqqa. Missing from the graphic but included in Samidoun's list of pre-Oslo prisoners: Mahmoud Abu Kharabish and Bashir Abdullah al-Khatib. Bottom-left is the Philly ABC banner logo. The Philly ABC banner logo spells out Philadelphia Anarchist Black Cross with a cross and fist that stands in place of the "I" in "Philadelphia". Text on image reads "Letter writing for pre-Oslo Palestinian prisoners. Monday October 28th. 6:30-8PM. Wooden Shoe Books."]
I think theft is wrong because it gives parasites a good chance to boogeyman thieves and blame them for workers' problems. What do you think
I know purplepingers is putting together a squat list, but if anyone here in melbourne knows of any “empty” places near them in the north, can u drop an address or DM me or something. I also know RAHU has run squatters workshops etc. but I’m directly looking to flag some addresses in the north, if anyone’s noticed any…..
Much appreciated ❤️
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I go to a pretty average American high school in a liberal area. I know my target audience and the messaging I want to spread. That being said, I don't know the best way to go about doing it. Main questions:
There are cameras literally everywhere, with few usable blind spots. Is it worth doing it while being watched, or is that a no-go?
Should I only stick to liberal-ish stuff and allegory, as to be more appealing, or will that not have any meaning?
What's the best material in my situation? I've heard that hard-to-remove stuff like wheatpasting can get you fined and such if caught. I also don't have the time to make the paste or whatever the recipe is. I'm also okay with things other than printed posters, I just think those are the most practical to me.
We have a school cop. Is that going to make things substantially harder? I intend on doing things mostly after-hours when they aren't there, but I fear they could attempt to dissuade me or something akin to that.
Finally, I'd like to know tactics and posters for opposing the recruiters/JROTC types. Advice on zone distribution is also welcome
I am sorry if this is a bit long, just have a lot of questions. Thank you all.
About to become first-time parents and now that we're done (ish) with all the basic prep for the next few months and I'm starting my maternity leave, we wanted to read some big-picture books about raising kids with anticapitalist anarchist values, freedom, solidarity, love for nature, but also fostering healthy relationships with the world around them, developing critical skills, using technology and the internet conscientiously etc.
Any suggestions welcome!
I am a full time student in college, I am part of the Honor Society and currently working. Couple things that I learn in school is consist of art, history, biology, and hospitality. These are the main focus that I tend to learn in depth in my college. My job is a person in charge for grocery store. Now you know my background, this is why I found school system is bullshit.
first of all, school is to guide you for better future. It is important for you to understand some basic math, biology, history, etc. But the thing is that not everyone is built to be good in school, some people have multiple jobs and have kids, school is only dragging you down. I suggest to focus on your job, be the top in your careers. Learn off from people, basic life guidance is more important than having diploma.
Second thing that I want to point out is that grade system doesn't work out well. If someone is trying is something that matters. I have a friend that lost hope in school just because he has 2 jobs and a student in college. He tried so hard and he still couldn't pass his exam resulting a D grade. His hope is broken and faith in studies is gone. Later after that he dropped out from his college and felt miserable, convincing himself a failure to the family. But I said "You done your best, why the fuck you cared so much about a letter in your paper? You have 2 jobs and attending school, your life is hard enough but why you making it harder on yourself over grade?"
Last thing in my thought is that, I know some classes has the "Top 3" method, which is something that the teacher pick one of the top 3 work assignment based on their opinion. Now, come to think of it, do you think favoritism and discrimination applies to the system? I know that nowadays there's not much of "discrimination and segregation" but we all know that these still applies until today under the table. Student work is not to be compete from one another, rather shall be improved on their needs. Student should be treated equally and teachers need to understand student needs and circumstances. Everyone gone through hard times and everyone has a different life than one another, why don't we just help one another and try to improve and learn together.
My final thoughts, everyone define it differently, I believe if you want to go to school then go ahead. Or you can improve your basic life skills, basic survival skill, focus over work and learn independently by historical and/or educational books. Learn to be better in your career and gain higher income, even though your job is working as a grocery worker or a blue collar worker. Especially human are social creature, we can learn from one another and gain knowledge. But, that is just my thoughts, what do you think?
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anyone know what I'm talking about?
The article "Against the Masculinization of Militancy" by Laina Tanglewood is quoted in "Against the Corpse Machine: Defining A Post-Leftist Anarchist Critique of Violence" by Ashen Ruins:
Also dissenting from the self-proclaimed feminist mainstream is Laina Tanglewood in her article, “Against the Masculinization of Militancy”. She says,
Some recent “feminist” critiques of anarchism have condemned militancy as being sexist and non-inclusive to women. It was claimed that on-the-street aggressive behavior of Black Bloc members — such as property destruction and confronting the pigs — is sexist because it excludes women. This idea is actually the sexist one. Instead of condemning the black bloc men and ignoring the black bloc women, both women and men who want to fight should be welcome and encouraged to do so while those (male and female) who do not feel comfortable taking such risks can engage in a variety of other activities.
Again, as Tanglewood points out…
The "Against the Corpse Machine" quotation is re-quoted in the book How Nonviolence Protects the State, but that's all I've been able to find of it referenced in texts, and from looking her up I've only seen that name in the context of that particular article. I have not be able to even definitively find out where this article had originally been published, much less find any more of its text apart from that one quoted paragraph.
I wouldn't know where to contact the author of "Against the Corpse Machine" to find out how they'd found the quote, either, because "Ashen Ruins" is a pseudonym attached to no online or public presence that I can find, and has also not done anything noticeable for several decades.
There is this page from the Art Libraries Society of North America listserv which says,
Hi Everyone,
I have a student who is looking for an article that I think was published in Anarchy: A Journal of Desire. I literally can find no mention of this author anywhere on the web, and many folks who publish in this journal use pseudonyms. Few of the issues from this time period are online – late 90s and early 00s. The only place this journal is indexed is in the Alternative Press Index by Ebscohost, which we don’t have. If someone has access to this database, would you mind taking a quick look for this article and letting me know if I’m on the right track in trying to locate it?
The particular article is "Against the Masculinization of Militancy" by Laina Tanglewood. Thanks so much!
I haven't been able to find any response to this, if there ever was one. I'm not sure if this librarian and the student are right about the article being in AJODA or if they were mistaken.
Does anyone know anything more about this article or author? Especially if you have a full copy of the text. As an anarcha-feminist with the same perspective, it seems like it'd be right down my alley and I've love if I could be able to share it as a resource, but it just seems so elusive. If you have any idea where you might find more information or other people you could contact who might be able to help out more, that'd also be greatly appreciated.
who cares?! there shouldnt be a dang army! whether its men or women being sent across the world to kill people its still bad! and if i was a woman i would certainly not want to be part of the group they enlisted soldiers from for their big wars! EDIT - m talking about the west like america. im sorry for not clarifying. im not arguing women should not be in a army. im arguing we should fight for there to be no army not for women to be in it.
to preface ofcourse I'm not against the concept of visiting different cultures and having experiences abroad but I'm specifically talking about tourists from wealthier nations that go vacationing to poorer nations.
when a worker, earning in a stronger currency, travels abroad. they will have perhaps multiple times the purchasing power of a worker doing the exact same job at the their target destination.
this must be unfair right? ofcourse the worker travelling abroad is doing so because they will be able to afford stuff in the first place that they otherwise wouldnt.
what do you think as a tourist with extra purchasing power should do to atleast alleviate suffering when they are vacationing.
give substantially higher tips than the locals would and same for the homeless? attend public beaches not taken over by multi national hotel enterprises? travelling by doing work aways?
this is first hand experience from travelling to my home country from living abroad and interacting with tourists.
Fell in Love with Fire
Five years in the making, this hour-long film explores the uprising in Chile from October 2019 to March 2020, showing how everyday people sustained six months of rebellion by creating networks of self-determination and mutual aid.
https://crimethinc.com/fellinlovewithfire
This is an inspiring portrayal of the tactics that gave demonstrators control of the streets, the organizing strategies that enabled the movement to act effectively while remaining leaderless, and the importance of time and space in revolt. It is also a cautionary tale about how the government used the promise of a new constitutional process to recover enough legitimacy to regain control.
It chronicles a high point of action in a struggle that has yet to be concluded.
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The premise of my novel is that 16 years ago, an asteroid was detected that is on certain course to collide with Earth and wipe out all of humanity. In the five years since then, known as The Pandemonium, there was nothing short of absolute chaos. Riots caused cities to burn down and countless lives to be lost, and order was only restored when the military poured through every street and used lethal force to intimidate people out of their hysteria. In the decade since then, society was rebuilt, but in the shadow of its former self. The monetary system was reimposed and a Civil Disorder Task Force was formed to crack down on anyone that attempted to cause disruption or organize any form of protest. Certain people began to amass wealth and form an elite social class, while the rest of citizens had no choice but to labor away to survive, spending the remainder of their lives struggling to make ends meet. At the start of the novel, there are only 100 days left.
One of the main characters considers himself to be an anarchist, he wants the system that exists to be completely destroyed, and for individuals to be able to have full control over their life without the burden of owing any organization or institution money just to survive. However, his methods of achieving this are questionable. He starts with conducting cyberattacks on government databases and leaks the information on the deep web for people to access, then eventually resorts to blowing up the cafe that he worked in with a molotov as a form of protest. As the book progresses, he is given the chance to meet members of a self-sustaining commune that live disconnected from the rest of society and survive through mutual aid and labor that is provided for the sake of benefiting the community rather than out of necessity to survive. No one gets paid nor needs to pay anything, and everyone has equal access to food, healthcare, and resources. One of the members confronts the main character and criticizes his use of abstract violence to make a statement, pointing out that the anarchist bomb-throwing stereotype is a way to draw attention but not a valid method of bringing about the type of life that he idealizes.
My question here is this: what advice should she give to the main character that would give him a means of taking action and making a difference in this dystopia? And is there anything I should revise or add in that would make for more realistic world-building? I'm coming to this subreddit in the hopes that people could come up with ideas about how anarchy could be applied under a unique set of circumstances. As someone who is interested in anarchy theory myself, I enjoy learning about this in general, I've already read A Country of Ghosts which gave me a solid understanding of how my fictional commune will be run, but am still unsure of how my character could challenge an oppressive system in any meaningful way. Thank you!
Full Disclosure: I'm an atheist, and I have difficulty processing why anyone would believe in what I would call magic, and magical entities. I don't like that people believe that kind of thing, but I figured I should keep an open mind, and if anyone can give me some convincing reasons, this is probably where I can find them.
Edit: fixed messy post that was posted prematurely due to technical difficulties.
Edit 2: I feel I should clarify why I dislike magical thinking, since responses have been broad, and have not really gone into this.
What bothers me about it is that people make decisions based on their beliefs, decisions that affect themselves, and others. An inaccurate worldview will lead to decisions that don't reliably have the intended outcome. Bad resource allocation, avoiding real medicine in favor of remedies that have not been proven to work, or have been proven not to work, that kind of thing.
I very strongly believe that it is everyone's duty both to themselves, and their fellow folk to refine their view of the world to the highest degree of accuracy they can achieve, and to quote Minchin, every mystery ever solved has turned out to be not magic.