(Hi im new to the sub so please be gentle<3) I always considered myself a non-violent revolutionary, but my definition of violence is any act that harms a person physically or mentally. So my question is: is the destruction of private property as a means of protest violence? If that is the case what is a better definition of violence? Thanks<3

As a pacifist who struggles with self defense because of my own low self esteem, being autistic and having ADHD, I struggle with self defense because I feel that using self defense would put me at harm.

What types of actions can be justified using force for self defense? Would using self defense against someone who is committing domestic violence and brings their friends along to harm others to silence others be justified? So, self defense against a violent person who coerced his friends to join him to silence people would be justified, yeah?

Like mastodon instances or smth like that.

I just wanted to see what everyones thoughts were on cyber attacks to prevent violence. If no one suffers bodily harm is hacking considered non-violent?

I just cannot understand it... It makes no sense to me! For example I was having a discussion with my mum today and she said "There will always be people higher than you to tell you what to do, that's just how the world is". Well then try and fucking get rid of them!

Sorry for this mini rant on a pretty much dead subreddit, just thought that I could post here and see what people think :)

Hello everyone. I have been very fed up with the socialist subs in general on reddit. I believe they are run by mods who are pro-violence, or at the very least, are OK with it's promotion on socialist subreddits. The ideals of non-violent socialism are being, IMO, hijaked with MAGA-Left intent. I have no intention of stealing people away from this sub. My only intent is to promot non-violent socialism by spelling it out as the name of a sub. I would love to some day see /r/nonviolentsocialism in front of peoples eyes on the front page. There is a huge surge of socialist ideals on Reddit, and I don't want to see it get away from the entire point of socialism, which is anti-authoritarianism.

Those of you in Central Ohio who are into the Catholic Worker Movement, Leo Tolstoy, the Diggers, and other Christian groups against oppression, please reach out. There are plans to throw together a mutual aid group with Christian radical focus. Fundamentalists and bigots need not apply.

Hello! We are the Anarcho-Pacifist Beginner’s Book Club.

Our first book is Free Women of Spain by Martha A. Ackelsberg.

Please feel free to join in our discussion in the comments below.

You can also join our XMPP chatroom by contacting grumbles44@creep.im or flowersformon2@creep.im.

Hi, I'm looking to make a small book club of beginners curious about anarcho-pacifism and anarchism in general. I think it would be good not just to read through the canon of anarchist literature but also its prominent critiques, and relevant economical, historical, anthropological, sociological, psychological perspectives. I'd love to get a diverse group of people from different cultures and backgrounds. Please message me on Reddit to discuss.

Edit: If anyone is interested and wants to join, this is what I've set up. If it changes for any reason I'll update this post.

I think XMPP with OMEMO is best as a communication tool as it is a free, federated and open source protocol, and good for anyone who wants to remain anonymous.

Please download any client from the list at https://xmpp.org/getting-started/ then register an account at creep.im. You can then add me at flowersformon2@creep.im.

I will create a group chat with everyone who's interested, then we'll get things started once we think we have a good group of people.

This is of course only one way that this can be done, please contact me if you have any alternate ideas.