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YouTube video by Afterthoughts Change-Makers: How To Become Fearless

Change-Makers: How To Become Fearless (by Afterthoughts)
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
It’s always good to be reminded that if we don’t practice being brave today we won’t have the courage to act when the time comes to step up - it starts with small acts of rebellion now #anarchism #anti-fascism

YouTube video by RE-EDUCATION Can Anarcho-Communism Work on a National Scale?

A quicker response than sending academic studies -
youtu.be/6VOHG9fzcDI
& youtu.be/gmRe5E1Vceo

There were several million people in non-hierarchal country sized areas for hundreds of years - if thats the limit then such societies can divide once they get larger than this. The size of humanity is not the problem - it is some people wanting to rule others. anarwiki.org/wiki/Anarchi...

Seeing that humanity has existed for the majority of its existence without states and we had non-hierarchal civilisations that lasted thousands of years - I’d say the burden of proof is on you to prove it isn’t possible - the evidence is on the anarchists side in this area.

Some of us are old anarchists and these are old concepts - it is leveraging the existing dysfunctional world to build the power of one in which no-one goes hungry and you are free from arbitrary power. If it appeals to teenagers then great - some of them grow up and fight for freedoms.

In America you vote for someone who was sponsored by and serves corporations.
The means of production are privately controlled and commodified.
The police often act arbitrarily, largely with immunity, protecting primarily the ruling classes.
And the president has king-like powers during their term.

Twin Oaks community sign

Twin Oaks - Anti-Authoritarian Community
... its core values of cooperation, egalitarianism, nonviolence, sustainability, and income sharing, combined with its rejection of hierarchical authority and embrace of direct democracy, make it a significant case study ...
anarwiki.org/wiki/Twin_Oaks

This is the wonderful principle of expropriation - taking back what is stolen - sounds great to me - while we live under capitalism and states it is a useful revolutionary tactic, although unnecessary when anarchism is fully established.
anarwiki.org/wiki/Expropr...

Anarchism means no rulers not no rules.
The Subcomandantes take orders from the communities, not the reverse.
The councils use rotating positions, immediate recall, and direct accountability to community assemblies.
& The military is subordinate to the civilian Juntas, not the other way around.

It’s hard because there is hundreds to choose from,
but I'd go with …
Currently the Zapatistas
anarwiki.org/wiki/Zapatis...
In recent history Revolutionary Catalonia
anarwiki.org/wiki/Revolut...
And anciently the Indus Valley Civilisation
anarwiki.org/wiki/Indus_V...

YouTube video by Daniel Baryon | Anark How Would Anarchism Defend Itself?

Videos can be helpful to visually illustrate different views and the evidence for them. For example on the subject of anarchist defence - youtu.be/jNiETZLrfII

Can an Anarchist Society Defend Itself? Examines whether anarchist societies can organize collective defense without centralized authority when facing external military aggression.

Then I'm sure you'll be happy to read anarchists explaining this and the examples they give -
* anarwiki.org/wiki/Anarchi...
* theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chri...
* www.anarchistfaq.org/afaq/section...
* brewminate.com/defense-with...

I’m sorry you haven’t found the cases you’ve seen from anarchism convincing - from what I’ve seen anarchist direct action, prefiguration and mutual aid have shown stateless, classless solutions are possible, and I’m convinced that there are anarchist paths to those goals.

People kill each other already under the system we already have. Under better conditions people kill each other much less, so a world with less killing is possible. That is the kind of world most anarchists I know want.

It's not like non-hierarchal societies throughout histories haven't had to deal with and solve this problem as well as humans can (and better than society does now) already.
anarwiki.org/wiki/Antisoc...

I hear this a lot, but I reckon “Government equals organisation plus domination. Anarchist organisation is coordination without domination.”
anarwiki.org/wiki/Definit...
& if more meetings including more people affected equals more freedom I'm for it!

Who do you think overthrew fascism in Italy and Spain? (As you brought them up) - From my perspective those whose die fighting fascism contribute to its overthrow.

Many allies fought against Germany. The Italians got rid of Mussolini themselves. The Spanish (including may anarchists) themselves helped ultimately wear down Spanish fascism (likewise the Portuguese with their fascism). A lot of the Spanish anarchists were involved in the French Resistance too.

Anarchists have a great history of fighting fascists - in Germany, Spain, Italy and elsewhere - most of Antifa are anarchists

That's great! I'm sure a lot of radical bookstores, distros and infoshops would be interested in having that in stock here. (& I now have all the PDFs so far and am looking forward to reading them)

This looks great! Does anyone distribute this in the UK? Will it be compiled into a graphic novel? Cheers!

Love, Consent, and Liberation Why Healthy Relationships Are Better With Anarchy

Love, Consent, and Liberation
Why Healthy Relationships Are Better With Anarchy
peacefulrevolutionary.substack.com/p/love-conse... #anarchism #love

Anarchism At Scale?
For those sincerely wondering about the claims and facts of how Anarchism has and can work on a large scale see - anarwiki.org/wiki/Anarchi... #anarchism

Well to be fair to the Anarcho-Communists, Anarcho-Syndicalists, Social Ecologist Confederalists, Municipalists, Mutualists, and Council Communists - there are lots of Anarchist / Libertarian Socialist forms of organisation -
anarwiki.org/wiki/Anarchi... &
anarwiki.org/wiki/Anarchi...

For those sincerely wondering about the claims and facts of FBI/CIA infiltration of Anarchist and Marxist groups in America see - anarwiki.org/wiki/State_I... #anarchism

Anarchists have a great history at making fascists bleed - in Germany, Spain, Italy and elsewhere.
Anarchists have also carried out complex manufacturing processes (see Revolutionary Catalonia).
And Anarchists have a long tradition of helping peoples (see Mutual Aid, Food Not Bombs etc.)

I was just curious you found the need to share the opinion of someone else - especially one that made an accusation without checking its veracity - but I did get a laugh out of you calling anarchists authoritarian as if they claimed or had or wanted any arbitrary authority - such fun!

& Now I've found the French source - it was the Denikinists (Russians) who it says were raping Jewish women that Makhno put a stop to. Although it admits Makhno did take part in orgies, so I presume this got mixed up together.

I found the Footman book but he supposedly is quoting from yet another French book and the word rape isn't used. So it is (possibly badly translated) fourth-hand hearsay that appeared in a Trotskyist polemic.

This is triple hearsay - Armstrong claims 'Volin admits' this, but he's not quoting Volin directly, he's citing David Footman's 1961 book, which claims to quote Volin (who was an ally of Makhno). If there is nothing more reliable we can dismiss this as false propaganda & the source as untrustworthy.