Ich finde es ja okay wenn Menschen einen wie auch immer formalisierten Weg nutzen wollen um ihre Beziehungen zu managen, aber immer so zu tun als würden alle anderen das gar nicht machen oder wären komplett für sich alleine,das ist schon eine ziemliche Unart der aktuellen Vertreter*innen des klassischen Anarchismus.
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For a time I was pretty active on feddit, as it hosts the most active german speaking communities. The DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz community doesnt allow any posts about Palestine & Israel. As the moderation team takes a both sides / liberal zionism standpoint, they are unable to effectively moderate the discussions surrounding that topic. There is a com Nahost which hosts most posts/discussions about that currently, but I think its less active right now.
Part of me feels like that sanitized Israel-Palestine community exists to deflect criticism of their Zionism elsewhere on the instance.
I felt the mod and most active member of that community was doing lot of work innregards of information and education. I am pretty sure they did that on their own accord and bases on their own anti colonial / imperial beliefs.
Pointing out that a person was an annoying shithead in a previous conversation about a related topic (and tries to do so again) shouldnt get you banned. But the way you worded it in the removed comment really makes it easy to misunderstand your intent. Did you try to talk about this with the mods before posting here? I think it could be genuine mistake / misunderstanding of the situation.
Even in conversation with other leftists I hear people talk about how so and so doesn't have good leadership skills or want someone to be a better leader. It's getting to me in a way I probably shouldn't allow it to, but I feel like that mentality is antithetical to the goal of communism and will only delay its arrival. How do ...
Funny enough the best way is to lead by example. I believe most if not all people can feel the difference when the dont just follow someone, but actually participate in something as an "equal" (whatever that actualle means in that specific situation).
This often happen organically in situations like disasters when people have to take responsibility and make decisions spontaneously jnstead of waiting for authorities to help them. In not so pressing situations its something that could be facilitated, but is pretty hard to do consistently.
Especially in conversations you might bring up examples on how leaderless / non hieraechical projects were successful and even bring up things in their own lives where they might already have leaderless / non hieraechical ways of doing things like friend / hobby groups etc.
Maybe it can be one day but right now it’s 100% not production-grade software.
Why should we only use "production-grade software" software on the Fediverse? Isnt the beauty that we can use all kind of software as long as it interacts decently via the relevant protocols?
Also I am already using Lemmy, which is pretty known for its opinionated devs. This does not seem to be anything that would stop, especially when I can actually read the code as its in a language I can atleast understand somewhat
I am tempted to shoplift expired food. It’s equally criminal but the food has zero value because the shop cannot legally sell it. So I’m betting that if I get caught, no one would give a shit. I don’t suppose it would be reported but the shop might still make an internal record. I wonder if a shop would ban someone who is ...
Sounds like dumpster diving would be an easier approach
And no, most companys would care. Because if you could get expired but good food for free, you would be able to just wait till a product is over the expiration date instead of buying it.
Also in many places its legal to sell expired food, its just not common practice.
Sounds like this group is so over concerned with ideological purity testing that they’re never actually going to do anything useful and are thus actually just cosplaying.
I dont see that tbh, imo you are making a lot of assumptions here. There still as a decent amount of practice and somehow its easier for then to build coalitions with non-anarchist groups like unions, tenant initiatives etc.
Yeah basically the title. A group I am part of does not really see all the "unorganized" anarchists as part of their potential partners for action&projects. Thats why I am looking for experiences, examples and even theoretical texts that explore the cooperation of these different flavors of anarchism.
So yeah someone posted a video from a Kurzgesagt channel to mealtimevideos and i wanted to know if Kurzgesagt is still funded by Bill Gates (who is a supporter of the Trump regime and Israels genocide) ...
Screenshot showing a modlog of my deleted comment saying: "Has Kurzgesagt seperated from the fascism funding Bill Gates? If not then they can fuck off." Followed by a community ban.
Today, i couldnt upvote a post from [email protected] so i decided to check it out on my pc. i noticed that i was banned from the com even though i havent posted anything on the com nor the instance. i guess the reason for the ban is that i posted a meme to different comm a while ago. The meme is homophobic but i ...
Sometimes actions have consequences. And getting banned in one of dozens of anarchist communities on the Fediverse is really not a big consequence.
Small tip: If you truly believe that what you did was homophobic, dont put "homophobia" in quotes. This makes it seem like you are not actually using your own words and are actually not meaning it.
The first text that introduced me to crimethinc was this: https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too. ...
How is killing them better than just throwing them out of the community or spending the effort to educate their supporters? Also would you personally pull the trigger, potentially more than once, maybe a few hundred times? And where would you draw the line on who to kill? How high has simeone to score in the anati anarchist scale to score to get a death sentence? And who get to decide who should die? How would you organize this in an anarchist way? Like I struggle to see how this is actually the best way when I try to think it through.
Of course I would have killed Hitler if I could. But I would have done so when he was actively doing harm, being the leader of genocidal movement / state etc.
I wouldnt pull the trigget when we already removed similar people from power, redistributed all their wealth, destroyed the institutions that they used to stay in power etc. I would have better things to do in that situation.
Also I think there is a difference between building some kind of system to choose, detain and kill those people on bigger scale and just doing some revenge before, during or shortly after a social revolution. I wouldn't stop anyone from doing it, its just not something I would support as solution to a problem.
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Schaut Euch einfach folgendes Video an und Ihr wisst warum ich diesen Standpunkt vertretet.
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Hey all! Does anyone have any good direct action tactic guides on starting unions? I am considering starting one, but I am lost as to where to begin in terms of the actual process. Thanks in advance!
Their "basic" courses are not currently being planned this year, the ones there are building on top of the ones they did last year. Still probably worthwhile.
If you did those courses and want to share, did you feel like they provided skills with an antiauthoritarian outlook? I am asking because from my understanding (never participated but thought about joining last year), the strategies and skill taught there are more compatible with organizing through your typical union (which has election, hierarchies, doesnt necessarily want to abolish capitalism) and not as compatible when wanting to some anarchism.
So I recently discovered there's an anarchist bookfair happening in Tartu, Estonia. So I made these icons as a way to contribute spreading the news. What do you think? ...
A series of Icons for the Baltic Anarchist bookfair.
Nice job, also good to have multiple icons as examples because it helps the creativity :D
I think this I would like to know how it would look for the (Circle)A to be black, so maybe the first one but the (Circle)A lines are black and the infill is transparent?
We have a anarchist reading group starting up on signal for anyone that is interested. We'll choose a text to read, then meet weekly to discuss it. If you're interested leave a comment with your signal info or send me a message
I am not happy about the amount of fedjacketing in this thread. Instead of calling users cops (as a joke), try better and provide information why joining Signal groups from anonymous users might involve some risk.
I agree that that this is not democratic. This is not really the fault of the moderator tho, Lemmy is not built to support democratic processes. As a moderator I see some potential scenarios where I would remove / lock an active post:
The participants are actually breaking the rules of the instance/community.
The amount/location of comments is not feasible to moderate and the small group of participants should change the app for their conversation.
The conversation might not really break the current rules but still might not fit the community or be against the spirit of the community.
Btw, as a moderator of Ye Power Trippin' Bastards I would remove your post because it actually breaks the community rules and disregards the posting guideline. Not a mod here tho. The intent of the community seems to be discussions of concrete mod actions and not just unspecific patters of perceived behaviors.
While I stated in my comment that Lemmy does not support democratic processes natively, there are attempts to circumvent that such as /0 Governance to implement these with work around. On Reddit there were also times when r/Anarchism was moderated through an additional subreddit, where moderation actions were voted on.
I wanna preface this with: I’m learning and I want to learn. I have so many questions and I’d love to hear the perspectives of some seasoned anarchists on my thoughts and questions. I’m here to learn, and I greatly appreciate any input anyone can give. ...
You do not need to be perfect to be anarchist. You do not need anyones permissions to be an anarchist. But you also dont have to be an anarchist to vibe and cooperate with anarchists, their ideas and practices.
After seeing a megathread praising Mao Zedong, an actual mass killer, and a post about a guy saying "99% of westerners are 100000000000% sure they know what happened in 'Tiny Man Square' [...] the reasons for this are complex and involve propaganda [...]," I am genuinely curious what leads people to this belief system. Even if ...
Well for sure one of the reason is that even in non marxist communities they show up and write comments in a style that many people resonate with. I mean using citations, good grammar, appealing to logic, (seemingly) good argumentations etc.
This makes them look reasonable and even if you do not read all their sources, you might remember their comments and talking points in a pretty positive light.
I dont want to say this style of arguing is bad, but I think it gets valued higher than arguments based on intuition and emotion with a less "scientific" style, because that is what many people are taught when growing up, going to school etc.
Also I would like to say, in some cases this "showing up" is done in a way that feels invasive to (parts of) communties. Like an online version of Jehovas Witnesses.
Anarchism is primarily about communalization of production and distribution
I think your comparison is extremely valuable to read. I never had it written out in such a concise manner.
BUT
It is seemingly a marxists way of describing anarchism because the focus is very much on the sphere of production. Anarchism can and should be applied in so many more contexts. To say it with the words from Crimethinc, the goal of (many proponents of anarchism) is "To Change everything".
Meinung :: Antifaschismus ist wichtig, ja essentiell. Aber er kann nicht das Ziel sein
Gerade heute sehen wir das Antifaschismus wichtig, ja essentiell ist. Sei es hier in Deutschland und Europa, sei es weltweit. Jedoch ist zu beobachten das in der politischen Arbeit der anarchistischen- und radikal linken Bewegung andere Themen immer mehr in den Hintergrund rücken, der Antifaschismus immer mehr zum Ziel und Inhalt wird. Und genau das ist der falsche Weg. Den wenn wir nur gegen etwas sind, dann kommt uns das wofür wir sind abhanden! Doch genau das brauchen wir, Ziele und Visionen die wir anstreben, auf die wir zuarbeiten, für die wir kämpfen können und die uns Kraft geben.
Das bedeutet nicht das wir den Antifaschismus vernachlässigen dürften oder gar sollten, den der ist wie eingangs erwähnt wichtig und essentiell. Doch wenn wir darüber hinaus unsere eigentlichen Ziele immer mehr aus den Augen verlieren, dann beraubt uns das der Sache auf die wir hin arbeiten und es beraubt uns auch der Grundlage warum wir gegen den Faschismus und seine Umtriebe kämpfen!
Jedoch ist zu beobachten das in der politischen Arbeit der anarchistischen- und radikal linken Bewegung andere Themen immer mehr in den Hintergrund rücken, der Antifaschismus immer mehr zum Ziel und Inhalt wird.
Sehe ich jetzt irgendwie nicht so doll, neben Widersetzen waren in den letzten Jahren auch Klimagerechtigkeit (Lützerath) und Wohnungfrage (DW Enteignen) extrem groß und radikal bespielt.
Zudem ist Antifaschismus ein prima Ausgangspunkt um Themen wie Staatskritik, Feminismus oder Antirassimus näherzubringen und mit dem aktuellen Zeitgeist zu verknüpfen.
Bin aber natürlich immer offen für mehr statt weniger und die Verteidigung der FDGO sollte weder das Ziel noch die Message radikaler Akteure sein.
Here's the article: https://dallasexpress.com/crime/uncovering-militants-motives-anarchist-propaganda-linked-to-fort-worth-ice-ambush/ ...
A fediverse post by Abolisyonista (@[email protected]) saying "Anarchist attacked ICE in Texas and the mainstream media is citing passages from the anarchist library and all the passages are based??? https://dallasexpress.com/crime/uncovering-militants-motives-anarchist-propaganda-linked-to-fort-worth-ice-ambush/ " It has a picture of the "know the work rules" meme/comic, it shows a woman with ginger/orange hair holding a telephone saying "Hello, based department?!" with a concerned look on her face.
I think propaganda is more than just convincing people. Its also describes a way of acting and a relationship between the one(s) doing propaganda and the one(s) being (not) influenced/convinced by it.
From my anarchist perspective propaganda as a tool is not really desirable in achieving my vision of anarchism because instead of building trusting realtionships between equals, it kinda opens up a divide between the propagandists and the others without really enabling a dialogue or discussion. Of course in reality its not this much of a binary (and I can see others having a different understanding of the term propaganda), but I think it would be still preferable to choose ways of convincing others that actually build those relationships.
I have 2-3k ratios on Das Kapital by Marx and the manga version of Das Kapital. In fact all my highest ratios are some politcal classic ebooks with one comedy series mixed into it.
Ein Team der Deutschen Welle (DW) ist nach Angaben des Senders im Westjordanland von israelischen Siedlern angegriffen worden. Eine Korrespondentin und ein Kameramann der DW seien von israelischen Siedlern bei einem Angriff auf das palästinensische Dorf Sindschil nördlich von Ramallah mit Steinen beworfen und verfolgt worden, ...
Ich kann den Drang, sich bei völkerrechtswidrigen Aktivitäten nicht filmen zu lassen, schon verstehen.
Ansonsten traurig, dass das hier nur ein Nebensatz ist:
Eine Korrespondentin und ein Kameramann der DW seien von israelischen Siedlern bei einem Angriff auf das palästinensische Dorf Sindschil nördlich von Ramallah mit Steinen beworfen und verfolgt worden
Sollte das nicht irgendwie der Hauptfokus det medialen Berichterstattung sein?
Ich finde Siedler ist auch nur verharmlosend weil es einfach nicht genug Thematisierung, Bildung und Verständnis zu Kolonialismus gibt. Besonders in englischsprachigen Staaten die quasi Siedlerkolononien sind (Canada, USA, Australien) wird auch in meiner Erfahrung immer die direkte Übersetzung "settler" verwendet.
Aber ja, es gibt schon einen Unterschied zwischen selber aktiv Vertreibung zu machen und von teils Jahrhunderte zurückliegender Vertreibung passiv zu profitieren.
Which is enough to influence results (or atleast the public reception of results). I remember one year ago the endless debates about third parties in context of the US election and how those third parties might help Trump win.
Well in the best case the participants of the revolt already have a clear framework of actions for these kind of situations. So we would just follow those.
Examples might be things like "never make deals with the state" or "prefer peaceful solutions" etc.
If not, this would be a really good point to start doing this as a community via meetings and discussions. And from the sounds of it, the opponent is willing to give us that time via a ceasefire etc.
Personally, looking at the stae of the world right now, I would think a ceasefire would be benificial to to our side because we could rally global solidarity and invite folks to live on our land and in this way raising our collective power.
This questions seems semi related to the plot of the book A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy. I think the book an interesting interpretation of how anarchist communities would maybe act in the case of a war against a state.
Weird that yours is the only comment willing to take the deal,
Maybe I could have been more clear, but I would be willing to negotiate. Of course you dont take the first offer and especially not when other alternatives (limited or unlimited) ceasefires are possible. I think a state recognizing an insurgent force and also granting it land is something that shows how good the conditions for negotiations actually are. State usually do everything to not have to do that.
Obviously this would be something decided by a collective meeting.
For sure, I just wanted to point that out because not everyone reading this post will have that in the back of their head / have much experience with anarchist thinking and decisionmaking
Hey i dont know why you are reacting with such negativity. I also am surprised that you make such statements without acknowledging that words can have very different meanings to individuals and groups based on lots of really simple factors. Your understanding of the word leader is not better or more correct than anyone elses.
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[Discussion] How many of you have encountered Zionist apologia from Feddit or its users ( pastebin.com )
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Mod of a piefed instance asks me to edit my comment to "create a proper space for discussion" ( imgur.com )
I didn’t even know the link was from .ml. I haven’t blocked the instance completely, just some communities. ...
Banned for pointing out anti-vegan trolls past behaviour
In short ...
Arte Doku: Eine kleine Geschichte der Anarchie, Teil 1 ( youtu.be ) German
Any suggestions for community logo
I can suggest something like the BLM raised fist, it is used mostly around BLM but I think it's a good symbol for activism as a whole? ...
What's the best way to combat people's obsession with having good leaders and with leadership in general?
Even in conversation with other leftists I hear people talk about how so and so doesn't have good leadership skills or want someone to be a better leader. It's getting to me in a way I probably shouldn't allow it to, but I feel like that mentality is antithetical to the goal of communism and will only delay its arrival. How do ...
Piefed monthly user activity has increased by nearly 500 in 3 days. ( piefed.fediverse.observer )
Just thought I'd note this. Main beneficiary so far seems to be piefed.ca.
Shoplifting expired food
I am tempted to shoplift expired food. It’s equally criminal but the food has zero value because the shop cannot legally sell it. So I’m betting that if I get caught, no one would give a shit. I don’t suppose it would be reported but the shop might still make an internal record. I wonder if a shop would ban someone who is ...
In my experience, social/organized anarchists and individualist anarchist often talk shit about each other and do not actively cooperate. But do you know of positive examples of such cooperation?
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In my experience, social/organized anarchists and individualist anarchist often talk shit about each other and do not actively cooperate. But do you know of positive examples of such cooperation?
Yeah basically the title. A group I am part of does not really see all the "unorganized" anarchists as part of their potential partners for action&projects. Thats why I am looking for experiences, examples and even theoretical texts that explore the cooperation of these different flavors of anarchism.
I found a stack of sticker labels, what can type on them?
I found these small labels that I want to type stuff on and stick them around town. ...
Banned from mealtimevideos for asking if the posted content is still funded by Bill Gates
So yeah someone posted a video from a Kurzgesagt channel to mealtimevideos and i wanted to know if Kurzgesagt is still funded by Bill Gates (who is a supporter of the Trump regime and Israels genocide) ...
Got banned until 2100 for "homophobia"
Today, i couldnt upvote a post from [email protected] so i decided to check it out on my pc. i noticed that i was banned from the com even though i havent posted anything on the com nor the instance. i guess the reason for the ban is that i posted a meme to different comm a while ago. The meme is homophobic but i ...
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No guillotines
The first text that introduced me to crimethinc was this: https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too. ...
How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane), Pt. 1 - It Could Happen Here ( omny.fm )
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Organizing a Union
Hey all! Does anyone have any good direct action tactic guides on starting unions? I am considering starting one, but I am lost as to where to begin in terms of the actual process. Thanks in advance!
I made these. Any feedback?
So I recently discovered there's an anarchist bookfair happening in Tartu, Estonia. So I made these icons as a way to contribute spreading the news. What do you think? ...
Anyone interested in joining a anarchist reading group?
We have a anarchist reading group starting up on signal for anyone that is interested. We'll choose a text to read, then meet weekly to discuss it. If you're interested leave a comment with your signal info or send me a message
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Am I an anarchist if I’m involved in electoral politics?
I wanna preface this with: I’m learning and I want to learn. I have so many questions and I’d love to hear the perspectives of some seasoned anarchists on my thoughts and questions. I’m here to learn, and I greatly appreciate any input anyone can give. ...
How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset?
After seeing a megathread praising Mao Zedong, an actual mass killer, and a post about a guy saying "99% of westerners are 100000000000% sure they know what happened in 'Tiny Man Square' [...] the reasons for this are complex and involve propaganda [...]," I am genuinely curious what leads people to this belief system. Even if ...
An Anarchist FAQ Reading Group - Megathread - Week #27
Hey y’all! ...
The police have a "success" rate of about 2%
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Mainstream media quoting the anarchist library.
Here's the article: https://dallasexpress.com/crime/uncovering-militants-motives-anarchist-propaganda-linked-to-fort-worth-ice-ambush/ ...
What are your highest seeding ratios?
For me it's YIFY versions of older movies
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Israelische Siedler attackieren Journalisten der Deutschen Welle im Westjordanland ( www.t-online.de ) German
Ein Team der Deutschen Welle (DW) ist nach Angaben des Senders im Westjordanland von israelischen Siedlern angegriffen worden. Eine Korrespondentin und ein Kameramann der DW seien von israelischen Siedlern bei einem Angriff auf das palästinensische Dorf Sindschil nördlich von Ramallah mit Steinen beworfen und verfolgt worden, ...
Elon Musk announces new 'America' party after slamming Trump's megabill ( eu.usatoday.com )
A thought experiment.
Imagine you are a person fighting in an anarchist revolt. ...
Lynch Your Leaders ( bobvylan.bandcamp.com )
Great songs!