This is a photograph of the ruins where Pacific Palisades, one of the wealthier neighborhoods in Los Angeles, used to be. The fire has consumed these houses completely. The climate disaster is proceeding faster than anyone is prepared for.

Capitalism is humanity making war on itself in slow motion. Now the process is speeding up and impacting more and more people, including some who were previously protected from the immediate consequences. The climate crisis is just one aspect of this catastrophe.

https://preview.redd.it/9owrfl4l7xbe1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d02d4d393be09faa9a7a9b572df3939f83daa42

The floods in Porto Alegre and Valencia—Hurricanes Helene and Milton—the wildfires destroying LA. Neither corporations nor politicians will offer real solutions. We have to take direct action to defend each other and address the root causes.

[https://crimethinc.com/Climate2024](https://crimethinc.com/Climate2024)

Capitalism is humanity making war on itself in slow motion. Now the process is speeding up and impacting more and more people, including some who were previously protected from the immediate consequences. The climate crisis is just one aspect of this catastrophe.

https://preview.redd.it/9owrfl4l7xbe1.jpg?width=1080&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=8d02d4d393be09faa9a7a9b572df3939f83daa42

The floods in Porto Alegre and Valencia—Hurricanes Helene and Milton—the wildfires destroying LA. Neither corporations nor politicians will offer real solutions. We have to take direct action to defend each other and address the root causes.

https://crimethinc.com/Climate2024


Weekly Discussion Thread for Black, Indigenous, People of Color

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Radical action is needed to combat climate change the only thing burning should be the oligarchy


I got attacked for saying cops are always bad.  I've also gotten pushback on other positions that I thought were almost universally "leftist." I'm now convinced the sub is just a bunch of progressive libs. The word "leftist" doesn't mean shit anymore, if it ever did.  I'm a fucking anarchist. Full stop.

I had to leave the "leftist" sub

I got attacked for saying cops are always bad.  I&#39;ve also gotten pushback on other positions that I thought were almost universally &quot;leftist.&quot; I&#39;m now convinced the sub is just a bunch of progressive libs. The word &quot;leftist&quot; doesn&#39;t mean shit anymore, if it ever did.  I&#39;m a fucking anarchist. Full stop.


I'm looking to network with community organizations, especially anarchists and others who understand the power of parallel structures of support.

The next few years are going to be rough, and I'd like to get to know folks.

Organizations & community aid groups in Alabama/around the deep south?

I&#39;m looking to network with community organizations, especially anarchists and others who understand the power of parallel structures of support.

The next few years are going to be rough, and I&#39;d like to get to know folks.


Just some fun wordplay I wanted to share.

Also everything is politics.

An apolitical stance is a political stance.


Hi all,

I've been part of a mutual aid group for the past couple years that is explicitly anarchist, abolitionist, and non-hierarchical. Our main project is cooking fresh, nutritious meals for unsheltered folks each week, and we also have a propane program where folks can get free propane to stay warm/cook. We also distribute harm reduction, clothes, etc.

I've recently been exposed to critiques of the mutual aid project from the socialist/Marxist point of view. I know one common critique is that much of what is packaged as mutual aid often isn't very mutual, which I think is a valid point-my group is always brainstorming ways to be more truly mutual, such as giving opportunities to the our unsheltered neighbors to come help cook and distribute meals (to the extent that they want to, not as an obligation). That being said, I think even when mutual aid is fairly one-sided, the distinction between how a horizontally-organized, no-strings attached project operates and a neoliberal charity or church is significant enough that I don't have a huge problem with the phrase "mutual aid."

The critique that has given me more food for thought is over strategy. The arguments I've seen say that mutual aid is essentially just a band-aid that doesn't address root issues, which frankly I think is a pretty uncontroversial thing to say that no one I know in the MA world would disagree with. Where I understand the point is that maintaining a well-functioning mutual aid group is incredibly time intensive, and in theory that time could be spent helping politically organize in a way that would more directly grasp for the levers of power that could ultimately redistribute wealth in a way that would benefit far more people far more greatly than cooking meals every week ever could.

I have access to wealth and have donated a lot of money to more root-cause political projects, but realistically I work full time and contribute what free time I can to MA because I like being involved in my neighbors and because it helps people in the here and now. Part of this is admittedly a bit selfish: I get more satisfaction from MA than I have from helping with political projects, which is important for my mental health as an individual in our capitalist society. I also love being part of a community that takes care of each other, though I've heard socialists critique the focus on community over the focus on a society and the idea that MA groups are little islands of solidarity whereas the Marxist project is to unite the working class across the country and world towards a common cause. One thing I feel is missing from this aspect of the Marxist critique is that in my experience, lots of trans folks are attracted to mutual aid (I'm a cis-male, for what it's worth), and I think part of the reason it speaks more to them is that our "society" is largely very hostile to them, and while I'm all about class solidarity, this a reality for a lot of marginalized people that I don't often see addressed from the Marxist lens.

Anyways, this is kind of a jumble of thoughts, but just wanted to see what people who are more anarchist-inclined like myself think about these critiques of MA. Would our time be better spent on political projects that have the possibility of achieving a greater good, and if so, what would that practically even look like?

Critique of Mutual Aid

Hi all,

I&#39;ve been part of a mutual aid group for the past couple years that is explicitly anarchist, abolitionist, and non-hierarchical. Our main project is cooking fresh, nutritious meals for unsheltered folks each week, and we also have a propane program where folks can get free propane to stay warm/cook. We also distribute harm reduction, clothes, etc.

I&#39;ve recently been exposed to critiques of the mutual aid project from the socialist/Marxist point of view. I know one common critique is that much of what is packaged as mutual aid often isn&#39;t very mutual, which I think is a valid point-my group is always brainstorming ways to be more truly mutual, such as giving opportunities to the our unsheltered neighbors to come help cook and distribute meals (to the extent that they want to, not as an obligation). That being said, I think even when mutual aid is fairly one-sided, the distinction between how a horizontally-organized, no-strings attached project operates and a neoliberal charity or church is significant enough that I don&#39;t have a huge problem with the phrase &quot;mutual aid.&quot;

The critique that has given me more food for thought is over strategy. The arguments I&#39;ve seen say that mutual aid is essentially just a band-aid that doesn&#39;t address root issues, which frankly I think is a pretty uncontroversial thing to say that no one I know in the MA world would disagree with. Where I understand the point is that maintaining a well-functioning mutual aid group is incredibly time intensive, and in theory that time could be spent helping politically organize in a way that would more directly grasp for the levers of power that could ultimately redistribute wealth in a way that would benefit far more people far more greatly than cooking meals every week ever could.

I have access to wealth and have donated a lot of money to more root-cause political projects, but realistically I work full time and contribute what free time I can to MA because I like being involved in my neighbors and because it helps people in the here and now. Part of this is admittedly a bit selfish: I get more satisfaction from MA than I have from helping with political projects, which is important for my mental health as an individual in our capitalist society. I also love being part of a community that takes care of each other, though I&#39;ve heard socialists critique the focus on community over the focus on a society and the idea that MA groups are little islands of solidarity whereas the Marxist project is to unite the working class across the country and world towards a common cause. One thing I feel is missing from this aspect of the Marxist critique is that in my experience, lots of trans folks are attracted to mutual aid (I&#39;m a cis-male, for what it&#39;s worth), and I think part of the reason it speaks more to them is that our &quot;society&quot; is largely very hostile to them, and while I&#39;m all about class solidarity, this a reality for a lot of marginalized people that I don&#39;t often see addressed from the Marxist lens.

Anyways, this is kind of a jumble of thoughts, but just wanted to see what people who are more anarchist-inclined like myself think about these critiques of MA. Would our time be better spent on political projects that have the possibility of achieving a greater good, and if so, what would that practically even look like?


Hi all,

I'm looking for a 2025 calendar that will allow me to spend money to support agency and mutuality. I am a therapist and would like to give a nod to anarchism/socialism/organizing.

Soo anyone have recommendations?

Looking for 2025 calendar that will support a cause.

Hi all,

I&#39;m looking for a 2025 calendar that will allow me to spend money to support agency and mutuality. I am a therapist and would like to give a nod to anarchism/socialism/organizing.

Soo anyone have recommendations?


I'm a 9th & 10th grade public (obviously) school English teacher & obviously an anarcho-communist (ew, sorry I used "obviously" twice in that sentence). I feel like I do a decent job structuring my classroom in accordance with my anarchist values, but it's definitely challenging in the American public education system. I've tried reading academic literature on the subject, but there's not a lot. I read Pedagogy of the Oppressed which was good, but only got me so far. Does anyone have any literature recommendations or just general advice of ways to structure my classroom that would continue to enforce anarchist values?

Anarchist Classroom Advice

I&#39;m a 9th &amp; 10th grade public (obviously) school English teacher &amp; obviously an anarcho-communist (ew, sorry I used &quot;obviously&quot; twice in that sentence). I feel like I do a decent job structuring my classroom in accordance with my anarchist values, but it&#39;s definitely challenging in the American public education system. I&#39;ve tried reading academic literature on the subject, but there&#39;s not a lot. I read Pedagogy of the Oppressed which was good, but only got me so far. Does anyone have any literature recommendations or just general advice of ways to structure my classroom that would continue to enforce anarchist values?


I saw a post that linked to Desert as kind of a rebuttal to doomerism but, like... I really don't get it

I tried reading it yesterday, got to the second header thing, and I had to stop because I started going doomer mode cause of it.

I tried again today, ended up pretty much skimming it, I just couldn't put more energy/attention into it without feeling like I'm gonna have a despair-related mental breakdown

I made it to the end, just skimming, and it doesn't really seem to lighten up at any point. What am I missing? How is it supposed to be "anti-doomerism" if pretty much the whole point of it is "we'll never create a better world, authoritarism won forever, the climate is fucked forever, and most of the human population will be dead :)" 😬

Like, I wish I hadn't tried reading it cause now I have to spend the rest of the day trying to pull myself out of this mindset again, cause if whoever wrote that is right, why bother, why not just wait to rot 🤷♀

I tried reading Desert but couldn't

I saw a post that linked to Desert as kind of a rebuttal to doomerism but, like... I really don&#39;t get it

I tried reading it yesterday, got to the second header thing, and I had to stop because I started going doomer mode cause of it.

I tried again today, ended up pretty much skimming it, I just couldn&#39;t put more energy/attention into it without feeling like I&#39;m gonna have a despair-related mental breakdown

I made it to the end, just skimming, and it doesn&#39;t really seem to lighten up at any point. What am I missing? How is it supposed to be &quot;anti-doomerism&quot; if pretty much the whole point of it is &quot;we&#39;ll never create a better world, authoritarism won forever, the climate is fucked forever, and most of the human population will be dead :)&quot; 😬

Like, I wish I hadn&#39;t tried reading it cause now I have to spend the rest of the day trying to pull myself out of this mindset again, cause if whoever wrote that is right, why bother, why not just wait to rot 🤷♀


I see this type of rhetoric used WAY too much by liberal abolitionists. It all seems too unrealistic and personally, kinda disgusting. Accountability is of course what should happen if everything were perfect, but liberal abolitionists fail to realise that abusers, rapists, fascists etc. should be held accountable and face consequences for their actions.

here is a good writing on this: [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lee-shevek-against-a-liberal-abolitionism](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lee-shevek-against-a-liberal-abolitionism)

Prison abolitionism does NOT mean lack of accountability and/or consequences

I see this type of rhetoric used WAY too much by liberal abolitionists. It all seems too unrealistic and personally, kinda disgusting. Accountability is of course what should happen if everything were perfect, but liberal abolitionists fail to realise that abusers, rapists, fascists etc. should be held accountable and face consequences for their actions.

here is a good writing on this: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lee-shevek-against-a-liberal-abolitionism


I find that a lot of folks stress internationalism to be super important to anarchist theory and I don’t disagree on a conceptual level but on a practical - how?? As a Canadian, I can’t even keep up with what’s happening here (America dominating the news and all). With also having to participate in the capitalist hellscape and how that bogs down the mind, how does one keep up with international struggles? On top of other theory AND praxis. Like it’s all just so much.

Internationalism


This weekend and next, events will take place around the country in response to the call for Festivals of Resistance before Trump takes power. This is a crucial chance for communities to come together and build skills for collective defense.


Weekly Discussion Thread for Radical Women

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Radical Women Wednesday

Weekly Discussion Thread for Radical Women

Radical women can talk about whatever they want in here. Suggestions; chill &amp; relax, radical trans women, anarchafeminism, news and current events, books, entertainment

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This summer I’ll be living out of my car traveling across the United States. My goal in doing this is to bring together as many communities and individual like minded people as possible to further a movement demanding those in power for what should be human rights. Among those we have

•Bodily autonomy (The right to choose abortion. The right to medical contraceptives such as IUDs. The right to change your gender through legal and medical means.)

•The taxation of the rich

•Universal health care

•Forcing companies to acknowledge their affect on global warming and do what they can to limit it, pollution, and other harmful practices even at a cost to revenue and shareholder value

•Ending lobbying in America and dismantling the “first past the pole” voting technique in favor of the approval rating system

•Defunding the police to any extent/ enforcing much stricter training policies

I understand that some people will view this list as not being extreme enough, and others might find that some of these demands are too unrealistic to fight for, but I implore of you, that if there are any issues listed that you think are worth fighting for at all, to please reach out to me in one way or another. If you believe in more rights for the individual, a better world for our children, an easier world for anybody to live in, please, help us to back our cries for human rights with the power to fight for them.

Meeting in person gives us the opportunity to give you access to a communication channel that can otherwise not be reached. It’ll be posted no where, meaning it can not be taken down or censored, and cannot be joined unless given permission to directly by somebody already in the channel. This allows us to create both small and large scale coordination of everybody in the group to work together and make our voices heard in the face of adversity.

My dms are open if you have any questions

Revolution near you


The unknown revolution, 1917-1921 - Volin Complete text of Volin's extensive work on the Russian Revolution, its usurping by the Bolsheviks and on …


New Years actions in solidarity with Greek comrades - Freedom News


This is apart of my healing process. My anarchism cannot exist without prison support, without Abolition, without working on ways to heal and grow that don’t involve the carceral slave system.

Respect to everyone who fights for those inside.
Respect, -EK

Part of my healing process..ACAB, FTTP No


hello friends

i wanted to make this post because we get a lot of Palestinians (or scam artists pretending to be them) in here posting donation links. in a previous thread i linked to UNRWA and operation olive branch as official sources to donate to.

it has now come to my attention that operation olive branch are reporting their former volunteers to the FBI. these former volunteers had their own issues with OOB, but left peacefully and to my knowledge didn’t try to cause them any issues. OOB have used their lawyer to tell these activists that they have been reported to the FBI and are now under investigation.

i think this is absolutely sickening but not surprising, and this is enough for me to no longer consider OOB as a legitimate humanitarian effort. it’s quite clear that they have chosen to weaponise a system of corruption and oppression against activists they don’t like and given how aggressively cops and FBI are cracking down on pro-palestinian protestors, it’s a deliberate attempt to get them taken care of permanently. it’s likely that many of these activists are people of colour, which makes the weaponisation of these systems that much more insidious.

if you want to donate to Palestine, ~~please donate through UNRWA~~ (not trying to convince anyone to donate), they have an interactive map feature to track the aid going in. operation olive branch do have a master list and i think that could potentially still be a good resource, but i would not get involved in any tangible way with them anymore. stay safe :)

EDIT: adding resources from the comments (thanks TylerSouza, chronic 314 and Mindless-Place1511!)

[e sims for palestinians](https://chuffed.org/pay/campaign/105356)

[gfm link bakery](https://www.gofundme.com/f/gaza-bakery-feeding-displaced-families)

[gfm link mutual aid](https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-the-people-of-gaza-mutual-aid-fund)

[gaza resources/mutual aid masterlist tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/riding-with-the-wild-hunt/767435793628348416/a-whole-bunch-of-gazan-mutual-aid-projects-and)

operation olive branch warning

hello friends

i wanted to make this post because we get a lot of Palestinians (or scam artists pretending to be them) in here posting donation links. in a previous thread i linked to UNRWA and operation olive branch as official sources to donate to.

it has now come to my attention that operation olive branch are reporting their former volunteers to the FBI. these former volunteers had their own issues with OOB, but left peacefully and to my knowledge didn’t try to cause them any issues. OOB have used their lawyer to tell these activists that they have been reported to the FBI and are now under investigation.

i think this is absolutely sickening but not surprising, and this is enough for me to no longer consider OOB as a legitimate humanitarian effort. it’s quite clear that they have chosen to weaponise a system of corruption and oppression against activists they don’t like and given how aggressively cops and FBI are cracking down on pro-palestinian protestors, it’s a deliberate attempt to get them taken care of permanently. it’s likely that many of these activists are people of colour, which makes the weaponisation of these systems that much more insidious.

if you want to donate to Palestine, please donate through UNRWA (not trying to convince anyone to donate), they have an interactive map feature to track the aid going in. operation olive branch do have a master list and i think that could potentially still be a good resource, but i would not get involved in any tangible way with them anymore. stay safe :)

EDIT: adding resources from the comments (thanks TylerSouza, chronic 314 and Mindless-Place1511!)

e sims for palestinians

gfm link bakery

gfm link mutual aid

gaza resources/mutual aid masterlist tumblr


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

What Are You Reading/Book Club Tuesday


INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF ACTION 10-16 JANUARY 2025 FOR THE COMRADES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE POLA ROUPA & NIKOS MAZIOTIS [EN,IT,GER,FR]


I'm curious about references to anarchism in media: especially more contemporary or popular media, films, tv shows, etc. For e.g. in the show *Killing Eve* the secret group trying to bring about chaos in the world "The Twelve" started as an anarchist group.

Growing up I've seen so few mentions of anarchism in popular media but I am curious which ones are out there and how they shape mainstream perception of what anarchists are like.

Anarchism in Media

I&#39;m curious about references to anarchism in media: especially more contemporary or popular media, films, tv shows, etc. For e.g. in the show Killing Eve the secret group trying to bring about chaos in the world &quot;The Twelve&quot; started as an anarchist group.

Growing up I&#39;ve seen so few mentions of anarchism in popular media but I am curious which ones are out there and how they shape mainstream perception of what anarchists are like.


People always seem to focus on the granular details of how an anarchistic world would work. "How do you prevent rape?" "How do you defend your civilization from outside interference?" and so forth.

The answer is that we won't know until we try. Not really. We can theorize all day, but it kind of defeats the whole purpose of anarchism. I don't like to speak for others, so I'll just say that I believe people can govern themselves, and that means letting them figure out how to do it best, provided that if anyone tries to exploit anyone else, we all gang up on them and put a stop to it.

The thing I love most about anarchism is its elegant simplicity. Hierarchy=bad. That's it. The rest will work itself out. The only reason things haven't already worked themselves out is that we live in a hierarchical society.

Seriously, everything I've ever read on the subject seems to just boil down to very smart people trying to convince everyone else that it really is that simple. Which it is.

So stop trying to plan it out so carefully. Accept that it's a flexible system by design, and that any question which crops up over the course of it's implementation will find an answer that suits the moment, and might change later.

Hierarchy = bad. Start there, and everything else will follow naturally.

You can't plan an anarchist society.

People always seem to focus on the granular details of how an anarchistic world would work. &quot;How do you prevent rape?&quot; &quot;How do you defend your civilization from outside interference?&quot; and so forth.

The answer is that we won&#39;t know until we try. Not really. We can theorize all day, but it kind of defeats the whole purpose of anarchism. I don&#39;t like to speak for others, so I&#39;ll just say that I believe people can govern themselves, and that means letting them figure out how to do it best, provided that if anyone tries to exploit anyone else, we all gang up on them and put a stop to it.

The thing I love most about anarchism is its elegant simplicity. Hierarchy=bad. That&#39;s it. The rest will work itself out. The only reason things haven&#39;t already worked themselves out is that we live in a hierarchical society.

Seriously, everything I&#39;ve ever read on the subject seems to just boil down to very smart people trying to convince everyone else that it really is that simple. Which it is.

So stop trying to plan it out so carefully. Accept that it&#39;s a flexible system by design, and that any question which crops up over the course of it&#39;s implementation will find an answer that suits the moment, and might change later.

Hierarchy = bad. Start there, and everything else will follow naturally.


Hello, I've only recently gotten back into leftist thought after a brief period of being center-left. Discovering anarchist texts such as "post-scarcity anarchism" by Murray Bookchin and thinkers such as Mikhail Bakunin have really brought me back into the leftist fold after being wary of more authoritarian leftists (My core value above all is anti-authoritarianism). I came to the conclusion long ago that it's not the left vs. right that's the primary conflict, it's just a byproduct, but rather the core struggle is the people versus the state and its elite. Now being just 24, Anarchism to me is the ideology that made such leftist thought even tolerable to me, and the more I understand it (be aware I'm still fresh on it), the more it gives me motivation to change my community and gives me a little more fire. I've also joined the Anarchy 101 subreddit so I'll ask questions there, but I simply wanted to post this as I've recently become active on reddit in general, and would like to simply say hi to you all! So hi!

New to it all

Hello, I&#39;ve only recently gotten back into leftist thought after a brief period of being center-left. Discovering anarchist texts such as &quot;post-scarcity anarchism&quot; by Murray Bookchin and thinkers such as Mikhail Bakunin have really brought me back into the leftist fold after being wary of more authoritarian leftists (My core value above all is anti-authoritarianism). I came to the conclusion long ago that it&#39;s not the left vs. right that&#39;s the primary conflict, it&#39;s just a byproduct, but rather the core struggle is the people versus the state and its elite. Now being just 24, Anarchism to me is the ideology that made such leftist thought even tolerable to me, and the more I understand it (be aware I&#39;m still fresh on it), the more it gives me motivation to change my community and gives me a little more fire. I&#39;ve also joined the Anarchy 101 subreddit so I&#39;ll ask questions there, but I simply wanted to post this as I&#39;ve recently become active on reddit in general, and would like to simply say hi to you all! So hi!


We are told happiness is something internal, that depends solely on ourselves, on our "attitude", on how we think, that it is a mental state, independent of reality, and this point is driven into us by innumerable examples of martyrs, of stoics and ascetics of whom it is said achieved a supreme degree of happiness, "nirvana", in spite of (or even thanks to) the extreme deprivations and earthly pains they endured.

This I hold to be false. Happiness is a product of our quality of life. That's why Danes are happier than Greeks. Danes are asked: "what is the secret of happiness?", but they never give the right answer: purchasing power. Material comfort, but only if it is generalized in society, because the perception of poverty causes sorrow even in the souls of the rich. That's why rich South-Africans, Hispanics, and Chinese can't have peace and live in fear, and flee their countries to live in Copenhagen and Zurich.

We are told the opposite so we look within ourselves for what is to blame for our misery, so we do not attempt to change our circumstances but rather live and die doubly miserable, tortured not only by want but also by an unfounded guilt, as unhappiness is seen as a failure, a character flaw, and not as a symptom of living in a bleak and diseased World; so that we do not understand that, in order to be happy, we must make our societies more like Danish and Norweigian societies.

And that means revolution. It means dispossessing the rich from the means of production they have hoarded and distribute them among the workers. It means toppling the old institutions and authorities and establishing new ones that ensure true democracy, popular sovereignty and, therefore, equality and generalized wellbeing. Institutions that are accountable and transparent. Decentralized power that is close to the people.

On happiness

We are told happiness is something internal, that depends solely on ourselves, on our &quot;attitude&quot;, on how we think, that it is a mental state, independent of reality, and this point is driven into us by innumerable examples of martyrs, of stoics and ascetics of whom it is said achieved a supreme degree of happiness, &quot;nirvana&quot;, in spite of (or even thanks to) the extreme deprivations and earthly pains they endured.

This I hold to be false. Happiness is a product of our quality of life. That&#39;s why Danes are happier than Greeks. Danes are asked: &quot;what is the secret of happiness?&quot;, but they never give the right answer: purchasing power. Material comfort, but only if it is generalized in society, because the perception of poverty causes sorrow even in the souls of the rich. That&#39;s why rich South-Africans, Hispanics, and Chinese can&#39;t have peace and live in fear, and flee their countries to live in Copenhagen and Zurich.

We are told the opposite so we look within ourselves for what is to blame for our misery, so we do not attempt to change our circumstances but rather live and die doubly miserable, tortured not only by want but also by an unfounded guilt, as unhappiness is seen as a failure, a character flaw, and not as a symptom of living in a bleak and diseased World; so that we do not understand that, in order to be happy, we must make our societies more like Danish and Norweigian societies.

And that means revolution. It means dispossessing the rich from the means of production they have hoarded and distribute them among the workers. It means toppling the old institutions and authorities and establishing new ones that ensure true democracy, popular sovereignty and, therefore, equality and generalized wellbeing. Institutions that are accountable and transparent. Decentralized power that is close to the people.


Have a mutual aid project you'd like to promote? In need of some aid yourself? Let us know.

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Mutual Aid Monday

Have a mutual aid project you&#39;d like to promote? In need of some aid yourself? Let us know.

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Please note that r/Anarchism moderators  cannot individually verify or vet mutual aid requests


Lmk if anyone has  any resources, much appreciated 😊

Anyone linked in any anarchist groups in the metro New Orleans area? I’d like to be more involved


Does anyone know of any Anarchists groups or orgs still present in Socal, particuarly around the Inland Empire and OC area? I'm trying to find some to get connected with.

Anarchism in Socal

Does anyone know of any Anarchists groups or orgs still present in Socal, particuarly around the Inland Empire and OC area? I&#39;m trying to find some to get connected with.


I used to be an extrovert with my head buried in the sand. I grew up in an upper class gold-plated family that was very abusive behind closed doors. Finally in my thirties, I abandoned all I knew in search of different. I had almost nothing except my 3-year-old. I ended up back in school studying sociology, and I fell in love with the reality of a simpler world. I crave the hunter gatherer society. I am the bad apple. I am the off-spring of those in love with money and red hats. And all I want to see is a world with no hierarchy, where everyone owns land or no one does, where no one starves simply for the purpose of providing another with wasted feast. My family always tried to convince me anarchy was chaos and violence. It’s not. It’s peace and simplicity. It’s the freedom to live as one is without social constraints.

I have become such an introvert. I can’t find joy in the superficial. I dedicate most of my life to helping others from a distance avoiding recognition. I feel like a freak sometimes because people don’t understand why I am not using my education for the pursuit of money. Perhaps in this community I will have the opportunity to feel understood.

I have been studying sociology for years and it brought me here


Silver n' run, an ode to Luigi, by Jasmine Rose and myself. Streaming now.

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Americans are taught FDR was the hero of the Great Depression. For one historian, that’s erasure • In a new book, Dana Frank tells stories of the people who ‘made history happen’ through organizing and mutual aid


Festivals of Resistance Planned As Communities Mobilize Against Attacks from Trump Oligarchy


Not talking about banning words, obvs. I'm just thinking of how our language(s) influence our thinking and the limits of our imagination about what is possible, including making anarchic ideas feel unfeasible. My examples:

"Productivity" --> "Processivity": I'm not a factory and I don't want to produce stuff. I just want to do stuff, and the process is more important to me than the outcome.

"Deserve": I don't know what else I'd use for this, but it feels like a word that turns everything into debt, into an economic interaction. I don't want to care about people getting 'what they deserve' in either a good or bad sense; I'd rather care about what can be done to make the world better, regardless of what's been done in the past.

I think this was inspired by the Srsly Wrong podcast episode called "You Can Create New Words" - I thought I'd see if anyone else had thoughts on it but regardless of my nonsense, definitely give that one a listen.

What words would you invent/avoid/change?

Not talking about banning words, obvs. I&#39;m just thinking of how our language(s) influence our thinking and the limits of our imagination about what is possible, including making anarchic ideas feel unfeasible. My examples:

&quot;Productivity&quot; --&gt; &quot;Processivity&quot;: I&#39;m not a factory and I don&#39;t want to produce stuff. I just want to do stuff, and the process is more important to me than the outcome.

&quot;Deserve&quot;: I don&#39;t know what else I&#39;d use for this, but it feels like a word that turns everything into debt, into an economic interaction. I don&#39;t want to care about people getting &#39;what they deserve&#39; in either a good or bad sense; I&#39;d rather care about what can be done to make the world better, regardless of what&#39;s been done in the past.

I think this was inspired by the Srsly Wrong podcast episode called &quot;You Can Create New Words&quot; - I thought I&#39;d see if anyone else had thoughts on it but regardless of my nonsense, definitely give that one a listen.


Listening to audiobook of Dean Spade’s book 📕 Mutual Aid!! Sooo relevant—check it out!

Dean Spade’s Mutual Aid is highly recommended


I'm hoping that some people in this community can help me with a moral dilemma.

A few years ago my wife and I bought a two family house. We'd been renting and it was a good deal because one side was absolutely unlivable. My in-laws kind of pressured us into the purchase because my FIL has been gutting and fixing houses (and landlording) for decades. We lived in one side while renovating the other.

Fast forward to today. We've finally moved in to the new side of the house, and now my in-laws want us to rent out the other side as an income property. I really don't want to do this for a couple of reasons. I hate landlords and the entire concept of doing it. My FIL has had to evict many tenants from his own rental properties throughout the years, and I just don't think I could do that. The entire concept of owning anything to rent it out just fundamentally conflicts with what I think the world should look like (Spoiler alert: I'm an anarchist as well).

We've discussed doing seasonal AirBnB stuff (which also makes me feel sleezy) so that we'd have it open as an apartment that my mother can stay in if she wants to visit (she lives across the country and is retired).

Has anyone here been a landlord in the past? Any advice on what I can do with the other half of my house without either feeling like a leech or, alternatively, someone who is just letting living space go unused when there are people who legitimately need a roof over their heads?

Need advice about whether to landlord

I&#39;m hoping that some people in this community can help me with a moral dilemma.

A few years ago my wife and I bought a two family house. We&#39;d been renting and it was a good deal because one side was absolutely unlivable. My in-laws kind of pressured us into the purchase because my FIL has been gutting and fixing houses (and landlording) for decades. We lived in one side while renovating the other.

Fast forward to today. We&#39;ve finally moved in to the new side of the house, and now my in-laws want us to rent out the other side as an income property. I really don&#39;t want to do this for a couple of reasons. I hate landlords and the entire concept of doing it. My FIL has had to evict many tenants from his own rental properties throughout the years, and I just don&#39;t think I could do that. The entire concept of owning anything to rent it out just fundamentally conflicts with what I think the world should look like (Spoiler alert: I&#39;m an anarchist as well).

We&#39;ve discussed doing seasonal AirBnB stuff (which also makes me feel sleezy) so that we&#39;d have it open as an apartment that my mother can stay in if she wants to visit (she lives across the country and is retired).

Has anyone here been a landlord in the past? Any advice on what I can do with the other half of my house without either feeling like a leech or, alternatively, someone who is just letting living space go unused when there are people who legitimately need a roof over their heads?


Luigi Mangione (allegedly) 🔫 a CEO who fucked over both his grandparents, and him, and was open about making money off of dening insurance claims that could have saved hundreds of thousands of lifes. CEOs are replacable, the only thing special about them is their money, which they choose not to spend on good. There is absolutely no way to ethically make a billion without exploiting the working class, and those in a less forunate situation than you. He did not work hard for his success, Luigi had every right to want to get back at the healthcare CEO. To put the issue of 🔫 violence in this country into perspective, if everyday we lost the same amount of CEOs as children who 💀 in schools, we would be out of CEOs in approximatelt 12 days. The media is only covering this because Brian Thompson had money. There is no coverage about the children who lost their life in school 🔫. Make it fair

"Why should we justify Luigi's actions?"


A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.


A Poem for a Future


Are there Anarchy “Holidays”?

Are there days of the year that anarchists recognize? If it is to recognize the efforts of a person, group or event in history?
Or a specified day for action?

I was thinking along the lines of-

Anarchy Day: Don’t go to work and contribute to a mutual aid project!

Are there Anarchy “Holidays”?


Recently Trump threw a hissy-fit because Biden ordered flags be flown at half-staff in honor of the late Jimmy Carter and the flags will be that way on Trump’s inauguration day. The big orange toddler wrote: “The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” Trump wrote. “They think it’s so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don’t love our Country, they only think about themselves.”

So how will he react if there is a nation-wide flag burning festival?
(Flag desecration is not illegal in the United States because it is protected by the First Amendment as a form of symbolic speech.)

Crimethinc has been calling for Festivals of Resistance https://www.reddit.com/r/CrimethInc/s/oO1vqxqZOB on the weekend of January 18th.  I think Trump would really get his panties in a bunch if his sacred symbol is destroyed in his name as a sign of resistance, wouldn’t he?

Or if burning doesn’t work for you, perhaps we fly the flags out of our cars and pickup trucks the way the false-patriots do except ours are caught in the doors or trunk lids and dragging on the pavement instead.

Or if we want to be a disruption on inauguration day, would traffic grind to a halt if a few of Trump’s magnificent American flags were lying vulnerable in a Washington DC intersection or tumbling like tumbleweeds down the middle of the Capital Beltway?

And finally as a way to raise money for a good cause, perhaps we could start a Flag Burning Challenge along the same lines as the popular Ice Bucket Challenge of 2014.  If so, what cause would be appropriate?

Just wondering everyone’s thoughts on this.

How do we feel about flag-burning as a sign of resistance on January 18th weekend?


**Propagandists, Logisticians, Hackers, Lawyers, Social media wizards, Graphists, and everyone that makes the world go round — we need YOU !**
**Happy New Year!** Over the past year, the AF2C (Anarchist Federation of Cyber-Communes) has grown into a small but vibrant hub of mutual aid, creativity, and action. Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve accomplished so far :
- Received the [Jen Angel Grant](https://anarchistagency.com/jen-angel-anarchist-media-grant/).
- Launched _Mutual Audio_, an anarchist podcast distro (3 episodes and counting).
- Built a new website to expand our services.
- One of our member created [zines](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17OZgbQ3OJjNmROhWv71TxnW8Hv5km7bO/view?usp=sharing)
- Began federating communes, like **Well4Ward**, a co-op housing initiative and **Just Wondering**
- Developed [data vizualisations](https://af2c.org/Palestine/) to help us grapple with the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
But we need _your_ help to keep growing !
### **Current Communes : Join the Action**
Here are some of our communes and words from them :
#### Well4Ward
Are you watching the world go from bad to worse and feeling powerless to do anything?
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND A WAY FORWARD
Well4Ward is a housing reform initiative focused on raising funds and providing start up and ongoing support for a new model of co-operative housing. The goal is to get people and communities direct ownership of their homes, and help them set up what they need to maintain it. These distrubuted and interconnected co-operatives form the foundation for community investment and rebuilding a human centered society. But to get this launched, we need some help covering the legal and start up costs. We've set a goal of $3000, this will cover the cost of a lawyer who specializes in the types of bylaws we will need to protect the integrity of our new start up and set us up for successful growth. If we raise more than that, it will go to the costs of developing online infrastructure to support this initiative - a fully featured website and community network. Think of this as an investment in social change, and let yourself dream that it's possible things could get better again if we work together.
Join the conversation !
#### [Just Wondering...](https://justwondering.io/)
In 2024 we worked on two long-form animated essays which both required quite a bit of research! The first one, “Escape, Resistance and Solidarity - Farmed Animal Sanctuaries as the Heart of the Movement” is an exploration of the solidarity we can extend to (exploited/farmed) non-human animals through the sanctuary movement and beyond it. The second, “Natural Gas, The Bridge To Climate Disaster” narrates the lies the fossil fuel industry has been telling us for decades to keep us hooked on what they’re selling; it’s also a dedication to climate activists everywhere. Before working on these two, we created three video-poems in solidarity with Palestine which were screened at a few fundraisers. We also held a speculative workshop imagining multispecies education, got the 2024 Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant, made new stickers and a zine based on one of our animated essays! For 2025 we have another two long-form animated essays already planned - this time, they are both somewhat related to animal politics and animal liberation, from different angles. And we hope we’ll be able to make some more video-poems for Palestine as well and continue working on the drafts we started sometime ago! Every year we have bigger expectations than what we actually manage to do, but this is what keeps us going.
#### Anarchist Wiki
About half a year ago I started the AnarWiki project ago to preserve a previous attempt at an Anarchist Wiki which was taken off the web (just after being vandalised by Tankies). Subsequently I added some articles from other sources, and made the mistake of trying to import some from Wikipedia (wasted too much time try to fix templates for too little benefit). I’ve been a little sad that there haven’t been other volunteers, but also haven’t made many people aware of it, as I didn’t feel it was quite good enough to launch yet. I’ve also been distracted with pro-Anarchist blog posts and my ‘Reasons To Hate Capitalism’ series (video version coming soon), which have been more popular than I’ve expected. See this substack In the new year I expect to spend more time on the Wiki, as I believe it could be an important resource, and hope to help get it to a place that others want to be involved, as I feel its also important to be a shared responsibility.
#### Graphic commune (Samikata)
I've joined AF2C mid spring and shortly began to collaborate in the propaganda & graphics communes, as well as Well4Ward not too long afterwards. Through the few months here I've created multiple posters including full fledged artworks, which, while outside my comfort zone, definitely helped me to work on my art skills and try different approaches to design. The animation for Well4ward in particular has had a major impact on my capabilities and I feel like it has improved my stroke confidence by a mile. Overall I'm glad I'm here and I hope to be able to contribute more in the coming months. I've met quite a few kind comrades here and hopefully will meet many more in the future.
### **TL;DR : Let’s Build Together**
In one year, we’ve connected initiatives, built tools for change, and started federating communes.
Are you tired of watching the world crumble? Join us as an individual to create something better !
Are you a member of a collective looking to link with other like-minded organizations? Join us as a commune to network with others !
**Get involved :** Whether you’re a coder, artist, organizer, or just curious, there’s a place for you here.
**Contact / Join us:**
- [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#af2c:envs.net)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/anarchf2c)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/af2cGeneral)
- [Our website](https://af2c.org/)
This is your chance to be part of something meaningful. Let’s unite skills, dreams, and action to build a truly human world.

Solidarity always 🖤

The AF2C is 1 year old : Join Us in Building a Better Future !

Propagandists, Logisticians, Hackers, Lawyers, Social media wizards, Graphists, and everyone that makes the world go round — we need YOU !
Happy New Year! Over the past year, the AF2C (Anarchist Federation of Cyber-Communes) has grown into a small but vibrant hub of mutual aid, creativity, and action. Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve accomplished so far :
- Received the Jen Angel Grant.
- Launched Mutual Audio, an anarchist podcast distro (3 episodes and counting).
- Built a new website to expand our services.
- One of our member created zines
- Began federating communes, like Well4Ward, a co-op housing initiative and Just Wondering
- Developed data vizualisations to help us grapple with the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
But we need your help to keep growing !

Current Communes : Join the Action

Here are some of our communes and words from them :

Well4Ward

Are you watching the world go from bad to worse and feeling powerless to do anything?
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND A WAY FORWARD
Well4Ward is a housing reform initiative focused on raising funds and providing start up and ongoing support for a new model of co-operative housing. The goal is to get people and communities direct ownership of their homes, and help them set up what they need to maintain it. These distrubuted and interconnected co-operatives form the foundation for community investment and rebuilding a human centered society. But to get this launched, we need some help covering the legal and start up costs. We&#39;ve set a goal of $3000, this will cover the cost of a lawyer who specializes in the types of bylaws we will need to protect the integrity of our new start up and set us up for successful growth. If we raise more than that, it will go to the costs of developing online infrastructure to support this initiative - a fully featured website and community network. Think of this as an investment in social change, and let yourself dream that it&#39;s possible things could get better again if we work together.
Join the conversation !

Just Wondering...

In 2024 we worked on two long-form animated essays which both required quite a bit of research! The first one, “Escape, Resistance and Solidarity - Farmed Animal Sanctuaries as the Heart of the Movement” is an exploration of the solidarity we can extend to (exploited/farmed) non-human animals through the sanctuary movement and beyond it. The second, “Natural Gas, The Bridge To Climate Disaster” narrates the lies the fossil fuel industry has been telling us for decades to keep us hooked on what they’re selling; it’s also a dedication to climate activists everywhere. Before working on these two, we created three video-poems in solidarity with Palestine which were screened at a few fundraisers. We also held a speculative workshop imagining multispecies education, got the 2024 Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant, made new stickers and a zine based on one of our animated essays! For 2025 we have another two long-form animated essays already planned - this time, they are both somewhat related to animal politics and animal liberation, from different angles. And we hope we’ll be able to make some more video-poems for Palestine as well and continue working on the drafts we started sometime ago! Every year we have bigger expectations than what we actually manage to do, but this is what keeps us going.

Anarchist Wiki

About half a year ago I started the AnarWiki project ago to preserve a previous attempt at an Anarchist Wiki which was taken off the web (just after being vandalised by Tankies). Subsequently I added some articles from other sources, and made the mistake of trying to import some from Wikipedia (wasted too much time try to fix templates for too little benefit). I’ve been a little sad that there haven’t been other volunteers, but also haven’t made many people aware of it, as I didn’t feel it was quite good enough to launch yet. I’ve also been distracted with pro-Anarchist blog posts and my ‘Reasons To Hate Capitalism’ series (video version coming soon), which have been more popular than I’ve expected. See this substack In the new year I expect to spend more time on the Wiki, as I believe it could be an important resource, and hope to help get it to a place that others want to be involved, as I feel its also important to be a shared responsibility.

Graphic commune (Samikata)

I&#39;ve joined AF2C mid spring and shortly began to collaborate in the propaganda &amp; graphics communes, as well as Well4Ward not too long afterwards. Through the few months here I&#39;ve created multiple posters including full fledged artworks, which, while outside my comfort zone, definitely helped me to work on my art skills and try different approaches to design. The animation for Well4ward in particular has had a major impact on my capabilities and I feel like it has improved my stroke confidence by a mile. Overall I&#39;m glad I&#39;m here and I hope to be able to contribute more in the coming months. I&#39;ve met quite a few kind comrades here and hopefully will meet many more in the future.

TL;DR : Let’s Build Together

In one year, we’ve connected initiatives, built tools for change, and started federating communes.
Are you tired of watching the world crumble? Join us as an individual to create something better !
Are you a member of a collective looking to link with other like-minded organizations? Join us as a commune to network with others !
Get involved : Whether you’re a coder, artist, organizer, or just curious, there’s a place for you here.
Contact / Join us:
- Matrix
- Instagram
- Telegram
- Our website
This is your chance to be part of something meaningful. Let’s unite skills, dreams, and action to build a truly human world.

Solidarity always 🖤


I think there's a recent tendency to be just techno-pessimistic these days all over, because all the benefits naturally benefit state and capital under this system.

I am new to anarchism, but I was thinking about how you could allocate scarce and valuable resources to important, societal projects. Listening to David Graeber's convo with Peter Thiel about the future (this is one of the most interesting conversations I've ever heard [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0cz9OmCGw&ab\_channel=GraeberWave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0cz9OmCGw&ab_channel=GraeberWave) ) was really inspiring to the notion that Anarchism could scale very well, and actually be used to create technology in a more efficient way than capital accumulation.

Like in a global anarchist scenario what if you used blockchain technologies to give people 5 (example number) monthly "votes" toward resource devotion for big projects -- say a goal, eg solving climate change or going to mars. That would become a percentage of available resources.

Am I just reinventing money here? Or a Plebiscite? Please recommend any literature on anarcho futurism. In some ways they seem incompatible (certainly technology would look different) but I also could just as easily imagine the ways in which it could be useful to create, maintain and upgrade such a society.

Blockchain resource allocation for big projects?

I think there&#39;s a recent tendency to be just techno-pessimistic these days all over, because all the benefits naturally benefit state and capital under this system.

I am new to anarchism, but I was thinking about how you could allocate scarce and valuable resources to important, societal projects. Listening to David Graeber&#39;s convo with Peter Thiel about the future (this is one of the most interesting conversations I&#39;ve ever heard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0cz9OmCGw&amp;ab_channel=GraeberWave ) was really inspiring to the notion that Anarchism could scale very well, and actually be used to create technology in a more efficient way than capital accumulation.

Like in a global anarchist scenario what if you used blockchain technologies to give people 5 (example number) monthly &quot;votes&quot; toward resource devotion for big projects -- say a goal, eg solving climate change or going to mars. That would become a percentage of available resources.

Am I just reinventing money here? Or a Plebiscite? Please recommend any literature on anarcho futurism. In some ways they seem incompatible (certainly technology would look different) but I also could just as easily imagine the ways in which it could be useful to create, maintain and upgrade such a society.


As I explained [before](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/comments/1hr4vn1/south_korean_yoon_seokyeol_regime_has_tried_to/), libertarian socialist movements in South Korea are in terrible status. Let me explain more.

**Mccarthism and fear of North Korean fifth column**

Since 1953, South Korea has been under threat of North Korean attack. And since North Korea is a state capitalist (in other words, state wage slavery) state, Mccarthism is common in South Korea. Korean militarist tyrants, such as [Pak Chŏng-Hŭi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung_Hee), [Chŏn Tu-Hwan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chun_Doo-hwan) and [No T'ae-U](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Tae-woo), have brainwashed Koreans that **SOCIALISM = COMMUNISM = ML = STALINISM = NORTH KOREA = DICTATORSHIP = TOTALITARIANISM**. Even the concepts of Nordic Model or social democracy are shunned here. (I hate those ideas too. No matter how generous your tyrant is, you are still a slave.)

**Normalization of control**

Due to long-term dictatorship here, control of state and police is normal here. Guns are nearly 100% forbidden, and worker strike or demonstration is often accused of "NK and Chinese agents that try to spread chaos in society". If you bring the ideas of squatting or illegalism here, well... good luck.

**Social Darwinism**

Our social studies textbooks teach us that capitalism lets you earn what you deserve, based on your talents and efforts. If you search on slum and the homeless on Internet, they are like, "Well, you should have studied hard in your youth" or "So what? You want to steal our private property for your welfare?". Such ideas were especially promoted during military dictatorship period, when South Korea had to exploit her people as hard as possible in order to be a developed country.

**Hostility on femenism and idpol**

To satisfy our complaints on social injustice, [liberals](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)) have made some lipservices - there are [Ministry of Gender Equality and Family](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Gender_Equality_and_Family) and many feminist organizations. However, most of them are TERF and selective feminists. When they illegalized the pornography while advocating male only military conscription, many people started believing that feminism = female supremarcy. Not only feminism but also whole liberal idpol is despised by many young (20-39) men, and [centrist conservatives](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Reform_Party_(South_Korea)) got much popularity via anti-feminism.

**Sabotage of ML**

Many leftist areas, such as parties, NGOs and labor unions are overrun by MLs such as [Progressive Party](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(South_Korea,_2017)) so libertarian socialists have little place here.

**Christian fundamentalism**

Although I am a born Protestant (Presbyterian) Christian and attend to Church every week, I should admit that Christian fundamentalism is severe here. Due to influence of American evangelicalism, many Christian organizations here - notably Esther Prayer Movement (에스더기도운동본부) and InterCP(인터콥) - are based on fundamental ideas. You can see Korean flag, American flag, Israeli flag and cross together in many South Korean far-right marches and demonstration. While Christian rate is roughly 25% in South Korea, fundamentalist ideas such as Homophobia, Islamophobia and patriarchy are widely spread. Can you believe that there is only one church (섬돌향린교회, Sumdol Presbyterian Church) that openly welcomes LGBTs, and it is designated as a heretic church by roughly half of South Korean Protestant churches?

Despite these adversities and hardships, I am convinced that we - not only South Koreans but also our compatriots in North Korea - will, with the help from companions in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, etc., create humanity's happiness for ourselves and all. In 1198, [Man Jŏk](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjeok) fought right in this land against class system, and in 1812, [Hong Kyŏng-Rae](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Gyeong-rae) rose up here against feudalist exploitation. We are descendants of Man Jŏk, Hong Kyŏng-Rae, [Kim Chwa-Chin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Chwa-chin), and [Yi Hoe-Yŏng](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hoe-yeong), and **we will let the people command and the government obey!**

Reasons for lack of libertarian socialism in South Korea

As I explained before, libertarian socialist movements in South Korea are in terrible status. Let me explain more.

Mccarthism and fear of North Korean fifth column

Since 1953, South Korea has been under threat of North Korean attack. And since North Korea is a state capitalist (in other words, state wage slavery) state, Mccarthism is common in South Korea. Korean militarist tyrants, such as Pak Chŏng-Hŭi, Chŏn Tu-Hwan and No T&#39;ae-U, have brainwashed Koreans that SOCIALISM = COMMUNISM = ML = STALINISM = NORTH KOREA = DICTATORSHIP = TOTALITARIANISM. Even the concepts of Nordic Model or social democracy are shunned here. (I hate those ideas too. No matter how generous your tyrant is, you are still a slave.)

Normalization of control

Due to long-term dictatorship here, control of state and police is normal here. Guns are nearly 100% forbidden, and worker strike or demonstration is often accused of &quot;NK and Chinese agents that try to spread chaos in society&quot;. If you bring the ideas of squatting or illegalism here, well... good luck.

Social Darwinism

Our social studies textbooks teach us that capitalism lets you earn what you deserve, based on your talents and efforts. If you search on slum and the homeless on Internet, they are like, &quot;Well, you should have studied hard in your youth&quot; or &quot;So what? You want to steal our private property for your welfare?&quot;. Such ideas were especially promoted during military dictatorship period, when South Korea had to exploit her people as hard as possible in order to be a developed country.

Hostility on femenism and idpol

To satisfy our complaints on social injustice, liberals) have made some lipservices - there are Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and many feminist organizations. However, most of them are TERF and selective feminists. When they illegalized the pornography while advocating male only military conscription, many people started believing that feminism = female supremarcy. Not only feminism but also whole liberal idpol is despised by many young (20-39) men, and centrist conservatives) got much popularity via anti-feminism.

Sabotage of ML

Many leftist areas, such as parties, NGOs and labor unions are overrun by MLs such as Progressive Party) so libertarian socialists have little place here.

Christian fundamentalism

Although I am a born Protestant (Presbyterian) Christian and attend to Church every week, I should admit that Christian fundamentalism is severe here. Due to influence of American evangelicalism, many Christian organizations here - notably Esther Prayer Movement (에스더기도운동본부) and InterCP(인터콥) - are based on fundamental ideas. You can see Korean flag, American flag, Israeli flag and cross together in many South Korean far-right marches and demonstration. While Christian rate is roughly 25% in South Korea, fundamentalist ideas such as Homophobia, Islamophobia and patriarchy are widely spread. Can you believe that there is only one church (섬돌향린교회, Sumdol Presbyterian Church) that openly welcomes LGBTs, and it is designated as a heretic church by roughly half of South Korean Protestant churches?

Despite these adversities and hardships, I am convinced that we - not only South Koreans but also our compatriots in North Korea - will, with the help from companions in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, etc., create humanity&#39;s happiness for ourselves and all. In 1198, Man Jŏk fought right in this land against class system, and in 1812, Hong Kyŏng-Rae rose up here against feudalist exploitation. We are descendants of Man Jŏk, Hong Kyŏng-Rae, Kim Chwa-Chin, and Yi Hoe-Yŏng, and we will let the people command and the government obey!


What's striking about the manifesto left by the Trump supporter who shot himself and set his truck on fire outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas is that the desire to harm others merges with the urge to self-destruction. Arguably, this characterizes millions of Trump supporters.

It's no coincidence that a man the FBI described as a "heavily decorated combat veteran" would end his life saying "I needed relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.” Being a killer for hire weighs heavily on the conscience.

These mercenaries are damning themselves to living hell so that billionaires like Trump and Musk can turn a profit.

This sort of tormented anger is common among Trump supporters. On some level, they must sense that the climate disasters smashing their communities are caused by the oil profiteers they defend—that they are more to blame for the problems of this society than undocumented people or trans people. Their self-righteousness masks self-hatred.

Their fantasies of civil war conceal a desire to kill themselves.

[https://crimethinc.com/sacrificialviolence](https://crimethinc.com/sacrificialviolence)

https://preview.redd.it/e6ensqi3oxae1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=d509fa8873006c030a6014945caaef08b2f3e8e5

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It&#39;s no coincidence that a man the FBI described as a &quot;heavily decorated combat veteran&quot; would end his life saying &quot;I needed relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.” Being a killer for hire weighs heavily on the conscience.

These mercenaries are damning themselves to living hell so that billionaires like Trump and Musk can turn a profit.

This sort of tormented anger is common among Trump supporters. On some level, they must sense that the climate disasters smashing their communities are caused by the oil profiteers they defend—that they are more to blame for the problems of this society than undocumented people or trans people. Their self-righteousness masks self-hatred.

Their fantasies of civil war conceal a desire to kill themselves.

https://crimethinc.com/sacrificialviolence

https://preview.redd.it/e6ensqi3oxae1.png?width=1000&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=d509fa8873006c030a6014945caaef08b2f3e8e5

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 Weekly Discussion Thread for Radical Gender Non Conforming People

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Radical Gender Non Conforming Saturday

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2025


Grades, and "Academic Integrity" are just ways to control, and categorize children in school, and need to both be abolished, or aggressively rethought, and reformed.

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Hey, folks.

I've done some looking around online but have come up emptyhanded. Does anyone know of either a physical calendar or an online resource that just has dates relevant to anarchist/leftist/radical history? I'm talking about something that would mark the date of say, Haymarket, Kropotkin's birthday, John Brown's raid of Harpers Ferry, Blair Mountain, and so on. I would like to better commemorate these events on their anniversary if I can. I'm open to whatever idea facilitates this.

Looking for Anarchist Calendar

Hey, folks.

I&#39;ve done some looking around online but have come up emptyhanded. Does anyone know of either a physical calendar or an online resource that just has dates relevant to anarchist/leftist/radical history? I&#39;m talking about something that would mark the date of say, Haymarket, Kropotkin&#39;s birthday, John Brown&#39;s raid of Harpers Ferry, Blair Mountain, and so on. I would like to better commemorate these events on their anniversary if I can. I&#39;m open to whatever idea facilitates this.


it's very interesting to note how drastically different the treatment of anarchists and anarchist-adjacent libertarian socialists is by anti-socialist/pro-capitalist propaganda.

since the overwhelming majority of historical and contemporary anarchist/libertarian socialist movements, revolutions, and rebellions (the paris commune in france, revolutionary catalonia in spain, and makhnovshchina in ukraine; the zapatistas in mexico and rojava in syria, respectively) have shown the possibility of socialism working in practice but not ticking the boxes of the usual often-exaggerated "critiques" of state socialism (authoritarianism, famines, human right abuses, and mass murders), anti-socialist propaganda towards anarchism/libertarian socialism takes the form of erasure. instead of the usual "propaganda of commission" whereas positive claims are accused (the soviet union *is* bad, and so on), it has manifested as a sort of "propaganda of omission". "forget anarchism exists", "there were no historical anarchist movements", and so on. this paves the way for easy, simplistic, and uncritical critiques of anarchism so that those who, if ever, encounters it will just easily dismiss it as a fringe impractical ideology with no real-life applications, and also, divorced from the rest of the socialist movement—meaning the rest of the labor movement—hence, the everyday worker.

at least here in the philippines, that is.

what are your thoughts?

some observations regarding how anarchism has been treated (in my country, at least)

it&#39;s very interesting to note how drastically different the treatment of anarchists and anarchist-adjacent libertarian socialists is by anti-socialist/pro-capitalist propaganda.

since the overwhelming majority of historical and contemporary anarchist/libertarian socialist movements, revolutions, and rebellions (the paris commune in france, revolutionary catalonia in spain, and makhnovshchina in ukraine; the zapatistas in mexico and rojava in syria, respectively) have shown the possibility of socialism working in practice but not ticking the boxes of the usual often-exaggerated &quot;critiques&quot; of state socialism (authoritarianism, famines, human right abuses, and mass murders), anti-socialist propaganda towards anarchism/libertarian socialism takes the form of erasure. instead of the usual &quot;propaganda of commission&quot; whereas positive claims are accused (the soviet union is bad, and so on), it has manifested as a sort of &quot;propaganda of omission&quot;. &quot;forget anarchism exists&quot;, &quot;there were no historical anarchist movements&quot;, and so on. this paves the way for easy, simplistic, and uncritical critiques of anarchism so that those who, if ever, encounters it will just easily dismiss it as a fringe impractical ideology with no real-life applications, and also, divorced from the rest of the socialist movement—meaning the rest of the labor movement—hence, the everyday worker.

at least here in the philippines, that is.

what are your thoughts?


Anarchism, to be effective in the 21st century, must not only fight against state power and capitalism but also address the internalized forms of oppression that manifest within anarchist spaces and communities. This involves engaging with **decolonial struggles**, **gender liberation**, and **anti-racism** on an ongoing basis, recognizing that the fight for freedom is complex and must account for the multiplicity of experiences within and outside the movement.

21st century anarchism

Anarchism, to be effective in the 21st century, must not only fight against state power and capitalism but also address the internalized forms of oppression that manifest within anarchist spaces and communities. This involves engaging with decolonial struggles, gender liberation, and anti-racism on an ongoing basis, recognizing that the fight for freedom is complex and must account for the multiplicity of experiences within and outside the movement.


If a worker at a factory, within a pre-existing capitalist world structure, develops something new on their own time (thus skirting the common law shop rule), can the worker copyright or patent their development and gain royalties?

If seems if the worker could hold a patent/copyright, it would be empowering to the worker. It also seems that if the development was made open source, or otherwise public domain, it would only benefit the pre-existing holders of capital who have the means to capitalize on the patents and copyrights.

Is intellectual property like real property (ei. land, industrial machinery), and also theft?

Can a worker hold a copyright or patent under anarchist principles?


Friday Free Talk


THE CITY OF ELGIN HAS
DECLARED WAR
AGAINST ALL UNHOUSED PEOPLE
IT’S TIME TO FIGHT BACK!.

On the night of December 19th, 2024, in a city hall courtroom of only a handful of people, Elgin city council members approved and celebrated a plan to eliminate “Tent City”, along with all other tents and self-made structures that act as shelter made by those living on the streets. This plan was discussed and decided on without the knowledge or presence of the hundreds of houseless people living in Elgin.

“Tent City”, located on roughly 8 acres between the Fox River and Route 31 in Elgin, has been a site used for encampments by people experiencing houselessness ever since the demolition of a metal fabrication factory there back in 1990. For many of these residents, this is the only space in the city that offers safety and accommodations that allow them autonomy over their lives. With this autonomy, the residents of Tent City have spent time and energy over the years building and sustaining this community.

The City of Elgin plans to evict all residents of Tent City, along with the hundreds of other houseless individuals residing in tents and self-made structures around the city of Elgin, moving only 50 of them to the Lexington Inn & Suites for a duration of four months. This hotel is widely known for bed bug and cockroach infestations, along with sanitary conditions that only barely meet city code.

There is currently no plan for housing after the four months has ended.
“We know this is a temporary solution,” Assistant City Manager Karina Nava said.

ALL houseless individuals, including those selected for the four-month stay at the hotel, are ordered to immediately vacate the premises of their encampment or face trespassing charges. After every resident is evicted from “Tent City” in particular, the “site will be secured” and “cleared and remediated”. Furthermore, the city promises to instate a ‘zero tolerance policy’ for any future tents and self-made shelters, leaving those who are unable to access options provided by the city at extreme risk to the impending winter temperatures presently and long-term.

Rather than meeting houseless people where they are, where they feel safe, and investing in resources that could help them re-build after two recent fires, the City of Elgin would rather spend more money and resources by evicting them all, subjecting them to the trauma of forced displacement. Parks Superintendent Greg Hulke estimated the cost of the eviction and clearing to be between $2 million and $2.5 million, with the process taking two to four months, not including the cost of the relocation of the selected 50 residents.

While “safety” has been said to be the reason for all of this, it is abundantly clear that the real motive is the same beautification process seen happening in many other gentrified cities. What this eviction plan fails to reveal is an anti-homelessness motive integrated into the city’s vision of boosting property value.
.
Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley said the department will begin the process on or about Jan. 20.
The unhoused people of Elgin deserve the autonomy to determine their own living situations.
This plan is not a rescue – it is an eviction, and for many people, it may be a death sentence.

DEFEND THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN SOCIETY
FROM LOSING WHAT LITTLE THEY HAVE LEFT

JOIN US FOR A RALLY SATURDAY JANUARY 4TH
@ 1PM @ THE CORNER OF E. CHICAGO ST. & S. GROVE AVE

The City of Elgin, Illinois Just Declared War on All Houseless Folks Living There. Noise Demo/Rally Saturday Jan 4th at 1pm

THE CITY OF ELGIN HAS
DECLARED WAR
AGAINST ALL UNHOUSED PEOPLE
IT’S TIME TO FIGHT BACK!.

On the night of December 19th, 2024, in a city hall courtroom of only a handful of people, Elgin city council members approved and celebrated a plan to eliminate “Tent City”, along with all other tents and self-made structures that act as shelter made by those living on the streets. This plan was discussed and decided on without the knowledge or presence of the hundreds of houseless people living in Elgin.

“Tent City”, located on roughly 8 acres between the Fox River and Route 31 in Elgin, has been a site used for encampments by people experiencing houselessness ever since the demolition of a metal fabrication factory there back in 1990. For many of these residents, this is the only space in the city that offers safety and accommodations that allow them autonomy over their lives. With this autonomy, the residents of Tent City have spent time and energy over the years building and sustaining this community.

The City of Elgin plans to evict all residents of Tent City, along with the hundreds of other houseless individuals residing in tents and self-made structures around the city of Elgin, moving only 50 of them to the Lexington Inn &amp; Suites for a duration of four months. This hotel is widely known for bed bug and cockroach infestations, along with sanitary conditions that only barely meet city code.

There is currently no plan for housing after the four months has ended.
“We know this is a temporary solution,” Assistant City Manager Karina Nava said.

ALL houseless individuals, including those selected for the four-month stay at the hotel, are ordered to immediately vacate the premises of their encampment or face trespassing charges. After every resident is evicted from “Tent City” in particular, the “site will be secured” and “cleared and remediated”. Furthermore, the city promises to instate a ‘zero tolerance policy’ for any future tents and self-made shelters, leaving those who are unable to access options provided by the city at extreme risk to the impending winter temperatures presently and long-term.

Rather than meeting houseless people where they are, where they feel safe, and investing in resources that could help them re-build after two recent fires, the City of Elgin would rather spend more money and resources by evicting them all, subjecting them to the trauma of forced displacement. Parks Superintendent Greg Hulke estimated the cost of the eviction and clearing to be between $2 million and $2.5 million, with the process taking two to four months, not including the cost of the relocation of the selected 50 residents.

While “safety” has been said to be the reason for all of this, it is abundantly clear that the real motive is the same beautification process seen happening in many other gentrified cities. What this eviction plan fails to reveal is an anti-homelessness motive integrated into the city’s vision of boosting property value.
.
Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley said the department will begin the process on or about Jan. 20.

The unhoused people of Elgin deserve the autonomy to determine their own living situations.
This plan is not a rescue – it is an eviction, and for many people, it may be a death sentence.

DEFEND THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN SOCIETY
FROM LOSING WHAT LITTLE THEY HAVE LEFT

JOIN US FOR A RALLY SATURDAY JANUARY 4TH
@ 1PM @ THE CORNER OF E. CHICAGO ST. &amp; S. GROVE AVE


2025.. the "project" may begin soon yet we are expected to have a "Happy New Year". Confronted by the traumas and disparities of our past, the ruling caste hopes simply we are too burnt out and depressed 2 revolt.

Let's confront that head on. If the power structure at hand is hopelessly rotten, let us defy it openly and without remorse rather than try to reform that structure from within.

Happy New Year's, 2025. 'La lutta continua' (Durruti)

Confronting the Nihilism

2025.. the &quot;project&quot; may begin soon yet we are expected to have a &quot;Happy New Year&quot;. Confronted by the traumas and disparities of our past, the ruling caste hopes simply we are too burnt out and depressed 2 revolt.

Let&#39;s confront that head on. If the power structure at hand is hopelessly rotten, let us defy it openly and without remorse rather than try to reform that structure from within.

Happy New Year&#39;s, 2025. &#39;La lutta continua&#39; (Durruti)


This quote"The hopeless don't revolt, because revolution is an act of hope."  is attributed to Kropotkin. Can you help me with the title of the book/article it is taken from? Thank you.

What book is this Kropotkin quote from?

This quote&quot;The hopeless don&#39;t revolt, because revolution is an act of hope.&quot;  is attributed to Kropotkin. Can you help me with the title of the book/article it is taken from? Thank you.


Weekly Discussion Thread for Black, Indigenous, People of Color

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Radical BIPOC Thursday

Weekly Discussion Thread for Black, Indigenous, People of Color

Radical bipoc can talk about whatever they want in here. Suggestions; chill &amp; relax, radical people of color, Black/Indigenous/POC anarchism, news and current events, books, entertainment

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How corporate America and the government are working to together to silence support for Mangione. Please read!

The people for Luigi Mangione vs Corporate America


Before Mangione, there were activists organizing for a working class uprising. Please read!

Before Mangione, there was Fred Hampton


2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire—The Year in Review

[https://crimethinc.com/2024inreview](https://crimethinc.com/2024inreview)

It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024, as well as some of our own humble contributions to the fight for a better world.

https://preview.redd.it/9a2layjlehae1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4470f8fdb030313dad7249962fd454521c3da313

https://crimethinc.com/2024inreview

It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024, as well as some of our own humble contributions to the fight for a better world.

https://preview.redd.it/9a2layjlehae1.jpg?width=1280&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=4470f8fdb030313dad7249962fd454521c3da313


i was at some freemarkets in my city (Russia), sometimes i was even kinda an organizer. but i always felt that the events been unsuccesful - very few city people came there, chaos with items, and finally it looked mostly just like another punk party, not social action. i have no experience on fm's in other cities and countries, but i think somewhere fm's are made much better. do you have some tips or guidelines how to make a freemarket well?

how to organize a freemarket better?

i was at some freemarkets in my city (Russia), sometimes i was even kinda an organizer. but i always felt that the events been unsuccesful - very few city people came there, chaos with items, and finally it looked mostly just like another punk party, not social action. i have no experience on fm&#39;s in other cities and countries, but i think somewhere fm&#39;s are made much better. do you have some tips or guidelines how to make a freemarket well?


Encounters with Anarchist Individualism — The Libertarian Labyrinth


sources and related articles: [Korean anarchist movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Association_in_Manchuria), [South Korean New Right](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Right_(South_Korea)), and [Hong Beom-Do](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Beom-do)

I'm a teenage student in South Korea. (And that's why my English is awkward) Though I am not an anarchist, but a libertarian socialist like Bookchin and Ocalan, [recent events](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis) brought me here to write a really, really long article about how our government has tried to erase anarchist anti-Japanese resistances from 1910 to 1945.

As you know, Korean anarchists fought bravely when Japanese imperialists occupied Korea. [Kim Chwa-Chin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Chwa-chin) and his crews made an autonomous zone in Korean diaspora in Manchuria, and there was even a small [secret guerilla army](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroic_Corps).

After the independence, all the South Korean politicians - [left-wing nationalists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(South_Korea,_2017)), [centrist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)) [liberals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebuilding_Korea_Party), [centrist conservatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Reform_Party_(South_Korea)) and [hard-line conservatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Party_(South_Korea)) have acknowledged anarchist roles in Korean independence. Just... just recall how Ukrainian far-rights try to downplay Makhnovshchina as if it was just a Ukrainian anti-Russian nationalist organization. The same thing has happened in South Korea for 70 years, especially because South Korea had to "prove" to Korean Diasporas ( [Chaoxianzu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Chinese), [Zainichi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_Japan), etc ) that South Korea is legitimate Korea, and North Korea has to do nothing with Korean independence activities.

However, things have changed when Yoon Seok-Yeol, a supporter of [New-Right](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Right_(South_Korea)), came to power. As you see in the article, [New-Rights ](https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%89%B4%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8(%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%BC%EA%B5%AD))believe that [Korea before the occupation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Empire) was a feudal state that deserved to collapse, and that Japanese Empire came to Korea to "modernize" and "industrialize" Korea. (Just like how Chinese propaganda says about Tibet) They believe that Korean independence activists were "terrorists", and that their modern counterpart is North Korea. They say that they are "anti-nationalists that fight against chauvinists", but they uphold Japanese nationalism.

So, with fascists like this, Yoon Seok-Yeol tried to denounce Korean anarchism and its legacy. [They tried to remove the busts of various independence activists, including Kim Chwa-Chin, from Korea Military Academy](https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/english_editorials/1106781.html). They said that they were alleged of collaborating with "commies", despite **Kim Chwa-Chin having been assassinated by an ML!** Even[ Lee Hoe-Yeong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hoe-yeong), another anarchist, was considered a "commie".

Other three  independence activists - who were not anarchists - were accused of "being communists" as well. However, [Chi Chongchon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Ch%27%C5%8Fngch%27%C5%8Fn) and[ Lee Beom-Seok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Beom-seok_(prime_minister)) were right-wing nationalists, and [Hong Beom-D](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Beom-do)o, while participating in USSR communist party, never upholded ML for a single time. Also, Hong Beom-Do died before North Korea was established, so he has nothing with North Korea. **But all of five were accused of "reds".**

In contrast, South Korean dictator [Park Chung-Hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung_Hee), the greatest idol of South Korean conservatives and New-rights, participated in [Worker's Party of South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_South_Korea) in late 1940s. This shows how contradictory they are.

Not only that, but also look at [this](https://imnews.imbc.com/news/2024/politics/article/6627667_36431.html). (Written in Korean)

윤희석 (Yoon Hui-Seok, conservative): 예를 들어 홍범도 장군은 고려공산당 입당, 지난번에 흉상 관련해서 그 얘기를 했잖아요. 우리 군이 자유민주주의 체제에서 그에 적대세력과 싸워야 하는 사명을 갖고 있는 상황에서 ( For example, general Hong Beom-Do, as I told you before when the "bust" controversy surged, participated in Korean Communist Party. As our army has to fight under liberal democracy system, against the system's enemies)

김좌진 장군도, 자꾸 얘기가 가는데, 당시에 독립운동하던 북간도 위주의 위에 봤을 때는, 우리의 주변 국가들이 사회주의, 공산주의의 본령이기 때문에 어쩔 수 없이 그쪽하고 연결이 됐을 거예요. ( And also, when it comes to general Kim Chwa-Chin, he was active in Northern[ Jiandao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiandao) \- since near Northern Jiandao were socialist, communist countries, Kim Chaw-Chin must have been related to such forces too. )

In this routine, New-rights are continuously trying to remove anarchist struggles in Korean independence movement.

TL;DR

1. Our government has caught schizophrenia: it believes in some brainwashing **like SOCIALISM = COMMUNISM = ML(M) = NORTH KOREA = DICTATORSHIP = TOTALITARIANISM and MILITARISM = ANTI-COMMUNISM = LIBERAL DEMOCRACY.**
2. Therefore, our government is a strong supporter of Mccarthysm.
3. And that's why our government has tried to remove anarchist legacies of Korean independence activism, and made a self-coup last month.

edit: Yoon Hui-seok, not Hui-sook

South Korean Yoon Seok-Yeol regime has tried to remove the legacy of the anarchist anti-colonial movement

sources and related articles: Korean anarchist movement, South Korean New Right), and Hong Beom-Do

I&#39;m a teenage student in South Korea. (And that&#39;s why my English is awkward) Though I am not an anarchist, but a libertarian socialist like Bookchin and Ocalan, recent events brought me here to write a really, really long article about how our government has tried to erase anarchist anti-Japanese resistances from 1910 to 1945.

As you know, Korean anarchists fought bravely when Japanese imperialists occupied Korea. Kim Chwa-Chin and his crews made an autonomous zone in Korean diaspora in Manchuria, and there was even a small secret guerilla army.

After the independence, all the South Korean politicians - left-wing nationalists), centrist) liberals, centrist conservatives) and hard-line conservatives) have acknowledged anarchist roles in Korean independence. Just... just recall how Ukrainian far-rights try to downplay Makhnovshchina as if it was just a Ukrainian anti-Russian nationalist organization. The same thing has happened in South Korea for 70 years, especially because South Korea had to &quot;prove&quot; to Korean Diasporas ( Chaoxianzu, Zainichi, etc ) that South Korea is legitimate Korea, and North Korea has to do nothing with Korean independence activities.

However, things have changed when Yoon Seok-Yeol, a supporter of New-Right), came to power. As you see in the article, New-Rights )believe that Korea before the occupation was a feudal state that deserved to collapse, and that Japanese Empire came to Korea to &quot;modernize&quot; and &quot;industrialize&quot; Korea. (Just like how Chinese propaganda says about Tibet) They believe that Korean independence activists were &quot;terrorists&quot;, and that their modern counterpart is North Korea. They say that they are &quot;anti-nationalists that fight against chauvinists&quot;, but they uphold Japanese nationalism.

So, with fascists like this, Yoon Seok-Yeol tried to denounce Korean anarchism and its legacy. They tried to remove the busts of various independence activists, including Kim Chwa-Chin, from Korea Military Academy. They said that they were alleged of collaborating with &quot;commies&quot;, despite Kim Chwa-Chin having been assassinated by an ML! Even Lee Hoe-Yeong, another anarchist, was considered a &quot;commie&quot;.

Other three  independence activists - who were not anarchists - were accused of &quot;being communists&quot; as well. However, Chi Chongchon and Lee Beom-Seok) were right-wing nationalists, and Hong Beom-Do, while participating in USSR communist party, never upholded ML for a single time. Also, Hong Beom-Do died before North Korea was established, so he has nothing with North Korea. But all of five were accused of &quot;reds&quot;.

In contrast, South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, the greatest idol of South Korean conservatives and New-rights, participated in Worker&#39;s Party of South Korea in late 1940s. This shows how contradictory they are.

Not only that, but also look at this. (Written in Korean)

윤희석 (Yoon Hui-Seok, conservative): 예를 들어 홍범도 장군은 고려공산당 입당, 지난번에 흉상 관련해서 그 얘기를 했잖아요. 우리 군이 자유민주주의 체제에서 그에 적대세력과 싸워야 하는 사명을 갖고 있는 상황에서 ( For example, general Hong Beom-Do, as I told you before when the &quot;bust&quot; controversy surged, participated in Korean Communist Party. As our army has to fight under liberal democracy system, against the system&#39;s enemies)

김좌진 장군도, 자꾸 얘기가 가는데, 당시에 독립운동하던 북간도 위주의 위에 봤을 때는, 우리의 주변 국가들이 사회주의, 공산주의의 본령이기 때문에 어쩔 수 없이 그쪽하고 연결이 됐을 거예요. ( And also, when it comes to general Kim Chwa-Chin, he was active in Northern Jiandao - since near Northern Jiandao were socialist, communist countries, Kim Chaw-Chin must have been related to such forces too. )

In this routine, New-rights are continuously trying to remove anarchist struggles in Korean independence movement.

TL;DR

Our government has caught schizophrenia: it believes in some brainwashing like SOCIALISM = COMMUNISM = ML(M) = NORTH KOREA = DICTATORSHIP = TOTALITARIANISM and MILITARISM = ANTI-COMMUNISM = LIBERAL DEMOCRACY.

Therefore, our government is a strong supporter of Mccarthysm.

And that&#39;s why our government has tried to remove anarchist legacies of Korean independence activism, and made a self-coup last month.

edit: Yoon Hui-seok, not Hui-sook


Weekly Discussion Thread for Radical Women

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Radical Women Wednesday

Weekly Discussion Thread for Radical Women

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The Fall of the Regime


DENVER Friday 8pm meeting at Mutiny Comics and Coffee in the basement. 3483 S Broadway. (Reply with your best anti establishment memes and video recommendations.)


I want to hear some of the best short speeches in anarchist, socialist, feminist, & decolonial history. Preferably less than five-minutes long, in the English language, and on YouTube. What ya got?

REQUEST: Best liberatory speeches

I want to hear some of the best short speeches in anarchist, socialist, feminist, &amp; decolonial history. Preferably less than five-minutes long, in the English language, and on YouTube. What ya got?