Obligatory Anarcho101 Thread of threads.
In order to "not be that *reply* guy" sealioning out of ignorance when inserting yourself into interanarcho convos, I invite you kindly to do some reading.
Obviously I need to mention theanarchistlibrary.org/ by @theanarchistlibrary.org or @library and if you are in need of some litt that is copy*right* pRoTEcTED annas-archive.gl/ is the link you need to bookmark, a world of litt is at your fingertips.
As mentioned, if you ain't an anarchist or are just dabbling with the idea, before interjecting into anarcho conversations you may want to read your way through those threads instead of coming in them with the same old "bUt If yOu aBolIsh tHe sTate wE'll gEt bAck tO wARlorDS?", "If wE dOnT hAve cOpS wHo Will pRotecT uS fRoM cRimiNals", or regurgitating your preconceptions about what constitutes: " #HumanNature ".
This thread of threads, covers a lot of those preconceptions.
@RD4Anarchy is doing an amazing job of archiving and sourcing 101s: kolektiva.social/@RD4Anarchy/1…
@HeavenlyPossum
has a thread of threads which ia a great intro into the basics and then more, give it a read:
kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPoss…
@AnarchoNinaWrites // @AnarchoNinaAnalyzes does an amazing job of repeating the same obvious things you libs can't and won't ever hear.
Last but not least @rechelon publishes on humaniterations.net/ it includes an Anarchism 101 category.
Besides that, KYLR, one of their (and other unnamed Anarchafeminists accomplices) most recent publications may clear a lot of misunderstanding if you are a "progressive" identify as a "liberal" or generally speaking are new to this whole "Anarchism thing".
@rechelon also maintains a github of #Zines going back decades (github.com/rechelon/zine_libra…) and has now respawned the zinelibrary.org where you'll also find further links to zine distros.
While we're at it @hakan_geijer 's Riot medicine may just save your or your accomplices life, and if you need an intro to #opsec, they are also your person.
Obviously if you don't already you should follow the peeps I mentioned, the same goes for the #MutualAid and #Begpost hashtags, donate when you can and boost when you can't.
Finally if you are the kinda person who can't deal with text, albeit it's many issues the following documentary (link in french OV and for the english subbed version see the second link -this is the one and only time you'll see me use national flags) is still a good place to start getting acquainted with our (common yet erased) history:
🏴🇫🇷🏴 Ni Dieu Ni Maître - une histoire de l'Anarchisme -
Via peertube/antopie VF:
video.antopie.org/w/p/rfSecbgF…
🏴🇬🇧🏴No gods No Masters - A history of Anarchism - Documentary (parts 1-3 English with NL/SE subtitles, the rest in the OV French with English subtitles) via archive.org:
archive.org/details/NoGodsNoMa…
Anyhow, take care of one another, wear a mask, practice mutual aid, ACAB & KYLR (especially where they overlap), be they, do crimes (and never, ever, post about the later)
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
(a thread of threads, quotes, and links)This is a collection of writings and research concerned with how we got where we are today, which is in fact the story of what has been done *to* us, and what has been *taken from us*.
By "us" we're talking about "the 99%", "workers", "wage slaves", all non-owners of private property, "the poor", unhoused people, indigenous people, even plenty of people who swear by capitalism and identify as "capitalist" yet have no capital of their own and no serious hope of ever having any worth speaking of. In other words almost everyone except for the very few who have had the power to exploit us and shape our lives to serve their agenda. We're going to examine institutions and concepts that have deeply altered our world at all levels, both our external and internal realities.
By "here" we are talking about climate crisis and myriad other environmental catastrophes resulting from hyper-excessive extraction, consumption and waste; a world of rampant inequality and exploitation, hunger and starvation; a world of fences, walls, tollbooths, prisons, police, bullshit jobs and criminalized poverty; a world overrun with cars and preventable diseases; a world of vanishing biodiversity and blooming fascism; a world where "democracy" results in being led by some of the worst of humanity; a world ruled by an imaginary but all-powerful and single-minded god: Capital.
Our inspiration and structural framework for this survey is this quote from "The Prehistory of Private Property", an important work from political philosopher Karl Widerquist and anthropologist Grant S. McCall:
"After hundreds of millennia in which all humans had direct access to the commons, it took only a few centuries for enclosure, colonialism, capitalism, and industrialization to cut off the vast majority of people on Earth from direct access to the means of economic production and therefore to rob them of the power to say no. It took only a few generations to convince most people that this situation was natural and inevitable. That false lesson needs to be unlearned."
widerquist.com/books-3/#2b
Also recommended: "Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy"
widerquist.com/books-3/#4b
#capitalism #colonialism #enclosure #PrivateProperty #state #police #inequality #anthropology #environment #ClimateCrisis #economics
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List of Books The Problem of Property: Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously (2023) The Prehistory of Private Property: Implications for Modern Political Theory (2021) A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers,…
Karl Widerquist
