Remember that hope itself is radical. Believing that one day the specific injustices we face will be nothing more than historical events. Just like how we live in a world without the divine right of kings we will one day live in a world without capitalism, just understanding that is itself a radical action. If spreading despair is praxis of the ruling class, spreading hope is praxis against the ruling class.

Capitalism cannot exist without massive exploitation of the majority of the people on our planet.

On Criminality

One of the most frustrating parts about advocating for the anarchist position is, and this happens with every new person an anarchist encounters, is there is this panic from people about how people like rapists and murderers will be handled. And that’s a discussion I’m down to have, anarchism does not lend itself to super concrete answers by design but there are many anarchist alternatives to state systems like the prison, but these people do not seem to consider that in this present system THEIR LIVES ARE LITERALLY RULED BY FRAUDSTERS, MURDERERS, AND THIEVES OF THE WORST VARIETY. The blood spilled by statist systems, the lands permanently burned and salted, the bodies defiled, the wealth stolen, lives ended, pales in comparison to what your local burglars and murderers could pull off in a thousand lifetimes. What ever comes after these institutions of domination cannot conceivably be as brutally violent as states of all stripes have been historically.

The Native American genocide, the holocaust, Napoleon, the transatlantic slave trade, the Congo free state, just to name a few, all done under the purview of state institutions.

If you cannot recognize this horror for what it is, if this stuff exists in your pearl clutching blind spot because these institutions have waved the magic wand of “legality” over these atrocities, then you have some phantasms in your brain you need to dispel.

if you engage in infighting, you are useless as a leftist.

if you tell people to k*ll themselves, you are useless as a leftist.

if you do not believe in somebody’s ability to change, you are useless as a leftist.

if you do not practice nuanced thinking, you are useless as a leftist.

if you are unable to have compassion for your fellow human, you are useless as a leftist.

A really good, albeit not in-depth, summary and introduction to Bookchin's ideas.

Highly recommend listening if you're at all interested in ecosocialism or green anarchism

Wario from the Super Mario series is a libertarian socialist!

Capitalism: "Look at all the mass surveillance in the Warsaw Pact states. We would never do that!"

Also capitalism: [Builds most sophisticated mass surveillance network in human history, most of it to better serve you ads with weird stock photos like someone putting an onion in their sock to cure their breast cancer or some shit.]

Actually, going off recent convo, are you:

1. In wales

2. Believe in/support: anarchism, libertarian socialism, democratic confederalism, agrarian socialism, anarchist communism, and other such similar things?

If so, hit up this post, or me directly. Would love to get in touch.

non-disruptive protest doesn't work.

aside from the fact that the point of a protest is to cause enough disruption that the government is forced to concede, there's also another element to this that i personally feel is more prevalent, especially these days with governments across the world cracking down on protest rights.

the way i see it, as do many others on the left, is that if protest is meant to force the hand of the state via disruption, but the state is the one to define what "acceptable" protest is, then there would never be a protest that works, as the state will inevitably only define protests that don't threaten the status quo as acceptable, thus preventing any real change from happening.

Germany's inability to condemn ethnic cleansing and genocide is proof that they were never truly denazified.

Nonsexual nudity needs to be fully accepted in our society. It should be legal in public. It should be allowed in media regardless of rating or target audience. There is nothing about the human body that is inherently harmful to see or inherently sexual. Reblog if you agree.

The fact that a company like Nestlé still exists after everything they've done is outrageous and should be addressed more often.

"The Rojava revolution’s economic plan is called a “People’s Economy” to differentiate it from traditional market and socialist (i.e. state) economies. But though it posits itself as an alternative to the dualism of capitalism and communism, it is really not a fully formed model as of yet. There are three major concepts in the People’s Economy: commons, private property based on use, and worker-administered businesses. The Rojava economic experiment is less an implementation of a single concept than a jury-rigged system that must respond to the needs of a war and a crippling economic embargo....

Traditional “private property” was abolished in late 2012, meaning all buildings, land, and infrastructure fell under control of the various city councils. This did not mean people no longer owned their homes or businesses, however. The councils implemented an “ownership by use” sovereign principle, a principle that could not be overturned by any council. Ownership by use means that when a building like a home or a business is being used by a person or persons, the users would in fact own the land and structures but would not be able to sell them on an open market. Öcalan wrote that use ownership is what prevents speculation and capital accumulation which in turn leads to exploitation. Aside from property owned by use, in principle any other property would become commons. This abolishing of private property did not extend to commodities like automobiles, machines, electronics, furniture, etc. but was limited to land, infrastructure, and structures.

The commons encompasses land, infrastructure, and buildings not owned by individuals but held in stewardship by the councils. Councils can turn over these public goods to individuals to be used. Commons are conceived of as a way to provide both a safety net for those without resources and a way to maximize use of the material resources of the community. Commons also include the ecological aspects of the region including water, parks, wildlife and wilderness, and even most livestock. According to Dr. Ahmad Yousef, an economic co-minister, three-quarters of traditional private property is being used as commons and one quarter is still being owned by use of individuals. The PEP posits that the commons are robust enough economically that there is no need for taxes, and since the beginning of the Rojava revolution there have been no taxes of any type."

- A Mountain River Has Many Bends