Anarchism

Anark explains how a celebrated essay by Engels is utter garbage.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/26614587

The Anarchist Library is a great archive of free books and essays on the topic of Anarchism. Some newer books won't be available there due to copyright (thanks Capitalism! /s).

Here's some recommendations to get you started:

• Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism, Peter H. Marshall
• The Conquest of Bread, Pëtr Kropotkin
• No Gods, No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism, Daniel Guérin
• Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction, Colin Ward
• Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, Pëtr Kropotkin
• God and the State, Michail Bakunin

*Dear mod: I don't think there's any copyright concerns with the linked texts, but if there is I'll remove the direct links. I only added them because the search function on the archiveis a bit borked, so it can be hard to find what you're looking for.

Today is the 97th anniversary of the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti.

A very interesting counter argument to the pro-electoralism position as presented by counterpoints

I have been reading a book about the history of Israel. One section was about people refusing to serve the army when Israel fought war in Libanon and Gaza because they didn't agree with cruelties the Israel army conducted/ accepted. It made me think about the other way around: What if your country is attacked and people are being called to service by the army, would an anarchist refuse out of principle?

Quite some anarchist reject the idea of a centralized army so an anarchist might refuse out of principle. On the other hand, your country is being attacked. You can argue that accepting service is accepted because it is different from invading another country because you now have to defend your own country.

What are your thoughts on this?

It's a pity I can't crosspost in lemmy in a way that would merge the comments in the original thread.

This whole series is great btw. If you have the time, I thoroughly suggest watching it from the start.

PS: This explains the typical online tankie hot-takes so well.

pure liberal cringe. And propaganda. When I tried to post the propaganda that I believe my post was deleted. Also a lot U.S.A drama of politics, like any of that matters. How do I make lemmy.world disappear from my feed in dbzer0 ?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16706638

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10654815

What have been some anarchist organizations or approaches to the problems of addiction and recovery? I've done a little bit of reading on the anarchist library and I'll continue with that. I know there are concepts of radical sobriety as well as critiques of the hierarchy within twelve step programs and the idea of addict as identity. I'm interested in any perspectives and ideas.

Something I personally find acutely annoying about recovery programs is that they're almost solipsistic not just about the profits involved and the larger political historical and economic story of addiction. Maybe it's taboo because it's not something one can solve the same way one can make choices in one's own life, but I feel like a bit of a pariah every time I want to remind people that we arent just fighting ourselves but the people who actively make money on our suffering. To me right now anarchism is the best model to describe reality, so I want to know how people who share this model have dealt with and thought about these urgent issues. Keen to be introduced to literature or communities in this vein

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16326419

Big Bad Wolf Thought

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/553