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And yet, there is a strange paradox in all of this. My home, the community that nourishes me taking the place of the religious communities my ancestors lost, is that same anarchist one.
Going to anarchist spaces always feels like home. It always feels like I'm among "my people." It feels safe. It's a safety and a familiarity that I don't find outside, in the "real world."

Excellent analysis and well-argued analysis of the current rupture in Spanish anarcho-syndicalism. Definitely worth your attention:
https://anarchistunionjournal.org/2023/12/07/a-new-rupture-in-spanish-anarcho-syndicalism/

I was searching for some info on the Jean Carles method to figure out fragrance accords.
That's an interesting and useful recommendation, YT, thank you so kindly =)

The first time I ever really felt at home, comfortable and safe, was in an anarchist space in Seattle called "The Wildcat." It only existed for a few months, maybe a year, after I found it. Since then I've found similar places here in Amsterdam, and other places.
I want these places to be as comfortable, as much of a refuge, for everyone as they have been for me. Part of that is acknowledging and addressing the things they make physical and organizing spaces hostile.

As an anarchist, in the face of current political realities, I sometimes console myself* with the thought that:
1. If humanity has the potential to build an anarchist society, it will prevail for a much longer period of history than the current terminally-unstable configurations.
2. If not, extinction, and my opponents will still be just a blip in the span of history.
*This may or may not be a consoling thought for you.
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It's also probably worth pointing out that humans willing to take small actions are more likely to take larger actions in the future. If you want to go from people too afraid to resist to people fighting in the streets, the path goes though little things like this.
This is the anarchist calisthenics equivalent of walking 10 paces a day before you try to prepare to run a marathon.

I have autism, and I tend to forget things quite often. That’s part of why I’m currently reading Rudolf Rocker – Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice for the fifth time.
If you’d like to read it too, you can find it in my “Entry to Left-Wing Anarchist Reading” document, which I’ll keep updating over time with new books, media, and resources.
Docs:

I also think that Standing Rock has already brought this up for some of the folks I'd otherwise be talking to. I'm definitely not early to the party here.
I'm just coming back to this from recently finishing "Safety Through Solidarity" (a book everyone should read) and thinking about my own identity.
One of the things that came up in the book was the potential intersection between Haredim and anarchists on prison reform and abolition. Yet, we tend to neglect this opportunity for collaboration, I think for such reasons as I'm talking about.
Edit:
https://www.akpress.org/safety-through-solidarity.html

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I think the thing here was not just all the fash, but also how small the group of anarchists was who put their lives on the line to stop this. So few willing to sacrifice, while the liberals chastised them, including the pacifists, for being too confrontational. The liberals hid on the edge waving their little signs, then claimed victory when it was all over.