I was organizing with a group of (mostly) anarchists today. In my experience every anarchist I’ve organized with in real life is cool af and takes their praxis very seriously with major time commitments focused on improving the lives of workers and lumpen. They are usually hotter than any other tendency too . No whining about “tankies” or Kronstadt, just showing up to meetings, finding creative solutions and putting in the work.
Despite our nominal non-sectarian rule, I feel like there is still general derision towards anarchists here so I just wanted to remind everyone that these internet anarcho-Atlanticists on [insert dunk_tank instance or subreddit here] are just an online phenomenon and not real life. (Have I met those guys IRL too? Yes, but not in real organizing just in book clubs etc and they are tedious but there’s still more to work with than than a lib.)
So here’s to our anarchist comrades keep keeping it real
I have some sympathy for the Anarcho-Bidenists because I was, at one time, a teenager who called himself an anarchist but who really had just read a few CrimethInc. books. I think the entryway into identifying as an anarchist is much more accessible to folks because it’s so ideologically heterogenous and less societally stigmatized, which makes it easier to claim radical politics without the grounding in theory that allows you to purge yourself of reactionary views.