My fault for going on twitter BUT WHAT THE FUCK DOES “BEING A STALINIST” MEAN IN FUCKING 2022? This is basically shit stirring against an imaginary boogeyman

  • CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn [any]
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    3 years ago

    I think that's where a lot of the failures of hardcore anarchist ideology lie. And trying to pretend like you have any connection to the Spanish Civil War, the black army, or even worse, groups like the Zapatistas, is incredibly cringe.

    That being said, to even it out a little, the anarchists in my area tend to be a) the only ones bothering with mutual aid, which I think is important, and b) the only ones that show up to stuff like Indigenous solidarity rallies (I tend to see the Trots most often at anti-war or foreign policy-related actions).

    A couple years ago the Maoists and anarchists teamed up to kick the Trots out of the May Day rally, if that doesn't prove how silly this all is.

      • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M
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        3 years ago

        Waiting for the day with Gonzaloites and Trotskyites team up to kick out the anarchists out of the May Day rally

        Red Guards and Gonzaloites team up to kick out the Trotskyites the following year

    • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Where I've lived for the past several years the only action is with the anarchists, so I support them absolutely, and to stay in their good graces I avoided the socialists (who weren't doing much anyway).

      :rat-salute:

      They didn't change the world, but they annoyed the shit out of the right people and fed a lot of people that needed help.

      • BolsheWitch [she/her, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        They didn’t change the world, but they annoyed the shit out of the right people and fed a lot of people that needed help.

        This accurately describes the extent of most praxis in the Imperial Core if you want to stay alive. Slow down the machine, help everyone you can, raise hell.

    • BolsheWitch [she/her, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I mean, most communists :10000-com:% also do this with Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, etc. It's a pretty understandable response to have a sense of camaraderie with past movements and revolutionaries.

      That being said, to even it out a little, the anarchists in my area tend to be a) the only ones bothering with mutual aid, which I think is important, and b) the only ones that show up to stuff like Indigenous solidarity rallies (I tend to see the Trots most often at anti-war or foreign policy-related actions).

      Hell yes, I've noticed that too. Anarchists also tend to almost always be intersectional. Pretty hard to be a class reductionist if you're Anarchist, because you already see The State as another axis of oppression.