I call myself an anarchist because that is what I do. There's no vanguard party to join (no offense to members of ML parties that do exist here I just don't have one locally), nor do I have any hopes that one will manifest in the near term. In the interim the most praxis I can do are Unionizing my workplace and working with local tenants orgs and mutual aid groups.
People online and irl call themselves whatever they want but anarchism is something you do. Giving guns to neo-Nazis isn't anarchism, helping refugees is, DSA definitely seems sus in this case and I'm sure that there are ways to aid civilians that don't involve providing military aid to fascists that only prolongs fighting.
I call myself an anarchist because that is what I do. There's no vanguard party to join (no offense to members of ML parties that do exist here I just don't have one locally), nor do I have any hopes that one will manifest in the near term. In the interim the most praxis I can do are Unionizing my workplace and working with local tenants orgs and mutual aid groups.
People online and irl call themselves whatever they want but anarchism is something you do. Giving guns to neo-Nazis isn't anarchism, helping refugees is, DSA definitely seems sus in this case and I'm sure that there are ways to aid civilians that don't involve providing military aid to fascists that only prolongs fighting.