I did not know the difference between philosophical and political anarchism. People tend to forget what the circle in the circle A stands for. I really need to read more books, have read so many summaries of *Mutual Aid* but haven't actually read the original. Thank you for distilling this knowledge into something that was easy for me to digest.
I love the argument about anarchism being a method of organization rather than absence.
Also appreciate the ways you tie in other people's theory and say "this is why this matters." i always end up looking up more people and their writing from your references.
The last part about dealing with violence seriously cuts through a lot of the repetitive debate and hesitation and pushback it seems like people have, about what we can believe in & act on, if we don't depend on the state.
I feel like people can really struggle to internalize that, at the same time as we are already doing it all the time.
Reading this following your other post about covid organizing, (and as somebody who participates in trying to help people not get covid,) yea, all this always pops up in seeing how people negotiate these conflicts where there can be high tension between each other, our own desires, and the leverage of the state.
Also philosophically i really like the part talking about how potential and past actions are mediated by how we think they can happen, what we think they mean.
I like these newsletters and would read more if you want to write them. :)
I really appreciate the distinction you're describing here between Philosophical Anarchism and Political Anarchism. The whole article is good. There are a number of aspects of it that strike me as difficult—as populations grow larger, the distinction between organizations that arise to mediate between their collective interests seem difficult to differentiate from governments, particularly if one group wants to make that distinction and another is actively avoiding it (e.g., colonial settlers in Africa and the Americas). But this was definitely worth reading.
I did not know the difference between philosophical and political anarchism. People tend to forget what the circle in the circle A stands for. I really need to read more books, have read so many summaries of *Mutual Aid* but haven't actually read the original. Thank you for distilling this knowledge into something that was easy for me to digest.
I love the argument about anarchism being a method of organization rather than absence.
Also appreciate the ways you tie in other people's theory and say "this is why this matters." i always end up looking up more people and their writing from your references.
The last part about dealing with violence seriously cuts through a lot of the repetitive debate and hesitation and pushback it seems like people have, about what we can believe in & act on, if we don't depend on the state.
I feel like people can really struggle to internalize that, at the same time as we are already doing it all the time.
Reading this following your other post about covid organizing, (and as somebody who participates in trying to help people not get covid,) yea, all this always pops up in seeing how people negotiate these conflicts where there can be high tension between each other, our own desires, and the leverage of the state.
Also philosophically i really like the part talking about how potential and past actions are mediated by how we think they can happen, what we think they mean.
I like these newsletters and would read more if you want to write them. :)
I really appreciate the distinction you're describing here between Philosophical Anarchism and Political Anarchism. The whole article is good. There are a number of aspects of it that strike me as difficult—as populations grow larger, the distinction between organizations that arise to mediate between their collective interests seem difficult to differentiate from governments, particularly if one group wants to make that distinction and another is actively avoiding it (e.g., colonial settlers in Africa and the Americas). But this was definitely worth reading.
Great article, would like to hear more from you. Maybe you could write about Lakota philosophy--I've had no exposure to it at all. Thank you!