Anarchist Anarcho-Anarchism

Winston Smith being murdered by federal agents under the pretense of the victimless crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm is another example that gun control is just as violent and subjugating as the prohibition of drugs or alcohol. Possessing contraband should never cost somebody their life, be it through physical or structural violence and every person is entitled to the ability to defend themselves. Felons, as a class, shouldn't be deprived of weapons and forced into depending on a state that has already shown so little care for their wellbeing.

the only way mutual aid is an ‘abstract point’ is if you do not consider yourself a subject but an object, no wonder maoists fumble with it.

It's mutual aid because you're benefiting from it too.

“I confront [white guilt] every year, about a month into my course on racism, among [white] students who come to me in tears because they cannot deal with the racism that goes on in their families or their home towns or their student residences. Their tears are the result of genuine anguish, care, and a desire to learn and to change. I confront similar attitudes among my colleagues, and I am similarly gratified by their concern. But those who experience white guilt need to learn three things: 1) People of colour are generally not moved by their tears, and may even see those tears as a self-indulgent expression of white privilege. It is after all a great privilege to be able to express one’s emotion openly and to be confident that one is in a cultural context where one’s feelings will be understood. 2) Guilt is paralysing. It serves no purposes; it does no good. It is not a substitute for activism. 3) White guilt is often patronizing if it leads to pity for those of colour. Pity gets in the way of sincere and meaningful human relationships, and it forestalls the frankness that meaningful relationships demand. White guilt will not change the racialized environment; it will only make the guilty feel better.”

— “Women of Colour in Canadian Academia,” Audrey Kobayashi (via lamaracuya)   (via hagereseb)

I also really hate the way people try to argue against this line of logic, one that basically states "the united states is not immune to guerrilla warfare" because both liberals and leftists love coming out to argue against it for poorly understood reasons. Usually people either say "they won because of the national unity they had" or "they won because of the AA systems the North had" and those are cop-outs in both cases. You cannot fight any sort of war without small arms. You cannot secure an AA system without small arms. You can have the bravest, most unified fighters in the world and they cannot win a guerrilla war against an advanced military without small arms. Assault rifles have been the most basic element of full-scale conflict for 70 years, they are as essential as water.

ok but this is seriously not leaving my head like i became butch bc i saw butch women online and read stone butch blues and they taught me that i could be masculine and whole and then i lived as butch and gnc in my hometown and online and ive had people irl and online say that helped them learn to be gnc or butch and then i saw bi butches online and realized i could like men without forfeiting masculinity and then i started to feel myself out in this online space as bi and butch and people are telling me that helped them realize they could be gnc and bi and basically what im saying is there's this whole long chain of inspiration and warmth and community that comes with being gnc bc like who taught leslie feinberg that zie could be butch? and who taught that butch that they could be butch? and how many people learned from them by proxy? and how many people learned from you by proxy? and how many people will learn from those people, the ones who learned from you? we may not be fully aware of it but we're all always holding each other's hands. leaving little imprints on each other's palms. reminding each other of what we are and can be

i think the funniest and realist thing i’ve realized lately is how troubling idealization can be. every person is just… a person. the very people you want to impress or be apart of are just people. even if they seem wildly intimidating because of the way they look or because of their reputation, every one is just a person. human. as embarrassing, as remorseful and they are going through stages of growth just like you are. we only see what we want to see and then drown ourselves further in our own depression and we don’t have to.

truly and i am learning the less i idealise others, the more willing i am to meet people where they are warts n all. and the more willing i am to show myself too and bring my whole self into things. my own embarrassment becomes a new normal and fine thing. stumbling becomes more endearing.

had a teacher once who told us “idealizing people is just as dehumanizing as demonizing them” and that stuck with me so much

for every osha violation at my work, i will be forgetting to scan a customer’s item (of my choice) when i am checking them out. this will continue indefinitely

i gave away so much free shit when i worked retail, and i got bolder the longer i went without a break

Im fucking dying. REAL ESTATE. SELLING PLANETS AND WORRYING ABOUT RETAIL VALUE. HIRING REAL ESTATE WORKERS TO DO HIS BIDDING N UNDERPAYS THEM. this…. This realization is gutting me

Ah come on,  “it’s Freeza Real Estate” was right there!

man, the CRT discourse is so fucked, cause this isnt even a new issue, american governments have been pushing to ban poc history being taught in the classrooms for DECADES now, like this isnt even new, theyve been pushing for whiter curricula for such a long time