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Since its origin, libertarianism has been synonymous with anarchism or anti-authoritarianism: the belief that relationships based on domination, hierarchy and exploitation should be dismantled in favor of freedom and self-determination. To anarchists, an individual can only be free in a community of equals. As the 19th century Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin put it: “Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie.” It should come as no surprise then, that libertarians have always been socialists, since capitalism is based on class domination.

Though the possible confusion is understandable, libertarian socialism is more of a redundancy than a contradiction in terms. Freedom and socialism are indispensable to one another. Without one, the other loses its meaning. So libertarian socialism simply means “free socialism.” As the anarchist thinker Rudolf Rocker put it: “Socialism will be free, or it will not be at all.””

And in this vein, we must stop treating these vile ideologies in such an individualist manner.

If you use extremely homophobic language and slurs on a regular basis and refuse to admit that that’s wrong when challenged about it by a gay person and when what you’re doing amounts to a direct threat of violence, then… realistically, what’s separating you from an ‘actual’ homophobe?

It’s like when non-Nazis hang out with Nazis and treat them like just another person: that makes those people themselves Nazis. History is adamant on this, and rightly so.

Bigotry cannot be understood on such a meaningless, individualist basis. To do so is liberalism. It must be understood in terms of how it interacts with the wider community and the context in which it arises and purpose of its use. I am a consequentialist, and frankly, I will not accept any other philosophy as valid here. If your actions are homophobic, and their results consistently, primarily, and negatively affect gay people, then regardless of the intent, those actions and therefore that person, is, homophobic. 

Not only this, but homophobia isn’t something you opt in to; it’s something you opt out of. We live in a homophobic society and are socialised to be homophobic, and as such, unless we vocally and unequivocally reject homophobia (and back these claims up with our actions), then we are still homophobes.

Bigotry and reaction thrive off the laziness and apathy of those people unwilling to stand up for those less able than themselves. Stop hiding behind vague promises and platitudes and work to improve your communities and your acquaintances, and if they will not change, reject them and ostracise them – make it clear that they are no longer welcome in your circles.

If you are an anarchist, anti-fascist, animal rights advocate, vegan, environmental activist, an anti-establishment troublemaker, or support any of these things.. One group I recommend above any other that you should follow is Unoffensive Animal.

This collective of anarcho-vegan and anti-capitalists are easily some of the best and most inspiring individuals I’ve had the pleasure to meet in the radical communities. If you’ve ever wanted to see militant and direct action against capitalism, environment destruction, and hunters, you will want to follow UA. They’ve been busy keeping the fight.

From fighting both pigs and hunters in the Hambach forest trying to save the beautiful forest capitalists intend to destroy for coal. Risking arrest and brutal oppression by the police, fighting with just sticks and stones to save nature. 

Even hosting their own workshop ‘Liberate or Die’ in Hambach forest, spreading direct action knowledge and skill sets.

Over to hunt sabbing in Sweden to help protect the foxes. They’ve sabbed with comrades all over the UK and Europe. 

And more recently they have descended upon Pont Valley to oppose mining in the area, if successful they will force the mining to discontinue and save the beautiful landscape. Direct action achieving results once again. 

They work constantly to generate useful and informative content on both their Facebook (which you can see here), and their Instagram (here) @unoffensiveanimal. They give reports of animal liberation, anti-capitalist direct action, and hunt sabbing from all over the world. Keeping the ongoing struggle connected.

Unoffensive Animal does a prison letter writing thing where they will make sure letters get sent to activists serving time for their heroic acts. So that these people know they’ve not been forgotten and their actions were not in vein, to give them hope. 

On top of this, they have also made it their mission to help equip radicals and inform them of not only the threats they face but how to defend against them. From information on how to pick locks, how to do banner drops, make stencils, and maintain security culture. If you are serious about action in any way, you should be following them and taking notes.

If all of what I’ve described sounds wonderful to you, it gets better as you can directly contribute to this group and all that they stand for. They have a Patreon, all of the money which goes into it goes directly to finance direct action. They do not keep a single penny, it goes largely on travel and legal support for other activists, your money would go directly to direct action, aiding fellow activists and undermining capitalism and the state. You can find their Patreon HERE

And if you would like to own one of these sick hoodies you can message them on their social media, I have one and its snug as fuck. Again the proceeds go back into funding action. The price isn’t fixed, they don’t want to limit what you can have because you don’t have the money for it. 

Unoffensive Animal is more than just a Facebook page and an outlet for ALF news. They are a magnificent examples of what activists should aspire to be. Giving constant shows of solidarity, education, and connection. They are a shining demonstration that the fight for liberation is alive and raging on. People have told me on here that I’ve inspired them or they look up to me… well these people inspire me and I look up to them. 

From the UK, to Hambach, to Rojava, to Palestine. 

You wouldn’t have half the rights or possessions you have today without communists fighting for them. I’m not joking. The majority of civil and workers’ rights activists opposed capitalism.

It’s just really saddening to see people mindlessly eat up propaganda. We are not taught to think critically—there are even schools who claim critical thinking is bad.

list of us involvement in regime changes and heres a notable one when the cia helped overthrow the democratically elected socialist president of chile and replaced him with a fascist dictator who was responsible for thousands of deaths

oh here, 35 countries where the us supported fascists drug lords and terrorists 

that time when reagan supported and funded islamic extremists because they were “fighting communists”, now go forward a decade or so and the us thinks islamic extremism is a huge threat

a timeline of atrocities committed by the cia- did you know the cia took in a bunch of nazis spies right after ww2 so they could help the us once again fight communists?

when reagan illegally sold weapons to iran and used the money to fund a right wing militia in nicaragua called the contras, who were fighting the left wing socialist sandinistas. oh heres all the human rights violations the contras committed while illegally getting money from the us, home of the free and land of the brave am i right

torture under the bush administration and by the cia

us war crimes and the casualties of the iraq war

btw the us has most likely been lying about the amount of civilian deaths caused by drone strikes and the actual number is way higher than theyre officially saying and this is just from the obama administration

that time coca cola used right wing death squads to murder and terrorize workers and stop them from unionzing 

nestle using slave labour

how cointelpro targeted civil rights movements, black power movements, and radical leftists and murdered leaders of the movements 

when the us outlawed the communist party and being involved in communist actions

and if you didnt know the us uses prison labour where prisoners get payed sometimes only a few dollars a week all for the profit of the prisons

list of people killed by police by year 

Hey!

The Chamber is the largest mock parliament on facebook, modelled on the parliament of the UK. There’s monthly elections and parties contest to pass mock policies.

I’m part of the largest socialist party in the Chamber and starting a recruitment drive here, as the leading party at time of writing is a very fashy one that likes to recruit on 4chan and we want them out, so we can start passing great socialist policies! 

If you love political discourse, leftist memes and feeling like socialism is winning among the youth then get involved today! Everyone in the party is really friendly and anyone that isn’t is normally removed quickly, it’s great space for discourse and so is The Chamber itself. If you’re an active member, it likely won’t take long (1 election cycle if we’re winning seats) for you to become an MP, but anyone can help shape policies! 

(even if you don’t want to join all notes especially reblogs are extreeeemely helpful, thanks!)

Join the chamber here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheChamberUKMockParliament/ 

Join the Chamber Socialist Party here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1199057446884434/

They would just go to the community food place and get food, which they themselves also helped grow and provide for the community. They would only have to help grow food for like… 2 hours a week or something, for probably less than half the year. We overproduce food to like an absolutely insane degree right now (more than 40% of our food is just wasted before it even reaches a grocery store or dinner plate), and that is with only like 9% of the population growing all of it for everybody else. Imagine if everyone in the community pitched in for the essentials.

The rest of the time they could just be an artist and hold galleries and shows and do whatever else they want to do.