Bernie Sanders would and has betrayed the people. Podemos and SNP have fallen into the same trap. Even the most radical political party would still betray us.

Electoral politics is a fool’s game and the framework of it will turn any radical parties into liberals at best and reactionaries at worst. Political forces hijacked within the electoral framework will prioritize the continuation of parties and become disconnected from any movements of resistance and liberation.

We shouldn’t pour our energy into political parties because they’ll fuck us over inevitably. Instead, we should organize non-hierarchical forms of resistance, not based in organizations, but the collective will of the margins themselves.

Today marks the 144th anniversary of the start of the Paris Commune. The great worker-lead 72 day insurrection transformed Parisian society into an autonomous commune according to the principles of cooperation and association. Although its existence was short, ultimately succumbing to the brutal suppression at the hands of the French government after a week-long battle in the streets of Paris, the effects of the Paris Commune rippled across the globe. The Commune profoundly influenced some of the greatest social and political thinkers of the 19th century, particularly Marx, Kropotkin and William Morris, and remains a pivotal influence for contemporary struggles.

Practical Organising

“Only the Organised Survive”: A Rebel Worker Handbook

Direct Action in Industry by the Direct Action Movement

Weakening the Dam by the Twin Cities branch of the IWW

How to Hold a Good Meeting and Rusty’s Rules of Order by the Industrial Workers of the World

Community Control of the Poor community

A Practical Guide to Anarchist Organisation – Compiled by Andrew Flood

How to Fire Your Boss: A Workers Guide to Direct Action

The Bosses Need Us… We Don’t Need Them: Common Sense Reasons for Worker Self-Management

Organising in the Workplace

Organising Communities by Tom Knoche

Anarchist Agitation & Community Building by Ronald A. Young

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