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17 Aug, 7 tweets, 2 min read
Your entire understanding of the world and what we’re up against as a species changes radically once you realize how hierarchy operates.
An introductory thread on this point (please watch the video).

It is a very, very dense read.

But it is worth everyone’s time.

Please check it out.

theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray…
“Without changing […] relationships in society – […] those between men & women, adults & children, whites & other ethnic groups, heterosexuals & gays […] – society will be riddled by domination even in a socialistic ‘classless’ & ‘non-exploitative’ form.”

– Murray Bookchin Murray Bookchin lies in bed...
Continued:

“It would be infused by hierarchy even as it celebrated the dubious virtues of ‘people’s democracies,’ ‘socialism’ & the ‘public ownership’ of ‘natural resources.’”
Continued:

“[…] as long as hierarchy persists, as long as domination organizes humanity around a system of elites, the project of dominating nature will continue to exist & inevitably lead our planet to ecological extinction.”
From “Toward an Ecological Society” (1980).

theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray…

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12 Aug
Some of us squander so many opportunities for good-faith discourse and education on here because we’re more concerned with looking smart for followers or going viral than appealing to the humanity of others.

Don’t be a “Leftist” absorbed by the neoliberal logic of this platform.
Also, here’s a Wiki primer on groupthink:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

Some of us really, really need to read this.
Anyone with a conscience should be using everything at their disposal – which includes social media and technology more broadly – for problem-solving right now, with the urgency of someone trapped in a burning building with everyone else on here and in need of an escape plan.
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26 Jul
The fact that both Russia and China have invaded various territories aside:

To speak on nation-states in this manner disregards how capital (and, subsequently, imperialism) works globally.

Russian, Chinese, and American Capitalists are all doing great business with one another.
The sentiments espoused in the clip above are steeped in a dangerous, neoliberal logic of competitive, industrial expansionism, as opposed to a social logic of cooperation for ecologically sustainable democratization of productive forces for the commons.

Nothing “Left” about it.
Please see the clip below for a quick introduction to how/why the sentiments expressed in the clip featured at the top of this thread are an issue.

Also consider looking into the concepts of “hard” and “soft” power – very crucial for this specific topic.

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23 Jul
Anarchists (Libertarian Socialists) are perceived as a threat and attacked by all sides of the political spectrum (if you will) because what all other sides have in common (Left or Right) is an acceptance of top-down hierarchy and coercive authority (even if some try to hide it).
Anarchists understand Capitalism as not only a system of exploitation, but a system of domination as well, and they understand that domination (in some form or another) has essentially existed since human beings have been around (well before Capitalism even had a name).
Anarchists believe production must be controlled by the people themselves in service to the commons, just as most self-described Socialists/Communists do.

But they have never believed that production must first pass through the hands of some bureaucratic body for this to happen.
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12 Jul
The pot calling the kettle black doesn’t make the kettle not black.

And both the pot and the kettle are there to boil, even if the pot is bigger.

The U.S. uses whatever it can to push an imperialist agenda, but in conflicts between nation-states, all of us are treated as pawns.
We condemn U.S. imperialism everywhere.

We also express solidarity with the people of Cuba (especially Black people) in honoring their agency, and their ability to determine their future.

No, these two things are not mutually exclusive, and yes, we want a future without states.
Both U.S. and Cuban bureaucrats accustomed to top-down rule are to blame for what we’re witnessing here, in addition to the global ruling class.

Thus, the ultimate solution is not for us to run to and defend these oppressive powers, but to run to each other and defend ourselves.
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6 Jun
@__proseccopapi Re: Mussolini and Lenin:

Read “Role and Functions of the Trade Unions Under the New Economic Policy” by Lenin (here: marxists.org/archive/lenin/…), Lenin on State Capitalism (here: socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2019/10/lenin-…), then “On the Corporate State” by Mussolini (here: arplan.org/2020/02/21/mus…). ImageImageImageImage
@__proseccopapi Mussolini considered himself the “Lenin of Italy” at one point in time (see page 284 here: books.google.com/books?id=ut-Os…) and genuinely admired him (see page 96 here: archive.org/details/mussol…). ImageImage
@__proseccopapi Lenin apparently addressed a delegation of Italian Socialists in Moscow (after Mussolini's 1922 March on Rome) and stated:

“What a waste that we lost Mussolini. He is a first-rate man who would have led our party to power in Italy.”

Source on page 15:

archive.org/details/thirdw… Image
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4 Jun
Why is it so hard for some white Leftists (of every tendency) to stay in their lane?

Just because you know Black people who agree with you on some things doesn’t give you license to insert yourself into Black community dialogue.

This shouldn’t need to be stated in 2021.
We started our org in 2018 because it was just as clear then as it is now that we need our own institutions to cover our own history and make our own decisions about our own futures. Unfortunately, we don’t yet have our own public digital spaces for clear, uninterrupted dialogue.
So if you are white and claim to be a comrade, and see Black folks with similar views having a discussion about something online, and sense that there is a disagreement on matters that don’t necessarily concern you, it’s probably best for you to stay out of it.
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