Thread by @PeterGelderloos

When I got to one thousand followers, I sent out a booty shot. I don't know what you're supposed to do at 10k, so I'm going to send out

*Kill Anarchist Idols*
A Thread:

If we're on here to spread anarchist ideas (is that why we're on here?), it helps to have some larger accounts because of the way Twitter is structured. But it's probably not a great idea for those accounts to be in the hands of a few individuals.
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At the bottom of the thread, I'm going to send out a list of collective accounts to follow, but first I want to problematize certain ideas of power.
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In my research for Anarchy Works & Worshiping Power, it became abundantly clear that hierarchy relates to how a society builds and practices power. It seems to be more a result of centralizing and unifying different forms of power rather than recognizing leadership. Plenty of
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(if not all?) anti-authoritarian, stateless societies recognize different forms of leadership, each practicing different, non-fungible, non-transferable forms of power, but also a distrust of leadership & plenty of tools to criticize, belittle, expel, or assassinate leaders.
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In the present case, the key problem seems to be exaggerating the importance of one movement activity, writing books, and not recognizing or valuing many other movement activities. With that kind of power, a "succesful" author can capitalize their platform and even
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climb into greater social hierarchies estranged from the movement. What an anarchist writer of books should do, in my mind, is dedicate themselves to ongoing struggles & pertinent theoretical problems rather than building a career.
The problem then is a movement that reproduces7/

dominant society practices around fame, and individual authors who aggrandize the platform given to them or fail to use that platform to support the construction of other platforms centered on activities of care, healing, construction, anti-repression work, and a long etc.
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In the day-to-day of the movement, however, I would say that those with the most power are those who successfully navigate the rumor networks & informal spaces of socializing (parties,hang outs). This is a huge problem, not only because that type of person tends to be wretched
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but also because of the inherent ableism of those structures and because of how those norms of communication make our movements excellent habitats for infiltrators and manipulators, and places where healthy responses to conflict become impossible.
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Anywho. I don't want to spend more time on Twitter, but in addition to the Texts of the Week, I'm going to occasionally pick a topic and recommend people to follow on that topic. And I also want to invite people to recommend topics they want to see addressed.
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So let's spead the love and boost some good projects. The idea that a collective is somehow immune from promoting hierarchical dynamics, evading accountability, or being the project of a single person, would of course be erroneous. Nonetheless, give these accounts a follow!
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@igd_news @igdworldwide @akpressdistro @plutopress @crimethinc @DetritusBooks @littleblackcart @anarchistfed @anarchistagency @AnarchistLib @StrawFinal @kerrbooks @wrkclasshistory @anarchistn3wz @narchiststudies @IAF_FAI

@fagcinerosas @anarquismoenpdf @descontroled @AzadiJin_cat @EditorialMilvus @InquilinasGC @ColzeAColze @HeuraNegraVKK @noticiasalb @piensaprensa @editorialnb @PiedraPapelEd @embatOLC @FantasmaEdic

Hats off to the people who unfollowed me after this thread. True anarchists. Like, fuck this guy, let's get them back below 10k.
Yes please.