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There are way too many anarchists and "anarchists" that have no fucking clue what insurrectionary anarchism actually is and it's seriously shocking how ignorant people are about it
> It's just a tactic!
No. People don't write hundreds of theory books, essays, zines, etc. just to proclaim "a tactic".
> It's individualist!
No. Insurrectionary anarchists reject the dichotomy of collectivism vs individualism.
No. People don't write hundreds of theory books, essays, zines, etc. just to proclaim "a tactic".
> It's individualist!
No. Insurrectionary anarchists reject the dichotomy of collectivism vs individualism.
I'm not a "strong" egoist nor a good understander of it, however, Stirner, says every person is an egoist and that the individual and the collective aren't seperate from each others. Insurrectionary anarchists reject the idea that these 2 are seperate.
> It's just revolution!
No. Most insurrectionary anarchists come to the conclusion that revolution is entirely just a coup, not a liberationist destructive project. That revolution only replaces the people in power and the ideological stand of the nation.
No. Most insurrectionary anarchists come to the conclusion that revolution is entirely just a coup, not a liberationist destructive project. That revolution only replaces the people in power and the ideological stand of the nation.
Once revolution is "complete", they face enormous unrest, so they decide - Prisons, Labour camps, etc. need to come back. Then they eventually decide the country is too unstable, so they need more centralisation. These things and more are what makes us sceptical of revolution.
Insurrection, on the other hand, isn't revolution. It's a permanent struggle against the state, against capital, against oppression, against hierarchy, patriarchy, power, etc.
In that, we can simply avoid the need to row back to prisons, labour camps and a state.
In that, we can simply avoid the need to row back to prisons, labour camps and a state.
Instead, we are in permanent war against these institutions and structures. We criticise, attack, and don't let anyone find a simple "replacement" for these insititutions. They're not needed, they need to be destroyed and made sure to never come again.
> Insurrectionists are unorganised!
Not true. Self-organisation, informal organisation and affinity groups are 3 aspects of insurrectionary anarchism that, imo, makes them very effective. You won't see the CNT, IWW or other Syndicates on the "terrorist organisations" list.
Not true. Self-organisation, informal organisation and affinity groups are 3 aspects of insurrectionary anarchism that, imo, makes them very effective. You won't see the CNT, IWW or other Syndicates on the "terrorist organisations" list.
Affinity groups are very small. But numbers don't count anything. If you have 1000 of class unconcious people, you won't achieve change. If you have 5 class concious people that attack in their own pace and planned for themselves, but still, spontaneous for the state, it's effect
is more impactful, because it sets the statists under shock for some time. It's not there to build a mass movement, because that's entirely not our goal. The time for mass movement is over, face it.
I also don't need to wait for the confirmation from those above to do actions.
I also don't need to wait for the confirmation from those above to do actions.
> Insurrectionists don't build a movement!
That is your opinion. But somehow you fail to recognise that the first anarchists that did action were propagandists of the deed, you fail to see the massive support of such people like Marius Jacob, Sacco and Vanzetti, etc etc.
That is your opinion. But somehow you fail to recognise that the first anarchists that did action were propagandists of the deed, you fail to see the massive support of such people like Marius Jacob, Sacco and Vanzetti, etc etc.
You fail to understand "Every Man a King", you fail to understand "People cannot be freed. They need to free themselves". Education, Mutual aid, Solidarity, Protest, Community Defense, etc. are currents in Insurrectionary anarchism too. That's not bound to some hateful fucks.
It was the individualist anarchists that first set up communes. It was individualist anarchists that first set up community schools. Meanwhile, the social anarchists were still bitching about whether or not national federations are good.
Furthermore: Anarchists shouldn't want to educate people so they follow their system. That'd be setting up an authority over these people. Anarchists should strictly be critical of themselves. In the before mentioned community schools, they had "teacher notes".
"Never forget that we're not looking to produce good little anarchists. Let us all be weary which we ourselves have over these children. We are trying to make free men - They may think differently from us later on. That is how we will know we have indeed made free men."
It's not our goal to indoctrinate people. Anarchist education isn't about creating indoctrinated anarchists, it's about creating free people.
That's the end of this thread, if you have any more questions, critiques from insurrectionary anarchist to insurrectionary anarchist, addition to my thread or anything else, feel free to post along.
Also - Most of the things I did write here now do not come from theory.
Also - Most of the things I did write here now do not come from theory.
They come, for the most part, from listening to other anarchists, to insurrectionary anarchists. I did read small texts about a few things, but they're, for the most part, basic.
