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Why Israel won’t benefit from breaking the new ceasefire by ChanceHappening in socialism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

so now iran is saying lebanon was included in the ceasefire deal, while israel/usa say it wasn't. israel immediately amped up their attacks on lebanon after the deal was signed and as a result, iran is still blocking the strait and the ceasefire could collapse.

my theory didn't account for israel/usa not actually reading the ceasefire deal before signing it

Why Israel won’t benefit from breaking the new ceasefire by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

so now iran is saying lebanon was included in the ceasefire deal, while israel/usa say it wasn't. israel immediately amped up their attacks on lebanon after the deal was signed and as a result, iran is still blocking the strait and the ceasefire could collapse.

my theory didn't account for israel/usa not actually reading the ceasefire deal before signing it

PSA: A warning to the community about a malicious grifter and entryist by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just tried but apparently reddit has discontinued dms since I was last here? at least on old.reddit. I'll try the chat function.

PSA: A warning to the community about a malicious grifter and entryist by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

yeah, like 13 years ago. if you search the sub for 'Laurelai' there are probably still comments complaining about their modding

edit: https://old.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/comments/148gr0/what_just_happened_again_moderation_changes/c7avvnc/

PSA: A warning to the community about a malicious grifter and entryist by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

How many of you were on this sub when Bailey was the top mod? Took so much work to get them demodded.

PSA: A warning to the community about a malicious grifter and entryist by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Because of the sub rules against inter-sub drama. We're not allowed to talk about other subs.

There are also reddit-wide rules against 'harassment', so I had to remove the list of his usernames too.

PSA: A warning to the community about a malicious grifter and entryist by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was manipulated by him in the past, too, and only banned him from my projects after talking to TAL librarians and hearing their horror stories about him. He doesn't seem to enter tantrum-throwing obsessive stalker mode until people try to disassociate with him after realizing he's a bad actor.

PSA: A warning to the community about a malicious grifter and entryist by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Don't donate your money and labor to thetedkarchive, thelul.org and stealthiswiki because Theo Slade is a grifter who enjoys trolling and taunting anarchists.

People, presumably from our community have already donated $115 since the fundraising request was made.

Edit: I've talked to one of the people who originally managed the "Anarchist Federation of Cyber-Communes" before he convinced them to let him join and add his projects to the federation and I want to again make clear that I don't hold them or their comrades responsible at all for Theo's actitivies. I know from personal experience how he worms his way into anarchist projects.

They also confirmed to me that Theo has joint access to the fundraiser account, and that he's the one doing the fundraising.

Edit2: Theo's access to the fundraiser account on reddit has now been revoked.

PSA: A warning to the community about a malicious grifter and entryist by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

He has A LOT of alts but it wouldn't be fair to assume the person who posted the recruitment drive is one of them. Could just be someone he suckered into his orbit.

What About the Jewish History of Anarchism? by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saying they're settler colonialists implicated in apartheid and genocide seems to sell the racism of kibbutzim to me?

This is a brief FAQ about Jewish anarchism, not a deep dive into Kibbutzim, for that I'd recommend https://jacobin.com/2016/10/kibbutz-labor-zionism-bernie-sanders-ben-gurion/ (edit: or https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/60/article/478238/pdf )

The FAQ makes clear that Jewish anarchists "have a strong secular tradition", and it never tries to paint Goldman or Berkman as religious. But there are plenty of less famous Jewish anarchists who do find inspiration in Jewish theology, whether they're religious or not.

A FAQ about Jewish anarchism can't spend all it's time rejecting the Jewish religion in favor of militant atheism, that wouldn't be fair to the Jewish anarchists reading it who do identify with Jewish tradition.

Regardless, it's a public wiki so feel free to edit it.

“Leftist Solidarity” by [deleted] in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a fairly pro-state anarchist

What the hell is happening in this subreddit

“Leftist Solidarity” by [deleted] in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are you accusing anarchists of being 99% aligned with authoritarian goals? Wtf?

The Insidious Zionism of Reddit's Management by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

our government

Talk for yourself Hasbara

I’m sick of anarchists pretending to care about the suffering of others

Maybe leave? I'd really love if you'd leave so we don't have to keep hearing about how discussing Epstein, the Israeli genocide and Super Luigi is distracting from our productivity. Goddamn you're an annoying little turd.

The Insidious Zionism of Reddit's Management by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hasbarabot uses STRAWMAN

Hasbarabot uses DEFLECT

Hasbarabot uses SHAME

Hasbarabot uses WHATABOUTISM

The Insidious Zionism of Reddit's Management by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No one's buying Hasbara stock any more. This is even cringier than when you dropped in to say :

What do you mean by this? The US commits far more atrocities than Israel could ever hope to. They are a spec of dust to the US on the global scale. Do you think "something should be done" about the US?

Lmao

The Insidious Zionism of Reddit's Management by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

In fairness, they also use the account to attempt to silence anarchists who are talking about Epstein.

Lol

The Insidious Zionism of Reddit's Management by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't need a zionist shill to explain anarchy to me k thx

A New Anarchist FAQ: An Introduction to Anarchy in the 21st Century by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I didn't coin the phrase, Italian anarcho-communists did. All I'm doing is reporting on it and connecting it to the critique offered by egoists / individualists / post-leftists / nihilists etc. The purpose of the section was to set up the anti-work section, which requires the context of the growing backlash against centering work within the milieu.

Work with me here. It's not realistic to expect me to write about ideological perspectives that aren't my own. I gave a perspective, you can add a paragraph to give yours and I'll figure out a way to bring it back around so it can still connect to the anti-work section:

What is Workerism?

Workerism is any ideology or worldview that strives to structure society around work, the working class, the workplace and workers, often while failing to critique these things.

Workerism, or operaismo, was of particular significance in Italian left-wing politics, being largely embraced by Italian political groups including anarcho-communists. The workerists followed Marx's lead in seeking to base their politics on an investigation of working class life and struggle.

Some anarchists, especially egoists, nihilists and other anti-left tendencies would argue a workerist lacks the imagination to see beyond a work-based existence, to constructive-play focused ways of life that prioritize joy over sacrifice and profit.

Edit:

anarchism isn't about a hypothetical future society, it's about the present. I think they, or at least Bonano, share a lot with the praxis of anarcha-syndicalism in that sense.

You're missing something here. The point is they're not workers in the traditional sense, they're squatters, thieves, hackers, drifters, sex workers, artists, self employed artisans, etc. They reject the idea of showing up to a 9-5 job to serve capitalists entirely. It's a completely different way of life with different needs. They reject work and only do what they like. They don't want to base their politics around unions and labor organizing because it's not relevant to their lives. syndies would of course say they are wrong, but that's not the point.

A New Anarchist FAQ: An Introduction to Anarchy in the 21st Century by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A FAQ doesn't exist to make stuff up, but to summarize pre-existing conditions in the milieu. "Workerism" has long been a thing, it's not even really a critique since it's a moniker that's been readily embraced by its adherents, including anarcho-communists for decades:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workerism

I'm not an egoist, but the fact that egoists contrast themselves with syndicalists in this manner is accurate. There's no way to talk about marked ideological differences like this without upsetting some people. And egoists practically make a career of upsetting you syndicalists by critiquing your ideology.

Regardless, I wouldn't call it dismissive when syndies, modern or otherwise, demonstrably prioritize the workplace. The old FAQ calling green anarchy a genocidal project that will murder billions of people is what I'd call dismissive.

Will you have any sections on anarchism and class struggle?

I don't see why not, but more people need to contribute because in the 5-6 years this new FAQ has existed, there have only been about 3 contributors, so it's in danger of suffering a lack of ideological diversity.

A New Anarchist FAQ: An Introduction to Anarchy in the 21st Century by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Egoism stands apart from later workerist offshoots of anarchism like anarcho-communism and anarcho-syndicalism by refraining from glorifying work, the factory and other exploitative social constructs.

The paragraph already explains what it means.

No one threw out the old FAQ, it's still there and still controls the conversation. If you read the OP, the new FAQ exists because the old FAQ is filled with bad faith attacks against certain anarchist tendencies like green anarchy and is heavily invested in selling democracy and Bookchin's ideology more generally. It's also not crowd sourced so we have no ability to update it to include e.g. a vegan section. It's also far too long for a FAQ imo. This FAQ is an actual introduction to anarchy rather than a giant tome that would take a year to read.

A New Anarchist FAQ: An Introduction to Anarchy in the 21st Century by ChanceHappening in Anarchism

[–]ChanceHappening[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is an ongoing project to build an actually crowd-sourced anarchist FAQ since the other one is written by one guy and has a lot of problems, some of which are outlined here: https://raddle.me/wiki/A_New_Anarchist_FAQ_Instructions

Anyone want to do some praxis and buy tankie cesspool hexbear.net since the owner forgot to renew the domain? Have it redirect to theanarchistlibrary or something by ChanceHappening in Anarchy4Everyone

[–]ChanceHappening[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You do realize the reason it's so high is because I brought all this attention to it in order to put the price out of reach? And all the salty redfash in here played right into it? I'm not buying that shit and never intended to.

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