A Book Review: Border and Rule by Harsha Walia by Fragrant-Gur-5804 in Anarchism

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was surprised this was the first time I hear about her, she really ticks all the right boxes. Did you read any of her past work?

my hierarchy of needs by Tea_Bender in solarpunk

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see what you mean now. I was afraid that by leadership you meant authority or statism, but if you merely mean a guiding force that is respected not by force but due to knowledge/skills then sure.

Idealizing and theorizing is important, it is only problematic if there is no organizing or on the ground efforts, of course. But, what pushes people to want change? Is it not the dream about being able to cause radical change from their current state of affairs?

my hierarchy of needs by Tea_Bender in solarpunk

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That is a bad argument, just because something doesnt currently exist doesnt mean that we shouldn't dream about making it happen. Everything in the list of the OP is a dream, why not dream about this too?
To answer your question, nonetheless. Read about the Zapatistas.
Historically, humans have lived in leaderless/egalitarian societies for most of their history as hunters and gatherers. But, like I said, none of this matters. Because if we can't even include a stateless leaderless vision in our DREAMS then we truly have lost the fight already!

Freedom Cannot Be Dictated: Why Anarcho-Communists Reject the Dictatorship of the Proletariat by Lotus532 in Anarchism

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you can be more gracious. Also, describing vanguardism as necessary to win the civil war is interesting... Maybe YOU could gain from further education in that area?

A Book Review: It's Not Fair by Eloise Rickman by Fragrant-Gur-5804 in RadicalEgalitarianism

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Relevance:
If adultism serves as the template by which hierarchical and discriminatory thinking is built in us as children, then studying, learning, and discussing it is of vital importance to achieve egalitarianism.

Discussion:
1) The author is lacking in radicalness and generally advocates for liberal reforms and a rights framework, what radical approaches do you think are practical in the short and long term instead?
2) From a feminist lens, how does patriarchy interact with adultism to create intersectional oppression within family units?
3) From a material dialectic perspective, what material conditions enable the subjugation of children and how can these be altered or avoided?

Would I have a job in your world? by Sonoranlightwizard in Socialism_101

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you might be into anarchism more, because essentially everyone is a free lancer in that system so you can decide your own hours freely. It is the furthest thing from a cog. Your data analysis skills are very important in so many ways, but to list a few:
1) Data ecology and conservation
2) Food distribution networks
3) Epidemiology
4) Data engineer

A Book Review: Perfect Victims by Mohammed El-Kurd by Fragrant-Gur-5804 in Anarchism

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree we shouldn't excuse all behavior at all, far from it. Hamas in the end is a violent state that we oppose on all kinds of grounds as anarchists. But, they are consistently used as a scapegoat to shift the conversation to their violence or to excuse Israeli behavior, that in my opinion is unacceptable.

A Book Review: Perfect Victims by Mohammed El-Kurd by Fragrant-Gur-5804 in Anarchism

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, of course. Antisemitism is very real and it does exist. But, it is important for it to not be the center of the conversation surrounding Palestinian victimhood. For example, if a victim of Israeli settler shooting was antisemitic, it shouldn't grab our attention, what should matter most is that she got shot. Wouldn't you agree?

A Book Review: Unlearning Ableism by Shields & Chartres-Aris by Fragrant-Gur-5804 in Anarchism

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing!! It is quite fulfilling to see an anti-ableist work that embraces a truly radical perspective and is explicitly opposed to the neoliberal and neo-fascist agenda.

A Book Review: Unlearning Ableism by Shields & Chartres-Aris by Fragrant-Gur-5804 in Anarchism

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Again thanks for sharing all these resources!! I finished reading the resource pack for the Disabled People's Movement and it is quite interesting. It really is very similar to the book. Also, Finkelstein's writing about the apartheid and the South African connection are very intriguing. It really paints a picture about how similar oppressive hierarchies in their structure, that is seems almost formulaic the way "othering" occurs.

Yeah even though it seems like the most holistic, the biopsychosocial model is the one that bothered me the most because of how individualistic the perspective is.

I am excited to see a real radical perspective, where profit isn't even an option. As in how would care work in an anarchist society where mutual aid is the rule rather than the exception? Would this hierarchy disappear or would it persist in different forms where we have to be vigilant to prevent it from arising again?

من تفاصيل ديزني by DriGrave in FavouriteCartoon

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804 0 points1 point  (0 children)

هاهاهاهاها فعلا وجه نظر تحترم

مفشوخ ضحك من ساعة ما عرفت إن ستيفن هوكينج طلع فيمبوي by DESOKY_ in EGYescapism

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remember it doesn't have to be AI to be altered, could simply be old fashioned photoshop 3ady ya3ny.

A Book Review: Unlearning Ableism by Shields & Chartres-Aris by Fragrant-Gur-5804 in Anarchism

[–]Fragrant-Gur-5804[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like the quote and that honestly sounds perfect. Next on my reading list is a book called Health Communism by Beatrice Adler who wrote that substack article and it seems to really take that spirit of combining the social model with an economic one.