Anarchist/Left Libertarian Articles on the Cost of Living Crisis

[AmateurAgitator]

Thought there should be a thread for this and to get the ball rolling here's a couple of related articles from a new anarchist network in the UK - the AnarCom Network :

Towards a ‘Summer of Solidarity’!

The war against our class is being waged relentlessly and now officially endorsed by the government’s bankers, the Bank of England. According to the bank’s new governor Andrew Bailey, organis…

anarcomuk.uk

Why Liberalism won’t solve this crisis.

Liberalism is an ideology not an ideal. At the heart of its concept is the idea of a benign state that offers protection, freedom, rights, participation, order and justice in return for our c…

anarcomuk.uk

 

[hitmouse]

Well now I have several questions. Will the ACN be able to get stalls at bookfairs?
Anyway, loads and loads of threads this could potentially go on, but might as well go here:

‘Don’t Pay’ or ‘Enough is Enough’: The role of workers’ vanguards in the current moment – Lessons to learn from GKN workers in Italy and others - Angry Workers

There are moments when a particular group of workers can become the political focus for the wider working class. They can act as a pole of attraction, they can become a conduit for a wider program and new forms of struggle. The current wave of strikes in Britain shows that significant sections...

www.angryworkers.org

There was also this long article from London AFed earlier in the year:

The Cost Of Living Crisis – An Anarchist Analysis

UPDATE 1: Comrades in Ukraine have shared a reflection on this essay from their significantly more difficult situation. UPDATE 2: We now have this essay as a printable pamphlet, available here. The…

aflondon.wordpress.com

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Well now I have several questions. Will the ACN be able to get stalls at bookfairs?

 

[The39thStep]

Thought there should be a thread for this and to get the ball rolling here's a couple of related articles from a new anarchist network in the UK - the AnarCom Network :

Towards a ‘Summer of Solidarity’!

The war against our class is being waged relentlessly and now officially endorsed by the government’s bankers, the Bank of England. According to the bank’s new governor Andrew Bailey, organis…

anarcomuk.uk

Why Liberalism won’t solve this crisis.

Liberalism is an ideology not an ideal. At the heart of its concept is the idea of a benign state that offers protection, freedom, rights, participation, order and justice in return for our c…

anarcomuk.uk

why don't you just post these on the Cost of Living Crisis thread and add to the debate ?

 

[hitmouse]

why don't you just post these on the Cost of Living Crisis thread and add to the debate ?

Which one?

 

[The39thStep]

Which one?
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Any , use your imagination .

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Which one?
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The one with the most views?

 

[AmateurAgitator]

why don't you just post these on the Cost of Living Crisis thread and add to the debate ?

I didn't think they would necessarily be welcome on those threads.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Is it better to hand out leaflets in your own home or in a busy town centre?

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I’m no political genius myself, but if they’re not welcome, maybe make better leaflets or have better discussions about them?

 

[The39thStep]

I didn't think they would necessarily be welcome on those threads.

Could try first ? I would have thought that engaging with non anarchists was more important than just engaging with other anarchists on an anarchist only thread but there again I might be wrong .

 

[LDC]

I didn't think they would necessarily be welcome on those threads.

Why would they not be welcome? And agree, much better to add to the debate already happening than start a new thread for anarchist specific articles.

Still be interested to hear what the background to this new organisation is. You said it wasn't a split from the ACG, but I heard a load of people have left he ACG and then this starts? Or is that just a total coincidence?

 

[JimW]

much better to ass to the debate

We've assed so many debates here.

 

[LDC]

We've assed so many debates here.

Not enough coffee!

 

[TopCat]

I heard a load of people have left he ACG

Can't have been that many members in the first place?

 

[danny la rouge]

Why would they not be welcome? And agree, much better to add to the debate already happening than start a new thread for anarchist specific articles.

Still be interested to hear what the background to this new organisation is. You said it wasn't a split from the ACG, but I heard a load of people have left he ACG and then this starts? Or is that just a total coincidence?

I’m also a member of the new network. Some of us had left the ACG, but we didn’t leave to form the new organisation. It was formed after we left.

I still have friends in the ACG, and consider the organisation to be comrades. But there are political and personal reasons that I left.

I’m also not a member of Angry Workers, but consider them to be comrades. There are political differences between the AWW and the ACG, but they can cooperate on producing the excellent book on the health service.

Splits are so last decade.

 

[LDC]

Thanks, yeah I realised after I asked earlier using the term 'split' made it seem like it was probably acrimonious, I didn't mean it like that.

Good luck and solidarity to both organisations!

 

[danny la rouge]

Thanks, yeah I realised after I asked earlier using the term 'split' made it seem like it was probably acrimonious, I didn't mean it like that.

We’d prefer it to remain non-acrimonious, so our launch isn’t going to be about announcing anything that might be interpreted by others as acrimony.

 

[The39thStep]

That book is going to need updating

 

[danny la rouge]

That book is going to need updating

Which? “Sick Of It All”? Of course: it’s a topical book.

 

[LDC]

That book is going to need updating

What book? And it what way do you mean updating?

 

[The39thStep]

The one on Anarchist Communism Past Present and Future

 

[danny la rouge]

The one on Anarchist Communism Past Present and Future

Oh, that’s always in flux. It’s the chapters on Present that were always going to be the problem over time.

 

[The39thStep]

Oh, that’s always in flux. It’s the chapters on Present that were always going to be the problem over time.

That's the advantage of PDFs over hard copies

 

[danny la rouge]

That's the advantage of PDFs over hard copies

I’m afraid the continuity ACG has custody of the Adobe subscription.

 

[LDC]

I’m afraid the continuity ACG has custody of the Adobe subscription.

Who got the Twitch login though?

 

[hitmouse]

Who got the Twitch login though?

You'll have to tune in to the ACN's new series of tiktok videos to find out.

 

[danny la rouge]

Who got the Twitch login though?

I don’t know what that is. I doubt either the ACG or ACN has one.

Unless it’s like Only Fans, in which case charlie mowbray still has that.

 

[hitmouse]

I don’t know what that is. I doubt either the ACG or ACN has one.

Unless it’s like Only Fans, in which case charlie mowbray still has that.

I just did a search, and it turns out that we're about four days off the one-year anniversary of the last time someone made you look it up.

 

[danny la rouge]

I just did a search, and it turns out that we're about four days off the one-year anniversary of the last time someone made you look it up.

Oh ffs, that! I guess I just can’t believe it’s a thing!