Are you (still) an Anarchist poll 2021 edition.

[A380]

In many corners Urban 75 is known as an Anarchist message board but is it still? Whilst the majority or posters seem to come from a progressive /left view point (looking at you Spymaster) are anarchists a majority here ?

The poll is by definition a very blunt tool. I am sure there are posters who would want 27 different shades of anarchist thought reflected, well you can start your own poll, perhaps the organisers of the Book Fair could run that one as they seemed to garner near universal support across the anarchist community on here.

As a reformist socialist green fucking liberal, brought up on Marx literally on my mothers knee, but a minion of the state for most of my working life (great pension thanks) with a tiny dollop of Trot a small but bigger one of Stalinist and a pinch of anarchism i offer myself as an honest broker...

The poll is public as otherwise Pickman's model would be on in 3/10th of a second complaining..

 

[Sue]

Missed opportunity on the 'Are you now or have you ever been an anarchist?' front .

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

 

[A380]

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Top spunking. I salute you.

 

[brogdale]

What of those for whom Anarchism informs 94% of their political belief system?*

*asking for a friend, obvs.

 

[A380]

What of those for whom Anarchism informs 94% of their political belief system?*

*asking for a friend, obvs.

Anarchy in the UK! Obvs...

 

[not-bono-ever]

I have slumped into anarchism over the past couple of years . Fuck my life

 

[danny la rouge]

Yes, still an anarchist. I’d contest the notional that U75 is an anarchist site though. It’s always had more non anarchists than anarchists.

 

[hitmouse]

I reckon we also need a parallel poll measuring enthusiasm, from "I'm an anarchist and I think it's the best thing since sliced pie barms" to "unfortunately, for my sins..."

 

[Calamity1971]

The poll is public as otherwise @Pickman's model would be on in 3/10th of a second complaining..

Publick

 

[danny la rouge]

Delighted to see Spymaster finally admitting the inevitable. It was the bantz on Monday wasn’t it?

 

[The39thStep]

What of those for whom Anarchism informs 94% of their political belief system?*

*asking for a friend, obvs.

What's' your friend's other 6% made up of?

 

[danny la rouge]

What's' your friend's other 6% made up of?

Croydon nationalism.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Well in the 20 years or so since I first learned about anarchism the world has gone broadly downhill, in ways predicted by anarchist thought. You no longer have to be a weirdo to believe that the western neoliberal consensus will doom us all, you now how to be a weirdo to believe otherwise.

 

[maomao]

I am not now and have never been an anarchist.

 

[A380]

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[A380]

I am not now and have never been an anarchist.

Are you carrying any fresh fruit or vegetables?

 

[danny la rouge]

I am not now and have never been an anarchist.

“That means he is, though”.

 

[Humberto]

Some kind of reformist socialist I suppose.

 

[TopCat]

I got asked the question “are you an anarchist” in crown court once.

If I said yes I was doomed. It was only the huge variety of libertarian socialist ideals and paths that gave a small protection from a perjury charge I thought.

In the end I just said NO.

I remain non aligned.

 

[Yossarian]

Should be an 'I found anarchy attractive, but not as attractive as the Lib Dems' option in case Paddick ever returns.

 

[campanula]

Reluctantly, even a tad fearfully, dragged ever more anarchic as the years slip by. Currently aided by an enthusiastic consensus from all 3 offspring and partners (although daughter's current squeeze still struggling with liberal qualms).

 

[chilango]

 

[kropotkin]

I don't really know what it means any more to be an anarchist (or a communist) in a time of absence of a living grassroots movement for w/c self-emancipation. Anarchism would always form a specific strain of thought within such a movement pushing in a more emancipatory and radical direction, but in the absence of such a movement so many people ended up within individualist lifestylism or posturing.

I'm an anarchist communist but have lost sight of how to connect that to meaningful political action. Probably partly because I'm middle class in terms of job (comfortable doctor).

 

[danny la rouge]

I don't really know what it means any more to be an anarchist (or a communist) in a time of absence of a living grassroots movement for w/c self-emancipation. Anarchism would always form a specific strain of thought within such a movement pushing in a more emancipatory and radical direction, but in the absence of such a movement so many people ended up within individualist lifestylism or posturing.

I'm an anarchist communist but have lost sight of how to connect that to meaningful political action. Probably partly because I'm middle class in terms of job (comfortable doctor).

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[chilango]

Whilst technically I wouldn't call myself an anarchist as I'm more influenced by various strands of libertarian Marxism...as far 99.9% of people are concerned, yeah, I'm as anarchist as ever.

 

[Sue]

Join - Anarchist Communist Group

If you want to join the Anarchist Communist Group, then here's what you need to do: read and agree with the Aims and Principles of the ACG join through either a local group or at a national meeting (if you're not near a local group, it's possible to arrange a meeting with your nearest...

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He'd try and flog you a paper but they're all about the PDFs these days.

 

[danny la rouge]

He'd try and flog you a paper but they're all about the PDFs these days.

Jackdaw is free.

 

[Sue]

Jackdaw is free.

How did this fit into the longstanding paper flogging tradition? Are you some kind of a Communist or something..?

 

[danny la rouge]

How did this fit into the longstanding paper flogging tradition? Are you some kind of a Communist or something..?

Yes. Some kind of communist. Here’s a copy of Jackdaw: https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Jackdaw-8-Web-version-1.pdf