Basically the title. I’d like to meet some more anarchists around where I love and hopefully become more active with them and potentially organize. Just not sure how to start that so would helpful for some ideas!
You must log in or register to comment.
Radical bookstores are usually a good place to start
Idk let me know if you figure it out. I’ve been slowly trying to win over my friends and family who will listen.
I’m in a pretty conservative rural area so I’m on a bit of hard mode.
Canteens, libraries, community centers, LGBTQIA+ centers, free free markets, protests, punk events, syndicalist events, etc. etc. Any place you can imagine “where can I build solidarity and intersect?”
iirc, solar punk events is why !anarchism@slrpnk.net was founded byI’m going to hazard a guess that UU churches might have a significant number of anarchist sympathizers.
I had a queer person say something similar to this in Mastodon. I didn’t follow through because I felt it looked too cultish. But you’re welcome to ask.
Canteens are my favorite way to break ice, and solidify. Nothing like a full stomach to start the day right.
This is good thank you
Go to music events and shit
Polyrhythmic jazz. There’s something about seeing 13/8 : 11/8 that makes you scream Fuck You I Won’t Do What You Tell Me
I don’t know lol. I’m just commenting to let you know that you’re not alone. I live in a suburban area where there’s no antifascist groups to speak of, and I really don’t have the time or people skills to start a group from scratch.
I appreciate that tbh lol. Nice knowing I’m not alone in my struggles
Cat food seems to attract my sort of anarchists.
Find a group online who meets in your locale, maybe there’s a local food co-op or something you could attend and meet people there?
Part of me is hesitant to write this out because I worry some jackass us fed will use it to harass people doing important work, but here goes. Look out for groups:
- organizing mutual aid
- community libraries, especially those providing a safe space for queer and trans folk
- people doing street medicine, working with the unhoused
- prison abolition groups, folks doing prison support
- community gardens
- folks working with migrant workers
Anywhere people are supporting each other outside of official programs and with nothing material to gain you will find anarchists among other flavors of leftists.
Feds already know. They have books on the subject.
I’m half being silly because there have been a lot of “how do I join antifa” type posts recently.
good list!
While it may not be mainstream knowledge I’d be surprised to hear this was news to the feds.
“Anarchist seeking organization” is my favorite find from All today.
Yes, it is nice to see a comrade seeking community
Right?!!! I appreciate the irony.
Perhaps it is time to brush up on what an anarchist might actually believe. I have a suspicion your definition was formed by cartoons.
It just sounds like a polity to organize socially without a specific purpose. The idea in and of itself is helpful to promote social and mental well-being.
TVTropes, of all places, has a pretty good and accessible explainer
From An Anarchist FAQ:
Anarchists are well aware of the importance of building organisations. Organisations allow those within them to multiply their strength and activity, becoming the means by which an individual can see their ideas, hopes and dreams realised. This is as true for getting the anarchist message across as for building a home, running a hospital or creating some useful product. Anarchists support two types of organisation – organisations of anarchists and popular organisations which are not made up exclusively of anarchists such as industrial unions, co-operatives and community assemblies.
I.e. there is absolutely nothing contradictory about anarchists seeking organizations.
Anarchists oppose hieghachy not organizing
We’re against hierarchy, not organising.
I’ve met anarchist at demos, after attending a few I was invited to public meetings then to closed meetings.
Essentially if you are practising anarchism then you should meet anarchists.
There’s a significant number of them in my mutual aid group. You could try to see if there’s an existing group in your area-if you are having trouble finding one you could help out at a food kitchen for a while and keep an eye on who comes to donate food regularly or chart with other volunteers about other groups they may be a part of. You could also see if there’s a DSA (or similar for your country) chapter and ask some of them if they know any other groups that might be more in line with what you’re looking for.
At least in my mutual aid group a lot of people volunteer at multiple orgs from food kitchens, animal shelters, clothing upcyclers, bike repair, etc.
You could also try to arrange a book club for something like Dean Spade’s “Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next).”
To be clear I am not an anarchist but if you have a food not bombs chapter near you anarchists will almost certainly be there.
I was going to say this, it’s how I found my local anarcho-federation
Where I live, it’s common for self-managed social centers to organize cultural activities, workshops, concerts, and so on. You can search online to find a center near you that aligns with your philosophy.
Here’s a handy little guide on how to find like-minded folk: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/113589807117870451
That’s the link I read, thanks.
You can try to find something for your region in the links of that I had made about movement-related event calendars
