“in many places, ‘pacifists’ blamed Ukrainians themselves for the war…

If we take pacifism in its classical sense, then I don’t really understand what purpose it serves for anarchists.

Sorry, but you can’t get justice just by asking nicely.”

#pacifism #ukraine #anarchists

https://www.solidaritycollectives.org/en/toxic-pacifism-interview-with-mira-2/

#Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, one of the great novels is still vital and relevant over 200 years after its publication.

The daughter of firebrand British #anarchists #MaryWollstonecraft and #WilliamGodwin, #MaryShelley infused her masterpiece with the values of her radical milieu and her own experiences as a political and social outsider.

https://thetransmetropolitanreview.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/an-anarchists-guide-to-frankenstein/

@workingclasshistory @pasttense

French #anarchists - in 1890s - funded the movement through burglary, and stole the #MonaLisa from the #Louvre in 1911. #Netflix show #Lupin ingested the legacy of those anarchist burglars, for Lupin was based on the legendary anarchist burglar Alexandre Marius Jacob, head of the infamous gang of Nightworkers, whose daring thefts resonate even today in 2026.

https://autonomies.org/2026/03/the-anarchist-plot-to-steal-the-mona-lisa/

#directAction

A true anarchist is not a knee-jerk reactionary against social convention for it's own sake. Not the one who screams 'no rules!', while trying to make everyone else follow theirs.

An anarchist has a code, a set of rules they hold themselves to, not anyone else. An anarchist is one who asks; 'who made this rule, and what purpose does it serve?' before deciding whether or not to follow it.

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#anarchists #anarchy

“Liberals thought the state could handle anything, whereas anarchists have faith that decentralized insurgent modes of resistance are highly effective.

This is an underemphasized reason why anarchists take fascist organizing so seriously — we believe in the power of radical activism and insurgency (although we reject specific forms of terrorism).

If you believe that these decentralized or bottom-up means of organizing can accomplish anything and even out-punch the US empire, then fascists utilizing the same strategies logically constitute a bigger threat than the US empire.” ~ William Gillis

#liberals #anarchists

https://c4ss.org/content/52319

language is funny; we appear to need it and there seems to be no escape

i can't fault people for identifying as abolitionist, autonomist, or anti-authoritarian rather than anarchist

but it's remarkable that these days "abolitionists" can receive $100k grants while "anarchists" are on trial for literature

especially when one of the most celebrated US abolitionists was hung for insurrection in 1859

what's in a name, really?

#Anarchy #Anarchists #Autonomy #Abolition #Insurrection #JohnBrown