topic of the week
TOTW: Not anarchist
Topic of the Week – Here at Anarchist News, we sometimes receive article submissions that are not anarchist, don’t mention the anarchist word, and come from more of a leftist space. Often, these texts mention related words like “radical,” “anti-authoritarian,” “anti-capitalist,” “anti-state,” and “antifa” or talk about subjects that are of interest to anarchists, but not specifically by or about anarchists.
TOTW: Death of the family
TOTW: Battles With(out) Honor & Humanity
TOTW: Anarchists must say...?
TotW: Heroes and Icons
Who is the closest to being your anarchist hero? Much more importantly, why? How do you emulate what you like about them in your own life? Was someone once a hero and then stopped being one? Why? It's obvious why anarchists would decry heroes, but how are they also helpful to us, both individually and in general?
TOTW: Anarchist Moderation
TOTW: Consistency
TOTW: Fiction
TOTW: Minding manners, yours and mine
TotW: success?!
This week's what's new segment of the podcast points out that there's a prisoner statement that states that repression by the state indicates that the repressed are doing something right. What is your take on that? Is being in prison an indication that one has done something worthwhile, so that the state has not only noticed you but expended resources against you?
What are contradictory or surprising (possibly even ironic) measures of success for we who resist?
TOTW: Mostly made of water
TOTW: Manifestos
When a white supremacist mass shooter, rich politician-turned-tech-executive, and anonymous anarchists all release public declarations to the media in the same week, perhaps there’s reason to pause and reflect on the form. Whether you call them manifestos, communiqués or marketing campaigns, there’s a patterned reliance on rhetoric to complement provocative deeds.
TOTW: Failure Modes
TOTW: Abortion
What are we doing? We’ve got fundraising, consciousness raising, and attending disappointing protests covered, what else is there?