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I agree, great topic.

In terms of writing, I think there's a lot of space for translating complicated stuff into simpler or more anarchist-friendly language. And sometimes there's a need for wider insights to be explained in terms of precisely what they mean for anarchist practice. There's a load of stuff I've picked up from radical academics which either doesn't have any good introductory materials written or isn't known to anarchists. Things like deviance amplification, cybernetics, psychoanalysis, world systems analysis, and pretty much anything arising in anthropology since the 70s. Like, when fascism was a hot topic a few years back, nobody really rehashed the stuff from Reich and Theweleit. There are loads of critiques of IDpol but nobody's really dug into the theoretical models they're working with either.

In terms of writers' block: regular breaks, nootropics, take lots of notes, and don't be afraid to write a "bad first draft" (you can edit it later).