After all the crap that LBC has been through the last few years, I'm curious what AK Press, CrimethInc., and other popular anarchist publishers think about such things. I haven’t really seen anything from other anarchist publishers, other than by perhaps publishing certain anarchist antifa writers, like Twitter outspoken Shane Burley – who has some choice comments about Aragorn! on their Twitter just yesterday. People like that are offering a provocation for others to attack, backed behind their seeming knowledge, which in reality is just them being an asshole. Since when did treating other anarchists like shit become anarchist? And yet, no stand taken from people looking on, but what if it became popular to attack other anarchist publishers (by anarchists?), what would popular anarchist publishers do? Reasons? I’m sure people can find some terrible people somehow involved published somewhere along the lines (ahem AK Press). What a sad state of affairs. In other words, people who seem to be egging all this crap on and their friends, are they to be called out for attacking anarchist projects or maybe they can bring it to an end? Do we need a giant anarchist publisher asking the terrible community to play nice, or would it be possible for people to realize this on their own good accord? I see no point in anarchists attacking other anarchists in this way. It’s a huge turn off and hell, sounds like what the State apparatus wants or is. Next year, what happens when the attack! bolo rolls up on the old church yall got that Aragorn! was raving about on their podcast and said was really nice, literally giving the place huge props as one of nicest places they’ve ever been it sounded like. Sad.
There have been some good comments already on the TOTW (and a handful of absolute garbage). People are saying, people should fight - you realize #1.) what you are fighting over, dumb. As other comments have mentioned, you prolly never even read the book or have any valid critique, but just hopping on the literal train bandwagon. #2.) you're fighting someone in their 50s who came to share books and anarchist ideas? If you don’t like someones ideas, I can think of a ton more ways to approach the subject rather than destroying their books, tent, and car and then posting on the Internet about fighting them IRL. Maybe have a conversation and move on, or do something else productive and don’t look back. Breath. Grow. And keep that fake as fuck anarchist posturing shit and people being cool about attacking other anarchists and their projects away.
If you want to help support LBC, I think one of the best ways is to become an accomplice: “For $100 / year ($200 international) you get every new title we publish (at least one book a quarter, and multiple pamphlets) and 10% off of every Little Black Cart distribution item. We will continue to push out our books four times a year.” https://littleblackcart.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=516
After all the crap that LBC has been through the last few years, I'm curious what AK Press, CrimethInc., and other popular anarchist publishers think about such things. I haven’t really seen anything from other anarchist publishers, other than by perhaps publishing certain anarchist antifa writers, like Twitter outspoken Shane Burley – who has some choice comments about Aragorn! on their Twitter just yesterday. People like that are offering a provocation for others to attack, backed behind their seeming knowledge, which in reality is just them being an asshole. Since when did treating other anarchists like shit become anarchist? And yet, no stand taken from people looking on, but what if it became popular to attack other anarchist publishers (by anarchists?), what would popular anarchist publishers do? Reasons? I’m sure people can find some terrible people somehow involved published somewhere along the lines (ahem AK Press). What a sad state of affairs. In other words, people who seem to be egging all this crap on and their friends, are they to be called out for attacking anarchist projects or maybe they can bring it to an end? Do we need a giant anarchist publisher asking the terrible community to play nice, or would it be possible for people to realize this on their own good accord? I see no point in anarchists attacking other anarchists in this way. It’s a huge turn off and hell, sounds like what the State apparatus wants or is. Next year, what happens when the attack! bolo rolls up on the old church yall got that Aragorn! was raving about on their podcast and said was really nice, literally giving the place huge props as one of nicest places they’ve ever been it sounded like. Sad.
There have been some good comments already on the TOTW (and a handful of absolute garbage). People are saying, people should fight - you realize #1.) what you are fighting over, dumb. As other comments have mentioned, you prolly never even read the book or have any valid critique, but just hopping on the literal train bandwagon. #2.) you're fighting someone in their 50s who came to share books and anarchist ideas? If you don’t like someones ideas, I can think of a ton more ways to approach the subject rather than destroying their books, tent, and car and then posting on the Internet about fighting them IRL. Maybe have a conversation and move on, or do something else productive and don’t look back. Breath. Grow. And keep that fake as fuck anarchist posturing shit and people being cool about attacking other anarchists and their projects away.
If you want to help support LBC, I think one of the best ways is to become an accomplice: “For $100 / year ($200 international) you get every new title we publish (at least one book a quarter, and multiple pamphlets) and 10% off of every Little Black Cart distribution item. We will continue to push out our books four times a year.”
https://littleblackcart.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=516
btw, re: totw – a quick read on choosing relationships by liana doctrine from ajoda
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/liana-doctrine-articles-from-ana...