thoughts on maoist group seriously injuring anarchists at athens polytechnic

what follows is not journalism but the opinion of a single anarchist in athens greece. there are probably mistakes here because although i am putting this together based on RELIABLE information, i am kind of ignorant and lazy in general so i am sure i have made embarrassing mistakes. however, i am experiencing shock and wanted to inform comrades outside of greece about what happened.

Anarchist Roots vs Authoritarian Reality of Maoism

From Rethinking the World in East Asia 1850s-1990s

Of all the ideological contradictions within Maoism, none is more profoundly ironic than its relationship with Anarchism. The core conflict between the two can be defined as a centralised vanguardism vs decentralised spontaneity. But the true irony lies not just in their methodological divergence, but in the complete reversal of Mao’s own stance. A central paradox is revealed, as Mao’s quest to destroy one form of authority became a reproduction of the very power it sought to overthrow.

Anarchists struggle in Burma

From Libcom by Hein Htet Kyaw

This article explains how anarchism used to be in Burma and how it's developing at the moment. This article informs how the anarchist movements in Burma were misdirected by divisive neoliberal identity politics and how they're being claimed back by the anarchists from a class-based intersectional perspective.

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