North Macedonia: Manifesto of the Anarchist Collective Smokva

From Athens Indymedia

The Anarchist Collective Smokva (lit. "Fig") is a group of people who gathered with a strong will for a space that's social, political, and friendly, as well as a more humane model of living. Driven by the desire for mutual aid, horizontal friendship, and direct action, we have gathered, not to represent, but to act; not to talk in someone else's name, but to talk together; not to imitate what exists, but to experiment and create possibilities.

TOTW: Has Anarchist Muay Thai Gone Too Far? Some Questions for the movement

Guest Topic of the Week entry chosen by thecollective from Anathema Volume 11 Issue 1 Summer 2025 - Has Anarchist Muay Thai Gone Too Far? Some Questions for the movement

A quick note: Anarchist martial arts culture is a new phenomenon in the United States. It is generally a welcome one in the author’s view. Here’s a few questions the author is pondering.

Against Community, Towards Supportive Friendship

from https://raddle.me/f/Anarchism/128458/against-community-towards-supporti…

by ziq

As long as I've been around other anarchists, I've witnessed an unremitting reverence for the sanctity of community. The idea of community is held in such high regard by anarchists that it's eerily reminiscent of USA liberals paying fealty to the "sacred ground" of their nation's capitol. Community is something consecrated and unassailable to anarchists. It's the bond that binds us to our fellow true believers. It gives us belonging, direction, purpose, safety, all those good things. But does it really?

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