How to explain your anarchism to people at holiday gatherings (or anywhere else)
From Debate Me, Bro by MK Zariel
a wryly done field guide
From Debate Me, Bro by MK Zariel
a wryly done field guide
How do anarchists define family? We’re all born from someone, but kinlessness refers to the experience of being apart from your would-be relatives.
Athens, Greece: It's ironic. While the greek government has been terrorizing the neighborhood of Exarcheia since the summer with squat evictions, attacks on people inside coffee shops and bars and brutal beatings and arrests for no reason -especially following the protests on 17 November and 6 December, where an atypical martial was imposed in the area-, few days ago made an attempt to cover up the riot police crimes against the people in the area, by decorating Exarcheia Square with Christmas lights and a Christmas Tree.
For this topic, I want to focus on the people who were responsible for raising you as well as the people who were being raised around you during your childhood and teenage years – that is to say, parents and siblings, or people you considered to be in those roles.
How much has your family influenced your politics? Did your relationships with them change after you became an anarchist?