January 11th: NYC Anarchist Assembly

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Call for an anarchist assembly in New York City on January 11th at The Base.

We are witnessing a period of incredible social upheaval around the world. The US is not exempt from the political tension and the potential for conflict and substantial change seems more real than ever. In NYC, we also have an extremely tense political situation, with the expansion of the jail system, the ever spreading gentrification, and the largest and most brutal police forces in the country.

With this in mind we are calling for a recurring NYC anarchist assembly to build, strategize and create a formidable anarchist movement in the city that can grapple with the political problems in NY and internationally.

We have charted out a few principles of agreement.

  • As anarchists we believe in the abolition of the United States as political entity.
  • We are actively striving for revolution and not reform, and we will achieve this by any means necessary.
  • The destruction of prisons and prison slavery are an immediate aim, and as such we root our struggle in the abolitionist tradition.
  • We are against the state and electoralism, and for collective commune based resistance to these mechanisms of control.
  • We actively engage and promote internationalist, anti-capitalist solidarity with revolutionary movements and groups around the world.

Please come to our first assembly as we chart a new revolutionary path in the city!

Time & Place:

January 11, 2020

7pm

The Base

1302 Myrtle Ave

Brooklyn 11221

There are 10 Comments

"We are actively striving for revolution"

"'for collective commune based resistance"

"internationalist"

LOLOLOL, OK Commies

"As anarchists we believe in the abolition of the United States as political entity."

i understand thinking "local", but come on. anything short of the destruction of ALL political entities, especially nation-states (or city-states, or any kind of state other than a state of mind), is a completely reformist approach, if anarchy is the objective.

and what is "abolition", anyway? to me that has connotations of legality - passing laws or appealing to power to get rid of something. appealing to power is ALWAYS reformist, imo.

of course, there may be situations when reform is a preferred approach, depending on one's objectives. as long as one understands what they are doing and where it fits into their overall strategy, fuck it. kinda like voting; completely reformist, not at all anarchist, but maybe there are other factors that outweigh those for some individual in some situation. dogma is dogma, and i reject dogmatism.

anti-imperialist nostalgia residue is an extremely sticky substance apparently

and even still only abolition of the "United States as political entity"

I want so much more

Yeah! Why only aim for whats in front? There's windmills in EVERY DIRECTION

i get there's a lot of room for teaming up with abolitionists, since the cops and prisons are a common enemy. i dont understand why anarchists are applying the word to themselves though. it makes sense to me that anarchists want to destroy prisons and cops, and abolition is a legal goal, like literally. also the lineage of slave revolts and escapes has some overlap with the abolitionist tradition but the insurrectionary aspects of the abolitionist tradition weren't the most well received by the rest of the abolitionist movement of that time. it could be argued that many slave escapes and revolts weren't abolitionist at all (they were more simply anti-slavery) since they didn't aim to change the law.

I wonder about these things: what's the appeal of calling ourselves(anarchists) abolitionists? is it because it's more likely to appeal to other people? are anarchists who call themselves abolitionists worried people will understand the title by its legalistic definition and not some anarchist re-definition that they haven't made clear to my knowledge? what do anarchist abolitionists mean when they use the word abolition?

"i get there's a lot of room for teaming up with abolitionists, since the cops and prisons are a common enemy."

the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend or my enemy. i find that a shallow and dangerous way to choose one's relations.

As always, in this fiery manifesto, there's no evidence here of people who make any effort to figure out how the larger world around us functions, outside of a hermetically sealed and irrelevant feedback loop, rich in fringe leftist shibboleths. Gosh, I'd sure like to see the United States of America abolished, too, but it isn't going to happen by clicking my ruby red slippers together three times and hoping for it.

Maybe you should insert some stuff about "colonial," too. That will really increase the effective reach of your efforts -- among Maoists.

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