Should Anarchists Be Antinatalists?

From Anarchist Studies Blog

My Argument

Antinatalism means being against reproduction on ethical grounds – in typical cases, not having children and believing that the decision not to have children is morally right. Other definitions, some of them extending their scope to other species, have been offered but this characterization is sufficient for my purposes here.

Pessimism on Immediatism Podcast

As a response to the popularity of the anarcho-pessimism pieces by Laurence Labadie previously recorded on Immediatism, new readings are now available of a variety of cosmic pessimism pieces by various authors. Of particular interest to anarchist animists would be After Life by Eugene Thacker. Fans of Cosmic Pessimism will appreciate Francois Laruelle's On the Black Universe and Nicola Masciandaro's Paradisical Pessimism. Anti-natalists will like Peter Wessel Zapffe's The Last Messiah. For your convenience, the Laurence Labadie pieces are also linked below.

New Booklet: The future is a scam

This text is the result of a reflection and doesn’t aim to be exhaustive. We are aware that the topic to which we come up is delicate and that this text will probably trigger strong reactions. Nevertheless, we think that it’s important to talk about it given the hegemony of the pro-natalist thought and the consequences it generates.

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