An Anarchism of Despair w/ Cindy Barukh Milstein
From The Breakup Theory
Original title: Episode 14 - An Anarchism of Despair w/ Cindy Barukh Milstein at Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair
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TOTW: Sickness unto death
The system will likely kill us for it, but we’ll go down fighting in the process. If we’re going to die, why not die happy instead of sad? Even in, especially in its hostility to the "living death" of the world anarchism can be life-affirming. But is that enough?
The rebellions of misery
The rebellions of misery
by Gustavo Rodríguez
“All control systems are based on the punishment/award binomial. When punishments are disproportionate to rewards and when employers no longer have any rewards left, uprisings occur.”
Burroughs(1)
Before the Collapse: Optimism & Pessimism
via Red Autumn
There is a subject which is of utmost concern among many of the more conscious Socialists, Communists and Anarchists within the contemporary Political Scenario. A creeping ghost around the corner, a devouring, approaching beast that threatens our individual existences, of the others around us, and of humans and other species around the entire world. It is the logical conclusion and the greatest consequence of the unchecked, careless hunger ever-growth of capitalist industrialization. This ghost which approaches us is ecological collapse.
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Solecast w/ Cindy Milstein : Confronting the Despair of the 21st Century
From Solecast
For the season 2 premiere of the solecast i sit down with Cindy Milstein to talk about some recent themes they’ve been putting out through various talks and writings over the past year. Cindy talks about the resurgence of Jewish anarchist organizing in the states and its relation to the upswing of anti-Semitism we have seen in the past few years. We explore the themes of a panel Cindy did with Aaron Lakoff and Sharmeen Khan at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair in 2019 entitled “From Another World Is Possible to the Possible End of the World.” We talk about the despair of these times and how to think about building a foundation in which cultures of resistance can thrive. Cindy addresses the machismo within radical circles, under representation of marginalized voices within the anarchist podcast world, and the importance of care/mutual aid. We also address the concept of revolution and scale and why various forms of infrastructure are key to sustaining revolutionary movements. Cindy also puts a call-out for collaborators for a potential audiozine/podcast project.