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TOTW: Not anarchist

Topic of the Week: Not anarchist

Topic of the Week – Here at Anarchist News, we sometimes receive article submissions that are not anarchist, don’t mention the anarchist word, and come from more of a leftist space. Often, these texts mention related words like “radical,” “anti-authoritarian,” “anti-capitalist,” “anti-state,” and “antifa” or talk about subjects that are of interest to anarchists, but not specifically by or about anarchists.

TotW: Heroes and Icons

Who is the closest to being your anarchist hero? Much more importantly, why? How do you emulate what you like about them in your own life? Was someone once a hero and then stopped being one? Why? It's obvious why anarchists would decry heroes, but how are they also helpful to us, both individually and in general?

TotW: success?!

Recognition in life lead to her death, and in death, to her erasure from history. An anti-spectacular notoriety has become something extremely rare. To be known outside spectacular relations is already to be known as an enemy of society.

This week's what's new segment of the podcast points out that there's a prisoner statement that states that repression by the state indicates that the repressed are doing something right. What is your take on that? Is being in prison an indication that one has done something worthwhile, so that the state has not only noticed you but expended resources against you?

What are contradictory or surprising (possibly even ironic) measures of success for we who resist?

TOTW: Mostly made of water

a tree falling into the great lakes

We’re mostly made of water. This week we’re exploring anarchist ideas and their relationship to water. Is there such a thing? Do you have a relationship to water? Do you define it as such or something else? What is your anarchist hot take about water?

TOTW: Manifestos

manifesto gun

When a white supremacist mass shooter, rich politician-turned-tech-executive, and anonymous anarchists all release public declarations to the media in the same week, perhaps there’s reason to pause and reflect on the form. Whether you call them manifestos, communiqués or marketing campaigns, there’s a patterned reliance on rhetoric to complement provocative deeds.

TOTW: Failure Modes

Borrowing lingo from engineering and using it metaphorically: What are well-known ways in which anarchists fail according to their own criteria? What are the known stresses and potential failure mechanisms? What have we learned from all typical failure modes?

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