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Title: Love in a Necessary Revolution Author: Story Date: February 14th, 2020 Language: en Topics: free love, education, anarcho-syndicalism Source: Retrieved on December 2nd, 2020 https://absurdlove4.noblogs.org/post/2020/02/14/love-in-a-neccesary-revolution-manifesto/
Hello, my name is Story (as my title presents) I am a 16-year-old
digital anarcho-syndicalist (I go by Ze/Hir/Hirs pronouns) to give you
some background on who I am:
I am a QTPOC (queer trans person of color) whomâst has at least 2 mental
illnesses (MDD + GAD), 1 learning disability (ADD), and 1 physical
disability (mild CP). I am a digital anarchist of sorts (as most of my
armchair activism is digital). I have written poetry over the past 3
years writing about my experiences. I am an intersectional feminist,
lover, and fighter, and an idiot (although my comrades beg to differ).
The aims are simple, yet complex, as Albert Camus says in The Stranger:
âEverything is true, and nothing is true!â This quote is an open
interpretation really but, in the context of this piece, here is what I
want to establish: we are human, school is a riot! no revolt can survive
without love, fight like hell, and never stop evolving just as we have
all done since day 1.
This is also an intense and emotional love letter to my comrades, the
platonic lovers in my life, the real family that I have built on the
internet despite a cold terrifying world, and a helping hand to the
other anarchists in the world constantly fighting for a better world and
the wholesome cuddles that bring us together! Our rights were never
granted through reforms and just like in the 1960s counterculture
movement as long as non-violent civil disobedience took place in mutual
love, support, and
beauty,^(=> [https://time.com/5101740/martin-luther-king-peaceful-protests-lessons/ 1
]) an equally astonishing and wondrous violent protests and disobedience
took place in
solidarity^(=> [https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/the-stonewall-riots 2
]) with love both in the past and now once again.
Usually, when we think of the terms âanarchyâ or âanarchismâ we
immediately think of chaos without any further evidence or using the
skills we learned in school (what happened to those critical thinking
skills that were shoved down our throats? Did they justâŠdisappear?)
Usually we think that the term anarchy is synonymous with nihilism and
while yes, nihilist anarchists do
exist!^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/flower-bomb-why-nihilism-a-response-to-john-zerzans-why-hope-critique-of-the-nihilist-tendency 1
]) To say that ALL anarchists are the same is blatantly ignorant and
completely disregards the
branches^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/donald-rooum-and-freedom-press-ed-what-is-anarchism-an-introduction 2
]) and the
success^(=> [https://crimethinc.com/2020/01/06/2019-the-year-in-review-including-a-short-report-on-our-efforts 3
]) of anarchist revolutions such as Rojava, Revolutionary
Catalonia,^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/geoff-bailey-anarchists-in-the-spanish-civil-war#toc9 3.1
]) The RQSP, or current revolutions going on around like in Chile,
Haiti, Hong Kong, etc (which to an extent show anarchist elements).
In this context anarchy and anarchism are the same in the sense of
putting theory into practice.^(=> [https://crimethinc.com/tce#anarchy 4
]) If youâre still scratching your head as to what anarchy, anarchism
and anarchist mean hereâs a sentence that will (hopefully) clear it up:
âAnarchy is the word, Anarchism is the idea, and Anarchist is the
believer.â
Anarchism (the idea) is practiced in many different ways, so hereâs a
short list of examples!
It is also very important to note that I am using the term anarchism by
its dictionary definition, not what misinformed reactionaries believe it
isâŠ.so hereâs that definition:
The usual argument against anarchism is that there are âno rulesâ or
âchaosâ this simply Isnât true, so I will refer to the 3A analogy by
Crimethinc which can be found here.
âAnarchy is what happens wherever order is not imposed by force. It is
freedom: the process of continually reinventing ourselves and our
relationships. Any freely occurring process or phenomenonâa rainforest,
a circle of friends, your own bodyâis an anarchic harmony that persists
through constant change.â
âAnarchism: is the idea that everyone is entitled to complete
self-determination. No law, government, or decision-making process is
more important than the needs and desires of actual human beings. People
should be free to shape their relations to their mutual satisfaction and
to stand up for themselves as they see fit.â â Crimethinc, To Change
Everything, an Anarchist Appeal
âAnarchists: oppose all forms of hierarchyâevery currency that
concentrates the power into the hands of a few, every mechanism that
puts us at a distance from our potential.â
â Crimethinc, To Change Everything, an Anarchist
Appeal.^(=> [https://crimethinc.com/tce#anarchy 5
])
And now! Amazing indifferent humans of this rapidly decomposing earth!
Letâs get into the other subjects that I want to discuss with yâall!
Since preschool, children have been designated parts of numerous
machines that control our daily lives, since this is published online, I
assume most readers will understand that these machines are obvious but,
sadly that isnât the case for all of us as we are flawed humans that
change for better or worse. These machines include but are not limited
to the following: Capitalism, Racism, Ableism, Fascism, Sexism,
Patriarchy, Nationalism, etc.
Of course, intersectionality proves that systems of oppression can
overlap with each other to create micro/macro versions of oppression
that are more difficult to contain within these systems, examples
include Rainbow
Capitalism,^(=> [https://www.vox.com/2018/6/25/17476850/pride-month-lgbtq-corporate-explained 6
])
Ecofascism,^(=> [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nmv5/eco-fascism-the-racist-theory-that-inspired-the-el-paso-and-christchurch-shooters-and-is-gaining-followers 7
]) Trans Exclusionary âRadicalâ
Feminism,^(=> [https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/anti-trans-protests-london-pride-transgender-transphobia-terf-lgbt-feminist-a8448521.html 8
]) and
Transmedicalism.^(=> [https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Transmedicalist 9
])
My issue in this section is the concerning growing movement of
exclusionary ideals & politics infiltrating
schools^(=> [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/02/16/turning-point-usas-blooming-romance-alt-right 9.0
][9.1]]
]) (and alarmingly enough, the one I currently go
to^(=> [https://archive.org/details/image2_202002 9.3
]
]
]
]
]
])) yet only until now have we realized itâs an
issue^(=> [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7jemx/a-new-bill-would-require-dhs-to-keep-tabs-on-foreign-white-supremacists 9.9
]) This is alarming considering that hate groups have been steadily
growing since
2000.^(=> [https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map?year=2000 9.10
]) These hate groups have evolved and produced media figures and pundits
who knowingly push hateful ideologies. Recent examples include: Ben
Shapiro touring college.^(=> [https://www.yaf.org/shapirotour/ 10
]) Shapiro is a well-known Conservative pundit who is infamous for
championing far-right views under the guise of
faux-intellectualism.^(=> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2PAajlHbnU 11
]) and conspiracy
theories^(=> [https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0524/p12s01-legn.html 12
]) Other examples include people like Jordan
Peterson^(=> [https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/evqekn/the-fundamental-errors-of-jordan-peterson 13
]) as he spews bigotry under the name of âfree speechâ and against the
so called âpostmodern-cultural
marxistsâ^(=> [https://jacobinmag.com/2018/02/jordan-peterson-enlightenment-nietzsche-alt-right 14
]) (A historically inaccurate
oxymoron^(=> [https://www.academia.edu/4089731/Max_Stirner_Politics_series_on_Anarchism_by_Heinz_Duthel 15
])), Peterson is also well known to advocate for Incel (Involuntary
Cellibate^(=> [https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/m7qqen/what-is-an-incel-how-incel-culture-grew-2010s 16
])) talking
points.^(=> [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/style/jordan-peterson-12-rules-for-life.html 17
]) and anti-trans
advocacy^(=> [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37875695 18
])
Of course, if you have a mindset similar to my mother who canât stand
the constant waves of negativity and canât put up with the amount of
traumatic stuff that the media shows us every day then please, take a
break for your sanity and come back later! My ending point for this
section is that we need action against bigotry. Iâm saying call out that
damn maga lovinâ supporter in your classroom who spews alt-right or
alt-lite talking points! Make those reactionary bigots cower in their
boots! Make it known that bigotry and exclusion is not welcome in our
safe space classrooms because good education requires us to subvert the
âBanking Model of
Education,â^(=> [http://www.pitt.edu/~writecen/BankingConcept.pdf 19
]) as Wu Zuhihui said âEducation is
Revolutionâ^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/wu-zhihui-education-as-revolution 20
]) and for the sake of workers
UNIONIZE^(=> [https://www.epi.org/blog/union-busters-are-more-prevalent-than-they-seem-and-may-soon-even-be-at-the-nlrb/ 20.1
])
Unions for me are a revolutionary powerful tool for resisting
exclusionists^(=> [https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/01/utla-los-angeles-teachers-strike-privatization 1
]) and I think that the past couple of years have shown us that they
definitely make a huge difference in getting needs
met,^(=> [https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/4ag3dn/inside-the-wetsuweten-anti-pipeline-camp-that-police-are-blockading 2
]
]) how would social progress ever if we never stood up for each other
and did anything? Unions mean a lot of different things to
me^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jeff-shantz-green-syndicalism 4
]) it means teachers unions, relationship
anarchism,^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jamie-heckert-nurturing-autonomy 5
]
]) getting to know your comrades to work together and create
interdependent mutual
aid.^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sever-against-self-sufficiency-the-gift 7
]
]) I believe that I take unions very seriously is due to the fact that I
canât survive completely on my own, I struggle with saying what I want
in the voluntary relationships that I take part in and formâŠthis is
probably due to years of emotional trauma Iâve suffered through growing
upâŠhaving your father be co-dependant on you for many years, having to
take your fights on your ownâŠ.especially when I would retaliate I would
be labelled âselfishâ or just spiral down till we screamed at each other
and I had to call my mom to pick me up from the houseâŠThis trauma that I
went through (and am still recovering from to this day) has helped me
understand unions not just in work but, in our day to day lives. Without
these unions, we wouldnât be able to form interpersonal relationships
with our
co-workers^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/helin-asi-finding-revolutionary-love-in-a-world-of-profound-alienation 9
]
]) we wouldnât be able to talk out our problems with our counselors,
lovers, friends, etc.
Unions are important not just because they give us diverse tactics to
get our needs
met^(=> [https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/kzd7az/striking-workers-uk-mindfuck-tactics-uvw 11
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]) they help us get off our asses and fight for what we believe in, and
help create stronger relationships with the diverse crowd of people in
our lives.
We shouldnât concern ourselves or ally ourselves with
Marxist-Leninists^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ziq-tankies-and-the-left-unity-scam 19
]
]) as theyâre apologists of state-capitalist regimes that lie under the
guise of
âCommunism.â^(=> [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/apr/21.htm#fw07 21
]
]) History has shown us that Marxist-Leninists, Maoists and Stalinists
will hijack revolutions to impose another state-capitalist
regime.^(=> [https://crimethinc.com/2017/10/30/restless-specters-of-the-anarchist-dead-a-few-words-from-the-undead-of-1917 23
])
People now are starting to attempt to destroy the connections weâve made
in our workplaces thanks to its ability to get needs met and help each
other build a better
world^(=> [https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/142472-never-be-deceived-that-the-rich-will-allow-you-to 24
]) we shouldnât let anyone take away that right from people and we
should support and help each other to make sure that doesnât happen, and
understand that capitalism has only exploited the most vulnerable in
society and everyone else while the 1% stays silent and bathes in their
hoarded
money^(=> [https://www.statista.com/chart/20600/capitalism-as-it-exists-today-does-more-harm-than-good/ 25
]
]
]) and manipulates middle class and working-class people that theyâre
âhelpful.â^(=> [https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/05/american-elections-battle-billionaires-civic-inequality 28
]
])
If we want to stay sane we must protect our communities with love and
rage!
Now, that youâve read some ideas from me and people who put anarchy and
anarchism and practice and a different view from the academics that
stand on podiums and talk about it (though itâs ignorant to say that
they donât
contribute^(=> [https://www.americanscientist.org/article/understanding-the-butterfly-effect 21
])) Things like having everyday people talk about something they enjoy
and having a diverse crowd is very
important^(=> [https://blackrosefed.org/feminism-intersectionality-anarchism/ 22
]) (although I despise liberal identity politics as they depend on
watering down systems of oppression and using intersectionality to
create exclusive in-group vs out-group
tensions^(=> [https://blackrosefed.org/refusing-to-wait-anarchism-intersectionality/ 23
]))
Anarchism and intersectionality combined with philosophy, in general,
has definitely impacted my life for the better. Allow me to open this
last section with a reflection on myself, warning this section will
discuss personal trauma and things that viewers may find disturbing if
at any point you feel uncomfortable please take a break!!
Love for me has always been a complex thing but, then again thatâs the
radical life. Definitely weird especially when you have a non-normative
gender, sexuality, and
desires,^(=> [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sandra-jeppesen-queering-heterosexuality 24
]) I mean I get weird looks for saying that Iâm
demisexual^(=> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCZtPt6SHTE 25
]) besides the last time I checked the majority of the popular love
movies just star 2 random people falling in love with each other and
somehow thatâs the dream ârelationshipâ but, then again Iâm a strange
human I have people who are close to me that I have adult conversations
with and they donât infantilize me (and in most cases, these adult
conversations happen between me and people who are my age) besides
whatâs wrong with having close friends that are just 7 years older than
you? Is it bad that these people enjoy my presence because of our common
trauma and marginalization and the love we give each other? Is it bad to
form deep relations with someone whoâs older than me and treats me as a
close friend and respects my boundaries especially when I have been able
to show my weakness and break down in front of them over text because of
my history of being sexually harassed and having my autonomy violated in
front of people who I care about while manipulating me saying that they
âlove and care about meâ + history of fearing authority in fear of
having to deal with more emotionally scarring reactions?
To me no because the relations I have with the people who are older than
me are just like the people who are close to me and my age sluts,
stoners, mentally ill, leftist, marginalized yet stunning glorious
humans! Itâs okay to be 16 and talk to friends of mine who may have a
bigger age gap than me and to be passionate about things we both love
with respect and mutual aid. I see nothing wrong with expressing
yourself to someone platonically,romantically,etc. If itâs consensual. A
personal example my friend Eva sheâs 23 lives in Europe happens to have
BPD, Autism and is a transwoman who loves being platonic, romantic and
loving with her friends (which includes me) sheâs extremely sweet and
makes sure to respect my boundaries because of her morals NOT the law,
thatâs not something Iâve had the best experience with as a lot of
people in my life have violated my boundaries and justify it by saying
Iâm âselfishâ and that they âknow betterâ because THEY are adults. If
you think that a 16-year-old having emotionally wholesome friendships
with people who are their age and older is wrong especially when both
parties 1000% understand each other and respect each otherâs boundaries
and help each other grow as healthy autonomous cells then maybeâŠjust
maybe youâre letting ageism get a little too into your head.
Love is a difficult thing for me to discuss as my dad is a
dean/highschool cop and when love becomes a
commodity^(=> [https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/02/internet-dating-commodification-love-valentine/ 25.1
]) rather than a natural human emotion thanks to
Capitalism^(=> [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kzkna/get-a-free-burger-on-valentines-day-for-the-low-low-price-of-your-dignity 25.2
]) it gets even more complicated if your queer, majority of society
creates relationships based on:
heteronormativity,^(=> [https://dictionary.apa.org/heteronormativity 25.3
])
homonormativity,^(=> [https://lgbt.wikia.org/wiki/Homonormativity 25.4
]) compulsory
monogamy,^(=> [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bm4353/why-we-need-to-challenge-the-culture-of-monogamy 25.5
]) genderism,^(=> [https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Genderism 25.6
]) power
imbalences,^(=> [https://www.bustle.com/p/11-signs-theres-unhealthy-power-dynamic-in-your-relationship-according-to-expert-8643093 25.7
]) and strict unwritten guidelines as to what counts as a âreal
relationshipâ, anarchism as a form of love has helped me develop myself
as a
lover^(=> [https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3237094-fighting-is-the-ultimate-act-of-intimacy-intimacy-is 26
]
]
]
]
]) I think that the reasoning why I as a person who intersects with a
diverse range of marginalized groups is that I consciously and
unconsciously force myself into subjugation in my relationships. Iâm not
ânormalâ because normalcy requires me to strip down and hide my
queerness, my transness, my disabilities, my politics, my trauma, and my
personality in short; a forced social suicide all for mere conformity to
societal oppression. Albert Camus is a known absurdist and
anarcho-syndicalist I remember the first time I read the Myth of
Sissyphus I spent 3 hours at midnight hyperfocusing on this
philosophical text and doing an unstructured analysis, this is another
influence of mine and I love absurdism because it can explain my
existence and use my defects and intersectional identity as a
gift^(=> [https://www2.hawaii.edu/~freeman/courses/phil360/16.%20Myth%20of%20Sisyphus.pdf 28
]) for a long part of my life I have tried to find answers in religion
due to the fact that I come from a latinx, catholic, middle-class family
it didnât helpâŠand still to this day I get into problems with my family
because Iâm âtoo sensitiveâ and ânot oppressedâ but, as my therapist
told me: âTheyâre just a bystander they donât have to go through what
youâve been throughâ that is still as of now a pretty hard pill to
swallow despite all the other drugs Iâve had to take for my personal
health, my life may be meaningless but, with acknowledging that I can
create my own fluid, comfortable and self-created meaning. Iâm a slut
for non-heteronormative consensual monogamy, revolutionary anarchist
praxis, inclusionist feminism, free love, and interdependent mutual aid.
We need love desperately in this terrible alienating time yet, even now
itâs still discoverable like weeds and flowers that bloom in the cracks
of broken concreteâŠ. As gender theorist and mental health advocate
anarchist Kate Bornstien said in Hello, Cruel World⊠14 years ago: âI
swear thereâs someone out there for you to love. He, she, or They are
out there someplace looking for you. But no one is going to love you
exactly the way you are until you love yourself exactly the way you
are.â^(=> [https://silentscreamsandskinnydreams.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/1/4/50148213/kate_bornstein_-_hello_cruel_world.pdf 29
])