Hello everyone, I wanted to reach out to anarchisticially thinking people because quite frankly I am very worried. I am worried about the rise of fascist and fascist-aligned governments around the world, obviously.

But on the flipside I am also worried about leftist reactions and quite frankly the absolute failure of leftist politics to capitalize on the brief window of momentum we had in the period of 2011 to around 2023. We had political momentum, we had the sympathy of much of the western world, we had many governments. What did we do with it? Not much. Now, the dialectical tide is turning as state power is in the process of being handed back to the right. Perhaps for good.

So how do we deal with this new reality? The worrying reaction I see in most leftist spaces is nothing but defeated groaning, meaningless phrases and ideological posturing. Do we have a plan? Do we have coherent guiding principles? Forms of organization? How do we get there?

I realize those are big and open ended questions, but I believe in our collective ability to think big. Because otherwise we might be doomed.

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    12 days ago

    No, I didn’t say revolution or war is the only alternative, but for politics to effectively qualify as leftist they need to be anti-capitalist.