Your Favourite Anarchist's Favourite Anarchist

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[babygorilla]

One of my favorite anarchists is this guy who assassinated his factory boss. He then went to to write essays in jail about why assassination is not particularly productive.

[megamushroom]

«they opened up an ice cream shop and then decided to try their hand assassinating people » Ahhh the American dream ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸❤

[purplehaze]

“After her and Birkman, now dating, decided to open up an ice cream shop, they then decided to try their hand in assassinating people.”
Wow, that quote went from 1 to 100 really quick, dinnit?

[RSinCNCRT]

I’ve visited Emma Goldman’s grave, several times. She’s buried in suburban Chicagoland at the Haymarket Martyrs Monument, along with other labor radicals of her time and the decades since.
I check on her a few times a year. There’s always folks leaving her roses.

[LonkinPork]

calling an attempted assassination "shenanigans" tickles me in a way I can't place

[ErrorGaming]

The concept of a favorite anarchist necessitates a hierarchy

[andrewgodly]

Even if you disagree with anarchists, you should at least come to the acknowledgment that someone who's been repeatedly abused by authority figures may want to see those figures removed from their authority

[funkbungus]

my fave thing about her is her friendship with Kropotkin and Helen Keller I think. Or maybe her advocacy for contraception, that was a baller move for sure.

Her, Malatesta, and Kropotkin introduced me to anarchism, and then from there I found David Graeber, Bookchin, and Gelderloos who are from this era and who've expounded on the anarchist tradition.

David Graeber's books "Debtl: the first 5000 years" and "Bullshit Jobs" I think are must reads, he approaches the topics through anthropology mainly, so they're not anarchist per-say but his anarchism informs all of it no doubt.

Ah and Bookchin later on stepped away from social anarchism and developed Communalism through his theory of social ecology... Which is the foundation for the social revolution that's been going on in Rojava for some years now. which is super neat. its also one of the more coherent projects in terms of dealing with the climate catastrophe.

[slytheshopkeeper]

I would HIGHLY suggest reading Goldman's autobiography, Living My Life. I haven't finished it, but it gives you so many details that this video did not. Even if you aren't an anarchist, it can make you sympathize with her, and really begin to understand her.

This video was but a brief summary, and it overlooked some details that would have portrayed her in a better light.

[fuchsia]

“ i don’t care if a man’s theory for tomorrow is correct. i care if his spirit for today is” - emma goldman

[snuffy]

When visiting Prague, I got the chance to write a quote on the famouse Lenon Wall... so, being the nerdy anarchist I was, I wrote "If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution" - Emma Goldman

[TheJumboBurrito]

“crime is naught but misdirected energy” is one of the defining quotes of my worldview. what a wonderful figure in the movement ❤️❤️

[rationalactor]

When anarchists talk about means and ends, they aren't usually talking about violence as a means to an end

[rolfebowers]

idk that anarchy inherently advocates violence, or even contradicts democracy. i think it just means that no one has any more political clout than anyone else. no “arch“.
the problems people have with anarchy are, imo, like the idea that “all people (“men”) are created equal”. of course we aren’t. it just means: “equal under the law”, it’s not about abilities, aptitudes, or personal challenges and limitations. those challenges simply shouldn’t be artificially imposed by society due to prejudice or discrimination or a rigged system of legal or economic (in)justice.

[greyboi]

As an anarchist, I'm glad to know about anarchist's favorite anarchist

[Itsjettondon]

Anarchism might be one of the most radical political ideas but it highlights more of the human condition than most political systems

[tsunamix]

You should try and cover "Your Favorite Anarchist's Anarchist Who Has Other Favorite Anarchists" next (i.e., Stirner, Bakunin, Voltairine, Proudhon, Thoreau, & Kropotkin).

[jakmanseven]

5:13 damn she really changed her opinion on people being beaten with whips huh

[ChibiMalzahar]

"after opening an ice cream shop they decided to try their hand at assassination" is a magical sentence

[Ростислав-мп]

Wish to know more about anarchism from you. I really like your visual style.