Many MLs on this board frequently shit on anarchism. While theoretical differences are fine to have, especially online, real life antagonism to anarchism is misplaced and entirely retarded. Anarchist movements and activism have by and large been a way to cope now with the horrid reality of capitalism. It is a rejection of the promises of industrialized communism, replaced with a desperate fight for a better life now. You might think that their theory is not pure enough, but their relentless fighting, their activism, and their real effect on the material reality of the organizations they form deserve praise and respect from all types of socialists.
Noam Chomsky
Starting off with perhaps the best known anarchist in the western world, but also one of the most despised on this board, Noam Chomsky. This guy has been a loud critic against American imperialism since day one, writing long ass books which detail the crimes of the government. He has also been a member and promoter of a ton of socialist organizations, such as the IWW, socialist rifle associations and others. His success in other areas, such as analytic philosophy, linguistics, cognitive science, and computer science has made him a well known and respected figure. His influence was such that he was worthy enough to be included in Nixon's Enemy's List. He has also filmed documentaries that are easily available (to Netflix subscribers) in which he speaks about all sorts of socialist views of the world. His books on propaganda, namely Manufacturing Consent, is an easy read for liberals which instantly instills a deep distrust on American media. He frequently BTFOs people when he appears on the media and has probably converted a good number of college students.
Subcomandante Marcos and the Zapatistas
Also known as "Anarchists that spit on your post-industrialist marxist-leninist 'DiCtAtoRsHip oF LoletAriAt'". The rural Mayan people of the state of Chiapas were being replaced by capitalist privatizing their land, drug dealers running rampant, legal and illegal loggers cutting their trees, being intimidated by police and military, and generally being on the losing end of local politicans gaining power. Based Mexico City professor went into the thick Lancandon Jungle to radicalize, and more importantly, organize the rural communities. Their anarchist organization is extremely civil, and lightyears ahead than the nearby Tuxtla-Gutierrez city-folk in terms of social issues like gender equality, let alone political issues. Their periodic communications that are accessible from their website are a window into their absolutely based, red pilled, and well read indigenous community. While, rainbow-haired Democrat Cops of America members are discussing who they're gonna vote for this coming elections, the Zapatistas have been anti-electoral since fucking forever. While plebbit is stroking their dick to Acassio Cortez, the Zapatistas have been at war with the Mexican Government for 20+ years.
R*java
In a shit third world country, the Kurds faced constant harassment from the Arabic Syrian government. The government frequently denied rightful citizenship, denied permission to own land, and other dick moves to Kurds. When the Syrian civil war broke out, the Kurds, with the help of many underground dissidents that already existed, declared themselves an autonomous self-governed federation. Their politics are based on Abdullah Öcalan's writings, largely anarchist, but very progressive. He sought for a federation of communities which "united for purposes of self-defense and with shared values of environmentalism, gender equality, and ethnic, cultural, and religious pluralism" in an anti-women Muslim region. This board gave it's back to R*java when they allowed American Government forces to enter the region, and the American Government is against Assad. There were are also criticisms of R*java being an ethnostate and other shit arguments, IMO. The region is in a much better position because they self-organized with socialist ideals, without the need of a vanguard party, and it's hard to deny it. Maybe it will turn into an ethno-shithole, or an American base in Syria, who the fuck knows, but at least they're willing to risk it all to make it work. Friendly reminder that even though most socialist countries eventually betrayed the working class and it's citizens, the fight for socialism was still worth it. It is no different here. (R*java is a hot topic of which I know little about, take your hot takes to the official thread )
ITT: Anarchist movements and theory that can be equally appreciated by all socialists.
