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   Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:49:28 JST Librarian socialist

   post-spain anarchism lacks (besides its academic wing) historical sensibility and depth.

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:49:27 JST Librarian socialist

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     and it is hurtful, that anti-theory is celebrated.

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:01 JST Librarian socialist

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     the question, raised by Abad de Santillan and generally ignored by most of the contemporary radical left still is: how to prepare today, programmatically and practically, for a takeover of a modern capitalist economy where, in contrast to Spain in 1936, shutting down a large swath of socially useless and socially noxious activity will be a top priority from day one.

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:02 JST Librarian socialist

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     For many modern anarchists, “Spain” is a historical reference (more often symbolic than seriously studied and absorbed) in the way that “Russia” has been such a reference for many Marxists.

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:03 JST Librarian socialist

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     Despite all the factors (international, political, military) working for their demise, the Spanish working class and parts of the peasantry in the Republican zones arrived at the closest approximation of a self-managed society, sustained in different forms over two and a half years, ever achieved in history.

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:05 JST Librarian socialist

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     Just for perspective:
     "I was rather startled to find Leon Trotsky, major figure of the Russian Revolution and no friend of anarchism, saying, in 1937:
     “From the first day of the revolution, thanks to its specific weight in the economy of that country, and to its political and cultural level, (the Spanish proletariat) has been, not below, but above the level of the Russian proletariat at the beginning of 1917.”"

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:06 JST Librarian socialist

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     but whom I am talking to. A lot of people I am friends with see it as a problem too and from other people I do not have enough interaction to get into that talk anyway. so I mumble along.

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:07 JST Librarian socialist

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     or the neglect of its own history beyond the big bearded ones.

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     Em (greenandblack@sunbeam.city)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:42 JST Em

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     @syndikalista here's a couple wee documentaries: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=SrPBdLiqMb0
     https://yewtu.be/watch?v=oDspeScGZrQ

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:43 JST Librarian socialist

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     @GreenandBlack I am unaware of Cheràn. Thx. will look it up.

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     Em (greenandblack@sunbeam.city)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:45 JST Em

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     @syndikalista I guess Cherán is one place I can hink of off the top of ma heid. They chased out the police, politicians and illegal logging cartels - all examples of useless and socially noxious activity

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     Em (greenandblack@sunbeam.city)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:46 JST Em

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     @syndikalista as in a modern-day living example?

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:47 JST Librarian socialist

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     @GreenandBlack do you have something concrete to draw this foundation from?

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     Em (greenandblack@sunbeam.city)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:49 JST Em

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     @syndikalista I think Graeber's work and other anti-work insurrectionists have provided a foundation for us to build off in this respect, but aye, it still is a question that needs evaluating

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:50 JST Librarian socialist

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     And sadly I do not know more than a few touching this question.

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     Librarian socialist (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 16:50:51 JST Librarian socialist

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     This question is even more urgent in the expectation of a climate breakdown.