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   Jay Baker (they/he) (mediaactivist@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 08:15:45 JST Jay Baker (they/he)

   Ah, shit. So many anarchist bookfairs were holding events accessible online the last few years and now it seems they aren't. I gained such insight, information, and knowledge from presenters and attendees literally thousands of miles away, and now it's in danger of reverting to pre-2020 ways. I was at least hoping an online element would remain. If nearby Locals of the Solidarity Federation and branches of IWW can pull off hybrid events, surely these can?

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     Ciggy Bringer of Smoke (ciggysmokebringer@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 08:27:27 JST Ciggy Bringer of Smoke

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     @MediaActivist nobody and I mean nobody made the leap from 'neccesary method' to 'part of the config from now on' and it is entirely about the present and able being thought of first and foremost and building configs around them. Its very pesky even when not ableist to do things to accomodate non present parties so that they might become so based on social gaps and validation gaps. A lotta times just straight up ableism with sullenness about accomodation

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     Jay Baker (they/he) (mediaactivist@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 08:30:21 JST Jay Baker (they/he)

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     @ciggysmokebringer Oh heck yeah. Very good points.

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     Ciggy Bringer of Smoke (ciggysmokebringer@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 08:37:00 JST Ciggy Bringer of Smoke

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     @MediaActivist the shining example to me before and during Covid was when I rolled with DSA and we were doing a 'how can we do better' survey for the chapter. I love data and dont mind cleaning it up and making follow up rings to qualify, and one common thing that came up over and over was how there is not really any DSA engagement point for those working swing or grave shifts. I called a few folks about it to get more scoop on response and it was quite literally 'all the sub chapter meetings happen 6 and 9 pm weekdays and I work swing so I dont really feel part of anything even though I support the goals and wanna do what I can'

     How would anyone at those evening sub chapter meetings even know about it since it suits the two dozen or so that routinely can make it? Social gap, validation gap.

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     Jay Baker (they/he) (mediaactivist@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 08:37:00 JST Jay Baker (they/he)

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     • Ciggy Bringer of Smoke

     @ciggysmokebringer Totally. A lot of that with IWW meetings here too, I'm pretty sure.

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     support ur local fucc dealer 🍉 (bluejorts@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 14:28:25 JST support ur local fucc dealer 🍉

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     @MediaActivist I'm noticing that, too. Every workshop and gathering has to be "in-person" now; like, what if I want to make connections across state/county/whatever lines but can't physically make or afford the drive/flight? Very inaccessible, no matter how much ADA compliance your site has.

     What's stopping anyone (multiple someones) from filming/streaming on their phones? like, honestly.

     I don't know how to describe this feeling...but, it's like everyone's taking the decentralization part too seriously in just the wrong way. Like, they're forgetting the internationalist part of it all:

     We have to be present and aware of multiple communities in multiple places in the world, not just our own neighborhood, so that our efforts are better coordinated. literally "hybrid". The "usefulness of difference" as my dream-grandma Audre Lorde would say.

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     Jay Baker (they/he) (mediaactivist@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 17:29:49 JST Jay Baker (they/he)

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     @bluejorts Beautifully put! I couldn't agree more.

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     Chip Butty (otfrom@functional.cafe)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 00:26:25 JST Chip Butty

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     @MediaActivist though luckily, we're anarchists so we can just organise our own thing?

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     Jay Baker (they/he) (mediaactivist@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 00:26:25 JST Jay Baker (they/he)

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     @otfrom Yeah you'd think so, eh!

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     Jay Baker (they/he) (mediaactivist@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 02:16:23 JST Jay Baker (they/he)

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     @otfrom I've had a similar approach to community coaching in the past: come to me with a problem if you have an idea of the solution. Fortunately, in this case, I've joined a radical care group that's starting out, and we're doing just the sort of thing you're suggesting. But these approaches are much harder in bigger preexisting organisations - for example, SolFed or the IWW (even if a branch officer like myself), and literally impossible when it comes to anarchist bookfairs based in, say, Boston, or the Carolinas, since I'm not based there.

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     Chip Butty (otfrom@functional.cafe)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 02:16:24 JST Chip Butty

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     @MediaActivist in the before times, when I actively organised tech groups if anyone complained about something I made them an "organiser".

     What they didn't know was the only thing that made someone an organiser was organising a thing.

     The only things were the topic had to fit the name of the group and we had to follow the code of conduct.

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     Jay Baker (they/he) (mediaactivist@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 02:45:24 JST Jay Baker (they/he)

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     @otfrom It depends. If you're not core to a community or group initiating an event in the first place, that's much less realistic. The old "act locally, think globally" thing, I guess. At the heart of all such events should be inclusion, right there in the first place. We have to check ourselves for ableist behaviour and language, and "if you don't like it then just run it yourself" is entering those realms, as @ciggysmokebringer and @bluejorts have alluded to in responses to my original post.

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     Chip Butty (otfrom@functional.cafe)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 02:45:25 JST Chip Butty

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     @MediaActivist true, but you can run an online only event without needing anyone but attendees and possibly someone willing to speak (if that is the format).

     I got lucky that my (former) local group tech group went that way. Means less organising for me. They are really good at it too