anaculture

from (2023) – What is Anaculture? – by anonymous – via kindle version from anarchist library [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/what-is-anaculture]

notes/quotes:

Anaculture is a method by which we can abolish the State and implement *a gift economy based on self-determination, horizontality, mutual aid, and solidarity. One where people contribute what work they can, doing what they are passionate about, and share in the more mundane responsibilities of the community. As anarchist our understanding of freedom is that it is a process that people engage in together. We believe that **rigid laws actually undermine our freedom, and therefore don’t aspire to the creation or worship of canonical texts.

*so not new..

**any form of m\a\p does that..

The anarchist analysis of capitalism, reformism, patriarchy, colonialism, and the State have already proven useful to many social movements over the past several decades. Now we must offer a critique of the environmental movement in order to help it become what it could be. These movements always leave their mark on Anarchism as well, informing and influencing anarchist theory and life.

ie: a nother way

Solidarity

For Anaculture the ends must be the means. The values we want to see in the world must be the methods by which we bring it about. *We will never oppress our way to liberation. **None are free, until we are all free. Anaculture puts the mutual survival of all people at the front of the list of values it promotes. Everyone has the right to pursue their own means of survival, as long as it doesn’t threaten the well-being of another. Every person and community also has the absolute right to self-defense from exploitation and oppression. ***There are enough resources for all, and there is no reason for any extermination of any cultures in order to ensure this mutual survival.

*but later talk about war-ing.. so ..

**yeah that.. let’s just work on that.. ie: art (by day/light) and sleep (by night/dark) as global re\set.. to fittingness (undisturbed ecosystem)

***yes.. but need 1st/most: means to undo our hierarchical listening to self/others/nature as global detox/re\set.. so we can org around legit needs

findings:

1\ undisturbed ecosystem (common\ing) can happen

2\ if we create a way to ground the chaos of 8b legit free people

Landback.. Reparations

..Truth and reconciliation committees are needed to address the long list of atrocities committed in the name of racist colonial systems.

cancerous distractions

New ways of well-being

on restoring land, water,

There are many natural borders on the planet but the Nation State borders we are familiar with have been used by those States to homogenize or genocide diverse cultures within it’s borders. They are mechanisms for State sponsored murder, and must be abolished. People can decide for themselves which communities they want to be a part of and how to organize those communities. This is the anarchist principle of voluntary free association. *Negotiations and discussions can allow us to develop principles for free movement between such communities, as any community deserves some expectation of privacy from unwanted tourists. **Any migrants should be taken care of though, whether travelers or climate refugees, basic hospitality should be extended to these vulnerable people. Between these communities, based on natural borders and watersheds, federations might pop up to coordinate actions across territories.

*to me.. if need these.. already doing it wrong.. **ie: should be no migrant ness

The need for secure housing is a human right and should be defended as such by our future society. As Malatesta pointed out, capitalism is the system in which builders go homeless because there are too many houses. Houses will belong to those who occupy and care for them, much like the land. No one has a right to more housing than what is needed for their chosen family. This does not mean one house one family, but it does mean that communities should allow for enough housing to meet the needs of every person, however they constitute themselves. We will encourage design that changes the ways people come together in public space, promoting more communal experiences when it comes to child-rearing and kinship.

but more important focus – oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space

malatesta conditions law

..The way we feed ourselves says a lot about our values as a society. Safe, healthy, and culturally appropriate foods should be a right under Anaculture. Making sure everyone is fed is the responsibility of all. Food shouldn’t be commodified, it should be produced by workers…for workers, not for the profit of the capitalist class. Farm land and food production facilities should be expropriated to serve this purpose. The Indigenous knowledge assembled into permaculture can inform the future design considerations of our food systems.

again.. but first.. need 1st/most: means to undo our hierarchical listening to self/others/nature as global detox/re\set.. so we can org around legit needs

A topic not usually confronted by permaculture in depth is healthcare. Most written on the subject is about medicinal plants and herbs used to treat common maladies. The issues of trans rights, neurodiversity struggles, medical racism, and women’s access to birth control are rarely discussed. Under Anaculture health care would be a human right, including preventative therapies. People will determine for themselves what constitutes a healthy life, and be able to access the resources needed to achieve it. People will have the ability to freely alter their bodies for any purpose, including gender expression. The knowledge of healing will not be gate-kept by educational institutions but shared freely with communities so that they may begin to treat themselves with more autonomy. These institutions, along with hospitals, will be anarchized and the worker’s will do their best to equalize treatment for historically marginalized populations.

rights ness as cancerous distractions.. krishnamurti measure law et al..

Ex-economy

Education has historically been used by the State and the Church to produce a subservient population. This institution is cancerous and *must be abolished. But the continuation of learning is desirable, in this new system knowledge will be free and available to all who want it. Normal barriers to education need to be removed for marginalized people. We must unschool ourselves away from the normative style of mass education and **embrace more varied and individualized methods. In unschooling people of all ages are free to determine their own coursework and pace of study. The resources and knowledge of schools and universities will be expropriated for the good of the communities.

*that focus.. is a cancerous distraction

**oi.. that’s still school.. ness.. let go

*Scientists can organize themselves to provide training and maintain laboratories. They will have to discuss and agree on ways to further the scientific pursuits they are engaged in **without capitalizing on knowledge production. Science will be conducted for the betterment of all people. This is because the knowledge a scientist uses is given to them through the community, and therefore their work should provide a benefit in return. There will need to be further reconciliation processes around the abuses carried out by scientists historically, such as the development of fossil fuel and nuclear technologies, or the creation of weapons of war.

if *this.. then will have **this (as in with capitalizing on know production et al).. oi

Under Anaculture production will be *ran by workers for workers, instead of being ran for the profit of the capitalist class. We will adopt the term ex-worker to describe the situation of seizing our workplaces and deciding what their resources should be used for. **Workplaces should be organized to produce something socially useful.

*makes no diff.. as long as kilpi work law et al.. and will be as long as any form of m\a\p

**see.. still same song.. oi

There will be *no such thing as forced labor in our new world. This is an ethical imperative, but we must extend this logic to the traditionally gendered domestic labor that currently goes unpaid. This gendered labor will also be **abolished.

*that would mean sans any form of m\a\p

**again.. cancerous distraction

*We will abolish all monetary systems and debts, instead the exchange of goods will be accomplished through voluntary compacts between consumer and producer, or through a gift economy. Communities should pursue food sovereignty, meeting the majority of their survival needs from their local land base, but beyond that, infrastructures should be maintained to encourage exchange and travel. **We must ensure the safe travel of all climate refugees, nomads, the gender non-conforming, and those fleeing domestic violence. We will also apply these principles of self-determination and horizontality to the current communications systems, reorganizing them to produce useful content for the revolution.

*this is all same song.. any form of m\a\p

**again.. if that’s going on.. already doing it wrong..

Mechanisms of Safety

Police and prisons are to be *abolished. The officers will be held accountable for the harm they have cause, and those unwilling to step down will be considered Statist paramilitaries, and defended against. There are a variety of **alternative ways of dealing with societal harm that aren’t punitive but recognize the human ability to growth and redeem themselves. Instead of police communities will assemble themselves and decide for themselves how best to resolve conflict, and heal harm. We will spread the skills and knowledge of how to address these hard conflicts as widely as possible.

*cancerous distractions

**gershenfeld something else law.. only legit alt.. only thing we haven’t yet tried.. because we keep not letting go enough.. because.. pearson unconditional law et al

Free militias will be needed as well to defend liberated zones from he lingering remnants of Statist imperialism. They must be dedicated to several principles such as voluntary free association, horizontality among fighters, collective decision making in regards to discipline, and responsibility and deference to the whims and needs of the community defense initiatives. They will not operate outside of their respective territories as conquerors. The two goals of these forces are defensive warfare and revolutionary warfare, fighting in solidarity with those trying to free themselves from oppression. The goal is not elimination of enemies, but safeguarding the health of all people; the goal is peace. Anarchists will define peace as the outgrowth of happiness, freedom, and self-actualization. We should seek to encourage cross cultural sharing, not violence.

oh my.. how is that not oppression .. fightingn oppression w oppression.. war is oppression.. (from beginning of essay.. oi..

Conclusion

Anaculture is a *new proposal, a shift in mindset from the old way of thinking about oneself as the heroic farmer, to one of mutual aid and cooperation.

*not new.. same song (too many red flags)

.. That demands don’t work, and this is not a dialogue. *This is a war, and there is no neutral position on this battlefield. Being non-capitalist is not enough, we need to become anti-capitalists. Seizing state authority is not enough, **we need to become anti-authoritarians.

oi.. *war can’t be/have anti authoritarian/s

We may soon be living in a post-permaculture world, where the movement was gutted before it really got a chance to take off. Let’s come together to create *something new collectively. Thank you to Bill for getting us all together, but we need something new now, and Anaculture can offer the way forward. **The intelligently designed systems of permaculture combined with the political militancy of anarchy will make a potent force in today’s political landscape, one that can both resist and act.

*has to be legit new.. otherwise.. cancerous distraction

**oh my

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