The need for solidarity between leftist movements (medium.com)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Saying that anarchism counts as a leftist "theory of everything" is a great way of causing the exact opposite of "leftist solidarity."

The fact that the anarchist critique of hierarchy is the most radical of leftist traditions to emerge from within the imperial core itself - which, btw, also makes it the most robust - is quite immaterial when it comes to "leftist solidarity."

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Anarchism is a leftist theory of everything because it is radical. It's easy to just be a socialist, and to not be a feminist or a queer ally or a supporter of indigenous sovereignty. And it's easy to be a feminist without being a socialist, queer ally, or supporter of indigenous sovereignty. And all the other permutations too. But anarchism, as a political lens, points us towards all of these different struggles and says they are the same. I am not wholly convinced anarchism is the only leftist theory of everything, but I have yet to see an alternative. Rather, I see dozens of alternatives within anarchism, such as soulism, transhumanism, mutualism, and so forth.

An anarchist has solidarity with all of the leftist movements, works together with all of them. If one wishes to run any sort of leftist political movement while maintaining alliance with the entirety of the left, I believe explicitly endorsing anarchism is a good way to get that done, from a practical point of view. After all, the nazis went after the communists before the socialists, because communism is stateless and is therefore aligned with anarchism. The nazis knew that the non-communist socialists, who support the existence of the state, would not offer as much resistance as the communists to the attacking of other leftist groups.

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