“The interruption was inevitable. … Here’s another problem: we gave too much power to the charismatic leaders in our midst, we didn’t identify all the skills we need to value and cultivate, we didn’t learn how to deal with conflict and harm in a transformative way. Or, some of us did, but they got plied off by NGOs or subcultures, happy to leave the radical milieus that were addicted to egos, afraid of real healing, and that treated them like crap, that devalued or ignored what they contributed.
One thing on top of another, … all these things took their toll, and we found ourselves drifting. The reformers and the reactionaries stepped in and they’ve been controlling the narrative ever since.”
Peter, for clarification, when did this happen in your view?
I was wondering your thoughts on Kellie Carter Jackson, the author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance (Seal Press) and Force & Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence. Remarkably, she is the MLK Breakfast speaker in Worcester on Monday. Seems like MLK day = Trump inauguration is inspiring some radicalism. Angela Davis is the Boston speaker!
Societies of Peace: Matriarchies Past, Present and Future edited by Heide Goettner-Abendroth. Lots of crossover anarchist content with matriarchal studies.
Your podcast with Prince was brilliant. I wish there was a transcript. You laid it out so clean and clear. My side of the street is "memory and inter-generational continuity in our struggles", i.e., history. Cultural, but hey, there ya go. En soli, /awm
“The interruption was inevitable. … Here’s another problem: we gave too much power to the charismatic leaders in our midst, we didn’t identify all the skills we need to value and cultivate, we didn’t learn how to deal with conflict and harm in a transformative way. Or, some of us did, but they got plied off by NGOs or subcultures, happy to leave the radical milieus that were addicted to egos, afraid of real healing, and that treated them like crap, that devalued or ignored what they contributed.
One thing on top of another, … all these things took their toll, and we found ourselves drifting. The reformers and the reactionaries stepped in and they’ve been controlling the narrative ever since.”
Peter, for clarification, when did this happen in your view?
Thank you for your article! ❤️
I was wondering your thoughts on Kellie Carter Jackson, the author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance (Seal Press) and Force & Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence. Remarkably, she is the MLK Breakfast speaker in Worcester on Monday. Seems like MLK day = Trump inauguration is inspiring some radicalism. Angela Davis is the Boston speaker!
Currently reading
Societies of Peace: Matriarchies Past, Present and Future edited by Heide Goettner-Abendroth. Lots of crossover anarchist content with matriarchal studies.
I'm interested in Muntjac, because the situation with cracker anarchism generally has not improved & they seem to have some real momentum.
https://muntjacmag.noblogs.org/
Your podcast with Prince was brilliant. I wish there was a transcript. You laid it out so clean and clear. My side of the street is "memory and inter-generational continuity in our struggles", i.e., history. Cultural, but hey, there ya go. En soli, /awm