I’m Greek too, as are a number of the anarchists I know- the KKE isn’t in power and none of the anarchists I talked to ever took time out of their day to shittalk it either.
Εγώ έχω διαφορετικές εμπειρίες. Δεν είναι οτι το οι αναρχικοί μιλάνε για το ΚΚΕ όλη την ώρα, αλλά σίγουρα δεν συνεργάζονται μαζί τους και μπορεις πολύ συχνα να δεις πως τους αντιμετωπίζουν.
I prefer to keep it so other people can read, I don’t care to flex. And yeah, I would agree, they don’t cooperate, but its certainly not directly antagonistic either.
The worst I heard was anarchists at most regard them as ineffective nerds, in particular for fucking around with parliament instead of more direct action and supporting encampments/squats. For me that’s a long way from the ‘red fash’ depictions you get about ‘authority’. One of the more cutting complaints I heard was that a group would spend more time on if its banners read as ‘ML’ or ‘ΜΛ’ to be properly decolonial instead of just going out in the street.
That’s what I meant with fucking around with parliament- I don’t disagree that they’re too committed to the existing state. I have a lot of issues with the organization but it’s a product of more than just being ML - there’s a lot of historical reasons at play too and I can appreciate why they reluctant to challenge the state directly.
This is the same reason organizations I work in don’t cooperate with electorally-oriented groups either.
Dogmatism is a problem in every tendency. Same reason I push back on anarchists (or MLs) trying to start fights over political disagreements from like a hundred years ago. The problem is the capitalists with the boot on all our necks.
Mate, it’s not just the party. Half my family are tankies. I have immense and exhaustive experience with ML hypocrisy and their true thoughts about Anarchists. I also have a lot of lived experiences on this. A lot of my best friends as a young adult were in the KNE. I’ve written for KNE papers. It’s part of the reason why it’s worthless to ask me to debate my positions. It’s when people can’t understand that and want to act all sealiony and/or condescending that I turn to ridiculing them.
Y’all can believe what you want about “left-unity”. I have had both enough experience and theory to hold my positions on it.
. The problem is the capitalists with the boot on all our necks.
We all know anarchists and MLs agree in theory, but when it comes to praxis, cooperation only works when it’s anarchist praxis.
Not trying to sealion - l’m not even trying to debate you at this point.
Most of my family that were ‘tankies’ have passed and most of the younger ones are completely disengaged politically.
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Also as a trans person they were way cooler about it than the more ‘traditional’ ones, one of whom was misgendering me on her deathbed.
I will also say that my lived experience doing years of encampment support in the US, I run into way more MLs (formally or informally) who I have been able to consistently work with towards shared goals. That’s why I feel obligated to point out that most of the distinction made online (in particular about hypothetical revolutions) fade away in the real world.
Not trying to sealion - l’m not even trying to debate you at this point.
I didn’t accuse you of it. I was speaking rhetorically to explain why I’m been ridiculing hexbears the past few days.
Most of my family that were ‘tankies’ have passed and most of the younger ones are completely disengaged politically.
I don’t know if you are talking about family in Greece itself or not but it seems your lived experiences are US-centric. Almost my tankie relatives are very much alive, and the younger gen is pretty into the same theory as well. There’s obviously changes in some social standards, but the core is remains surprisingly similar to what I’m used to.
I will also say that my lived experience doing years of encampment support in the US, I run into way more MLs (formally or informally) who I have been able to consistently work with towards shared goals
Well thing is, anarchists in 1917 were probably of the same opinion until things like the Konstadt started happening. We can literally read contemporary anarchists get completely disillusioned with their revolution once the MLs took power. And that’s before the bad times even.
I don’t know if you are talking about family in Greece itself or not but it seems your lived experiences are US-centric.
Specifically Greek, I have almost no family in the US.
anarchists in 1917 were probably of the same opinion until things like the Konstadt started happening.
I’m a pretty paranoid person, but one of the things I have resigned myself to is that you can’t really change the world without exposing yourself to deception (and doing some deception yourself). Historical events are the product of their historical context, I prefer to work with comrades I can find here and now, and let them be the ones to disappoint me.
I’m Greek too, as are a number of the anarchists I know- the KKE isn’t in power and none of the anarchists I talked to ever took time out of their day to shittalk it either.
Εγώ έχω διαφορετικές εμπειρίες. Δεν είναι οτι το οι αναρχικοί μιλάνε για το ΚΚΕ όλη την ώρα, αλλά σίγουρα δεν συνεργάζονται μαζί τους και μπορεις πολύ συχνα να δεις πως τους αντιμετωπίζουν.
I prefer to keep it so other people can read, I don’t care to flex. And yeah, I would agree, they don’t cooperate, but its certainly not directly antagonistic either.
The worst I heard was anarchists at most regard them as ineffective nerds, in particular for fucking around with parliament instead of more direct action and supporting encampments/squats. For me that’s a long way from the ‘red fash’ depictions you get about ‘authority’. One of the more cutting complaints I heard was that a group would spend more time on if its banners read as ‘ML’ or ‘ΜΛ’ to be properly decolonial instead of just going out in the street.
I don’t know who you’re talking to, or in what context, but I can assure you there’s plenty of antagonism: Here’s a classic: https://athens.indymedia.org/post/1349901/
That’s what I meant with fucking around with parliament- I don’t disagree that they’re too committed to the existing state. I have a lot of issues with the organization but it’s a product of more than just being ML - there’s a lot of historical reasons at play too and I can appreciate why they reluctant to challenge the state directly.
This is the same reason organizations I work in don’t cooperate with electorally-oriented groups either.
Dogmatism is a problem in every tendency. Same reason I push back on anarchists (or MLs) trying to start fights over political disagreements from like a hundred years ago. The problem is the capitalists with the boot on all our necks.
Mate, it’s not just the party. Half my family are tankies. I have immense and exhaustive experience with ML hypocrisy and their true thoughts about Anarchists. I also have a lot of lived experiences on this. A lot of my best friends as a young adult were in the KNE. I’ve written for KNE papers. It’s part of the reason why it’s worthless to ask me to debate my positions. It’s when people can’t understand that and want to act all sealiony and/or condescending that I turn to ridiculing them.
Y’all can believe what you want about “left-unity”. I have had both enough experience and theory to hold my positions on it.
We all know anarchists and MLs agree in theory, but when it comes to praxis, cooperation only works when it’s anarchist praxis.
Not trying to sealion - l’m not even trying to debate you at this point.
Most of my family that were ‘tankies’ have passed and most of the younger ones are completely disengaged politically.
spoiler
Also as a trans person they were way cooler about it than the more ‘traditional’ ones, one of whom was misgendering me on her deathbed.
I will also say that my lived experience doing years of encampment support in the US, I run into way more MLs (formally or informally) who I have been able to consistently work with towards shared goals. That’s why I feel obligated to point out that most of the distinction made online (in particular about hypothetical revolutions) fade away in the real world.
I didn’t accuse you of it. I was speaking rhetorically to explain why I’m been ridiculing hexbears the past few days.
I don’t know if you are talking about family in Greece itself or not but it seems your lived experiences are US-centric. Almost my tankie relatives are very much alive, and the younger gen is pretty into the same theory as well. There’s obviously changes in some social standards, but the core is remains surprisingly similar to what I’m used to.
Well thing is, anarchists in 1917 were probably of the same opinion until things like the Konstadt started happening. We can literally read contemporary anarchists get completely disillusioned with their revolution once the MLs took power. And that’s before the bad times even.
Specifically Greek, I have almost no family in the US.
I’m a pretty paranoid person, but one of the things I have resigned myself to is that you can’t really change the world without exposing yourself to deception (and doing some deception yourself). Historical events are the product of their historical context, I prefer to work with comrades I can find here and now, and let them be the ones to disappoint me.