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Basically the title. I'd like to meet some more anarchists around where I love and hopefully become more active with them and potentially organize. Just not sure how to start that so would helpful for some ideas!

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[-] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 49 points 2 weeks ago

Part of me is hesitant to write this out because I worry some jackass us fed will use it to harass people doing important work, but here goes. Look out for groups:

  • organizing mutual aid
  • community libraries, especially those providing a safe space for queer and trans folk
  • people doing street medicine, working with the unhoused
  • prison abolition groups, folks doing prison support
  • community gardens
  • folks working with migrant workers

Anywhere people are supporting each other outside of official programs and with nothing material to gain you will find anarchists among other flavors of leftists.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

good list!

While it may not be mainstream knowledge I'd be surprised to hear this was news to the feds.

[-] Comrade_Squid@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Feds already know. They have books on the subject.

[-] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm half being silly because there have been a lot of "how do I join antifa" type posts recently.

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Canteens, libraries, community centers, LGBTQIA+ centers, free free markets, protests, punk events, syndicalist events, etc. etc. Any place you can imagine “where can I build solidarity and intersect?”
iirc, solar punk events is why !anarchism@slrpnk.net was founded by

[-] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I'm going to hazard a guess that UU churches might have a significant number of anarchist sympathizers.

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

I had a queer person say something similar to this in Mastodon. I didn't follow through because I felt it looked too cultish. But you're welcome to ask.

Canteens are my favorite way to break ice, and solidify. Nothing like a full stomach to start the day right.

[-] compostgoblin 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In my experience, UU churches are about the least culty you can be while still calling yourself a church. I stopped going because I have too much religious trauma from my Catholic upbringing to be comfortable going to a weekly service in person, but everyone I’ve met that goes to a UU church has been cool and good.

[-] Smookey4444@anarchist.nexus 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is good thank you

[-] nomugisan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago

Go to music events and shit

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Polyrhythmic jazz. There's something about seeing 13/8 : 11/8 that makes you scream Fuck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

To be clear I am not an anarchist but if you have a food not bombs chapter near you anarchists will almost certainly be there.

[-] Sasha 6 points 2 weeks ago

I was going to say this, it's how I found my local anarcho-federation

[-] dunidane@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 weeks ago

Idk let me know if you figure it out. I've been slowly trying to win over my friends and family who will listen.

I'm in a pretty conservative rural area so I'm on a bit of hard mode.

[-] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 11 points 2 weeks ago

"Anarchist seeking organization" is my favorite find from All today.

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 2 weeks ago

From An Anarchist FAQ:

Anarchists are well aware of the importance of building organisations. Organisations allow those within them to multiply their strength and activity, becoming the means by which an individual can see their ideas, hopes and dreams realised. This is as true for getting the anarchist message across as for building a home, running a hospital or creating some useful product. Anarchists support two types of organisation -- organisations of anarchists and popular organisations which are not made up exclusively of anarchists such as industrial unions, co-operatives and community assemblies.

I.e. there is absolutely nothing contradictory about anarchists seeking organizations.

[-] Sasha 16 points 2 weeks ago

We're against hierarchy, not organising.

[-] Smookey4444@anarchist.nexus 3 points 2 weeks ago

Anarchists oppose hieghachy not organizing

[-] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it is nice to see a comrade seeking community

[-] GooseGang@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Right?!!! I appreciate the irony.

[-] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Perhaps it is time to brush up on what an anarchist might actually believe. I have a suspicion your definition was formed by cartoons.

[-] compostgoblin 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

TVTropes, of all places, has a pretty good and accessible explainer

[-] GooseGang@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

It just sounds like a polity to organize socially without a specific purpose. The idea in and of itself is helpful to promote social and mental well-being.

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

The irony of being an egoist?

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't know lol. I'm just commenting to let you know that you're not alone. I live in a suburban area where there's no antifascist groups to speak of, and I really don't have the time or people skills to start a group from scratch.

[-] Smookey4444@anarchist.nexus 2 points 2 weeks ago

I appreciate that tbh lol. Nice knowing I'm not alone in my struggles

[-] n0p1lls@feddit.online 6 points 2 weeks ago

Where I live, it’s common for self-managed social centers to organize cultural activities, workshops, concerts, and so on. You can search online to find a center near you that aligns with your philosophy.

[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

There's a significant number of them in my mutual aid group. You could try to see if there's an existing group in your area-if you are having trouble finding one you could help out at a food kitchen for a while and keep an eye on who comes to donate food regularly or chart with other volunteers about other groups they may be a part of. You could also see if there's a DSA (or similar for your country) chapter and ask some of them if they know any other groups that might be more in line with what you're looking for.

At least in my mutual aid group a lot of people volunteer at multiple orgs from food kitchens, animal shelters, clothing upcyclers, bike repair, etc.

You could also try to arrange a book club for something like Dean Spade's "Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)."

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Cat food seems to attract my sort of anarchists.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 points 2 weeks ago

Find a group online who meets in your locale, maybe there’s a local food co-op or something you could attend and meet people there?

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

this too. run potlocks, often, and meet’us

[-] jaijai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Radical bookstores are usually a good place to start

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Here's a handy little guide on how to find like-minded folk: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/113589807117870451

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's the link I read, thanks.

[-] Smookey4444@anarchist.nexus 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is good thank you

[-] Comrade_Squid@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've met anarchist at demos, after attending a few I was invited to public meetings then to closed meetings.

Essentially if you are practising anarchism then you should meet anarchists.

[-] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

You can try to find something for your region in the links of that I had made about movement-related event calendars

https://mander.xyz/post/37544387

[-] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Folkpunk shows.

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