May 2008 Archives
"Our notion of Nationalism is very strict: it covers solely the
racial group closer to us (Azoreans, Galicians, Flemish, for example)
and also covers the cultural aspects of that group (we also uphold
autonomous communities for homosexuals, hippies, vegetarians, Muslims,
pagans, etc.) or even the political aspects (autonomous communities for
Anarchists, Ecologists, Social Democrats, etc.). N-A above all stands
for the right of any individual to live among those whom he feels more
comfortable with ideologically, racially and culturally, or by any
other identitarian concept that may define him and his people as a
group."
Flavio Goncalves S Y N T H E S I S - -National-Anarchism: The Way of the Future
This is a good quote to think of in context of NA23's recent article on The National-Anarchist Asia Tour
Sad News about our comrades in France. This should teach all the kids a lesson on not handling things that go boom. But hey if you gotta go sometime, might as well go out with a bang.
For those not inclined to read French:
"A man blows himself up with an explosive device in Clichy-la-Garenne
A man was seriously injured while handling explosives in his apartment in
Clichy-la-Garenne, in the Hauts-de-Seine, on the night from Tuesday to
Wednesday. The man in serious condition, said to belong to the "National
Front anti-radar" (FNAR), a mysterious group that has claimed more than a
dozen attempts to destroy roadside radars in the Paris region. Another
person is in custody.
The demining services have discovered large quantities of explosives in
the apartment of 127, boulevard Jean-Jaures in Clichy-la-Garenne, and
proceeded on their neutralization on the spot in the night. It is not yet
known with certainty whether the victim, an officer of La Poste, has
voluntarily caused the explosion, or if it is a mistake to manipulation.
He had both hands torn off.
The investigation was entrusted to the Sub-directorate terrorism (SDAT) by
the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police. Another man was arrested
and remanded in custody. It would be a neighbor injured."
http://www.rtl.fr/fiche/124330/l-auteur-des-attentats-anti-radars-grievement-blesse-en-manipulant-des-explosifs.html
For those not inclined to read French:
"A man blows himself up with an explosive device in Clichy-la-Garenne
A man was seriously injured while handling explosives in his apartment in
Clichy-la-Garenne, in the Hauts-de-Seine, on the night from Tuesday to
Wednesday. The man in serious condition, said to belong to the "National
Front anti-radar" (FNAR), a mysterious group that has claimed more than a
dozen attempts to destroy roadside radars in the Paris region. Another
person is in custody.
The demining services have discovered large quantities of explosives in
the apartment of 127, boulevard Jean-Jaures in Clichy-la-Garenne, and
proceeded on their neutralization on the spot in the night. It is not yet
known with certainty whether the victim, an officer of La Poste, has
voluntarily caused the explosion, or if it is a mistake to manipulation.
He had both hands torn off.
The investigation was entrusted to the Sub-directorate terrorism (SDAT) by
the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police. Another man was arrested
and remanded in custody. It would be a neighbor injured."
http://www.rtl.fr/fiche/124330/l-auteur-des-attentats-anti-radars-grievement-blesse-en-manipulant-des-explosifs.html
The Military Fortress is a designation by the North Vietnamese Army to thwart the Chinese invasion.*
"A new concept has been devised to meet this contingency - called the Military Fortress. While new and innovative, it does have roots in the "combat village" of the Vietnam war and the still earlier "fortified village" of the Viet Minh War. The Military Fortress concept presently involves some two dozen North Vietnamese districts that abut China... that are to be welded into one contiguous defensive structure. Each village of the district is to become a "combat village," linked in tactical planning terms to neighboring villages, the entire district thus becomes a single strategic entity, and all the districts together become a grand Military Fortress. Villagers are armed, and all have combat duties... Each villager spends a part of each day training and working on fortifications, for which he gets extra rations. The work includes digging the usual combat trench foxhole, trench, bunker, underground food and weapons storeroom, and the ever present "vanishing underground" installation, the hidden tunnel complex. These were within the village. Some distance out, usually two or three kilometers, is what is called the "distant fortification," a second string of interlocking trenches, ambush bunkers, manned by well-equipped paramilitary troops serving full time. Several villages (usually about five) are tied together by communication systems and fields of fire into "combat clusters" (about seven per district), and the whole becomes a strategic entity."
It is interesting to note that the Military Fortress (in the Vietname concept) has used against three different threats and has been refined against each one. In time, it wouldn't surprise me if many parts of the United States begin to resemble this. This method of operations would seem suitable as a NAZ objective to emulate.
* From Page 196 Phantom Soldier by H. John Poole.
"A new concept has been devised to meet this contingency - called the Military Fortress. While new and innovative, it does have roots in the "combat village" of the Vietnam war and the still earlier "fortified village" of the Viet Minh War. The Military Fortress concept presently involves some two dozen North Vietnamese districts that abut China... that are to be welded into one contiguous defensive structure. Each village of the district is to become a "combat village," linked in tactical planning terms to neighboring villages, the entire district thus becomes a single strategic entity, and all the districts together become a grand Military Fortress. Villagers are armed, and all have combat duties... Each villager spends a part of each day training and working on fortifications, for which he gets extra rations. The work includes digging the usual combat trench foxhole, trench, bunker, underground food and weapons storeroom, and the ever present "vanishing underground" installation, the hidden tunnel complex. These were within the village. Some distance out, usually two or three kilometers, is what is called the "distant fortification," a second string of interlocking trenches, ambush bunkers, manned by well-equipped paramilitary troops serving full time. Several villages (usually about five) are tied together by communication systems and fields of fire into "combat clusters" (about seven per district), and the whole becomes a strategic entity."
It is interesting to note that the Military Fortress (in the Vietname concept) has used against three different threats and has been refined against each one. In time, it wouldn't surprise me if many parts of the United States begin to resemble this. This method of operations would seem suitable as a NAZ objective to emulate.
* From Page 196 Phantom Soldier by H. John Poole.
Anti-racism is a xenophilic ideology. It is the opposite of xenophobia.
The word is a synthesis from the Greek "xenos" (ξένος) (stranger, unknown, foreign) and "philos" (φίλος) (love, attraction).*
It is an affiliation for and love for those different from oneself even when that feeling is not commiserated. With young children, and especially babies, they naturally express an unease and fear of those they do not know or trust. This phenomena is amplified with peoples who look radically different from what the infant is familiar with. This distrust of the Other is not rooted in racism but an evolutionary defense mechanism. The child cries when the kidnapper approaches to alert those whom it trusts to protect it. Throughout Western world, such a response is considered an aberration against nature, immoral, and an evil that in many places is illegal.* The cause for it's solution, as is so commonly heard in the corporate media and education industrial complex, that it must be denounced and solved through the means of State approved education and regulated media content. To be xenophobic is childish, an immature and ignorant response to the reality of the friendly Other all over the world. Such is the xenophilic point of view.
The Bay Area National Anarchists reject this argument.
Although there is certainly nothing to be gained through senseless hating of the Other, there is much less to be gained through accepting the good will of confidence men (and women) who disarm their quarry with kindness. San Francisco residents, and many other communities of the Bay Area, are victims of having their confidence in others good will to the point that those people are no longer existent in many places of communities they once lived. Alameda, Vallejo, Oakland, San Francisco, South San Francisco, the list goes on of communities transformed by certain Senators and Mayors that made millions of dollars from the scam as paid for by wealthy business associations that cater to the interests of certain communities.* How long will the happy face fool the citizens of these lands?
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophily
** http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1566763/School-probes-racism-claim-against-boy,-four.html
*** One of the most obvious examples of this occurred recently, I doubt that Gavin Newsom was in Israel recently just for the alcohol.
The word is a synthesis from the Greek "xenos" (ξένος) (stranger, unknown, foreign) and "philos" (φίλος) (love, attraction).*
It is an affiliation for and love for those different from oneself even when that feeling is not commiserated. With young children, and especially babies, they naturally express an unease and fear of those they do not know or trust. This phenomena is amplified with peoples who look radically different from what the infant is familiar with. This distrust of the Other is not rooted in racism but an evolutionary defense mechanism. The child cries when the kidnapper approaches to alert those whom it trusts to protect it. Throughout Western world, such a response is considered an aberration against nature, immoral, and an evil that in many places is illegal.* The cause for it's solution, as is so commonly heard in the corporate media and education industrial complex, that it must be denounced and solved through the means of State approved education and regulated media content. To be xenophobic is childish, an immature and ignorant response to the reality of the friendly Other all over the world. Such is the xenophilic point of view.
The Bay Area National Anarchists reject this argument.
Although there is certainly nothing to be gained through senseless hating of the Other, there is much less to be gained through accepting the good will of confidence men (and women) who disarm their quarry with kindness. San Francisco residents, and many other communities of the Bay Area, are victims of having their confidence in others good will to the point that those people are no longer existent in many places of communities they once lived. Alameda, Vallejo, Oakland, San Francisco, South San Francisco, the list goes on of communities transformed by certain Senators and Mayors that made millions of dollars from the scam as paid for by wealthy business associations that cater to the interests of certain communities.* How long will the happy face fool the citizens of these lands?
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophily
** http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1566763/School-probes-racism-claim-against-boy,-four.html
*** One of the most obvious examples of this occurred recently, I doubt that Gavin Newsom was in Israel recently just for the alcohol.
Charley looked at her watch: 9:44 a.m. This was not a typical morning in San Francisco. Something has gone terribly wrong. She had just biked into Moscone Center, carefully managing up the handicap ramp and into the Martin Luther King memorial. This was a quite spot where she check out what was going on. Not even the winos come around the area, and that says a lot. She biked around the thoroughfare and came to a stop next to bench. She could hear a couple workers telling people at a refreshment stand the ATM stopped working, cash only. Minutes ago she saw something she never saw before, a crowd and developed outside a bank Market Street. The crowd was angry, it seemed no one could their money. A fight broke out between a black man and Hispanic. Both were trying to force their way in through the door and words were exchanged. As she was biking up to the bank she saw a white guy with a shaved head and shirt that had the strange word "Sharp" on it jump in got attempting to end the confrontation when he got hit across the face and a couple more blows later went supine as a pool red bled from his body into the street. The scene was too violent to approach, someone was yelling for the police and an ambulance. What was wrong with those people?
Charley took off her well worn shoulder bag. Sitting down on the bench she rummaged through it's contents, taking out her trusty X40 hit the power button and waited for the familiar penguin to icon to make it's appearance. She entered her login and opened the command shell. "Eat your heart out 80211," she thought, executing the command ./launch-evdo A little usb stick jutting out of the usb port of her computer had a neon blue light turn on, then flicker spasmodically. The blue light flickered like a carrion call and suddenly went solid and the shell returned the message "Connection Active." She entered another command, "open firefox" and her browser of choice opened, launching all 23 home pages concurrently. As the data feed made itself visible her eyes squinted in the displays glare making out the text of the Associated Vile Press website. Across all the top headlines were "Obama assassinated in California," followed by strings of wild developments. Her jaw slackened as the rapid fire shock of headlines assaulted her mind: "Arrest Warrant Issued for Clintons," "National Emergency Declared: Constitution Suspended," "Chetroff declares bank holiday," "Dow Jones Tumbles before closing by Executive Order." She poured over each headline, each seemingly more incredible than the last. She shuttered in spite of herself. She looked at her watch and inaudibly heard herself say "No, it's not April first."
The Shit Has Hit the Fucking Fan.
Suddenly Charley feels a gust of cold, something incredibly not right is in the air. She looks around nervously, is someone there? She quickly does a 360 scan around the area, turning out to be empty except for a pair of pigeons. The refreshment stand has put up a closed sign, the workers gone. "It's time to email in sick today," she thought, and was on her way home. She sped home, as fast as she could, dodging in and out lanes down Mission Street, keeping one eye peeled for chaos. The last story she read was about arsons breaking out all over Brooklyn... large crowds forming outside the Chicago Stock Exchange...
As she zoomed her bike in out of cars on the pavement of the street, pedestrians seemed mindlessly oblivious to recent events. Normally it's possible to dismiss the drones as just being typical of city life, but today you would think would be slightly different. The usual assortment of elderly Asians and black homeless prominent on this side of the city were here and there on the streets. She took a left on 6th Street and a right on Harrison. As she peddled past the Hall of Injustice a a huge number of police cars sped away from the complex, she lost count at thirty three. She peddled faster. In record time she got to her place near McKinley Square in what she called liked to call the "whiter and brighter" side of the Mission.
She pulls into the lawn of the house where her flat is. She unlocks the two outer dead bolts of the eight foot tall wooden gate, and then the third per some well learned lessons after reading 3,700 pages of "Locks, Safes and Security" by Marc Weber Tobias. She put them back into the locked position and walks with her bike to the rear of the house. Placing her Montage folding bike down she takes helmet off and dashes up the staircase behind the house. She unlocks and enters the top floor flat. First thing she does is turn on the radio and hears Mayor Slime speaking about something. She ignores it for the moment and continues over to her desk and turns on the ICOM R-3 and tunes into the charming world of the SFPD. The static breaks in and out, multiple operators are talking on top of each other. The radio cackles in and out of meaningless static. Just when she thought listening to Mayor Slime might be more productive she hears, "Jesus, base this is happening all over the place, 404 at" some radio static interrupts, "request backup." Mayor Slime continues droning in the background, something about Israel. Politicians all talk the same useless squawk she thought, laughing to herself. "Well," she thought, "better time then ever to activate the network." And at that her cell phone started buzzing with a text message. It was from Dillon, an old hand of the network. It reads: "DONT FGET SALSA" Great, she thought. That triathlon training is going to come in handy today. "Dont fget salsa" was the networks code that rally point Lima has been activated for members to meet at during an emergency The network has pre-established supplies at different rally points in the Bay Area in case of a disaster like an earthquake or if a national cluster fuck should commence. Rally point Lima has some food production potential and enough supplies to last for a long enough time to support several people for an extended period. Members of the network know each other are trained to work in conjunction with allied groups for what they call the NAZ, National Autonomous Zone, where people can be trusted to keep the zombies away.
The problem was getting there. North Bay is quite far away from the Mission without a car, separated by the Bay and a few hundred thousand (million?) zombies getting more rowdy by the minute. She knows for a fact that she doesn't want to go over Golden Gate bridge, the police are likely to shut it down to traffic. A ferry seems like the best bet. Charley knew she had to act fast. She could be in deep do doo when the zombies emerge from the confines of the projects and barrios the city likes to keep their surplus labor contained. She looked at the clock and it was 10:49 a.m. She went to her closet and grabbed her Bug Out Bag. Made out of a Blackhawk rucksack, it had an integrated water satchel and was packed full of essential survival items, enough food, water, and tools to get her by for three days on the road if need be. She's biked to point Lima in the past was half a days biking distance away. Hopefully Dillon could pick her up in North Bay if the situation is calmer there. She grabbed the ICOM so she could continue to monitor police happenings on the road radio monitoring and a couple of additional items. The adrenaline is pumping now. Out of her window she can see smoke rising from the city. She started rushing, now almost out the door on her way, she suddenly snapped back in the opposite direction. She went to her bed stand, "Don't forget this!" she told herself, coolly checking the chamber for a sweet round of a double action Springfied XD .45 caliber pistol. Satisfied with a round in the chamber, she smiled. Her clock chimed again, with both hands at twelve o'clock noon.
It's time to get out of dodge.
Charley took off her well worn shoulder bag. Sitting down on the bench she rummaged through it's contents, taking out her trusty X40 hit the power button and waited for the familiar penguin to icon to make it's appearance. She entered her login and opened the command shell. "Eat your heart out 80211," she thought, executing the command ./launch-evdo A little usb stick jutting out of the usb port of her computer had a neon blue light turn on, then flicker spasmodically. The blue light flickered like a carrion call and suddenly went solid and the shell returned the message "Connection Active." She entered another command, "open firefox" and her browser of choice opened, launching all 23 home pages concurrently. As the data feed made itself visible her eyes squinted in the displays glare making out the text of the Associated Vile Press website. Across all the top headlines were "Obama assassinated in California," followed by strings of wild developments. Her jaw slackened as the rapid fire shock of headlines assaulted her mind: "Arrest Warrant Issued for Clintons," "National Emergency Declared: Constitution Suspended," "Chetroff declares bank holiday," "Dow Jones Tumbles before closing by Executive Order." She poured over each headline, each seemingly more incredible than the last. She shuttered in spite of herself. She looked at her watch and inaudibly heard herself say "No, it's not April first."
The Shit Has Hit the Fucking Fan.
Suddenly Charley feels a gust of cold, something incredibly not right is in the air. She looks around nervously, is someone there? She quickly does a 360 scan around the area, turning out to be empty except for a pair of pigeons. The refreshment stand has put up a closed sign, the workers gone. "It's time to email in sick today," she thought, and was on her way home. She sped home, as fast as she could, dodging in and out lanes down Mission Street, keeping one eye peeled for chaos. The last story she read was about arsons breaking out all over Brooklyn... large crowds forming outside the Chicago Stock Exchange...
As she zoomed her bike in out of cars on the pavement of the street, pedestrians seemed mindlessly oblivious to recent events. Normally it's possible to dismiss the drones as just being typical of city life, but today you would think would be slightly different. The usual assortment of elderly Asians and black homeless prominent on this side of the city were here and there on the streets. She took a left on 6th Street and a right on Harrison. As she peddled past the Hall of Injustice a a huge number of police cars sped away from the complex, she lost count at thirty three. She peddled faster. In record time she got to her place near McKinley Square in what she called liked to call the "whiter and brighter" side of the Mission.
She pulls into the lawn of the house where her flat is. She unlocks the two outer dead bolts of the eight foot tall wooden gate, and then the third per some well learned lessons after reading 3,700 pages of "Locks, Safes and Security" by Marc Weber Tobias. She put them back into the locked position and walks with her bike to the rear of the house. Placing her Montage folding bike down she takes helmet off and dashes up the staircase behind the house. She unlocks and enters the top floor flat. First thing she does is turn on the radio and hears Mayor Slime speaking about something. She ignores it for the moment and continues over to her desk and turns on the ICOM R-3 and tunes into the charming world of the SFPD. The static breaks in and out, multiple operators are talking on top of each other. The radio cackles in and out of meaningless static. Just when she thought listening to Mayor Slime might be more productive she hears, "Jesus, base this is happening all over the place, 404 at" some radio static interrupts, "request backup." Mayor Slime continues droning in the background, something about Israel. Politicians all talk the same useless squawk she thought, laughing to herself. "Well," she thought, "better time then ever to activate the network." And at that her cell phone started buzzing with a text message. It was from Dillon, an old hand of the network. It reads: "DONT FGET SALSA" Great, she thought. That triathlon training is going to come in handy today. "Dont fget salsa" was the networks code that rally point Lima has been activated for members to meet at during an emergency The network has pre-established supplies at different rally points in the Bay Area in case of a disaster like an earthquake or if a national cluster fuck should commence. Rally point Lima has some food production potential and enough supplies to last for a long enough time to support several people for an extended period. Members of the network know each other are trained to work in conjunction with allied groups for what they call the NAZ, National Autonomous Zone, where people can be trusted to keep the zombies away.
The problem was getting there. North Bay is quite far away from the Mission without a car, separated by the Bay and a few hundred thousand (million?) zombies getting more rowdy by the minute. She knows for a fact that she doesn't want to go over Golden Gate bridge, the police are likely to shut it down to traffic. A ferry seems like the best bet. Charley knew she had to act fast. She could be in deep do doo when the zombies emerge from the confines of the projects and barrios the city likes to keep their surplus labor contained. She looked at the clock and it was 10:49 a.m. She went to her closet and grabbed her Bug Out Bag. Made out of a Blackhawk rucksack, it had an integrated water satchel and was packed full of essential survival items, enough food, water, and tools to get her by for three days on the road if need be. She's biked to point Lima in the past was half a days biking distance away. Hopefully Dillon could pick her up in North Bay if the situation is calmer there. She grabbed the ICOM so she could continue to monitor police happenings on the road radio monitoring and a couple of additional items. The adrenaline is pumping now. Out of her window she can see smoke rising from the city. She started rushing, now almost out the door on her way, she suddenly snapped back in the opposite direction. She went to her bed stand, "Don't forget this!" she told herself, coolly checking the chamber for a sweet round of a double action Springfied XD .45 caliber pistol. Satisfied with a round in the chamber, she smiled. Her clock chimed again, with both hands at twelve o'clock noon.
It's time to get out of dodge.
I talk to people on a regular basis about political subjects and when the question invariably comes around to my beliefs the response I get is always completely unpredictable. When self described as a "National Anarchist" people generally only hear one word or the other, not both together, and they usually hear the word they are opposed to.
The Left winger will hear "nationalist," the Right winger "anarchist."
The Rightist will respond in a number of typical ways (listed in order):
- Sympathetic: that they are sympathetic with the ideas of classical anarchism, Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin.
- Unwise: they may say that although they are in basic agreement with it's libertarian premise but perhaps it "takes a legitimate idea too far."
- Terror: the reactionary is always quick to dismiss any (media induced image of horror) to mean "chaos," lack of government, or lack of law and order. This is usually followed by a dismissal of National Anarchism because "they never heard of it before therefore it can't exist."
- Oppositional: outright hostility towards the cherished Constitution, government, or ruling class they feel a part of and compelled to defend those interests on the spot, even if they don't know exactly what they are defending. (These are by far the funniest responses because they take on the most irrational character.)
- Apathy: indifference (this has been rare!)
The Leftist will state (in order of frequency)
- Ignorance: "Huh? What does that mean, man?"
- Apathy: "Oh thats cool, you don't like Republicans right?"
- Hostility: "Why don't you Die Nazi scum!" (The most reactionary of them all, this is a personal favorite of the author)
- Heretical/Oxymoron: "National Anarchy? That's impossible! You are corrupting the purity of Anarchism!" or "You have perverted Anarchism for evil! The dharma of Emma Goldman is beyond reproach and she said...!" (you get the drift)
Rarely, an insightful person will realize that although they may not agree with all that a National Anarchist advocates, they agree that the methodology of going beyond normal political discourse when conventional methods of politicizing issues has run out of momentum is effective. How does National Anarchism do that?
Because National Anarchy is flexible in it's approach to political problems, it can closely work with apparently divergent interests outside of the political mainstream. National Anarchists are able to tip the balance in favor of unpopular causes (like the liberation of Tibet, rescinding government tyranny, free speech, anti-illegal immigration) who become disfavored by the plutocracy when it suits their interests and do more than what would be possible for a typical Political Action Committee.
Since we disavow using government to achieve our aims, that means that we must be stronger locally and make alliances with others to outflank the ubiquitous Center (Left/Right party politics) that has defined America since the induction of the Federal Reserve in 1914. Through influencing the public conversation on issues of importance Government may be influenced to repeal it's invasive control into citizens lives and limit it's powers.
We openly promote working with organizations and groups (political and non political) in a hidden way using the tactic of entryism. Unseen from public view, our activists move like a river without water and a castle without walls, it promotes change from within and changes the tone of political conversation to one that is more conductive to achieving our goals in various areas.
As such the normal qualitative questions of political issues are answered by a National Anarchist in a much more personalized fashion and is often devoid of knee-jerk stereotypes on important issues. Examples of this are positions beyond mere bipolar categories that "gay" is good (or bad), "racism" is evil (or natural), "workers" are the messiah (or stupid), or "illegal immigrant" is de facto a good recruit (or a mere job thief).
All of these points of views may or may be true depending on the bias of the person on question. I believe that all people are biased to behave in certain ways, most of whom have no idea why they are so motivated, and even more of whom are convinced of the righteousness of their ideal. Based on my background and experiences of life, in matters of serious inquiry I adopt the attitude of the New Right in seeking unconventional solutions to the problems that are way beyond the critical tipping point in our world.
It doesn't matter if these solutions are right or wrong. It's a common sense view that flaws in ideology will reveal themselves when the ideal is executed in practice. These flaws usually reveal themselves with a recourse to violence*. It's our view that violence is less important then why it results. If people believe in National Anarchism- or actively oppose it- it's the power of the myths people believe that propels them towards their truth of the moment that has always brought the results of political forces all throughout history.
In this project we advocate what a writer has described in the following words:
"Open source insurgencies and resilient communities are both decentralized networks... Critical to the success of both are people that serve as catalysts... What do catalysts do? They accelerate growth and effectiveness by increasing the trust and connectivity of the networks they inhabit. You can find a surprising good examination of the personality attributes and characteristics of catalysts in the book, "The Starfish and the Spider" by Brafman and Beckstrom. Unlike traditional leaders, catalysts don't organize structure, aggregate power, and give direction. Instead, the serve as
This will result in National Anarchism as always being subversive in character, apostate and antimonian in motivation, we act as a disruptive catalyst in practice- being a National Anarchist is a sure fire way to frequently gets some humorous, if sometimes predictable and understandable, responses.
* As Communism is the most infamous and yet extremely rarely so cited as such by scholars in public discourse. With over 100 million directly or indirectly killed by supporters of it's ideology with little or no success in it's implementation. Source.
** http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2008/05/the-guerrilla-c.html
The Left winger will hear "nationalist," the Right winger "anarchist."
The Rightist will respond in a number of typical ways (listed in order):
- Sympathetic: that they are sympathetic with the ideas of classical anarchism, Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin.
- Unwise: they may say that although they are in basic agreement with it's libertarian premise but perhaps it "takes a legitimate idea too far."
- Terror: the reactionary is always quick to dismiss any (media induced image of horror) to mean "chaos," lack of government, or lack of law and order. This is usually followed by a dismissal of National Anarchism because "they never heard of it before therefore it can't exist."
- Oppositional: outright hostility towards the cherished Constitution, government, or ruling class they feel a part of and compelled to defend those interests on the spot, even if they don't know exactly what they are defending. (These are by far the funniest responses because they take on the most irrational character.)
- Apathy: indifference (this has been rare!)
The Leftist will state (in order of frequency)
- Ignorance: "Huh? What does that mean, man?"
- Apathy: "Oh thats cool, you don't like Republicans right?"
- Hostility: "Why don't you Die Nazi scum!" (The most reactionary of them all, this is a personal favorite of the author)
- Heretical/Oxymoron: "National Anarchy? That's impossible! You are corrupting the purity of Anarchism!" or "You have perverted Anarchism for evil! The dharma of Emma Goldman is beyond reproach and she said...!" (you get the drift)
Rarely, an insightful person will realize that although they may not agree with all that a National Anarchist advocates, they agree that the methodology of going beyond normal political discourse when conventional methods of politicizing issues has run out of momentum is effective. How does National Anarchism do that?
Because National Anarchy is flexible in it's approach to political problems, it can closely work with apparently divergent interests outside of the political mainstream. National Anarchists are able to tip the balance in favor of unpopular causes (like the liberation of Tibet, rescinding government tyranny, free speech, anti-illegal immigration) who become disfavored by the plutocracy when it suits their interests and do more than what would be possible for a typical Political Action Committee.
Since we disavow using government to achieve our aims, that means that we must be stronger locally and make alliances with others to outflank the ubiquitous Center (Left/Right party politics) that has defined America since the induction of the Federal Reserve in 1914. Through influencing the public conversation on issues of importance Government may be influenced to repeal it's invasive control into citizens lives and limit it's powers.
We openly promote working with organizations and groups (political and non political) in a hidden way using the tactic of entryism. Unseen from public view, our activists move like a river without water and a castle without walls, it promotes change from within and changes the tone of political conversation to one that is more conductive to achieving our goals in various areas.
As such the normal qualitative questions of political issues are answered by a National Anarchist in a much more personalized fashion and is often devoid of knee-jerk stereotypes on important issues. Examples of this are positions beyond mere bipolar categories that "gay" is good (or bad), "racism" is evil (or natural), "workers" are the messiah (or stupid), or "illegal immigrant" is de facto a good recruit (or a mere job thief).
All of these points of views may or may be true depending on the bias of the person on question. I believe that all people are biased to behave in certain ways, most of whom have no idea why they are so motivated, and even more of whom are convinced of the righteousness of their ideal. Based on my background and experiences of life, in matters of serious inquiry I adopt the attitude of the New Right in seeking unconventional solutions to the problems that are way beyond the critical tipping point in our world.
It doesn't matter if these solutions are right or wrong. It's a common sense view that flaws in ideology will reveal themselves when the ideal is executed in practice. These flaws usually reveal themselves with a recourse to violence*. It's our view that violence is less important then why it results. If people believe in National Anarchism- or actively oppose it- it's the power of the myths people believe that propels them towards their truth of the moment that has always brought the results of political forces all throughout history.
In this project we advocate what a writer has described in the following words:
"Open source insurgencies and resilient communities are both decentralized networks... Critical to the success of both are people that serve as catalysts... What do catalysts do? They accelerate growth and effectiveness by increasing the trust and connectivity of the networks they inhabit. You can find a surprising good examination of the personality attributes and characteristics of catalysts in the book, "The Starfish and the Spider" by Brafman and Beckstrom. Unlike traditional leaders, catalysts don't organize structure, aggregate power, and give direction. Instead, the serve as
- Connectors. Able to map, mine and connect loose networks of people with similar needs/interests.
- Onsite helpers and Trust builders. Willing to work with people on the ground in the role of helper. Forges emotional bonds and encourages trust.
- Supporters. They let the network navigate itself forward by walking away from leadership responsibilities/roles. They trust the network and embrace its ambiguity."*
This will result in National Anarchism as always being subversive in character, apostate and antimonian in motivation, we act as a disruptive catalyst in practice- being a National Anarchist is a sure fire way to frequently gets some humorous, if sometimes predictable and understandable, responses.
* As Communism is the most infamous and yet extremely rarely so cited as such by scholars in public discourse. With over 100 million directly or indirectly killed by supporters of it's ideology with little or no success in it's implementation. Source.
** http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2008/05/the-guerrilla-c.html
Great article at:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/enemy-always-thestate.html
"Let me state this as plainly as possible. The enemy is the state. There are other enemies too, but none so fearsome, destructive, dangerous, or culturally and economically debilitating. No matter what other proximate enemy you can name – big business, unions, victim lobbies, foreign lobbies, medical cartels, religious groups, classes, city dwellers, farmers, left-wing professors, right-wing blue-collar workers, or even bankers and arms merchants – none are as horrible as the hydra known as the leviathan state. If you understand this point – and only this point – you can understand the core of libertarian strategy... Until then, our critics remain unknowing dupes of the very forces they should be fighting."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/enemy-always-thestate.html
"Let me state this as plainly as possible. The enemy is the state. There are other enemies too, but none so fearsome, destructive, dangerous, or culturally and economically debilitating. No matter what other proximate enemy you can name – big business, unions, victim lobbies, foreign lobbies, medical cartels, religious groups, classes, city dwellers, farmers, left-wing professors, right-wing blue-collar workers, or even bankers and arms merchants – none are as horrible as the hydra known as the leviathan state. If you understand this point – and only this point – you can understand the core of libertarian strategy... Until then, our critics remain unknowing dupes of the very forces they should be fighting."
Where the fuck is SHARP to protest the racism?? Oh yeah they're all in jail in Florida. Associated vile Press.
I think the Swedes have a much better idea on how to fix wayward members of society:
An informer has come forward that he was paid $20,000 in cash to setup some boneheads on weapons charges and organize Nazi marches in Florida. 30 members of the National Socialist Movement drew 500 counter-demonstrators to protest the "hate." Of the 17 arrested during the event 14 were members of the Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice group, one seen being dragged away here:
This should make a person wonder, which of the groups is the more foolish? Those taken in on a FBI-paid ride believing that they are supporting political activity for their "race" or those who can't control themselves and get arrested and make the criminal justice system a bit richer with the lawyer and court fees they will have to pay.
Needless to say the feds have to be laughing all the way to the bank.
Look at these clowns:
"pssst, hey you in the robocop suit, your shield is upside down!"
This should make a person wonder, which of the groups is the more foolish? Those taken in on a FBI-paid ride believing that they are supporting political activity for their "race" or those who can't control themselves and get arrested and make the criminal justice system a bit richer with the lawyer and court fees they will have to pay.
Needless to say the feds have to be laughing all the way to the bank.
Look at these clowns:
"pssst, hey you in the robocop suit, your shield is upside down!"
"Obama's bill S2433 would require the U.S. U.S.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-2433
It's the BANA networks belief that American national sovereignty is in it's endgame. All freedom loving people should be concerned about the globalist agenda to hijack American finances. This is what multiculturalism has been designed to create the political atmosphere that these kinds of laws are effective or necessary.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-2433
It's the BANA networks belief that American national sovereignty is in it's endgame. All freedom loving people should be concerned about the globalist agenda to hijack American finances. This is what multiculturalism has been designed to create the political atmosphere that these kinds of laws are effective or necessary.
The subject of creating, discovering, or reestablishing spaces outside the domination of the State and capitalism has led authors like Hakim Bey to promote the concept of "autonomous zones(*)". In their beginning, Bey describes "temporary autonomous zones" as the meeting of a group to partake in a non hierarchical social activity for the benefit of it's participants without authorization by the government or condoned by the capitalist system of economic mechanics.
Under certain conditions Bey writes that these zones can turn into "permanent autonomous zones" beyond the control of those forces and are for all intensive purposes, liberated. To Bey, this is the highest development of anarchist social organization. Bey has at different times promoted (to various degrees of success) examples of ravers, Burners, Caribbean pirates, Chinese Tong's, Islamic "Assassin's", and Indian Thuggee, as anti-authoritarians archetypes.
In this essay I will argue that creating a national autonomous zone (NAZ) is not just possible but the most likely path of development for communities that either 1) quickly find themselves in a vacuum of State authority structures, or 2) as a community takes it upon themselves the responsibility of living as self-reliantly as possible.
Without a State authority governing it's existence the national autonomous zone functions like a castle without walls.
A "castle without walls" is not to say "without" laws or regulations concerning behavior. Or that a NAZ is equal to feudalism in form and function. It's similarity to feudalism is in respects to it's pledge of loyalty directly to individuals to whom they serve with (not merely, "for"), and the service that members obligate each other to perform for community survival. That is where the similarities end.
Unlike a fief of feudalism, a NAZ does not exist from the benefit of a monarchy, for the piece of paper called a title or charter, it's warrior caste, but rather for the desire of all who support it's continued existence.
The true legal classification of a NAZ when the state is defeated is allodial. Using the Webster's first dictionary (1825 edition), allodium is a "land which is absolute property of the owner, real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgement to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud." For the purpose of this article, the owner of a NAZ is defined solely by the community that inhabits it. Precisely how such a community is to be organized is beyond the scope of this essay(**).
A NAZ can contain several distinct characteristics some of which may contain one or more of the following traits:
* a homogeneous representation of spoken language, culture, religion, and ethnicity.
* the organized delegation of tasks and economy.
* a pre-defined relationship regulating behavior with outsiders of the NAZ.
* a system of standard operating procedures for self-defense.
* collective and informal decision making processes.
Needless to say, the existence of a NAZ is likely to be challenged by a variety of State and non State actors concerning it's very existence.
In Western countries in this day and age various schemes of government eminent domain preclude any possibility of a NAZ openly forming without coming into direct competition with the State. Furthermore, non State actors may attempt to undermine a NAS due to a variety of motivations.
This reality necessitates a secret, or semi hidden, method of operations until such a time when it is no longer necessary.
To understand why this is so it is necessary to examine the motivations for forming a NAZ.
The first and probably most obvious for some is mutual defense. In times of widespread social and moral decay (of which it is inarguable that such is the case today), the safety of family and kin is paramount to all people. It is the next logical step to believe that security is more likely to be had in a community similar to the one in which an individual most strongly identifies with. In most cases, that will be people who speak the same language and resemble themselves the most (however this author readily admits that this is not the strict case for all people in all times). The liberal (and by extension, anarchist) notion that such a preference is morally indefensible is not tenable with threats to physical existence.
Secondly, small groups of people may see the benefit and economic advantage of pooling their resources to achieve a degree of personal latitude then what would be possible if they pursued their aims separately. With the dismantling of the middle class I expect to see more people consider this as a reasonable choice to pursue (and especially to see the continued development of the twin polarizations of class alienation on the United States of gated (authoritarian) communities and land trusts (libertarian) as society polarizes in this time of crisis).
Thirdly, their may be ideological aims or desires to live the kind of life they wish to live beyond what the capabilities the current socio-economic system is capable of providing. Personally I see this more and more with even basic public services failing with increased regularity.
The last motivation we will consider is that a person or group of individuals who no longer have a choice but must act in concert with a group to because they might not have any other alternatives. Although tragic, this example has happened and will always happen throughout all of history and may be due to natural, man made, or personal disaster from which there is no escape. With widespread environmental degradation and likelihood of other calamities the BANA network regrettably predicts that the frequency of such occurrences will only increase in time.
This begs the question, what would a castle without walls look like? For the answer I will turn to history. Late in World War I, the German forces realized that holding a line of trenches hundreds of miles long was an incredible waste of resources they didn't have(***). So what they did instead is rebuild their lines into a series of fortified positions spread over space from which each point could aid in the defense of another. When assaulted and no longer able to hold their position they would abandon their positions and trade space for time. In some cases they would allow themselves to be surrounded and escape in the night back to friendly lines. Instead of the makeshift fortifications of the forward lines of an imperialist design, I foresee this castle developing heterogeneously amidst a wide range of space including farms, towns, individual buildings, and geographical features. Decades after WWI the Vietnamese used the same idea and developed it further to include fortified villages. Many of these villages were connected by subterranean tunnels that could protect the people from bombardment and move personal and supplies across space. These tunnels are known to be over a hundred kilometers long in some instances and were completely unknown by the American forces. The Vietnamese perfected a system of concealment and communication that was able to remain hidden and protected from the overwhelming firepower of the American invaders. Extremely similar systems were used by the mujahideen in the 1980s against the invading Russian Soviets and even a couple years ago with the well known case of Tora Bora in Afghanistan.
While the German, Communist, or Islamic examples above may not be the entire definition of an anti-authoritarian NAZ conceived by National Anarchism, these are examples used by people to survive and flourish in the face of severe adversity. It is likely that the course of development of a NAZ will be similar to these kinds of developments in time.
A NAZ will always have humble beginnings. This will be in the homes, land, and resources of a group of people whose loyalty to themselves (for whatever reason) will enable them to support each other over various distances and provide for their own own material needs even with the adversity of hostile actors. It is the developmental goal of such a system to be able to trade space (areas of residence) for time (the ability to operate) when hostility is too great(****). When the time, economy, and resources of the NAZ strengthen to the point of controlling local political authority the revolution will be on a non stop course to absolving the political domination of the State and capitalism with the strengthening of the NAZ as it expands into further areas of operations.
To conclude, this is how I believe autonomy amidst adversity can be achieved. It requires a number of actions by people on a regular basis to make it a reality. This includes, in part, the need and acceptance to a large degree of self-discipline, sacrifice, good planning, organization, diplomacy, and a lot of preparation in order to make it happen.
* http://www.hermetic.com/bey/taz_cont.html
** The theory National Anarchism presents a series of principals and areas of recommendation on how to conduct relations within a community, and with outsiders, but makes no specific demands as to what those formulations should be or that it adhere to a particular political ideology.
*** The Tiger's Way by H. John Poole
**** It is safe to conclude that the current plight of the FLDS was (is) due to their inability to trade space (area of residence and jurisdiction of the State of Texas) for time (freedom from State oppression) effectively.
Under certain conditions Bey writes that these zones can turn into "permanent autonomous zones" beyond the control of those forces and are for all intensive purposes, liberated. To Bey, this is the highest development of anarchist social organization. Bey has at different times promoted (to various degrees of success) examples of ravers, Burners, Caribbean pirates, Chinese Tong's, Islamic "Assassin's", and Indian Thuggee, as anti-authoritarians archetypes.
In this essay I will argue that creating a national autonomous zone (NAZ) is not just possible but the most likely path of development for communities that either 1) quickly find themselves in a vacuum of State authority structures, or 2) as a community takes it upon themselves the responsibility of living as self-reliantly as possible.
Without a State authority governing it's existence the national autonomous zone functions like a castle without walls.
A "castle without walls" is not to say "without" laws or regulations concerning behavior. Or that a NAZ is equal to feudalism in form and function. It's similarity to feudalism is in respects to it's pledge of loyalty directly to individuals to whom they serve with (not merely, "for"), and the service that members obligate each other to perform for community survival. That is where the similarities end.
Unlike a fief of feudalism, a NAZ does not exist from the benefit of a monarchy, for the piece of paper called a title or charter, it's warrior caste, but rather for the desire of all who support it's continued existence.
The true legal classification of a NAZ when the state is defeated is allodial. Using the Webster's first dictionary (1825 edition), allodium is a "land which is absolute property of the owner, real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgement to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud." For the purpose of this article, the owner of a NAZ is defined solely by the community that inhabits it. Precisely how such a community is to be organized is beyond the scope of this essay(**).
A NAZ can contain several distinct characteristics some of which may contain one or more of the following traits:
* a homogeneous representation of spoken language, culture, religion, and ethnicity.
* the organized delegation of tasks and economy.
* a pre-defined relationship regulating behavior with outsiders of the NAZ.
* a system of standard operating procedures for self-defense.
* collective and informal decision making processes.
Needless to say, the existence of a NAZ is likely to be challenged by a variety of State and non State actors concerning it's very existence.
In Western countries in this day and age various schemes of government eminent domain preclude any possibility of a NAZ openly forming without coming into direct competition with the State. Furthermore, non State actors may attempt to undermine a NAS due to a variety of motivations.
This reality necessitates a secret, or semi hidden, method of operations until such a time when it is no longer necessary.
To understand why this is so it is necessary to examine the motivations for forming a NAZ.
The first and probably most obvious for some is mutual defense. In times of widespread social and moral decay (of which it is inarguable that such is the case today), the safety of family and kin is paramount to all people. It is the next logical step to believe that security is more likely to be had in a community similar to the one in which an individual most strongly identifies with. In most cases, that will be people who speak the same language and resemble themselves the most (however this author readily admits that this is not the strict case for all people in all times). The liberal (and by extension, anarchist) notion that such a preference is morally indefensible is not tenable with threats to physical existence.
Secondly, small groups of people may see the benefit and economic advantage of pooling their resources to achieve a degree of personal latitude then what would be possible if they pursued their aims separately. With the dismantling of the middle class I expect to see more people consider this as a reasonable choice to pursue (and especially to see the continued development of the twin polarizations of class alienation on the United States of gated (authoritarian) communities and land trusts (libertarian) as society polarizes in this time of crisis).
Thirdly, their may be ideological aims or desires to live the kind of life they wish to live beyond what the capabilities the current socio-economic system is capable of providing. Personally I see this more and more with even basic public services failing with increased regularity.
The last motivation we will consider is that a person or group of individuals who no longer have a choice but must act in concert with a group to because they might not have any other alternatives. Although tragic, this example has happened and will always happen throughout all of history and may be due to natural, man made, or personal disaster from which there is no escape. With widespread environmental degradation and likelihood of other calamities the BANA network regrettably predicts that the frequency of such occurrences will only increase in time.
This begs the question, what would a castle without walls look like? For the answer I will turn to history. Late in World War I, the German forces realized that holding a line of trenches hundreds of miles long was an incredible waste of resources they didn't have(***). So what they did instead is rebuild their lines into a series of fortified positions spread over space from which each point could aid in the defense of another. When assaulted and no longer able to hold their position they would abandon their positions and trade space for time. In some cases they would allow themselves to be surrounded and escape in the night back to friendly lines. Instead of the makeshift fortifications of the forward lines of an imperialist design, I foresee this castle developing heterogeneously amidst a wide range of space including farms, towns, individual buildings, and geographical features. Decades after WWI the Vietnamese used the same idea and developed it further to include fortified villages. Many of these villages were connected by subterranean tunnels that could protect the people from bombardment and move personal and supplies across space. These tunnels are known to be over a hundred kilometers long in some instances and were completely unknown by the American forces. The Vietnamese perfected a system of concealment and communication that was able to remain hidden and protected from the overwhelming firepower of the American invaders. Extremely similar systems were used by the mujahideen in the 1980s against the invading Russian Soviets and even a couple years ago with the well known case of Tora Bora in Afghanistan.
While the German, Communist, or Islamic examples above may not be the entire definition of an anti-authoritarian NAZ conceived by National Anarchism, these are examples used by people to survive and flourish in the face of severe adversity. It is likely that the course of development of a NAZ will be similar to these kinds of developments in time.
A NAZ will always have humble beginnings. This will be in the homes, land, and resources of a group of people whose loyalty to themselves (for whatever reason) will enable them to support each other over various distances and provide for their own own material needs even with the adversity of hostile actors. It is the developmental goal of such a system to be able to trade space (areas of residence) for time (the ability to operate) when hostility is too great(****). When the time, economy, and resources of the NAZ strengthen to the point of controlling local political authority the revolution will be on a non stop course to absolving the political domination of the State and capitalism with the strengthening of the NAZ as it expands into further areas of operations.
To conclude, this is how I believe autonomy amidst adversity can be achieved. It requires a number of actions by people on a regular basis to make it a reality. This includes, in part, the need and acceptance to a large degree of self-discipline, sacrifice, good planning, organization, diplomacy, and a lot of preparation in order to make it happen.
* http://www.hermetic.com/bey/taz_cont.html
** The theory National Anarchism presents a series of principals and areas of recommendation on how to conduct relations within a community, and with outsiders, but makes no specific demands as to what those formulations should be or that it adhere to a particular political ideology.
*** The Tiger's Way by H. John Poole
**** It is safe to conclude that the current plight of the FLDS was (is) due to their inability to trade space (area of residence and jurisdiction of the State of Texas) for time (freedom from State oppression) effectively.
There is a letter on infoshop.org that characterizes many things that is wrong with the anarchist movement today. A letter written by APOC is characteristic of the anger and hatred towards white culture as defined by contemporary America. As a person of white European descent I call bullshit on it's premise: that there is anything white people can do appease your sense of of injustice or being misunderstood.
There is nothing whites can ever do to appease your feeling of injustice. Nothing short of complete cultural and annihilation will suffice to meet your demands. I've met your kind before, growing up in the projects, attending the schools your culture dominated. Even looking down the barrel of a gun pointed at my head.
When I first became involved with the anarchist movement a decade ago APOC nearly turned me away from it then. It's been my perspective based on my experience of interacting with black people in many States across the country that there will always be that lingering collective unconscious as long as the American experiment of diversity continues.
Now I personally can't solve peoples psychological hangups about race or any other issue for that matter, but I sure as hell know when to stay away from a lunatic on the street.
For all you White Progressive Radicals out there listen closely to APOC's demands, you have a choice to make, and you make that choice daily.
It's really pretty simple. The anarchists I know will pay lip service to what APOC says and agree in principal that it's right on and that something must be done to smash white supremacy. For some that means having non white children. For others it means not having children. Others will be become completely engrossed in "battling racism." The vast majority of others though will, naturally, continue to ignore them in practice and thereby justifying the declaration of race war within the anarchist movement. You have an open invitation to accept their demands and do as they say. Or you can deny them the right to dominate your life with their issues. It's my belief that the anarchist struggles of the past in Spain and the Ukraine were in part successful due to the common nationality of the people that participated in those struggles. But thats getting off topic.
The National Anarchist movement rejects the characterization of an entire diverse ethnic group of being guilty of "collaborator in white supremacy," as a "completely arrogant and pretentious to think" that "You are just another white person who benefits from the powerlessness of people of color, and does so proudly and without remorse or regard" and bow to the eternal graces and wisdom of complete abandonment white people have been involved in creating.
If this is anti-racism you can eat shit and die.
The BANA network denies APOC the privilege of setting the revolutionary agenda of our times and we will do so without hate and without malice and with no intention of collaborating you on any level.
Congratulations, you got what you asked for.
There is nothing whites can ever do to appease your feeling of injustice. Nothing short of complete cultural and annihilation will suffice to meet your demands. I've met your kind before, growing up in the projects, attending the schools your culture dominated. Even looking down the barrel of a gun pointed at my head.
When I first became involved with the anarchist movement a decade ago APOC nearly turned me away from it then. It's been my perspective based on my experience of interacting with black people in many States across the country that there will always be that lingering collective unconscious as long as the American experiment of diversity continues.
Now I personally can't solve peoples psychological hangups about race or any other issue for that matter, but I sure as hell know when to stay away from a lunatic on the street.
For all you White Progressive Radicals out there listen closely to APOC's demands, you have a choice to make, and you make that choice daily.
It's really pretty simple. The anarchists I know will pay lip service to what APOC says and agree in principal that it's right on and that something must be done to smash white supremacy. For some that means having non white children. For others it means not having children. Others will be become completely engrossed in "battling racism." The vast majority of others though will, naturally, continue to ignore them in practice and thereby justifying the declaration of race war within the anarchist movement. You have an open invitation to accept their demands and do as they say. Or you can deny them the right to dominate your life with their issues. It's my belief that the anarchist struggles of the past in Spain and the Ukraine were in part successful due to the common nationality of the people that participated in those struggles. But thats getting off topic.
The National Anarchist movement rejects the characterization of an entire diverse ethnic group of being guilty of "collaborator in white supremacy," as a "completely arrogant and pretentious to think" that "You are just another white person who benefits from the powerlessness of people of color, and does so proudly and without remorse or regard" and bow to the eternal graces and wisdom of complete abandonment white people have been involved in creating.
If this is anti-racism you can eat shit and die.
The BANA network denies APOC the privilege of setting the revolutionary agenda of our times and we will do so without hate and without malice and with no intention of collaborating you on any level.
Congratulations, you got what you asked for.
I recently finished the book Mussolini's Intellectuals: Fascist Social and Political Thought by A. James Gregor. In it the author explores the rich and varied world of the thinkers and intelligentsia that gave rise to, and support of, Fascism in the historical context of the regime headed by Mussolini and his Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF). I can wholeheartedly recommend the reader to that excellent book for further inquiry on the subject.
I want to talk about what fascism is and it's relationship to the anarchist movement, both historically and in the contemporary context.
Some anarchists have been promoting the idea of National Anarchism as equal to or disguised form of fascism. In the ideological context I wish to prove that this is false and compare the differences between the two. Furthermore, I wish to undertake an intellectually honest appraisal of the subject without giving vent to pejoratives and constant moralizing that is typical of the Left on this subject.
First, some definitions. Much ado is made about the oblique definition of the word fascism in political discussions today. It has degenerated away from an ideology into an insult.
Historical fascism formed from a number of distinct attributes. This included an adherence to a centralized planned economy referred to as national syndicalism or corporatism and might today be referred to as gild socialism. The goal of the PNF's economic policies was to transform the mostly agrarian economy of Italy into one of the leading industrialized nations of economic productivity and efficiency. To do this they advocated for a system of complete government control of the economy and increase the participation of workers control in the workplace, the ultimate goal of which was to have the workers accede to the dominant position of political power in the country. Completely aware of the disaster that transpired in Soviet Russia with the immediate effects of destroying all industry by "socializing" the entire economy, leading to famines and innumerable hardships, they commenced on a conservative and evolutionary path to reaching their goal. Their means were strict and uncompromising, Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato, ("Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.") was their motto. This insistence on state-sanctioned and evolutionary growth of workers power is the basis of anarchist objections to fascism as a political ideology.
Many anarchists today believe that to reach a classless, anti-hierarchical society where anti-authoritarianism rules the day must have no state intervention whatsoever and must be a bottoms up, internationalist undertaking. A neat explanation of the doctrinal reasons for this is what Hakim Bey describes as the technique of immediatism(*). If the degree by which libertarian, non-government induced methods of community empowerment are practiced in Western countries, it can safely be said that all hitherto attempts at promoting freedom from government has failed and is failing at a tragically alarming rate.
Although by no means the only (or primary) anarchist rationale, immediatism is an excellent example of the motivations that make anti-Statist anarchism different from other class struggle movements such as social democracy and Marxism. Immediatism implies exactly what the word entails, that the revolution can and must be done immediately and without the mediation of agencies or political parties to control the course of events. In practice (and what Hakim Bey recommends) is a series of individual and collective rebellions against the social agenda of capitalism until essentially, differences between all races, classes, and genders are erased through the ecstasy of having a fun time as authority structures whither away into meaninglessness, as greater numbers of "poetic terrorists" take up the banner of anti-authoritarianism.
Using a government, that is, the State, to achieve these ends is anathema to anarchists for the belief that it impossible for a hierarchical organization to provide complete (and totalitarian) individual and collective liberty.
Moving on, Roger Griffin and Umberto Eco are scholars that have written much about historical fascism and often referred to as the primary meaning of the term fascism in a modern context. Take this from Griffen for example:
"Fascism: modern political ideology that seeks to regenerate the social, economic, and cultural life of a country by basing it on a heightened sense of national belonging or ethnic identity. Fascism rejects liberal ideas such as freedom and individual rights, and often presses for the destruction of elections, legislatures, and other elements of democracy. Despite the idealistic goals of fascism, attempts to build fascist societies have led to wars and persecutions that caused millions of deaths. As a result, fascism is strongly associated with right-wing fanaticism, racism, totalitarianism, and violence."
Such definitions have little more than puff value when analyzed. Suffice to say in the first sentence the regimes of Abraham Lincoln, Joseph Stalin, Mussolini, and George Bush all fit in one happy camp. The second sentence is equally less helpful, Communist China, military juntas, monarchy, Castro, George Bush are all fascists. A tactic in political dishonesty is to use one term to describe a series of people as all representing the same interests. Anything seemingly un-liberal is NOT fascism. The third sentence is laudable as the number one opponent of fascism, communism, has caused one hundred times the rate of death of openly fascist societies(**). Historically, that would be limited to Spain and Italy. The last sentence can just just as equally be applied to the European Union depending on ones point of view.
A further complaint of the anti-fascist anarchists lobby is the appeal to the perceived nationalism, racism, and homophobia it implies (or in different times in history, promoted).
Each of these warrant their own bit of explanation.
Nearly all Anarchists are self-described as internationalists. This means that they perceive all nations as being the result of oppression and a false sense of belonging. The rise of the nation-state is said to have evolved through a false sense of isolation due to a shared culture, language, boundary, or otherwise, that people characterize themselves by. As such, the nation-state, and by extension, nationality must be opposed in place of an internationist position that rallies to the common cause with all struggles of workers (or all of the oppressed) around the globe(***). Identity politics are a constant source of anxiety in the modern anarchist movement (****). On the one hand they wish to appeal to the likes of potential revolutionary allies such as black nationalists, even though they wish to deny the validity of ethnic or national concerns in the class struggle. So far the anarchist movement is happy to have it's cake and eat it too: any European-ethnic nationalism is bad, while any black, Hispanic, Palestinian, Marori, Tibetan, etc (or in sum: non white) nationalism is desirable in so much as it is used to promote a revolutionary potential against capitalism in European-populated countries.
Racism is an evil referred to as either the result of fascism or implicit due to the nationalist or uniformly ethnic character that formerly used to define a people that lives in a nation-state. Originally Fascism was not a racist or anti-Semetic ideology as A. Gregor's book above carefully documents. Later on, in about 1937 with the deepening of it's relationship with National Socialist Germany, Mussolini made doctrinal changes to the fascist program that included racist and anti-Semitic notions. Most Fascists were not however biological racists that were characteristic of the National Socialists and there are well documented cases of non compliance with their anti-Semitic program.
Fascist homophobia stems from the primary insistence that men and women remain adamantly hetrosexual(*****) for reasons of national "vitality." Anarchists of course denounce any limit or pre-conceived role and function of a pre-defined type of consensual sexual practice.
At this point in the article we believe we have covered the major themes that describe the differences between Fascism and Anarchism, as they relate both ideologically and in historical context. Now I want to consider the role of all of this to the National Anarchist positions.
National Anarchists contend that an internationalist system of anti-authoritarianism is an incorrect approach to the question of territorial administration (******).
Central to the reasons for this belief is that National Anarchists disavow internationalist centralized political authority (for those unfamiliar with the term research the Communist International) as being contrary to anarchist principals. Belief in a truly bottoms up society would necessitate the free and accepted practice of decentralizing all political authorities and increasing local autonomy in it's own affairs. By allowing local autonomy (and disavowing one-liner anarchist "catechisms" that describe a subject by a pejorative) is that this does not deny the legitimacy of identity politics, or the universal belief that the existence of racial tribalism is everywhere and always oppressive.
National Anarchists contend that it more natural for a people to organize amongst themselves for greater political sovereignty then the international "working class." National Anarchists also believe that if history is any guide, not all belief systems, classes, sexual practices, ethnic groups, or religions, are mutually compatible for an "equal" existence in a political authority such as is attempted in the modern liberal democracy. We accept these differences not as false consciousness or "brainwashing" but characteristics that will always identify differing human groups that use inherently different customs from each other. This natural order is a part of the human diversity that makes us all different as individuals.
National Anarchists demand respect and tolerance for groups that peacefully coexist amongst each other. But we have no patience for those that would do harm to another for any reason. They affirm and respect these differences, not to be laid out in the rule of nation-states but tribal boundaries as established by local custom and the direct participation of it's human population. We believe that this integral view of a local society is a more important goal than the global seizure of the means of production by the international working class.
National Anarchists are equally unimpressed with historical fascism or it's newer variants. Anti-Statism is a principal that does not justify cooperation with the State in any circumstances. Totalitarianism that requires complete and total submission to the agency of a government to organize social life is at odds with National Anarchist insistence on autonomy and the decentralization of political power. The same goes for the ugly manifestations of racism, homophobia, and chauvinism that characterizes much of the national (if not global) debate on these issues. It is clear to this author that Mussolini (and by extension, Hitler and the National Socialists) would just as quickly persecute National Anarchists for their refusal to go along with his imperial fancies or domination of State authority in local affairs.
What we want the traditional Left of the anarchist movement who are inspired by such figures as Bakunin, Kropotkin, Proudhon, Durruti, and countless others is to go back to the roots of the movement and remember that anarchism is not a vehicle to promote neo-Marxism or closet State Capitalists who want to browbeat everyone in society with their politically correct superiority complex. In our movement we use history as our benchmark to measure success and in the history of the anarchist Left since the 1970s it can be proven that if the positions that were supported back then just as they are now were not universally true and correct in all circumstances and that we would long ago be living in the world that has been much discussed and long dreamt of, and yet is farther away then ever. Moving beyond the dogmas of conventionally accepted political discourse is the first step in breaking away from the intellectual chains that has held back the anarchist movement and the time to start this project is today.
Notes:
* Which in part can be read here.
** http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM
*** http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931/secD6.html
**** http://www.anti-politics.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=882&hilit=
***** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_of_masculinity_under_fascist_Italy
****** Chapter 26 Tradition & Revolution by Troy Southgate
I want to talk about what fascism is and it's relationship to the anarchist movement, both historically and in the contemporary context.
Some anarchists have been promoting the idea of National Anarchism as equal to or disguised form of fascism. In the ideological context I wish to prove that this is false and compare the differences between the two. Furthermore, I wish to undertake an intellectually honest appraisal of the subject without giving vent to pejoratives and constant moralizing that is typical of the Left on this subject.
First, some definitions. Much ado is made about the oblique definition of the word fascism in political discussions today. It has degenerated away from an ideology into an insult.
Historical fascism formed from a number of distinct attributes. This included an adherence to a centralized planned economy referred to as national syndicalism or corporatism and might today be referred to as gild socialism. The goal of the PNF's economic policies was to transform the mostly agrarian economy of Italy into one of the leading industrialized nations of economic productivity and efficiency. To do this they advocated for a system of complete government control of the economy and increase the participation of workers control in the workplace, the ultimate goal of which was to have the workers accede to the dominant position of political power in the country. Completely aware of the disaster that transpired in Soviet Russia with the immediate effects of destroying all industry by "socializing" the entire economy, leading to famines and innumerable hardships, they commenced on a conservative and evolutionary path to reaching their goal. Their means were strict and uncompromising, Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato, ("Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.") was their motto. This insistence on state-sanctioned and evolutionary growth of workers power is the basis of anarchist objections to fascism as a political ideology.
Many anarchists today believe that to reach a classless, anti-hierarchical society where anti-authoritarianism rules the day must have no state intervention whatsoever and must be a bottoms up, internationalist undertaking. A neat explanation of the doctrinal reasons for this is what Hakim Bey describes as the technique of immediatism(*). If the degree by which libertarian, non-government induced methods of community empowerment are practiced in Western countries, it can safely be said that all hitherto attempts at promoting freedom from government has failed and is failing at a tragically alarming rate.
Although by no means the only (or primary) anarchist rationale, immediatism is an excellent example of the motivations that make anti-Statist anarchism different from other class struggle movements such as social democracy and Marxism. Immediatism implies exactly what the word entails, that the revolution can and must be done immediately and without the mediation of agencies or political parties to control the course of events. In practice (and what Hakim Bey recommends) is a series of individual and collective rebellions against the social agenda of capitalism until essentially, differences between all races, classes, and genders are erased through the ecstasy of having a fun time as authority structures whither away into meaninglessness, as greater numbers of "poetic terrorists" take up the banner of anti-authoritarianism.
Using a government, that is, the State, to achieve these ends is anathema to anarchists for the belief that it impossible for a hierarchical organization to provide complete (and totalitarian) individual and collective liberty.
Moving on, Roger Griffin and Umberto Eco are scholars that have written much about historical fascism and often referred to as the primary meaning of the term fascism in a modern context. Take this from Griffen for example:
"Fascism: modern political ideology that seeks to regenerate the social, economic, and cultural life of a country by basing it on a heightened sense of national belonging or ethnic identity. Fascism rejects liberal ideas such as freedom and individual rights, and often presses for the destruction of elections, legislatures, and other elements of democracy. Despite the idealistic goals of fascism, attempts to build fascist societies have led to wars and persecutions that caused millions of deaths. As a result, fascism is strongly associated with right-wing fanaticism, racism, totalitarianism, and violence."
Such definitions have little more than puff value when analyzed. Suffice to say in the first sentence the regimes of Abraham Lincoln, Joseph Stalin, Mussolini, and George Bush all fit in one happy camp. The second sentence is equally less helpful, Communist China, military juntas, monarchy, Castro, George Bush are all fascists. A tactic in political dishonesty is to use one term to describe a series of people as all representing the same interests. Anything seemingly un-liberal is NOT fascism. The third sentence is laudable as the number one opponent of fascism, communism, has caused one hundred times the rate of death of openly fascist societies(**). Historically, that would be limited to Spain and Italy. The last sentence can just just as equally be applied to the European Union depending on ones point of view.
A further complaint of the anti-fascist anarchists lobby is the appeal to the perceived nationalism, racism, and homophobia it implies (or in different times in history, promoted).
Each of these warrant their own bit of explanation.
Nearly all Anarchists are self-described as internationalists. This means that they perceive all nations as being the result of oppression and a false sense of belonging. The rise of the nation-state is said to have evolved through a false sense of isolation due to a shared culture, language, boundary, or otherwise, that people characterize themselves by. As such, the nation-state, and by extension, nationality must be opposed in place of an internationist position that rallies to the common cause with all struggles of workers (or all of the oppressed) around the globe(***). Identity politics are a constant source of anxiety in the modern anarchist movement (****). On the one hand they wish to appeal to the likes of potential revolutionary allies such as black nationalists, even though they wish to deny the validity of ethnic or national concerns in the class struggle. So far the anarchist movement is happy to have it's cake and eat it too: any European-ethnic nationalism is bad, while any black, Hispanic, Palestinian, Marori, Tibetan, etc (or in sum: non white) nationalism is desirable in so much as it is used to promote a revolutionary potential against capitalism in European-populated countries.
Racism is an evil referred to as either the result of fascism or implicit due to the nationalist or uniformly ethnic character that formerly used to define a people that lives in a nation-state. Originally Fascism was not a racist or anti-Semetic ideology as A. Gregor's book above carefully documents. Later on, in about 1937 with the deepening of it's relationship with National Socialist Germany, Mussolini made doctrinal changes to the fascist program that included racist and anti-Semitic notions. Most Fascists were not however biological racists that were characteristic of the National Socialists and there are well documented cases of non compliance with their anti-Semitic program.
Fascist homophobia stems from the primary insistence that men and women remain adamantly hetrosexual(*****) for reasons of national "vitality." Anarchists of course denounce any limit or pre-conceived role and function of a pre-defined type of consensual sexual practice.
At this point in the article we believe we have covered the major themes that describe the differences between Fascism and Anarchism, as they relate both ideologically and in historical context. Now I want to consider the role of all of this to the National Anarchist positions.
National Anarchists contend that an internationalist system of anti-authoritarianism is an incorrect approach to the question of territorial administration (******).
Central to the reasons for this belief is that National Anarchists disavow internationalist centralized political authority (for those unfamiliar with the term research the Communist International) as being contrary to anarchist principals. Belief in a truly bottoms up society would necessitate the free and accepted practice of decentralizing all political authorities and increasing local autonomy in it's own affairs. By allowing local autonomy (and disavowing one-liner anarchist "catechisms" that describe a subject by a pejorative) is that this does not deny the legitimacy of identity politics, or the universal belief that the existence of racial tribalism is everywhere and always oppressive.
National Anarchists contend that it more natural for a people to organize amongst themselves for greater political sovereignty then the international "working class." National Anarchists also believe that if history is any guide, not all belief systems, classes, sexual practices, ethnic groups, or religions, are mutually compatible for an "equal" existence in a political authority such as is attempted in the modern liberal democracy. We accept these differences not as false consciousness or "brainwashing" but characteristics that will always identify differing human groups that use inherently different customs from each other. This natural order is a part of the human diversity that makes us all different as individuals.
National Anarchists demand respect and tolerance for groups that peacefully coexist amongst each other. But we have no patience for those that would do harm to another for any reason. They affirm and respect these differences, not to be laid out in the rule of nation-states but tribal boundaries as established by local custom and the direct participation of it's human population. We believe that this integral view of a local society is a more important goal than the global seizure of the means of production by the international working class.
National Anarchists are equally unimpressed with historical fascism or it's newer variants. Anti-Statism is a principal that does not justify cooperation with the State in any circumstances. Totalitarianism that requires complete and total submission to the agency of a government to organize social life is at odds with National Anarchist insistence on autonomy and the decentralization of political power. The same goes for the ugly manifestations of racism, homophobia, and chauvinism that characterizes much of the national (if not global) debate on these issues. It is clear to this author that Mussolini (and by extension, Hitler and the National Socialists) would just as quickly persecute National Anarchists for their refusal to go along with his imperial fancies or domination of State authority in local affairs.
What we want the traditional Left of the anarchist movement who are inspired by such figures as Bakunin, Kropotkin, Proudhon, Durruti, and countless others is to go back to the roots of the movement and remember that anarchism is not a vehicle to promote neo-Marxism or closet State Capitalists who want to browbeat everyone in society with their politically correct superiority complex. In our movement we use history as our benchmark to measure success and in the history of the anarchist Left since the 1970s it can be proven that if the positions that were supported back then just as they are now were not universally true and correct in all circumstances and that we would long ago be living in the world that has been much discussed and long dreamt of, and yet is farther away then ever. Moving beyond the dogmas of conventionally accepted political discourse is the first step in breaking away from the intellectual chains that has held back the anarchist movement and the time to start this project is today.
Notes:
* Which in part can be read here.
** http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM
*** http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931/secD6.html
**** http://www.anti-politics.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=882&hilit=
***** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_of_masculinity_under_fascist_Italy
****** Chapter 26 Tradition & Revolution by Troy Southgate
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