General discussion

Text on the library: "There’s A Problem with Anarchist Media"

by Nerd Teacher (2022, August)

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Here are some initial thoughts after reading through the essay linked above "There's A Problem with Anarchist Media" by Nerd Teacher.

The main premise of the article seems to be that:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/fernando-pessoa-anarchist-banke…

After a long relatable anecdote, and after some faulty logic, it concludes:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-lamborn-wilson-liquor-and-weed-for-him-were-bardic-fuel-peter-lamborn-wilson-s-obituary-f

alas, both now gone. Illuminatus! was a hearty ward against taking any "conspiracy theory" seriously. in looking for more RAW at the bookshop, i found PLW so here's to synchronicity & serendipity! 

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/le-garcon-dupont-cul-de-sac#fn_back11

(from 2009.)

it starts with something — 

— because, you see, they knew that their words and their knowledge, if spoken out loud, would be put on show, to be derided, and worse: to be misunderstood.

but didn't go where i thought it might. leans on Marx a bit, is Le Garcon Dupont even an anarchist ?? 

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/saidiya-hartman-the-anarchy-of-colored-girls-assembled-in-a-riotous-manner-essay

who has read this or Hartman's book Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments?  what do people think about this framing? do people have to explicitly call themselves anarchist to be considered anarchic? 

Elitist, gated communities. Not anarchist. Discuss.

Read the text on The Anarchist Library here. (Link added by SHH!)

Are not libraries and museums stores of "knowledge" and "truth"?—reification; an attempt to control and perpetuate specific narratives.

This "anarchist library" is just a collection of stories some people are telling each other.

Explain Deleuze to me and why it's relevant to anarchists.

Beginning with all the references made by anarchists found in this search result:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/search?query=deleuze&sort=&filter_topic…

and then maybe going into the 3 text by him that are on the library:

"Flowers for the Individualist: Why Arguing with Egoists is Pointless" by Kevin Tucker | published February 9th, 2017 on the Kevin Tucker blog | Read text on the library here.

I had originally left this as a comment in the Ted K forum post, but have added it here after checking into the website today and seeing a rash of just terrible comments and forum posts.

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