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Revolution | Obtaining Anarchy, How Do We End Government?

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Posted by PunkJohnnyCash on Sep 25, 2010 in Agorism, Anarchism, direct action | 7 comments

Education

anarchismPeople scream ‘we need action’ they say that education is not sufficient. The reality is that without an education of a philosophy there is nothing. All revolutions have one thing in common at the core is a common philosophy. Our numbers are currently few so what is needed is to reach more and educate on what we believe.  There is no ‘revolution’ without that common philosophy. I call for all anarchists to unite and embrace one another despite differences. Solidarity is needed not the game of accusing the socialist or free-marketer of being the government or enemy.  This is often based on a refusal to comprehend or understand the other.

Self-Realization

You do not have to create anarchy. Anarchy is natural.  All exists in anarchy. Criminals of the state use force and aggression to end the natural state. We live in the badly conceived anarchy where the biggest gang took control. One of the most important steps to obtaining Anarchy is to realize it. It is not to come, it is not something we try to reach, but it is our natural state and to impose on another is criminal. You must perceive yourself as the free person you are. This is most vital. You can now be stateless. You can even do it alone at that point. I am not pushing for this route, but it is possible to simply renounce citizenship and live as a stateless person as Mike Gogulski did. I am pushing to make an impact in making a revolutionary forward progression to liberated stateless people as a movement to change society through direct action.

Direct Action.

This is where our ‘revolution’ (for lack of a better word) happens. There is a misconception that we need to target a federal, state or local government. This is not true. We will deal with those things when we have to. We deal with criminals as criminals. We are not a movement to overthrow the government. We are a movement to create a society that functions without a government. We build our society. It is not happening overnight. We will not see all of the United States functioning in a stateless manner after an abrupt change. There may be times that the change is swift and radical, but that is not a prediction we can make.

We begin to form new systems that function without the government. I would urge you all to begin to learn new trades. We have much corporate and state interference in the food we eat, so we begin to farm. We create cooperatives, syndicates, mutual-aid alternatives and free trade solutions outside of the state. We begin to barter amongst ourselves and introduce new solutions. We work outside of the state. We begin to deprive the state of the money they steal. We grow and create communities and solutions independent from the state.

If you are one who feels the welfare state must be ended then you create what should exist as the alternative to the state. The first two steps are important in this. That will help our movement expand and grow. As we act we will attract more. We infuse our solutions into our local communities. We show the people that we can feed, clothe and protect without the tyrants.

Our revolution is even more feasible than creating a government. We do not have to create a structure to control all people in a given territory.  We simply have to create the environment we wish to live in. It will spread. As people see that we are liberating ourselves they will begin to join and follow in suit.  We do not initiate force. We are a movement of non-aggression. We are not picking up arms to kill those we oppose as the state would. We are working to create completely free trade and cooperative solutions.

Begin to solve problems without the state. We must turn further and further from the state. It may not be an abrupt abandonment of the state for some. Some will work towards this.  Do not believe for a moment that the state will not fight back. They will attack us and pass laws to end our production. We must simply move forward and grow dealing with those conflicts through non-violent means and each of those battles will have new and different solutions as they arise.  This is fine. This is simply building the structure for a stateless society as we deal with such problems. We will learn solutions to those conflicts and problems. At times we will fight these battles with lawyers and activism or possibly unforeseen means.

We infuse ourselves with the community around us when possible educating, producing and providing.  Our paths will all be different. Some will be creating communal living and production that may have a focus on lifting the poor out of poverty. Some may have a focus on feeding our communities through farming. Some will be creating new business models for co-ops to provide food, clothing or defense.

We achieve nothing with political action we create the world we wish to live in with direct action. Community organizers can play a strong role in this. Some may wish to look for roles as community organizers even within the state possibly to help direct communities away from the state and create stateless solutions for our communities.

We are capable of accomplishing everything one claims the state is needed for. After-all individuals do these tasks for the state we are just moving things from the coercive to the voluntary.

Ending the State

We can fade out much of the state. As our solutions grow and states wish to initiate force against free people we simply treat them as we treat others who would do so. Once our markets and solutions are vast they will simply be treated as the criminals they are. We will reduce the state to that angry little boy getting mad and screaming that the other kids are not listening and doing what he tells them to do. He is fine with his screaming, we only have a problem when he tries to hit the other kids, that is unacceptable.

URBAN LEAGUE SUCCESS IS GOOD NEWS IN BAD NEWS YEAR.(OPINION)(PLAIN TALK)(Column) website great lakes higher education

The Capital Times January 1, 2010 Byline: Dave Zweifel The year 2009 won’t be remembered as a great year — deep recession, high unemployment, furloughs, foreclosures and lots of personal worries.

However, there was at least one positive event that happened in Madison last year — the opening of the Urban League of Greater Madison’s new headquarters building and Center for Economic Development and Workforce Training on South Park Street.

Raising the money — more than $4 million — for the center was no easy task, especially in the midst of the deepest economic dive since the Great Depression. But the community came together to get the fund drive over the top, including stepping up at the last minute to meet a $380,000 matching grant from the Kresge Foundation that was due to expire Oct. 1.

As a result, the area’s Urban League will be able to expand the services it provides to the working poor and the unemployed at precisely the time when it is most needed.

The Urban League, which celebrated its 40th anniversary here in 2008, isn’t as well known in the community as it should be. Since its inception, its headquarters has been tucked away in an older house on East Gorham Street. Yet, its successes in teaching the unemployed new skills have been many. The league’s programs have been able to supply new workers to growing fields like health care and computer technology. As our Mike Ivey reported in a business piece earlier this year, some 80 percent of Urban League program graduates have been able to find jobs. go to site great lakes higher education

In addition to the free job training, the league has programs to teach employers how to attract minority workers, conducts classes on home ownership, and supplies mentors for the Schools of Hope program that it took over a few years ago.

And now with its bright new facility in front of the Villager Mall it will be able to expand and improve many of the programs that will now take place in the heart of South Madison.

Annette Miller, MGE community services manager who served as chair of the ULGM board the past two years, recently wrote her fellow board members: “We raised funds in an economy that has been tough and with folks saying ‘no’ more than ‘yes’ to philanthropy. Yet we did it anyway thanks to this wonderful community, staff and board. We have created a space that the entire city will enjoy and we can proudly serve and grow our programs and truly meet our mission of ‘building the road to economic success.’ ” The local league’s president, Scott Gray, who started the fundraising campaign, left in mid-2009 for a similar job with the much-larger Minneapolis Urban League. His vice president, Ed Lee, stepped in to finish the capital campaign and wound up besting the $4 million goal by $100,000.

Many in the community stepped forward to make it happen, not the least of which was Tri-North Builders, which donated lots of in-kind work on the new center, plus served as mentor for a minority firm that worked as a subcontractor on the building.

In addition to Kresge’s $380,000 donation, this newspaper’s Evjue Foundation contributed $300,000, the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corp. added $225,000 and several other local foundations and businesses added to hundreds of contributions from individual Madison-area citizens to meet the goal.

It all added up to at least one good news story from an otherwise forgettable year.

Dave Zweifel is editor emeritus of The Capital Times. dzweifel@madison.com Posted in Dave_zweifel on Friday, January 1, 2010 4:55 am Updated: 4:38 pm CAPTION(S):

This is the exterior of the Urban League’s new home on South Park Street. Construction on the $2.8 million building, to be known as the Center for Economic Development and Workforce Training, began in March. Mike DeVries — The Capital Times

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  • http://georgedonnelly.com George Donnelly

    An excellent tone-setting piece. Keep up the great work!

    • http://www.gonzotimes.com/members/punkjohnnycash/ PunkJohnnyCash

      Thanks man, it’s good to have positive feedback instead of my usual hate-mail and angry comments.

  • Paul

    You forgot to mention concentration. People should move to places where freedom nodes are forming (e.g. New Hampshire, Wyoming and Montana). It makes no sense to remain 3% of the population; that is a guarantee for remaining imposed upon. Once a high enough concentration of freedom-lovers exists (a majority is NOT required), it becomes a hell of a lot easier to ignore government, because there is “safety in numbers”.

    I don’t see why anarchists ignore this traditional way of escaping tyranny. It’s not like it is that hard to do. We are not talking about a wagon train across America, after all.

  • http://christianandstate.wordpress.com Nellis Lake

    Just found your site. Liked it. Yes, while there is kalidoscope variety within anarchism, we will do much better if we appreciate each other rather than tearing each other down or stating that you cannot have XYZ anarchism because you yourself do not see it as philosophically pure or logically consistent. There should be room for a variety of lifestyles and ideas within anarchism. Time will demonstrate which ones maintain or increase consistency.

  • http://www.gonzotimes.com/members/crumpy/ Crumpy

    I’ve been looking for a site like this that’s discussing these ideas, I like what you’re putting out there. I’m in New Zealand which has had it’s moments of positive political change (be it modestly small) and you’re right the ‘tipping point’ is a numbers game. Have you considered a transition of government, where by the system is used to escort the old guard out? Could this be generated through smart social media?

    • http://www.gonzotimes.com/members/punkjohnnycash/ PunkJohnnyCash

      I once believed change could be brought through the system. For many reasons I have abandoned such ideals. It would be like going out to some old wild west showdown expecting the other guy to turn his gun on himself and pull the trigger because he told you he would if you just walked out in the street to join in his duel unarmed.

  • http://www.acidzen.org dandellion

    I like the enthusiasm and the non-violent/constructive way. But ignoring the state is not always an easy thing to do. It can be done if you live in a huge country like USA is. But things get kind of nasty if you can’t move more than 500km in any direction without somebody asking you for a passport.

    OK, 500km should be enough for forming a community (but that depends on the people enclosed in that territory) but it’s essential for connecting with other communities, trading, etc. And for simple traveling, meeting other cultures, experiencing new things. State lines will maybe be the last resort of the state, but they won’t be easy to break.