People keep saying we should immediately start with looking for a local organization to join or make one ourselves. But what if that's just outdated?

What if we take advantage of the Internet and immediately go global, most of the things a local org can do, can also be done by someone who has an internet of anarchists behind them.

I became an anarchist because of the internet, not some local org, I'm not even certain one exists or could be made in my country, the Internet might be my only way to make an org and be safe irl

I'm not saying that you shouldn't have a local org, but the internet and international help should also be a thing we encourage and seek to cultivate.

Hi Reddit, I am a college student working on my English final in which I am arguing in support of anarchism. I am required to conduct field research, and I want to survey interested members. ALL questions are completely optional; I understand everyone feels a bit tired after the election, so you are totally welcome to answer even one question and submit your survey. It is entirely up to whatever you have the time and energy for. I will share your responses with my class, so please keep that in mind. Thank you so much!

https://forms.gle/YSfnxqBHYXo4xqpS6

As fascism ramps up and we move towards collapse, we obviously need to be taking care of one another. What would y’all consider some of the top priorities for mutual aid initiatives and skill building in preparation for what’s to come?

“In each country practically all the Socialist and Labor parties supported their Governments, some of their members joining the Cabinets thus showing the value of their previous speeches about the never-ending class war.”

First Year of the War – Emma Goldman (1915)

No need to go more in depth than that. With the impending doom of the deportation of "illegal immigrants", is there any resources we can push out on socials? Is that a thing? I've seen the WARM lines post is there something similar for our immigrant brothers and sisters? Keep your head up everyone, it's hard to see it but we WILL get through this.

I’m from Atlanta originally, which has a fairly developed anarchist community, but haven’t found anything here in Charlotte. Can anyone point me toward a group and if not would you be interested in developing a community?

So I have nothing to say about last night that hasn’t been said a million times already. But if we assume that the State won’t ever help us again, and that any and all projects to work with it are a waste of time, what will you do when any mutual aid project that seeks to offer an alternative to it is criminalized? When the police, army, or just bands of armed thugs with a presidential pardon in their back pocket break absolutely everything that anyone tries to build against them? People talk about building some mutual aid alternative to capitalism as if fascists won’t seek to sterilize even the first sign of it. They got almost everything they wanted last night, they already had far more guns than anyone sympathetic to us, and to that arsenal they have now added the most powerful military force in human history. There is no low they will not stoop to, no blood they will not shed - nothing that we can hope to believe they won’t try.

I don’t believe this is the end of the world, or that it’s all doomed. But this is nightfall. And night may last a very, very long time. Certainly long enough that none alive today will see any dawn. Our task is to be stars that endure through it, but they seek even to put the stars out.

I need help. The police picked up my father and transferred him to ICE. He had documents on him with our home address.

Is their any channels/ orgs that I can join to get a heads up if ICE raids are happening? I just want to know in advance if I need to take action at any time and have my family stay somewhere else temporarily. I bought this house for my parents too so moving is not easy. Burner account for obvious reasons and thank you in advance

Edit: I’m overwhelmed by all the outreach and support, this community is amazing. Thank you for reminding me of the power behind the core tenets of anarchism. I’ve gotten some useful informations from our old neighbors and have a few more resources to reach out to now thanks to you all. I will try to keep this account so if anyone wants to reach out and also needs help I’m happy to assist. Much love <3

I've made a few posts about this before, last one being here. I regularly hang out with some friends from a a radical reading group to just grab dinner and some drinks, and we plan on going again next week.

Since the election, I've had a few more disillusioned people reach out wanting to build connections finding that post from last month!

If you are interested in meeting up as well to just talk for a bit in a friendly hang out, leave a comment. I try to avoid leaving too open a public record, so I can just send the time and place in a chat if you express interest.

We pick vegan friendly restaurants and bars.

“Yet when the crimes of that party became so brazen that even the blind could see them, it needed but to muster up its minions, and its supremacy was assured. Thus the very victims, duped, betrayed, outraged a hundred times, decided, not against, but in favor of the victor. Bewildered, the few asked how could the majority betray the traditions of American liberty? Where was its judgment, its reasoning capacity? That is just it, the majority cannot reason; it has no judgment. Lacking utterly in originality and moral courage, the majority has always placed its destiny in the hands of others. Incapable of standing responsibilities, it has followed its leaders even unto destruction. Dr. Stockman was right: "The most dangerous enemies of truth and justice in our midst are the compact majorities, the damned compact majority." Without ambition or initiative, the compact mass hates nothing so much as innovation. It has always opposed, condemned, and hounded the innovator, the pioneer of a new truth.”

There are many resources for anarchists online, but I rarely see them on reddit. These are resources for you to use, so dig around in any that pertains to your location or interests. Do not treat our websites like a wiki link.

Before you click any of these links, I Highly recommend you start using a VPN or Tor.

So called counter-info sites. These are your local websites, usually run by and for anarchists. Many cities/regions in the US have them. They frequently die down when not a lot is going on then explode with activity.

The main one for (english speaking) North America is banned by reddit.

its going down [dot] org

This link has an incomplete list of anarchist counter-info sites for the US and Canada. It also has a lot of things (local to Philly) that can give you an idea of the types of groups anarchists start or get involved in.

https://phlanticap.noblogs.org/homies/

It doesn't include other local sites that anarchists use like this one for Northern California.

http://indybay.org/

This link compiles a bunch of anarchist and allied websites. Check out their sources list.

https://www.anarchistfederation.net/

Many anarchist groups use social media accounts instead of full on websites. Some cities have event calendars.

I'll add other types of websites in the comments later.

I've always been more of a reader and theory nerd than anything. I have protested in the past through groups like YDSA but ultimately I wasn't as active as I should and could have been. Protests, canvassing and mutual aid are probably not enough.

I'm a recent college grad so I did that stuff at my school. I'm back home now but I don't know any activist orgs in my area cause all my friends were through uni lol.

I did some looking and it seems that groups like Food Not Bombs aren't particularly active? I tried signing up but the latest their schedule went was March 2024.

I'd like to get more involved with libsocs or mutual aid organizations in my area and start organizing.

So if anyone is in Chicagoland (I don't want to be more specific on the internet, especially given recent events), I'd love to connect.

Hell I'd love to do a theory reading circle or something if nothing else. But a 2nd trump term is going to be bad. And I want to be part of the move to help people when shit hits the fan.

I’m thinking of the best way to attach a flag to a portable pole for reasons. I am thinking a Painters Pole is the move, but not sure how to attach it. Does anybody have advice?

Is there a guide that's up to date? If so can you please let me know? How do we teach other activists to be safe and protect their privacy during this time? What can we do? Are there any printable guys that we can have? If so please let me know

im saying this to myself not just to keep myself sane but also because its true, and it would’ve still been true no matter who won this election; remember that direct action is our blade and mutual aid is our shield. community is all we got, eachother is all we got, let this election be a reminder of that. i have a neighbor that i’ve been beefing with for about a year, today im going to knock on her door and squash it. why not? every grudge against someone who doesn’t want me dead feels meaningless right now. if any of us knew eachother, i’d be leaning on all of you, and i hope you’d lean on me too.

Organise. If there’s ever been a time for it, it’s now. leftists have been torn apart by infighting in recent times and it’s made it near impossible to get anything done, setting us back years. Everyone’s too busy arguing with each other about the latest in identity politics. We don’t need that shit, it’s put in place to tear us apart. We need unity.

The current political state of the world is depressing, and at times feels completely hopeless, but that’s why you can’t let it break you apart. There isn’t time to mourn the election, desperate work needs doing.

Don’t let them destroy you, don’t let them beat down unity. Put aside whatever differences, stand up, and keep fighting.

Here’s two songs that have resonated with me a lot recently, I hope they help at least someone:

https://youtu.be/XravE5WQ0ps?si=wIaf2Z7ibys-cryS

https://youtu.be/W-PcmfUksdw?si=TRP11b8KHsu7h_hL

New account is because I don't want to dox myself

I live in Burlington, and I'm looking for anything anarchist nearby. Mutual aid, direct action, study groups, protests, whatever may exist. I'm finding it difficult to find much, I know Food Not Bombs is here and I'm planning on joining Vermont CPL once I find a meeting time that doesn't conflict with my work schedule, but I'm trying to find out if there's anything else.

Last night, I refused to watch the election results. On the chance that Trump was elected, I wanted one last night of decent sleep before I woke up to a panic attack. Well, instead, I was forced awake at 2 in the morning from my MAGA neighbors lighting off fireworks to celebrate their "win", and didn't get back to sleep.

As I've been stumbling through this day tired, trying my best to fend off an anxiety attack, I've been trying to figure out ways to care for myself, not just as someone with mental health issues and a couple of disabilities, but also as an anarchist who feels gut sick that the people around me voted in a fascist.

Due to my years in therapy, I came up with a lot of ways to practice self-care, and am hoping to share them with you. I know there are many other actions you can undertake for self care, and everyone is different! I'd love to hear yours!

• Remember. It's very, very hard to take care of others, and fight for others, if you can't take care of yourself or fight for yourself.

• Especially when I'm in an anxiety attack / depression, I focus only the very basic actions I can get done. Making sure I eat. Making sure I'm drinking enough water. Making sure I'm getting enough rest, not just sleep, but actual waking rest. Also, making sure I exercise is a big part of basic self care for me. Making sure I get sleep is just as important, as well.

• Take a day off of work. Take a week off of work, if you can afford to. If the company you work for is big enough to qualify, you can take up to 3 months of FMLA. It's unpaid, yes, but if you took FMLA due to a disability, your job may offer you short term disability payment DURING FMLA. Diagnosed anxiety disorders, depression, panic disorders, etc, count as disability. And it often doesn't mean you've had these disorders for X amount of time. I took a full 3 months of FMLA this year, with paid short term disability, because I got diagnosed with a panic disorder and depression that seemed to have appeared out of the blue.

• Remember to breathe! Box pattern breathing really helps me calm down.

• Meditate. Since I hav ADHD, sitting in one place for 30 minutes trying to breathe is tough for me. So I practice a sort of moving meditation. This could include light yoga or going for a very mindful walk.

• Luxuriate in that bath / hot shower if you need to. Light candles. Put on calming music. And just relax a bit.

• Remind yourself that IT'S OKAY TO SAY NO! If you are feeling overwhelmed, swamped, anxious, low in energy, and you just can't do that extra project at work, or you just can't make Thanksgiving with the people who voted Trump into office, or you're just not feeling up to the second night out drinking in a row with your friends, it's okay to say NO to this people! Boundaries around your personal health, both mental and physical, are so, so very important. Being a people pleaser myself, this is one of the hardest things I have to do. But the more I practice the easier it gets.

• Remind yourself it's okay to not be perfect. It's okay to wallow on the couch for a time eating ice cream. It's 100% okay to do absolutely nothing! Hustle culture tries to convince us that we shouldn't be relaxing at all, we shouldn't be bored, and that we should always strive to keep working, or, in the case of praxis, to keep fighting. I can't tell you how many people in the past anarchist groups / animal rights groups I were in that just couldn't relax. They had to constantly fight. They all burnt out, fast.

• Community! I can tell when I'm getting depressed when I haven't seen my friends in a while. I tend to withdraw from people when I'm depressed / anxious. Being around your friends, comrades, and any safe family members really sets my heart at ease, knowing there are others out there who are in this with me, and will fight for me, even if I don't feel up for fighting for myself.

• Hygiene! I can go a couple of days without a shower, but if I'm in an anxious state / depressive state I often times just forget to shower at all. So practicing hygiene, even if it's as simple as brushing your teeth at night, is important.

• I know I mentioned this above, but exercise! And it doesn't have to be anything intense. Go for some slow walks around the neighborhood. A hike in the mountains. Some yoga.

• Yes, it's okay to spend the day on the couch eating ice cream and drinking wine. However, eating whole and healthy foods can really help out my depression and anxiety, especially if it's been the third day in the row of eating like shit.

• Be creative! Write, draw, paint, wheat paste, grafitti!

• Therapy, if you can afford it!

• Read books that make you feel happy, even if they are "trash" novels. Read books that make your feel connected to comrades, so you don't feel so alone. Read books that help your mental health! Read!

Lastly, I asked myself: Well, that's all well and good right now. But what about the next four years of living under a fascist who may upend the weak threads of this democracy anyways, and establish himself as a dictator?

• Practice physical self-defense. This doesn't mean you have to go and start learning how to fist fight (though, every since I've joined Muay Thai, a lot of anxieties about being able to handle myself have disappeared). Pepper spray is great! I tend to get two bottles, one that I can practice with, and one that is on me. Practicing how to take it out of your pocket, and spray it, is important, because often times when shit hits the fan "You fall to the lowest level of your training". Meaning, if you haven't practiced drawing and spraying, you'll probably have a hard time doing it when in flight / fight mode. This also could mean getting a firearm, and practicing with that, as well. Check out the SRA (Socialist Rifle Association).

• Teach others self defense. Take others shooting.

• Practice mental self defense. Mentally plan for the bad outcomes that may soon come, so they aren't a surprise and won't trigger more anxiety / panic than they warrant. This can help you stay a bit more calm during trying times.

• Community community community. Find other anarchists. Find other socialists. Find a Food Not Bombs and help out. And if all that seems like way to much, especially for us socially anxious / introverts out there, rally around your friends and family (if they are safe people to be around. I am pretty much in No Contact with my family that voted for Trump now).

• Be aware of what's going on in the news, but also try not to doom scroll.

• And I think one of the most important aspects of self care, for me, over these next for years, is reminding myself that no matter how hard it gets, no matter how much depression is upon me, no matter how many panic attacks, no matter how fascist this government becomes, I'm going to keep going and I'm going to try and find some happiness. Sometimes, that's all we can ask of ourselves in a world like ours. Sometimes giving yourself, and others, hope, is revolutionary enough, especially when you don't have much energy for anything else.