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Today In Labor History April 7, 1870: German-Jewish anarchist and pacifist, Gustav Landauer, was born. He was friends with, and influenced, the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber. He served as the Commissioner of Enlightenment and Public Instruction during the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, during the German Revolution of 1918–1919, but was killed when the republic was overthrown. He was also the grandfather of film director, Mike Nichols (The Odd Couple, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and The Graduate).

Photo of Gustav Landauer, in a light-colored suit and tie, with a thin mustache, wearing pince-nez glasses. By Oscar Suck - National Library of Israel, Schwadron collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92807450

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It's way worse when someone chooses to sidestep engaging with the actual people involved over email or social media, but instead propagates grievances or rumours publicly - never having tried to communicate to the individuals about the perceived problem.

only works when people take dialogue seriously, and we have a basic belief that other people actually want to do good, when confronted with adequate information and argument concerning a potential issue.

It kinda hurts my belief in humans when I see radicals choosing to expend significant amounts of energy on tearing down the works of other radicals, on the basis of overall minor issues or outright smear.

People who only know how to dismantle but not how to build are a real obstacle for real change to occur.

This doesn't mean you can't criticise your fellow radicals, but don't go on a f-ing crusade against them, and don't make dismantling your sole activity.

Looks like someone recently uploaded my 2022 article "From the Ashes of the Old: Anarchism Reborn in a Counterrevolutionary Age (1970s-1990s)" to The Anarchist Library. It genuinely brings me great joy when people read my work and find it useful! https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/spencer-beswick-from-the-ashes-of-the-old

I also saw that the Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation included "From the Ashes of the Old: Anarchism Reborn in a Counterrevolutionary Age (1970s-1990s)" in its suggested readings on US anarchist history: https://www.blackrosefed.org/anarchism-introduction/

And someone made a Wikipedia page for Love and Rage that heavily cites two articles I wrote. Very cool to see my writing out in the world! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Rage_(organization)

On NaziBro Corporations & Flavours of Nazism
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Oracle is sponsoring retail Nazis openly now (them funding wholesale Nazis at the top has always been "normal" anyways).

They are sponsoring literal Nazi like Aunt Tom who is a willing shameless grifter that does the bidding of White supremacist Nazis in Empire, to uphold the privileges of white supremacist racist masters. The currency she brings to the table is her skin color & her aggressive lying about those who are weaker than her in society.

Her selling point is: I will aid to take down those weaker than me using my skin color as the shield, so enemies of those who oppose White supremacist racist society will be hesitant to attack me when I push white supremacist Nazi ruling class agenda.

This is the same tactic Jewish Nazis use too. They use Jewish identity as the weapon to push Nazism. She …

A headshot of Aunt Tom (Candace) with Oracle sponsorship.

It's Going Down: ** Protests Grow as Proud Boys and White Supremacists Fail to Intimidate Demonstrators off the Streets**

"Protests against billionaire Elon Musk and his growing attacks on federal workers, veterans, and social programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, continued to gain momentum on Saturday, as thousands took part in hundreds of demonstrations across the US and beyond, despite an attempt by small groups of neo-Nazis, Proud Boys, and Trump supporters…"

https://itsgoingdown.org/teslatakedown-protests-grow-nazis-proud-boys/

Today in Labor History March 29, 1797: William Godwin married Mary Wollstonecraft. Godwin was an English journalist, philosopher and novelist. And one of the first modern proponents of anarchism. His most famous books are “An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice” and “Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams,” a mystery novel that attacks aristocratic privilege. Wollstonecraft was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights, and is regarded by many as one of the founding feminist philosophers. Her most famous book was “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” (1792). She died 11 days after giving birth to her second daughter, Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

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