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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 8h

Im so happy for all of my friends in Gaza ❤️❤️❤️

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

This is how I feel right now. Anyways I'm going to sleep.

a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his eyes closed

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his eyes closed

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

There's no reason to be pissed at me. I'm simply telling you that you won't get different results doing the same thing. You will not achieve Socialism and Communism through the State because it is Hierarchical and counter-revolutionary, you will end up with State Capitalism again.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

And you somehow think that repeating the same thing will get different results? In order to understand why the USSR failed to achieve Socialism and Communism you need to understand that Hierarchies themselves will not achieve Egalitarian principles.

Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

I consider myself to be a Libertarian Marxist/Libertarian Socialist. You still talk about the USSR as if it did achieve the abolition of State, Capitalism, and Class when it didn't. Trotsky himself was also a Leninists.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

A "workers state" implies a Hierarchical Institution, it is the opposite of the abolition of State, Capitalism, and Class.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

You're clinging to the past of the USSR, and the fallacy that they achieved Communism and Socialism. They did not, and it's very obvious that they established State Capitalism. It didn't succeed.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

For me, being an Anarchist isn't about winning over the masses, it's about participating in the class struggle and being in solidarity with the masses against systems of oppression. It's about educating each other, sharing different perspectives, and participation in mutual aid.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

Well obviously that didn't work out, but we are still dealing with the same systems of oppression the USSR claimed to abolish. Look at Russia now.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

And while resistance and organisation will look different for various groups of people it doesn't mean we can't collaborate with each other through Decentralised unions.

Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

I understand your point view, I'm not the type that would exclude religious revolutionaries, but I am against institutionalised religion and religion that is treated as dogma. Furthermore, when it comes to organisation resistance around the world will look different for everyone.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

Once again Patriarchy is about a system of violence that empowers cis men and especially privileged men to commit violence. You should understand that.

Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

I never said every man is a piece of shit. You're stuffing your pick me words in my mouth. Stop. All I'm saying is that it shouldn't bother you when she criticises a violent Patriarchal system that enables cis men to commit violence against women, trans people, and LGBTQIA+ people.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 8h

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 8h

This is why as an Anarchist I want to clear up misconceptions that people may have about Anarchism. We can have a Decentralised society, but it doesn't mean we can't achieve international organisation and solidarity.

Joey The socialist 🇵🇸 @jefflooksfunny.bsky.social · 9h

How do you expect to achieve this in the first world

Mainly since anarchism is given a bad name?

A small decentralized force isn't going to win again a centralized government
No matter how you organize

Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 9h

Fighting systems of oppression is not Authoritarian, defending ourselves against the State and other systems of oppression isn't Authoritarian. When we organise it can be done through Decentralised means to achieve Egalitarianism.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 9h

I don't believe in Separatist Feminism. And once again generalisation of all cis men can be problematic. But she's talking about the Patriarchal system of violence. I am an Anarcha-feminist and a Womanist, and I advocate for the destruction of Patriarchy not all men. Why don't you understand that?

Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 9h

Fighting systems of oppression is not Authoritarian, defending ourselves against the State and other systems of oppression isn't Authoritarian. When we organise it can be done through Decentralised means to achieve Egalitarianism.

Joey The socialist 🇵🇸 @jefflooksfunny.bsky.social · 9h

How do you fight without becoming authoritarian?,

Remember America vs a anarchist commune
Either the commune does a temporary centralizing or doesn't
Against a modernized centralized authority you got to think on your feet not on revolutionary purity

Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 9h

That's because the State sees Decentralised power as a threat to its Hierarchical Status quo. When we build alternatives and organise against it, we the masses will face State repression. It doesn't mean we stop resistancing the system. Instead we learn how we can organise better.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 9h

Lol, what does having a vagina have to do with criticising Patriarchal violence? Your age doesn't matter, I don't care about your age. But you shouldn't have a problem with her criticising the Patriarchal system that enables cis men to commit violence.

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Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 9h

That's because the State sees Decentralised power as a threat to its Hierarchical Status quo. When we build alternatives and organise against it, we the masses will face State repression. It doesn't mean we stop resistancing the system. Instead we learn how we can organise better.

Joey The socialist 🇵🇸 @jefflooksfunny.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe, again I'm knocking you down at all.
But they are very much under siege by Syria and local terrorists
Heavily reallying on American aid
Though I won't knock down their longevity
Rojava has never had a moment of Peace because of the continued assaults

Novakia @n0v4c0ra.bsky.social · 9h

Rojava has been a more successful example of Non-Hierarchical organisation. All I'm say in that if we are to truly abolish systems of oppression we need Decentralised militant ways of organising. Resistance won't look the same everwhere. There's also the Zapatitas, they're another good example.

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alice says Palestinians in Gaza aren’t scammers! @bluwhalien.bsky.social · 9h

We can debate amongst ourselves as Westerners on the honesty of the ceasefire deal, but don’t finger wag at actual survivors of the genocide. I know people on Bluesky like to be reply guys so this is a necessary reminder.

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alice says Palestinians in Gaza aren’t scammers! @bluwhalien.bsky.social · 9h

I want to add that if you see Palestinians celebrating at the end of the genocide online, please don’t argue and say things like “do you trust Israel?” They’re actually the ones living through this. We’re guests in their fight for liberation. Let them have a slither of hope, even if uncertain.

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 9h

Autistic people often internalize pain because we’re taught early that our reactions are “too much.” So we mask. We hold it in. But pain doesn’t disappear it just goes quiet until it becomes too loud to ignore…

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Cory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 10h

It sucks that we’re all tied to platforms that watch everything we do and say, while somehow making it harder to actually connect with the people we care about. The more they claim to bring us together, the more isolated the whole thing starts to feel.

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 10h

A rare Zelda blep (she always sticks her tongue out when she stretches but I never capture it)

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alice says Palestinians in Gaza aren’t scammers! @bluwhalien.bsky.social · 9h

Did a water colour painting based on the photo I took on the right ❤️

Watercolour of a man and a woman with their backs walking in front of a church surrounded by woodland

Photo of a man and a woman with their backs to the camera walking together in front of a church surrounded by trees

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