What is Anarchism( A prose poem manifesto)

Anarchy

An-archy
Archon, greek for ruler
An, without
An-archy
Rules not rulers
organized not chaos
not "anything goes" but flourishing
of each and of all
democracy not hierarchy
joyous welcoming of life
not nihilist
action not apathy
not a trendy fashion statement
but empowerment.


Anarchism

Against All oppression
hierarchy
privilege and exploitation
For freedom, Equality
and solidarity
for control from below
democracy means the people decide- no one else!
not control from above by wealth and power(among others)

                                             
                    (the sham of representative democracy

                                             
                                      neither
                            representative nor democratic

                                                                                          not 'democracy'     but plutocracy

                                        the rich                                      write the rules...)


or vanguards by authoritarian 'leftists'
worshipping ancestors Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, Mao....
No separation of means and ends
means shape ends.
Against blue prints
the trade of prophets and tyrants.
learning through doing
practice reflecting theory
theory reflecting practice
theory by reflecting on practice
in mutual back and forth.
Problems
interconnected not single issue
structural not individual
historic and systematic
not recent or incidental.

Anarchism

Against the hierarchies
saying inferior and superior
Against hierarchies
saying you are lesser to me
other to me
Against hierarchies
that put politicians above the people
that put profits before people
that put white above non-white
that put man above woman
that put heterosexual above non-heterosexual
that say male and female are the only ways to see the world
that doesn't include the voices of the impaired
that says 'civilized' to indigenous peoples
that puts economy before ecology
that puts dead objects before living creatures.
Against these hierarchies
stands Anarchism
for freedom, equality and solidarity
always and forever!


Freedom, Equality and Solidarity.

Without equality, no freedom
without freedom, no equality
without both, no solidarity
all three in harmony
all three required- all or nothing
Freedom to flourish
instead of  just survive
instead of 'free to starve', free from want.
Freedom- freedom to choose your live -freedom  to create society- Real freedom.
Freedom is democracy
Democracy asks for equality
Equality not hierarchy
Equality of status, equality of decision making
no inferior and superior
Not one rich and one poor
True equality
asks for the death of the market
and money
asks for the death of the state.
Without artificial divisions
comes solidarity
cooperation not rivalry.


Methods.

Evolving methods
theory and practice fitting
hand and glove
the irresponsibility of voting
you have a world to win
the irresponsibility of apathy
you have a world to win.
cut free of limited visions
from 'working from within'
"be realistic, demand the impossible"
utopia is only what they
tell you
it is
and of course they tell you
"There is no alternative"
act now for tomorrow
tomorrow is made by today


No Vanguards.


Against Leninism, No vanguards.
Not leading  oppressed
but
working with the oppressed side by side
leading leads to leaders
meaning new rulers
So defeating the purpose
Bolsheviks- the best
example
this is
true
No! a thousand times no!
Always and forever!


Revolution

Creation arising from destruction
both in harmony
pure creation will not last
pure destruction adds nothing
the phoenix from the ashes
those opposed to power
facing the final battle
meeting force
Suicidal to just lay down
and die
so need to tread the path
with caution
careful not to burn ourselves
power's attempted returned will
be resisted.


The world to win.

Unnamed
after the darkness the new dawn
the great unknown
finish the work of 1936
assemblies and councils?
Federally organised?
-From local to region
national to global?
Life creative
life creating
not life denying
open to considerate
liberty of thought
burning of national flags
the irrelevancies of the past
freedom from greed
rivalry unnecessary
critical thinking a virtue
altruism encouraged
selfishness shameful
freedom of each and all
Kropotkin, Emma and the rest
remembered
Given sunlight, seeds planted
no shade blocking
growing as far as can reach!