what do you think about forcing people into communes is that ok or not

so in the quest
to figure out
what
the
fuck
is going on with this
iww sisters camelot
shit

i ended up signing onto
libcom
a website resources
dialogue about
libertarian communism

which yknow
if you want to figure that out
good fucking luck

ive been at it for years now

anyway
gold like this
made it alllllll
worth it

made it worth even waking up
today

at first its like
serious question
& theres all this good civil talk

it gets really good around post 27

NUH UH QUIT TRYING TO MAKE ME IMPOSE COMMUNISM ON EVERYONE YOU MONSTER

as they say on the interwebs
i lold

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wobbling in camelot

we never stop fragmenting

its part of our virtue
this juggling of new ideas
new applications
& part of our vice
infighting

i have a lot of respect
for the wobblies
but like some point out in the heated comments
it seems like a bad plan

fig20a the cost of free organic food in our communities is should not include integrity & sanity

why spring another leftist
organization into
what seems like a structure
aimed at worker
inclusion

its a bit beyond me
granted im at several
removes from the situation

food justice is a big deal
not just in the twin cities
where i think we make
more progress
in getting food
to folks
in need

but i suspect
money
is at the heart of this
somewhere

membership
wants more control
over finances

sisters camelot
sound like an upstanding
organization
on the whole

i understand a lot of the rhetoric
is the same shit bosses
use against unions
right
that rubs me the wrong way

but from what little
i know
of collectives & volunteer work
sister camelot
shouldnt be paying
canvassers at all

leave money fucking out of it
whenever possible

if your heart isnt in it
dont do it
on the left we have to prove
we can walk the walk

fig20b wage creates labor perpetuates wage

when we call for
the abolition of the wage system

it means doing away with labor
which in the end
will do away
with unions

collectives i think
at their heart
mean to bypass
the union movement

this illustrates a failure of that concept
its foolish to base a collective
off the idea of wage labor
at all

now im not one
to renounce the wobblies
god bless em

but the phrase

The campaign at Sisters’ Camelot represents a new step for Food and Retail Workers United, an organizing committee of the Industrial Workers of the World labor union

also rubs me the wrong way
like theyre doing this for
prominence
as the next sentence in the quote applauds
yknow
attention

well theyve got it

actually i think this
whole debacle illustrates
a growth of the left
that the iww has the strength
to take on this campaign
however mis-allocated it may & may not
be

when we experience failures
its because were growing
hopefully
unlike those orthodox marxists
who bang their heads
against the very obvious wall
of american culture cynicism etc
blaming a lack of consciousness
when in fact
their own heads are quite muddled
you know
from the headbanging

this is a learning opportunity
& as an outside observer
this is what id advocate

1 the reinstatement of the fired worker
2 removal of any distinction between manager & worker positions
3 relaunching sisters of camelot as a volunteer organization

this could very well be
out of touch
for the actual situation on the ground
like i said
outside observer
the situation could change in a heartbeat

however
if we dont learn to make compromises
along our own shared values
well spend all our time fighting
ourselves instead of the forces
which oppress us

cmon
its not like a volunteer food service org
hasnt worked in the past
without wage labor
the wobblies can move on
to fighting something that matters

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call for cartographers & treasure-hunters

but books
my friend said to me
after reading
my last post
youre encouraging
dangerous behavior

people get hurt
lost
worse

you have to understand
risks

& fact is
can't control them all
have to inoculate
in a sense
cuz eventually

you encounter your ocp
outside context problem

then its tits up anyway
you slice it

you want it sooner
or later
you wanna stay home
watch tv die of sloth

fig19a THOSE WOLF MECHANICS BANGING THOSE WOLF MECHANICS CRASHING

or like our common ancestors
get lost
make maps
pioneer
encounter
grow

& yeah yeah
whole world is mapped
they say
spinny satellites
& robot cars

but those arent your maps
arent our maps

when was the last time
you drew a map
elementary school
middle school
highschool
college

ever

you have a mental one
in your head for
crying out loud
its never come out

has the world
ever
had the pleasure
of seeing its topography
in your eyes
like the portrait
of a lover
or a poem

or do you fear
the laws & guardians
sheepdogs

fig19b dont disregard the discarded

do you miss
the secret scavenged treasures
hiding in the pavement cracks
& alleyways

accepting only what is safe
sanitized
lifeless

you cannot have an identity
when you are taking
dictation
in the form of goods
services
lifestyles

it is dangerous
to be
human

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