Anarchism

I consider myself undefined, I don’t say I’m an Individualist or a Communalist, I don’t think I’m Left or Post-Left necessarily (though others may define me that way, maybe even correctly). I don’t wish to define myself into an ideology- rather, I wish to be greater than the sum of my ideological nouns. And I feel that the best way to do that is to never restrict myself to using those nouns, and simply say, “I am an anarchist”. This makes me an iconoclast. I feel this is important to say because I am often asked what I am, so that people can gauge what I believe in. However- I believe in no specific ideology other than that which will free me. And this may change, whether it’s because my opinions change, or because my conditions change. None of my theories will last, and this is why I constantly reject them. I destroy my self-made images. So, my relation to anarchism is that I am simply a human being fighting for their freedom. An iconoclastic anarchist, a rejectionary, all of it is the same- simply anarchist. Theorists are a means to serve the self, they are not there to be idolised, nor their theory fetishised. Source: http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/echo-rejectionary-anarchist-critiques

ANSYN

A lot of the people here that I admire are AnSyn, so I'm a little hesitant, but I just don't see unions as the best way to advance any kind of revolutionary cause - I think they're outdated in this regard. They have the potential, but are too close to the system - defining rewarding parameters within it (though education. healthcare and retirement benefits are all great things on their own), too work orientated and too easy to develop a hierarchy and mimic parties to move away from Capitalism imo.

On the other hand, the employment benefits and general help that unionised workers get is fantastic. They're not at will employees so the working conditions are improved with that - employers not being able to fire them for having a wrong opinion, for not liking them or for when the worker makes a human mistake, etc. The work environments aren't caustic or detrimental to workers either, and Unions have been known to negate wage slavery too. They're all in all good, but for initiating Class Consciousness and a revolution... maybe not.