So I recently discovered there’s an anarchist bookfair happening in Tartu, Estonia. So I made these icons as a way to contribute spreading the news. What do you think?

More info about the bookfair is here: https://riga-anarchist-bookfair.hotglue.me/

  • rnercle@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    i wasn’t the only critic of your idea

    I’ve seen this happen in my own mind as my internal monologue switched languages after watching a lot of english TV and Youtube.

    maybe you should read instead of “watching TV and Youtube”

    The problem with nationalism, why it is nationalism, is the idea that only a certain group of people are deserving or valid in a culture.

    Nationalism “further aims to build, and maintain, a single national identity, based on a combination of shared social characteristics such as culture, ethnicity, homeland, language, politics (or government), religion, traditions, or belief in a shared singular history, and to promote national unity or solidarity.”

    France for example is a multicultural nation. One can “be French” without belonging to a certain culture. There are some shared values but nation, being an artifice, is redefined constantly. Still, you won’t be seeing anarchists with tricolor flags there. They may carry the black flag (or the red/black) but it would be absurd to draw circled A on a national flag.

    Maybe you’re not an anarchist after all. Maybe being Estonian will overpower your libertarian flame in time.

    maybe you will end up being a flag merchant 🤷

    • Val@anarchist.nexusOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Fuck it. I’m done with you. You don’t seem to listen.

      Actually, No. Here is the AFAQ chapter on nationalism: https://anarchistfaq.org/afaq/sectionD.html#secd6, and it is the perfect example of what I’m talking about.

      This means that anarchists distinguish between nationality (that is, cultural affinity) and nationalism (confined to the state and government itself). This allows us to define what we support and oppose – nationalism, at root, is destructive and reactionary, whereas cultural difference and affinity is a source of community, social diversity and vitality.

      My use of the flags is to showcase the nationalities that partake in this event, as they are in the geographic area. Not the nationalism of the state which has usurped these symbols.

      And trust me I am an anarchist. First and foremost. Anarchism is the surrounding idea of the centre of my being, which is one word: “Kind”. I doubt there is anything that can overpower it. It’s fuelled by the kind of faith that others reserve only for god.

      • rnercle@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 days ago

        Anarchism is the surrounding idea of the centre of my being, which is one word: “Kind”.

        you can be kind and nationalist too, like in reverse you can be an anarchist who is not kind at all. Has nothing to do with it.

        can you, like i mentioned before, literally sugarcoat those flags during the event. At least it would be fun.

        oh! You can even make those flags from sugar and eat them. 1st international anarchist flag eating competition… yay!