"Platformism" vs. "Insurrectionalism" How Deep the Dichotomy?

Difference
Platformism: Boring as hell
Insurrectionism: Batshit crazy

if you trwal the icc website [do, it's fun :)] they have a hardline against communist parties that are too adventurist oppurtunist etc., these are categories that the left communists have learned through tough times are reactionary and they have a hard line against them. maybe ironic that anarchists have very similar categories insurrecfionary reformist etc., just that the anarchist versions are so much more intense

You're actually really good at this game when you try.

JK - he obviously just said it because he knows it'll annoy us. As have a good majority of his recent posts. He's actually very good at it.

Ha yeah your UK section Dundee United told me I was an insurrectionist because I didn't support nationalising things, and would only support demands of revolution now. When I pointed him to the threads where I'd talked about my involvement in Unison's local govt 5% claim. He was unable to answer.

I'd say he was thinking about the standard understanding of the relationship between the militant, the class and revolution. There are some similarities. Although, its probably worth reading his piece on insurrectionism which is really good I think. One of my favourite pieces by him.

To be honest I don't think the other article is great. Its written from a very different perspective though so it's interesting. Basically the author grew up involved in and around groups involved in armed struggle against pinochet but doesn't fetishize violence so it's more of a a 'fucking grow up' article.

I strongly agree with the critique of tactical dogmatism in Joe and Jose's articles.

it seems to me that tactics and organization are questions to be addressed in context, in which new situations should allow us to change our organizational methods. I think certain events and goals call for different organizations, its very possible that networks and collectives can co-exist side by side as they already do; and both can lend value to the struggle.

affinity groups make more sense during a riot or at a summit as well while doing sabotage; however, for a sustained organizational effort a collective and federation makes more sense where I am at now.

I think people just need to be more clear headed in their evaluation of their own tactics and see the short comings, and learn lessons from all currents of anarchism. I think people need to stop searching for some big TRUTH and realize everyday, and every situation calls for a minor truth of what will work at the time and for a certain duration. It might not be the same afterwards, but you have to keep constantly self-evaluating.

Interesting discussion you had Joe, thanks for the link. Apparantly there is plenty of ground for the connection of struggle if insurrectionary anarchists share the same areas of struggle as organized anarchist communists.

Hi John, please don't be intentionally dishonest, WSM does not have a UK section. Thanks.

I understand that he is an international member (supporter?) of the WSM, or something along those lines.

leader in exile?

That's immature and pretty insulting to the rest of the organisation.

Don't take it personally. Someone needs to out-do Chuck0 in undiscplined sectarian bullshit among anarcho-internet editors. That guy's held the title for far too long.

Hopefully that will happen before this poll closes down, so that we are sure to win it