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CrimethInc: Some of the anarchists who went to fight in the Ukraine joined the Azov Battalion and the OUN. But they weren't really anarchists so it's okay. (crimethinc.com)
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Makes you wonder why the most committed anarchists would go to the Ukraine to fight if they weren't really anarchists in the first place.

If the anarchists were really as disorganised as this article paints them to be, any adventurist would have had much better luck finding their way to the front through virtually any other route than as an anarchist.

Notice the unfalsifiable orthodoxy that kicks in in the editorial note, immediately dismissing any anarchist who joined the Azov Battalion or the OUN as being a false anarchist since joining with fascists disqualifies your from being an anarchist. That's very convenient and all but the lack of self-crit shown in this article is astounding.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah no, fuck this. If you're an anarchist and you go offer your life for a state, you're not an anarchist at all, no matter how horizontally you say you'll do it.

Do note that CrimethInc are post-left dudebros, they have some good essays but a lot of what they write is very dumb and sometimes vehemently anti-communist.