“The Relevance of Max Stirner to Anarcho-Communists” by Matty from the @morgantownultraleftnetwork is now in zine form! Hit the link for a printable pdf.
“The Relevance of Max Stirner to Anarcho-Communists” by Matty from the @morgantownultraleftnetwork is now in zine form! Hit the link for a printable pdf.
“[S]ocially oriented anarchists have been interested in Stirner’s ideas. They continue to be interested today, and for good reason. In a world where even revolutionaries too often find themselves lost among enemies of the individual and calls for self-sacrifice, the uncompromising egoism of Stirner is a breath of fresh air. So many communists, while rejecting God the Father, God the State, and God the Corporation, set up instead God the Community, a fearsome deity that Kropotkin called “more terrible than any of the preceding.” ”
New essay on Stirner recieved by Filler from our friends at @morgantownultraleftnetwork
Anonymous asked: Welcome to Fascist Leftism it has no room for idealism or reality just like Marx .
Oh, shut the fuck up. This doesn’t even mean anything just like your idea of America.
Anonymous asked: You're a liar, I was at that event "grab her in the pussy" seriously? They were chanting "Trump" then later "USA" I would give you the benefit of the doubt, due to all the commotion outside, but online it is as clear as day what they were chanting. All you did that day was prove milo right, the left preferring screaming and crying over discussion and debate, it's pathetic how self justified you are. In the end, Milo finished his lecture, he communicated his ideas, you failed plain and simple.
Maybe outside the hallway they were chanting that, but in the video you can clearly hear them chanting “grab her by the pussy”. You don’t deserve to be debated. Only shut down time and time again like what just happened in UC Davis. If you weren’t anonymous your face might have dog shit on it too. He continued his trash lecture, but given the commotion he won’t be coming back to WV as he is not welcome here.
Anonymous asked: Hello, i was told that this was the place to get information on general protest events/actions in Virginia? Im in the Newport News area and wanted to get involved in some sort of antifa protest group. Im only 15 years old, though. (I was told that being a minor would complicate things.) Sorry if this was the wrong place to ask.
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When people think of revolutionary self-organizing and action, they probably don’t think about West Virginia. But the region has a deep history of violent confrontation to the bosses and corporations that profit from coal and destroy workers and the environment in the process; from the “Mine Wars” of the early 20th Century, to the recent fights around Mountain Top Removal. In many ways, the Morgantown Ultra-Left Network (MULN) continues on that tradition in West Virginia, which is located in the area of the so-called United States known as Appalachia.
The kind folks at It’s Going Down recently had one of our members on their podcast to discuss our work, situation, and convergence in April 2017!
Check it out!
Anonymous asked: everything in the article about Milo is good, but do you think describing him as "mincing" is a bit shit considering he's a gay guy?
Our crew is made up of gays, non binary people, and trans women and men. We were a bit cheeky with that line, plenty of us mince around as well ;)
Anonymous asked: I'm a leftist who has been living in Morgantown for three years. I wish I had known you guys existed.
Shoot us a message on our twitter @MorgantownUltra or on here for details on upcoming events and meetings.
Milo Yiannopoulos took the stage at West Virginia University on Thursday, December 1, to kick off the second leg of his Dangerous Faggot Tour. In spite of outspoken complaints from revolutionaries and liberals alike, university president Gordon Gee and the rest of the administration declined to cancel the event, rebuffing those who preferred not to have a known fascist speak at their university with some contemptuous words denouncing safe spaces and an appeal to that infamous spook, the right to free speech.
A group of masked communists, carrying tongue-in-cheek signs entered the building at approximately 7:30. We chanted “No Milo, no KKK, no fascist USA!” and “Nazi nazi nazi, out out out!” as the assembled fascists, rent-a-cops, redditors, and others attempted to drown us out with awkward insults. As we attempted to push forward to enter the lecture hall, men who we have determined were part of Milo’s private security team walked out to intercept us with force. Our willingness to show that we would return blow for blow and shove for shove soon made them think better of that. We later learned that when the people inside became aware of our disruption, they immediately began to chant, “Grab her by the pussy!.” The short scuffle between us and the security team ended as the WVU Police intervened and formed a barrier.
It
was readily apparent that none of Milo’s lapdogs were going to do
anything that mattered, and we continued to raise a ruckus until the
man himself came mincing out to greet us. Milo, unfortunately, pulled
a slick move and had his cameraman steal one of our signs from around
the police line. Milo himself never crossed the line of police and
after the interruption was thrown off his game for the rest of his
talk. While we had hoped to completely shut the event, we were glad
to see that the event was hampered to a slow dull.
The pigs were curiously subdued throughout the whole scene, probably because Milo wasn’t important enough for actual police protection and had to make due with WVU’s campus cops. After a long series of confrontations, we were gradually inched back to the outside doorway. We surrounded the glass entryway, banging on the walls and continued letting the fascists know they weren’t welcome. Contrary to the Breitbart account of the incident, we were not “promptly” dismissed by security. We stayed for what was probably 25 minutes, enough time to make the event clearly chaotic, lecture one neckbeard that emerged from the mass on the finer points of anarchist communism, and might have stayed longer if a clever comrade hadn’t pulled the fire alarm. That Milo was visibly flustered by this is readily apparent to anyone who cares to watch the video, in spite of the attempt to hide it via editing. He never really got back into his groove, and the whole sad spectacle of his speech ended more with a whimper than a bang. We sang “Solidarity Forever” and then sauntered away into the night.
During his lecture, Milo showed a slide with an image of WVU’s well-known gay professor Daniel Brewster, labeled “fat faggot.” Milo, after mislabeling Brewster as a “leftist,” accused him of bullying conservative students, and concluded “he’s here to punish you for having the wrong political opinions and to eat cake.” Milo’s followers had been harassing Brewster on social media all day leading up to the event. We aren’t the biggest fans of Brewster’s liberal positions but no one deserves this kind of vicious treatment. This is the “respectful, open, and enlightening exchange of ideas” that WVU President Gordon Gee fetishizes and encouraged by giving Milo a platform on campus. Gee frantically backpedaled in a series of tweets that night and issued a milquetoast apology the next day. We knew he couldn’t care less about we the students, but clearly he doesn’t give a damn about this kind of vile treatment of one of his own staff, either. President Gee and WVU utilized Brewster’s name over the years to make the university seem like a safe and welcoming place for queer students, but have now thrown him under the bus. This isn’t about hurt feelings but actively creating a dangerous environment.
While
we are glad with the precedent set in regards to tactics and
rhetoric, there are things we could have done better. We obviously
were not able to break through the police line and completely shutter
the event, and useful intel was not deployed that could have made the
action more successful. The weakness of the police also threw us off
since we had gone in expecting a more forceful reaction. With all
this in mind, much was gained from our showing. This was the first
time many of us had directly confronted police and in doing so we
established stronger affinity and trust amongst ourselves. We hope to
have set a strong precedent going forward and are excited to see
friends and comrades confront this loser in the coming months at
other campuses.
What dignity does the state offer us? What does its apparatus produce which we cannot produce ourselves or do away with completely?
Show me the great success of capitalism in Appalachia.
Show me the benefactors of capital here. You know who they are. What they look like. Labor creates everything yet it is not entitled to its own creations. We lead an undignified life. In hot kitchens, dangerous mines, chemical factories which poison the water, mineral processing plants, the list goes on. Yet one fact remains: the worker is shamed into submission by the holders of capital.
These bosses, these capitalists, are invested in a dignified revolution. A revolution that exists in court rooms and legal documents. It is a sham. It is a tool to create a submissive and dismissive attitude amongst us, living here, in cities we built. Have you ever felt free of the guilt of apathy? It is everywhere. We are driven to believe that relaxation is against society. We are worked tirelessly and retreat to our hollowness at night. Many of us work through the night. For what? There is no production so valuable it should rob me of my humanity. There is no operation so important that we should sell our bodies to the capitalists to sustain it. This is their game and we must revoke ownership of the pieces on the table. No property. Only people.