The Revolution is Now!

Anarchy is Back!

The age of revolutions is far from over. The common sentiment is that the world is fucked. We are at an impasse. Revolution is necessary, yet past strategies are recipes for failure.

Marxism has been a major setback to revolutionary struggle. Authoritarian leftists have been successful, but only at creating genocidal state capitalist regimes with coats of red paint. Guy Debord was spot-on when he said that “the bourgeoisie is the only revolutionary class that have ever won”. Revolutionary struggle in the 21st century must be entirely rethought.

Marxism poses itself as a science that transcends superstition yet has always been a secular mythology. It is common for Marxists to discuss revolution as if it a distant event where we are saved by a glorious victory from the proletariat. Because of the resemblance to Christianity, many Anarchists have referred to this as the “rapture revolution”. The rapture revolution treats liberation as a single moment. It cultivates inaction with a pacifying blind hope. Treating revolution as the second coming of Jesus Christ ignores the urgency of the present.

Fuck Waiting!

The revolution is now! Every new day is a new opportunity to smash domination to pieces. Every new minute is a new opportunity to revolt against the prevailing order. There is no better moment than the present to fight. There is no reason that we cannot resist at the current moment! Fuck waiting! There are a million ways we can go about fighting against the interconnected forms of domination. Let’s seek to educate the populace on how to break free from their chains. Let’s create tight knit communities of mutual aid to make the politicians obsolete. Let’s create networks of self-defense to protect the most marginalized in our communities. Let’s create alternative economies to subvert the capitalist system. Let’s help the vulnerable, make new friends, celebrate, and change the world. Set ablaze a million grassroot fires!

As our world slowly crumbles, countless radicals have thrown themselves into the struggle to build a better future. Is this not preparing the soil for the new world? Is this not planting seeds of resistance? If you look hard enough, you will see that the flower of revolution is slowly blooming.

Those who speak of revolution as a distant event are hopeless daydreamers who need a wake up call to reality. There is a revolutionary aspect to everyday life. There is an immense power in the everyday acts of resistance. The little “r” revolution has always been as important as the big “R” revolution. We may not abolish the present state of things immediately, but we can ignite a contagious burning desire for liberation in others. Slowly, we can build an inferno that will incinerate the prevailing order. The revolution takes time to build. Revolution is not inevitable but must be willed.

Listen Marxist!

Revolution is not the rapture. Revolution does not end. Revolution is a never-ending revolt against current conditions. An uncompromising fight for total liberation that will never back down until every form of domination is destroyed. The fight does not stop until all peoples break free from there chains. Anything less is unacceptable.

Revolution is not a game of follow your leader. Glorifying old dead men makes us forget the power within each of us. Revolution is about creating a burning desire for revolt within each and every person. It’s about becoming active agents of change, and not a passive observers. It’s realizing we are already free. It’s “killing your idols” and realizing that every single one of us has the potential to change the world.

Revolution is not about blood-lust. While revolution is never peaceful, true revolutionaries are conscious to use violence as a form of defense. Our fight is against systems of domination and not people. The countless crimes of humanity perpetuated by Leninist regimes do not bare repeating. The means can never be disentangled from the ends.

Revolution is not for the red bourgeoisie. Revolution is about empowering the common person with the tools to destroy their chains. It’s not about slogging people with obscurantist academic jargon that is only a tool for the ivory towers. Revolution is about destroying all forms of domination, not shuffling the walls of power through reform or revolution. It’s about putting power back directly into the hands of people, and not into a “workers state”. Revolution is from below, and not from above. Revolution is a carnival by the oppressed and for the oppressed.

Revolution is not a distant event. Revolution is something that is gradually built in the present. Protest cycles, meetings, and elections are ultimately distractions from the revolution that is everyday life. There is no reason to wait to be saved. There is no reason to not fight like hell at the present moment.

The revolution is now!