This article from redsails is so great and I think it’s probably been one of the most impactful pieces of writing in altering my perspective and approach to organizing.
It comes from Red Sails, who may have the author we might not always agree with (Roderic Day), but I think he’s good with the subject.
Related to this, I think there’s also an article of a similar sentiment and thesis, though not from the same publisher and author, “The Demiurge doesn’t exist”
Historicization shows that all things have an explanation, a beginning and an end, whereas fetishization presents them as opaque and eternal. In other words, historicization is a kind of centering that is a partisan of intelligibility and change, whereas fetishization invisibilizes both.
This article from redsails is so great and I think it’s probably been one of the most impactful pieces of writing in altering my perspective and approach to organizing.
Could you link this article? I cannot find it.
https://redsails.org/masses-elites-and-rebels/
It comes from Red Sails, who may have the author we might not always agree with (Roderic Day), but I think he’s good with the subject.
Related to this, I think there’s also an article of a similar sentiment and thesis, though not from the same publisher and author, “The Demiurge doesn’t exist”
Is that the no such thing as propaganda article? That article is so good.