Affinity 101: Build Your Own Autonomous Initiatives and Groups | Richmond Rebellion - Updates
Affinity 101: Build Your Own Autonomous Initiatives and Groups
by anarchy in the burbs
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WHAT IS AUTONOMY AND AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZING?
Autonomy is based on the love for and mutual respect of individuals that does not seek to gain power-over their lives or trajectories. Autonomy is synonymous with horizontal (i.e. on equal grounds/power-with), and can be contrasted to other forms of life that are vertical (i.e. top-down/power-over) such as authoritarian, capitalist, gendered, and racial hierarchies that we see in the world.
Consequently, autonomous organizing is based on the collection of desires, friendships, and projects that seek to disrupt those forms of oppression. This form of organizing is different from and opposed to other models of organizing that are based on leadership or bureaucracy. Instead, autonomous organizing is based on consensus, mutual aid, and affinity.
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