I love this. I want to do similar things. A local, small, dedicated, competent community is my dream!
I've been working on building community locally since 2021 (an offshoot of Freedom Cells). Although it's still not taken off hugely yet—I think because people around here are afraid of real anarchism/agorism—we *do* have a few dedicated folks who, although not right in my area, are across a few other nearby towns.
We get together regularly and do our best to work within a counter-economy, help each other with projects such as our Agora Market held from summer until fall, teaching each other alternative technologies, and growing and preserving as much as we can of our own food.
These are just a few examples of how we're putting Samuel Edward Konkin III's agorist theory into practice IRL (rather than just talking about it online).
https://theconsciousresistance.com/agorism-history-agorist-theory-practice/ #agorism #anarchism #SEKIII #SEK #buildingcommunity
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Have you heard about freedomcells.org? Set up a profile (use a public address in your neighborhood like a park or library) and look for people near you on the member map...
Yup.
Nothing at all local, or the groups are closed off and hostile. 🤷♂️
Then you gotta start one. There's probably people in your area who do the same and give up. you'll never meet them!
When I move, I might. But... I'm kinda burnt out on online communities.
But... This is also why I want to be able to run my own nodes, relays, messaging servers, etc. Having an exclusive whitelisted relay for a local community is my dream, currently.
Yes, but Freedomcells.org is much more known in the US and advertised heavily by Derrick Broze, John Bush, and Jack Spirko, so you should start there as well. Decentralization.
Once I started my group, I made our own Telegram group (gimme a break it was 2021) and built a website as well.
Do it or don't, idc
I'm aware of what it is, and who promotes it. I've just found it to be rather lackluster in my current area.
I'm hoping that it's better in my new area, or, since I will be in that state possibly the rest of my life, I won't mind putting in more effort to build a community that doesn't suck.