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Tommy Sanders

@tommysanders.bsky.social
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Social anarchist "The only limit to the oppression of government is the power with which the people show themselves capable of opposing it."-Errico Malatesta #ReadMeansAndEndsByZoeBaker

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 19h
#OtD 30 Sep 1918 a small unit of 36 Ukrainian revolutionaries in the anarchist Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine engaged in their first battle, crushing a much superior counter-revolutionary German force in the village of Dibrivki. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If I lived in France I would be a member of @ucl37.bsky.social
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I want to make a youtube channel mainly for the sake of pushing back against anti anarchist propaganda but I feel like it will hurt my mental health
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
All the anarchists I've talked to in real life have been such cool people.
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PM Press @pmpress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Help us get this book out into the world. Back the project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3/amodernanarchism Also, it's Anarchist Book Fair Season! We hope to see you at one of the many events we'll be tabling this Fall!
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Great man theory is idealism.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I wish that Zoe Baker or someone like her had a reacts channel where she just went around debunking anti anarchist propaganda
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.blackrosefed.org/anarchopac-c...
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Means and Ends: The Anarchist Critique of Seizing State Power
Anarchist YouTuber Anarchopac provides an overview of the historic critique of the seizure of state power.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Talking to liberals about internationalist platformism and watching their brains explode
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Voices from the Left Podcast 🌹 @dystopiangrift.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is a good read. Lucy was a former slave turned anarchist. Her husband was executed for being the ringleader of the Haymarket Affair in Chicago, Illinois c. 1887.
The Principles of ANARCHISM

and other writings -

LUCY PARSONS

FV EDITIONS
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Welfare programs don't turn off the capitalist mode of production. The dsa is capitalist.
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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#DavidGraeber, the #anarchist #anthropologist and #OccupyWallStreet icon, died on #ThisDayInHistory in 2020. His scholarship remains important for many who're working for a better world, like these fine books: #Debt: The First 5,000 Years; #BullshitJobs; and #TheDawnOfEverything.
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Attached: 1 image #DavidGraeber, the #anarchist #anthropologist and #OccupyWallStreet icon, died on #ThisDayInHistory in 2020. His scholarship remains important for many who're working for a better w...
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If any of yall are platformists or especifists this is worth checking out.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Some of the best ancom music of all time. youtu.be/WSqUBwlHld4
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Chumbawamba - The Day The Nazi Died Lyrics
YouTube video by Becca Critchley - Magpie
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Chapter 5 of Zoe Baker's book 'Means and Ends' contains one of the best critiques of electoralism I've ever seen. theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-...
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Means and Ends
Zoe Baker Means and Ends The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States 2023 Cover design by John Yates | www.stealworks.com //...
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AK Press @akpress.org · 01/09/2026
Summer's almost over, and we're not ready. But since we can't control the passage of time, we're doing the next best thing—an End of Summer Sale: 📦️ FREE domestic shipping / $10 off int'l 👕 ALL merch 25%+ off (some just $10) 🥤 FREE AK Press coozie w/ every order Now through 9/6 at AKPRESS.ORG.
A stack of AK Press published books with a can in an orange AK Press coozie sitting on top.A stack of folded t-shirts and sweatshirts in different designs, including "Sometimes Antisocial, Always Antifascist," "You Don't Have to Fuck People Over To Survive," AK Press logo, "Support Trans Folks," and "Abortion Forever."
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It feels so nice to go outside after being on your phone all day
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you support the current economic system that is burning the ecology of the planet, I have one question. Why?
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cities where @blackroserosanegra.bsky.social "locals are forming / where current at-large members reside" blackrosefed.org/locals/
The following are cities where new Black Rose / Rosa Negra Locals are forming, or where current at-large members reside. To contact members in these cities, please reach out via the form on our Join page and we will connect you.

Albuquerque,NM Burlington, VT • Chicago, I • Detroit,MI • LittleRock, AR • New York, NY Oneonta, N Philadelphia, P Richmond, VA Sacramento, CA San Diego, CA Tampa, FL
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Guillotine the petit bourgeoisie
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nationalization is not anti-capitalist
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Check out this book and listen to our podcast interview with @anarchozoe.bsky.social here: itsgoingdown.org/means-and-en...
Photo collage of Lucy Parsons, IWW workers at hall, and anarchists during the Spanish Revolution.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Spanish Anarchists started with 30 people. Don't let anyone tell you that revolution is impossible.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Quote posting this because I keep seeing people online asking 'how would anarchists defend themselves' PLEASE just take the time to watch this video🙏🙏
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kropotkin: "We admit the imperfections of human nature but we make no exceptions for the rulers" Me: "We admit the bias of anarchist historians but we make no exceptions for the statists"
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The Dugout - A Black Anarchist Podcast @thedugoutpod.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
In this episode of The Dugout, we speak with Lebanese anarchists about organizing and surviving through war, occupation, sectarianism, displacement, and economic crisis. At the center of the conversation is a simple principle: abandon nobody. Find where you get podcast
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
There is no such thing as a 'socialist policy'.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
More from 'Anarchist Popular Power' by Troy Kokinis
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Cat looking confused and shocked  😲
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
What stands out to me about this video is how the erasure of anarchists from history is not only due to capitalists, but also self described 'leftists'. youtu.be/qc7QVofykyA
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Why I left Anarchism, and then came back
YouTube video by BadMouse
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
'Ancom' recommends 2 books by Lenin but not social anarchism and organization😑 youtube.com/shorts/ilBPk...
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Leftist Theory Recommendations (from an Anarcho-Communist) #leftist #socialism #anarchy
YouTube video by Caden
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I'll never understand why I feel more tired after 10 hours of sleep than after 5 hours of sleep.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I got these 3 books a few weeks ago and just finished reading 'Anarchist Popular Power'. Which one should I read next?
3 books left to right: 
Anarchist Popular Power, by Troy Kokinis
The Anarchist Collectives, by Sam Dolgoff
No Harmless Power, by Charlie Allison
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Men are not good enough for Communism, but are they good enough for Capitalism? If all men were good-hearted, kind, and just, they would never exploit one another, although possessing the means of doing so."-Peter Kropotkin theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr...
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Are We Good Enough?
Pëtr Kropotkin Are We Good Enough? 1888 From Freedom 21, June 1888.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Martin Sostre died 11 years ago today. Rest in power.
"I cannot submit to injustices, even minor ones. Once one starts submitting to minor injustices and rationalizing them away, their accumulation creates a major oppression. That is how entire peoples fell into slavery."-Martin Sostre
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#classwar www.blackrosefed.org/anarchists-t...
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Anarchists in the Tenant Movement #3 – the Southeast
This is the third installment of our Anarchists in the Tenant Movement series. You can find the first installment here and the second here. The interview below was conducted with an organizer named Ma...
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I've personally never seen anyone critique Malatesta for using the term 'party' to describe what he called a 'specifically anarchist organization'. Yet somehow people think that calling platformist and especifist groups 'non-electoral parties' is an insult.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Statists: "You can't cite Sam Dolgoff and Zoe Baker they're biased historians" *proceeds to only cite other statists.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Who would council communists have sided with in the first international?
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Ily Kropotkin Heart Locket
Alt: Ily Kropotkin Heart Locket
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
More from 'Anarchist Popular Power' by Troy Kokinis
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
3 hours left 3 essays to go. It might be over for me
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We have a lot to learn from our comrades in Latin America imo. (Sorry I'm too lazy to do alt text for this)
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
2 hour video essay. You love to see it. youtu.be/yiUGJtKSdfY
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Authoritarian Leftism Only Achieves Capitalism: Anark Responds to @SocialismForAll and @BadEmpanada​
YouTube video by Daniel Baryon | Anark
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
1 hour discussion about the Spanish anarchists. youtu.be/oNM1kJ9JgSI
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Danny Evans | Spanish Revolution & Civil War Discussion Series
YouTube video by Black Rose / Rosa Negra - Anarchist Federation
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AK Press @akpress.org · 04/08/2026
🔥 Out Today! 🔥 This #BlackAugust, we are so excited to release 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳:𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪 𝘖. 𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯. Edited with @williamcson.bsky.social, 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 collects Alston's thoughts that have influenced generations of radicals. Find it here: www.akpress.org/anarchist-pa...
A close crop of the cover of Anarchist Panther: The Selected Writings of Ashanti O. Alston, featuring a halftone image of the author.
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Greythean🏴🚩🇵🇸✡️ @thegreytheanvoid.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
*taps the sign* www.indigenousaction.org/voting-is-no...
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Voting is Not Harm Reduction – An Indigenous Perspective
Voting is Not Harm Reduction An Indigenous Perspective February 2020 – www.indigenousaction.org Zine format printable PDF download:  Voting is Not Harm Reduction Zine-FINAL-PRINT (9.8MB) When proclama...
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Knowing that my comrades in Sudan are still able to organize in the conditions they're in is honestly very inspiring. It really shows that I have no excuses.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I find it funny how most self described Marxists in the US think that the working class can simply lay hold of the ready-made State machinery and wield it for its own purposes.
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Tommy Sanders @tommysanders.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Turning the Tide: An Anarchist Program for Popular Power www.blackrosefed.org/about/program/
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Turning the Tide: An Anarchist Program for Popular Power - Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation
The writing this program contains is the product of nearly two years of collective research, discussion, and debate among the members of our organization.
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