from O.R.C.A.
This workshop will introduce tools to build emotional skills to further anarchist struggle and insurrection. It is crucial to approach emotional well being, constructive conflict resolution, and personal mental health as something that is not a private matter but a skill foundational to security and resiliency. We can only collaborate together if we can maintain respect for one another long term. Solidarity and affinity are our major weapons as anarchists, and like other skill, they must be honed and maintained with intention, rather than something we attempt to learn at a crisis point or when everyone is too burned out to do well or consistently.
The first half of this workshop series will discuss tools to help us better communicate and make better decisions under pressure and do mental health action support planning for before, during, and after being on the ground, and the second half will give us a structure to practice these skills and practice supporting one another so they are more accessible during times of high pressure. We view our collective emotional well being as a material limitation to deeping of combative anarchy. We seek to develop tools, an ongoing practice, and a constructive culture around addressing the intense conflicts, trauma, and joys which are inevitably part of a serious struggle against domination.
