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Anyone up for a group reading of "An anarchist faq"?
(anarchistfaq.org)
I'm in.
Been meaning to learn how to read
Yeah I've actually been meaning to do a full linear reading of the FAQ since forever. Not sure how much time I'll be able to put in during the semester but I could probably be pressured into doing it if there's enough people not to let down 😆.
Yo letsgoo
I think it took me like 1-2months to read section A (180 pdf pages) which is about 10% of afaq
So I suppose it will take 1-2years if I dont give up
Edit: yo I realise you were the one who made the post that this one appears to be a cross-post of, wow
I urge everyone yo join. One of the best resources on the subject
Thank you for the encouragement db0:)
Do you mean to?
~imsosorrylol~
This would be a good emoji.
How's this?
Amazing.
I'm interested :) would the group reading start from Section A or pick off where you left off tho? i'd be fine with either
Yooo hello fxomt
I thibk it'd made sense to start from the beginning. Section A also seems very important part of the faq:)
Anyone who has advanced could participate I guess on discussions about previous parts or wait or make a new group if there are enough people (kinda doubt there will be enough people)
Afaq is so long that almost surely some will be behind and others will ahead of others, so dunno how it will go😅
I mean I think for AFAQ in particular it's fine if someone jumps in the middle. As a FAQ, it's written with the understanding that people will read it in pieces.
True
Hmm, what if we just do a weekly post about afaq and people can discuss their progress and thoughts without making the post specific to the section each member of the community reads (each user will just mention it in the comments).
It could be like afaq group reading week #1234
I mean this might be selfish but for me personally, it would be nice to have some amount of structure and "peer pressure" to get the reading done. Like "okay here's the part of the FAQ we're on today", and if someone else wants to talk about some other part that's cool too, but you know.. sometimes. it's nice to do things as a group 😃.
I see yeah, cool cool, we could do that:)
sounds good to me :) How would the reading group be organized tho? i mean on which platform so we could actually share
Hmm maybe here like hexbear does?
Edit: rereading this I'd like to say that we ended up using both this post on lemmy and the /0 anarchism room on matrix to organise it:)
For those who aren't aware of how Hexbear does stuff: reading groups are weekly/monthly/whatever Lemmy threads where whoever runs the group pings everyone in one of the comments. So basically once a week/months/whatever, you'd see a thread about AFAQ, and if you want you can sign up to get pinged.
Oh cool (I too wasnt very sure how they run them:)
good idea, should we make a new community on dbzer0 for reading theory, or tracking it in this comm?
I think a weekly book club style post would work specifically for this, but maybe an "anarchists book-club" comm would be good for going forward and exploring other works? I'd be into that.
If this one is a success I think a wider reading group community could work :)
I think doing it in this community is fine. IMO it would be cool for newcomers to see that there's theory behind the praxis.
Cool, so a reading thread here about each week :)
I say keep it here unless this sub starts becoming too active, then you can split to a new comm
Will do, thanks.
Hmm, I'd probably start from here, see how it goes and if it's too spammy then split it? (also instances with members not subbed to the reading communities might not see that community)
I'm definitely interested.
That's 5 readers now 🎊
I want to be in pleaseee
I'd be interested. I've checked out parts of it over the years but haven't looked at most of it.
Not sure how is it supposed to work, but definitely count me in!
sign me up!
If anyone has a ereader (like a kindle or kobo), there's an epub version of it: (direct link) https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-anarchist-faq-editorial-collective-an-anarchist-faq-full.epub
Btw, this seems mildly outdated*
Its latest version is 15.8 (2024/7/4). Not sure how often they update it
Edit: here's the version history/changes
I wrote a shitty python script to make an updated one: https://files.catbox.moe/mi41sy.epub
edit: fixed link to point towards unfuckked epub.
Amazing!
Wait, nevermind that epub is completely broken
Oh lol
ok, I unfucked the epub, before I reupload it, what would you suggest I use as the cover?
Yay:) haha Im yoo sleepy now to suggest anything
https://files.catbox.moe/mi41sy.epub -- just chose the enclosed a on a red/black background.
I'd like to try!
Can someone volunteer to give that website a mobile compatible viewing mode. It would make it far more accessible.
(I’d theoretically love to join your reading but the extent of my chronic illness means it’s very unlikely I’d be able to keep up fully. I’d love to jump in and out if that’s possible tho :))
If it helps, irelephant made an epub version of it: https://files.catbox.moe/mi41sy.epub
No worries! The intros are pretty short, and A.1 is also very short :) nevertheless, no pressure if you can't read it all. We actually just started a few minutes ago https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/51243397
When I clicked the link, a couple of hours ago, I just went ahead and read through it all without realising.
Great resource, thanks for the share.
I'd probably not have the time for a complete read of a longer edition.
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2025
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