So I recently discovered there's an anarchist bookfair happening in Tartu, Estonia. So I made these icons as a way to contribute spreading the news. What do you think?
More info about the bookfair is here: https://riga-anarchist-bookfair.hotglue.me/
this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2026
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National flags and anarchism?
The flags are more meant to signify culture than nations/states. For me the flags have a cultural relation that's far more powerful than the states. The flags were used by the people as a signifier of culture before the states took them and turned them into their own symbolica. Even in anarchism culture will persist and having symbols for these cultures is important.
Or to put it simply: "The state stole the flag from the people and now we will steal it back by using it to fight against it".
Hi! I'm here from all, so not very familiar with anarchist discourse. But as this affects me, being from the baltics, I have to ask: is fighting against (relatively) democratic states reasonable at this time? As long as russia, USA and china exist in their current form, there is no hope for a stateless society to exist without being crushed under the boots of a larger country.
The Palestine protesters in England who destroyed military production infrastructure are ideologically correct, but in the short term their work has a direct positive effect on ruzzia's oppressive behaviour.
What's your take on this? Love the imagery btw.
Many anarchists would disagree with this. Anarchists strive to establish communities/stateless societies that are able to defend themselves against state repression. Many anarchists also believe state organized militaries to not be as effective in actually defending territory against invaders.
While not all examples are anarchist and successful, they all share libertarian ideals and are examples of libertarian communities defending territory against states / authoritarian forces. I think they should provide enough information to imagine an anarchist society defending itself: