Anarchic Agreements

brainworm reviewed Anarchic Agreements by Ruth Kinna

Practical pamphlet for constitutionalizing

4 stars

This is a short, easily understandable guide aimed at horizontalist groups. Prefigurative, not prescriptive, with lot's of relatable examples, and at the end a large appendix of constitutional documents historical and modern to gain inspiration from.

I am glad this exists! It makes the case for building lasting structures, institutions, and that governance (via constitution) is a strong support to that.

There are times where I wish it was a bit more prescriptive, and had a more positive light on leadership and specializing which I now believe to be not only inevitable, but actively desirable.

Overall, a lot of good common sense for organizing, and a great entry for people who are newer to governance.

This is a short, easily understandable guide aimed at horizontalist groups. Prefigurative, not prescriptive, with lot's of relatable examples, and at the end a large appendix of constitutional documents historical and modern to gain inspiration from.

I am glad this exists! It makes the case for building lasting structures, institutions, and that governance (via constitution) is a strong support to that.

There are times where I wish it was a bit more prescriptive, and had a more positive light on leadership and specializing which I now believe to be not only inevitable, but actively desirable.

Overall, a lot of good common sense for organizing, and a great entry for people who are newer to governance.

Niño Gurú reviewed Anarchic Agreements by Ruth Kinna

Tips bastante prácticos

4 stars

Esta es una excelente guía general sobre cuestiones organizativas. Para quienes no hayan tenido mucha experiencia o quienes tengan alguna es bueno comprender los fundamentos de una buena organización, sobre todo si es social o política.

Cuenta con una sección con ejemplos concretos de diferentes movimientos y organizaciones, con preguntas clave y muchas sugerencias útiles.

Muchas veces nos enfrascamos demasiado en aspectos ideales, teóricos o ideológicos, pero siempre es bueno refrescarse con lecturas muy prácticas.

enne📚 reviewed Anarchic Agreements by Ruth Kinna

4 stars

Anarchic Agreements is a non-fiction how-to book about organizing in leaderless groups. It focuses on creating explicit "consensual, changeable, and conscious" agreements (via constitutionalizing), ways to make coalition building between groups more effective, and various examples of declarations and statements, and finally a few worksheets. I wish there were some more small examples (A group had B problem and discussed in C way which resulted in D changes) but for a short book there's only so much it can do.

For me personally (who doesn't have a lot of extra background in this sort of thing), this was a much more thorough follow-up answer to the concerns of The Tyranny of Structurelessness in that it presented many questions to ask to interrogate about how decisions are made, how to communicate, and how to make sure to reduce barriers and think about power differences between members in a group.

Anarchic Agreements is a non-fiction how-to book about organizing in leaderless groups. It focuses on creating explicit "consensual, changeable, and conscious" agreements (via constitutionalizing), ways to make coalition building between groups more effective, and various examples of declarations and statements, and finally a few worksheets. I wish there were some more small examples (A group had B problem and discussed in C way which resulted in D changes) but for a short book there's only so much it can do.

For me personally (who doesn't have a lot of extra background in this sort of thing), this was a much more thorough follow-up answer to the concerns of The Tyranny of Structurelessness in that it presented many questions to ask to interrogate about how decisions are made, how to communicate, and how to make sure to reduce barriers and think about power differences between members in a group.