As an anarchist, I disagree with the linked video’s notion that small groups shouldn’t act autonomously. That is garbage. But the rest of what it says about security culture and safety and the fact that the movie was pretty clearly made to encourage activists to compromise their security and/or hurt themselves is right-on and worth spreading to comrades everywhere.

It’s again worth stressing that this has basically nothing to do with the book of the same title as the movie, and the video makes that clear.

  • StrayCatFrump@slrpnk.netOP
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Fair that the video producer probably took the movie a little too seriously. People calling themselves “Marxists” tend to do shit like that. LOL. And hilariously good takes about Stalin and their notion of adventurism.

    Still, I think their point about it being presented as some kind of alternative to the book (i.e. THIS is the REAL how-to guide) and not coming with good enough disclaimers is still probably a reasonable take. And sorry, but I find “collaborated with the national-security state just to make sure we don’t get in legal trouble” to be extremely weak. One could collaborate with anyone familiar with handling explosives to help you figure out how to change and/or omit important enough details about bomb making (not to mention people like defense attorneys), and changed stuff that would NOT put people at direct risk if they followed the example. Not to mention the shit about collaborating with the state that was also included. These are examples of extremely dangerous misinformation that just shouldn’t be included ever, and aren’t necessary just to produce a bit of fun and engaging agitprop.