Summary

Are these positions, outlined above, doing anything for anarchism in Australia? The lack of organisation, and its attendant sporadic activity, is a result of action and confrontation with what oppresses us. This lead anarchists to turn in on themselves creating divisions and mutual suspicion. Groups stagnate and then disappear through attrition by 'burn-out' and cynicism - and an 'everything's fucked' attitude. These positions also tend away from a sense of external struggle to a sense of internal struggle as a primary objective. When social struggle is not on an equal footing with personal struggle, struggle becomes unbalanced. They should work hand in hand. Social struggle and personal struggle together help us to understand how to take control of all life's processes.

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