<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Anarchist, feminist... jeez. People are really obsessed with labels. I thought the only label we went by was "excellent."<div><br></div><div>Jeffrey</div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 31, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Johny Radio <<a href="mailto:johnyradio@gmail.com">johnyradio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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Rachel McConnell rachel at <a href="http://xtreme.com">xtreme.com</a>, Wed Jul 31 15:07:29 UTC 2013
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>"As one of the founding members, I can say that I am not an
anarchist and anarchy was never one of the goals of Noisebridge....
You can describe it as anarchistic if you feel it fits... but do not
think that means everyone, or the organization in general, will
agree with the label."<br>
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"I" do not label it so. Anarchy simply appears to be integral to the
history, language, and current operations of the place, as described
in my last post-- Anarchy, or something inspired by it, as conceived
by NB members who preceded my arrival here, including the two people
who i understand to be the founders, Jacob Appelbaum and Mitch
Altman. Since NB is politically heterogeneous, I would expect
disagreement on what NB should be. <br>
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The primary Noisebridge decision-making instrument, Consensus, comes
straight outta Anarchist theory and practice. Do you disagree with
that statement? <br>
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Leaderless structure is a core Anarchist principal. Do you disagree
with that statement?<br>
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This is not my idea or label. Personally, I'm not an Anarchist
either (although I agree with some anarchist ideas). I feel the
Consensus concept is flawed. i also feel NB's implementation of
Consensus is flawed. But that has not stopped me from being a
participant in Noisebridge for 3 years. <br>
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"There are lots of fascinating challenges to running a hackerspace
using the purest anarchist collective principles...."<br>
<a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Social_Engineers">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Social_Engineers</a><br>
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