So I bought a heap of cheap manufacturered soviet medals on Aliexpress, and I occasionally will let people in my org award them to each other for praiseworthy stuff. But now there’s anarchists in my group and they might find that offensive. So what’s the anarchist version?
I swear to God, this isn’t a bit.
A loaf of bread. They’re big fans of bread. But real bread not grocery store shit.
Despite it’s later formalised royal moniker, the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution), formerly the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, is still an independent volunteer force funded by charity. Kropotkin frequently cited it as an exemplar of free agreement and anarchist organisation, and rightly so. Crews who risk their lives or other people who contribute significantly are awarded medals, with almost 2500 given out over the last 200 years, and many more ‘Letters of Appriciation’.
So maybe a lifeboat letter / medal?
(Yes, this was mostly just an excuse to talk about lifeboat history)
Give them a little smooch on their little noses
A no-bedtime pass?
Jk jk, maybe some zapatista stickers or pins from schoolsforchiapas?
But now there’s anarchists in my group and they might find that offensive.
I would feel honored if anarchists thought my deeds merit an award even though we have differing views
I’m sure some people would be cool. But many some leftists still equate the Soviet Union with totalitarianism. Anyhow, a Lenin award might not be an award to them.
