Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 19 2006 @ 09:37 AM CST

i'm not in a religon so i don't fucking tithe!

i spend a lot/most of my money supporting the anarchist projects and work that i am personally involved in, or on political prisoners, which doesn't seem to be listed.

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Authored by: Admin on Tuesday, December 19 2006 @ 09:53 AM CST

If you are spending your money to support your own projects, that would be covered above. The purpose of this poll is to find out how much exactly people are donating to anarchist and radical projects. There seems to be a significant lack of awareness among our comrades that they should be donating money to projects on a regular basis and more money than they currently donate. I think that our movement needs to develop an ethic of anarchist tithing. The main reason our projects do so poorly is not because of organization, but because of a lack of funds that are necessary to interface with the all pervasive capitalist system.

Chuck

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 19 2006 @ 12:28 PM CST

also lack of organization and co-ordination

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 19 2006 @ 01:06 PM CST

I have to spend almost all my money on food, rent and clothes.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 19 2006 @ 07:13 PM CST

I think its very difficult as most of us would be struggling to get by as it is. Personally, with such small salary I give the only resource I have, my time. However I do agree that those of us able to contribute should do so, especially if it means not getting that new Ipod :p Once I find some full time work I'll make more of an effort to support Infoshop.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 20 2006 @ 06:27 PM CST

how much do you spend, chuck?

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Authored by: Admin on Thursday, December 21 2006 @ 11:28 AM CST

Probably from 40-60%. It depends. If you count all the money I spend on gas, food and other things when I'm running around doing volunteer projects, then most of my minimal income is going to anarchist projects. As my family and friends can attest, I spend very little money on myself.

Chuck

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 26 2006 @ 06:13 PM CST

wooooooooooooooow

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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 27 2006 @ 05:13 PM CST

That's a lot. At that level I'd assume some of that also is a part of your living expenses? Anyway what keeps you going at it day after day? How do you fuel thins kind of rage.

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Authored by: Admin on Friday, December 29 2006 @ 02:02 PM CST

It's a large percentage because my income these days is very minimal. If I were working a full time job, the percentage would drop, but I'd still be spending lots of my money on political projects. For example, I had to put some gas in the car this afternoon and that was so I could drive to the bank to make a deposit for our infoshop. Tomorrow I'll use more of that gas to go to the infoshop and perhaps run to the post office.

I keep going because I enjoy doing these kind of things. If they sucked, I wouldn't do them. There are lots of challenges and always some setbacks, but that come with the territory. I think that these projects are important and that I can contribute something. I guess you could say that everyday struggle is what gives life meaning.

Chuck0

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 02 2007 @ 09:47 PM CST

I had you pegged as a bike rider.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 21 2006 @ 03:41 AM CST

Myself, I don't really have any income--honestly--nor do I buy much of
anything (as an obvious result). But I spend several hours every single day
working on various community projects and on my contributions to
anarchist activity worldwide. I wish there was a multiple choice option for
people in my situation. Not all of us have an income, not all of us have the
option to contribute financially.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 22 2006 @ 12:07 AM CST

im not really sure but between wobbly dues and starting things up its probally 1 to 5 percent. wobbly dues are low.. but then i dont make a lot .
I think we could all do more to practice financial mutual aid and solidarity.
Esp, if its to defend a comrade against repression, or to start up counter "institution" .

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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 23 2006 @ 01:35 PM CST

im gay

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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 23 2006 @ 04:52 PM CST

so?

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 28 2006 @ 06:43 PM CST

was the meant to be homophobic, anti IWW or both?

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 26 2006 @ 10:48 PM CST

i think this is a good poll-- for those of us who have the capacity (and i dont mean "those of us who are rich", i mean those of us who make a few bucks more over minimum wage and dont have a bunch of kids) its important to financially support the ideas/projects we are always crowing about. I feel like in america, everyone always just feels like they are broke and can't afford to donate anything-- who hasn't taken full advantage of the "sliding scale" entrance fee to benefits?
while i hate to romantize our european comrades, in my travels to the old country i have definately noticed a looser fist when it comes to giving money, and thats not because they have more. in america we are always so worried about not having enough for ourselves, but many of us could easily swing at least $20 a month or so... i hate to say it, but the revolution DOES need funding........

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Authored by: Admin on Wednesday, December 27 2006 @ 01:06 AM CST

I just want to make it clear that this poll has nothing to do with Infoshop or our recent fundraisers. I posted this poll in order to help us get a sense about the giving habits of our comrades. There are many projects out there which are having problems right now. Some of those problems stem from internal problems, but much of these problems have to do with financing the operation of anti-capitalist projects in a capitalist society. The other reason why I posted this poll is to get people to think about our own habits of solidarity. Are we doing enough to support projects that are important to us? Have we developed an ethic within our movement of giving a portion of our incomes to projects in our movement. It's possible that most of us give lots of money and resources to projects, but there is little information about this, hence this poll.

Chuck0

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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 30 2006 @ 06:10 AM CST

Your a FUCKING COMMUNIST BASTARD! Always stirring up shit. Get a FUCKING LIFE!!!

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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 03 2007 @ 08:46 AM CST

What? Haha, who the hell are you even talking to?

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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 03 2007 @ 09:23 PM CST

Thanks Chuck. I think an extremely important issue has been raised, though I'm a little disappointed that so many people chose the cop-out joke non-answers. What does "stealin from the Man" have to do with how much of your income you donate to radical projects? And why have so many never thought about donating to radical projects? If something is worth your time, why isn't it worth your money?

I think a really good sister poll for the this one would be "what percentage of your income do you spend on alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes?" I think this is an equally important issue, because more and more I see substance abuse interfere with organization, accountability, effectiveness, and ability to secure funds.

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