About Us

People’s Informative Collective: Who We Are, What We Hope to Accomplish

A long time in the making, and possibly to late to be truly useful, the following are our proposed mission, ideals, and goals.

Anarchism is arguably one of the oldest human political philosophies. Long before the rise of the Roman, Byzantine, British, or American empires, people were controlling their own lives, communities, and futures. While it’s prevalence has faded anarchism is still very much alive, and just as important as it was to our oldest ancestors.

However while the basic ideas of anarchism has never changed, anarchists have. Once representing the entirety of humanity, even more recently large swaths of people from every imaginable walk of life, anarchism was a philosophy without race lines, class lines, or gender lines. However as it is often (and rightly) pointed out, today’s American anarchist community is nearly homogeneous. We are nearly universally white, we are nearly universally from the middle class, and we are almost all under the age of thirty. What is it that causes this, and how can it’s obvious limitations be pushed back to return anarchism to its former position at the forefront of the human community?

First and foremost we must throw open our doors, and accept in any and all who wish to learn of us and join us. There are many people who would likely join our cause and advocate for the anarchist cause, yet have not done so. It is likely that our cliquish, in-group attitude is partially to blame for this. To often we rely on jargon, security culture, and established circles to achieve our ends. Yet a movement so limited cannot grow. While security culture has it’s place, we must also be aware of the fact that it is simply a deterent when used to zealously at the basic, entry levels of our community.

As such, we of the People’s Informative Collective (PIC) will endeavor to provide what has been lacking for so long in our community. A basic, outsider friendly insight into the workings, thoughts, and goings ons within our community.

To the seasoned anti-authoritarian we hope to become a resource for new faces, ideas, and organizing. To this end we will post any action that comes to our attention that is open to the public and supportive of the anarchist cause, will promote groups, artists, and movements we feel are seeking similar ends to the anarchist cause.

To the young anarchist, either in age or in experience with our community, we hope to be an open place to find answers and explanations of some of our more idiosyncratic habits, as well as providing resources for networking with other anarchists.

And to the general public, those who are yet only familiar with the masked villains society paints us to be, we hope to show that our demands are not insane, our methods are not cruel, and our dreams are no more deranged than their own.

Please, if you are interested in contacting, joining, or submitting something to the PIC, contact us at peoplesinformative@riseup.net. While we have yet to draft an official editorial policy or membership requirements, I assure you that no one will be turned away unless their intentions crassly violate our core beliefs.

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