Maia Ramnath - Decolonizing Anarchism.pdf - Libcom

10 I Ramnath
processes that anarchists recognize? How docs one behave
toward them? How docs one participate in global anticolonial
struggles? In this sense, the third section is a series of
proposals, and an invitation to others to elaborate on them.
Finally, I need to offer a note on geographic limits.
I originally meant to define this project as South Asian
rather than merely Indian. But as most of the material I
was working with pertained to India, it seemed better to
call it what it was than to subsume the whole region within
an unacknowledged Indian hegemony-which often happens,
a primary example of postcolonial neocolonialism. It
would be ideal to expand my exploration to a truly South
Asian scope, bur that effort will take a lot longer. In the
meantime, I focus here on India. When I'm speaking of
India during the colonial period, however, this also includes
areas that later became part of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Nevertheless, I continue to use the term India when referring
to the independence struggle before the partition, as
both efficient and period appropriate.
Acknowledgmenis
Special thanks to Joshua Stephens and Jude Ortiz for astute
comments on early drafts; Cindy Milstein, Josh MacPhee,
and Favianna Rodriguez for the gift of your skills; Jai Sen,
Subah Dayal, Suzanne Schultz, Tyler Williams, Lex Bhagat,
and the members of the organizing collectives of South
Asia Solidarity Initiative, Adalah-NY, and New York City's
Anarchist People of Color (APOC), for inspiring me and