Thanks. I’m working on an article called “Who Gets to Say No?” for a possible paid submission to Advocates for Self-Government. It’s about refusal, consent, and how people can cooperate without claiming the right to rule over each other. This gives me plenty to work my argument around in my own words. I can already see that Berkman gives a specific place to begin on Chapter 22, “Will Communist Anarchism Work?”

From that I can examine how he handles someone refusing cooperation. My childlike answer is in a jip is, "ask if they want to help, if they don't want to then we don't get to make them." But what if we absolutely need to? And what would call for the necessity? Is one of the few questions I aim to explore to find and explain.