Terrorism Expert on Anarchists
Yet another “expert” is consulted to help the media make anarchists into terrorists. “Convinced that the hated “system” is about to fall, some may persuade themselves that blowing off the hands of a mail clerk at an embassy will destabilise the world’s diplomatic network, rather than merely cause widespread revulsion and give the state an [...]
More Blasts Blamed on Anarchists
A blast at the Greek embassy in Buenos Aires is connected to anarchists by AFP A police spokesman told AFP the blast caused minor damage and that an investigation was under way. The blast in Buenos Aires came just hours after a bomb exploded outside an Athens court, causing widespread damage but no injuries ahead [...]
An Anarchist State, Slate?
There are so many people out there who actually know what they are talking about. Would it be so difficult for a mainstream publication to find one of them? Meh. Small personal possessions would be OK in an anarchist state, but there would be no private land, and no one would privately own businesses or [...]
Umm…Thanks…But
I appreciate Jonas pointing out the fact that, Living next door to an anarchist would probably decrease rather than increase your chance of being harmed by a neighbour. But the idea that most anarchists today are anarcho-libertarians, somewhere between neo-con and Tea Party-types is absurd. Read the rest here.
Back Assward Conservatives
Don’t you just love how conservatives have the most amazing knack for getting things exactly backwards? Society does not naturally assume a “horizontal” configuration. It must be beaten into that shape. People willingly cooperate and seek leadership, for better or worse. They must be violently prevented from doing this, and those who wield the violence become the new [...]
Mind Boggling Ignorance
France 24 had a segment on anarchists where neither the interviewer nor the guest had any clue what anarchists want. Apparently, we have no ideology and don’t want revolution. Watch it if you want to bang your head on a wall.
Increasing the Anarchist Threat Level
There are tons of articles on the recent bombings that have been blamed on anarchists. One of the memes emerging is that of anarchist coordination across borders for violent action. The New York Times has a piece about the links between Greek and Italian anarchists. And the AP has a piece about increasing anarchist violence. [...]
Businessworld Gets it Right?
Businessworld has a review of The World that Never Was that actually focuses on anarchist’s aims rather than the violence perpetrated by some anarchists. Who would have thunk it. ‘Anarchism’s ultimate aim was to usher in a society of human beings, a heaven on earth in which harmonious coexistence was achieved without coercion or the [...]
FDL and Assange Disappoint
This isn’t too terrible Of course it would be absurd to compare Julian Assange to these anarchists and Wikileaks to the Federazione Anarchica Informale. Anarchists do not always or even usually advocate violent overthrow of government; not all anarchists are terrorists, and most terrorists are not anarchists. These distinctions matter, and it’s not sufficient to [...]
Anarchists vs. Realists
And this is the disagreement between anarchists and realists. Realists believe that nation-states are the way to run what would otherwise be an even more anarchic world. If it weren’t the American, German or any other government dealing with each other, it would be multinational corporations, sub-national groups, and transnational organizations (some of which are [...]
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