The recent deaths of bank employees in Athens has drawn history back into the present, as we again find ‘anarchists’ being identified with mindless violence. This occured at the end of the nineteen century, resulting in anarchists being linked with acts of terrorism. It is happening again, as the protesters who threw the bomb into […]
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The necessity of The Radical
Posted: 20th March 2010 by The ImModerator in anarchist thoughtTags: anarchist, anarchy, radical, role in society, role of an anarchist, the radical, understanding anarchy, what is anarchy
Criticism of the status quo… “The weapon of criticism cannot, of course, replace criticism of the weapon, material force must be overthrown by material force, but theory becomes a material force as soon as it is gripped by the masses. Theory is capable of gripping the masses as soon as it demonstrates ad hominem, and […]
Not Yet
Posted: 18th August 2009 by The ImModerator in anarchist thoughtTags: anarchist, anarchy, armchair anarchist, what is anarchy
The bunker is full, and the revolution is brewing. Anarchy is a concept whose time has come again. In many ways, it has always been a time for anarchy but events from late 2007 through to now have highlighted the inequity and imablances fundamental to governments and institutions of the ‘developed world’. The image of a […]