-Caveat Lector-
Nessie, you and I may disagree about nonviolence (and BTW, I'm going to pick
up that thread again soon), but here we agree completely. There is no such
thing as "Russian" anarchism (usually described as nihilism), "American"
anarchism, "German" anarchism, etc. That would be as impossible as electing
the president of the International Anarchist Central Committee. I suspect
that a lot of the "explanations" of anarchism going around right now are
desinformatsiya, aimed at discrediting a movement which has the potential to
pose a serious threat to the Oligarchy, and also at encouraging anarchists
who speak particular languages to identify themselves as "Russian,"
"American," "German," "Catalan," and thus put artificial boundaries between
people and disrupt the movement's unity.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nessie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 8:29 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] Anarchism: Two Kinds / Wendy McElroy
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> >An excellent article that explains this tricky subject really well!
>
> This article is bunk. It is absurd to talk about "American" anarchism and
> "Russian" anarchism. Anarchism, by definition, recognizes no borders. If
> you're one of us, you're one of us, period. We don't care where you're
> from. It is particularly absurd to atribute the differences between
> individualist anarchism and collectivist anarchism to national origin.
> Both tendencies exist everywhere anarchists exist, which is most places on
> earth. Both are present in virtually every anarchist individual. We
> believe that self reliance and mutual aid are of equal importance.
>
> If you want to know about anarchism, don't listen to non-anarchists. Never
> believe anything anybody says about their enemies. Listen to what we say
> about ourselves and our beliefs. We knowus better than anybody does.
>
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