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Eye of Anarchy

Anarchism constantly evades those who would attempt to locate a process in a rigid structural (stodgy/dead) ‘tower’ of categories. Anarchism is a-historical and anti-structuralist by NATURE (it defies definition and thereby remains immune to appropriation). Its resilience stems from its inability to be located or fixed as an ideology or paradigm. Anarchism is essentially a-political – which will no doubt surprise many ‘radicals’. Rest easy in Anarchism – it is everyone's right-of-passage/existence. Its strength results from its pure dynamism – if it ain’t movin’, it ain’t anarchism!

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dingo
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tangible

22.02.2006 03:23

You've done a great job telling us what its not - how about enlightening us on what it is!

free radical

Dingo

22.02.2006 10:19

What utter drivel

Little @

Latest blog advert from this twit

22.02.2006 10:43

Whar's the matter, can't get enough traffic to your bloody blog? Fishing for eyeballs? Piss off.

And it's "rite of passage". "Rite", as in ritual. Not "right". Moron.

???

22.02.2006 11:20

The post is just as meaningless as decreeing parliamentray democracy as being apolitical because in itself it doesn't advocate a polar stance (debatable I know). Anarchism is a framework based on universal freedom and is therefore just as party politically nebulous as any other orginisational framework.

????

22.02.2006 11:50

I bet you lot are a right laugh down the boozer

JonJo

What about Bakunin?

22.02.2006 12:39

Russian Anarchist philosopher Bakunin made uncomplimentary remarks about Karl Marx's Jewish ancestry and the Jews as a whole:

"The whole Jewish world constitutes one exploiting sect, one people of leeches, one single devouring parasite closely and intimately bound together not only across national boundaries but also across all divergencies of political opinion".

"This Jewish world today stands in large part at the disposal of Marx on the one hand and of Rothschild on the other. This may seem strange. What common ground can there be between communism and the big bank? Oh! but the communism of Marx wants a powerful governmental centralisation and where this exists there must inevitably be a central State Bank and where such a bank exists the parasitic Jewish nation, which speculates in the labour of the people will always find means to exist".

"Only blood", declared the proclamation, "will wash away the people's affliction. You (Russian peasants) have already begun to rebel against the Jews. You are doing well. For soon over the whole Russian land there will arise a revolt against the Tsar, the lords and the Jews. It is good that you, too, will be with us".

Mikhail Bakunin

I LOVE IT, THE ANTI-RACIST ANARCHISTS' MENTOR HATED THE JEWS!!!

Realist

Anarchism: what it really stands for

22.02.2006 14:19

Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth; an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations.

Emma Goldman

Anarchoboy

Fuck off about Bakunin, ignoramus

22.02.2006 14:40

Yeah yeah we all know. Bakunin was a great polemicist, a lousy political philosopher, a Bit Of A Nutter and held anti-semitic views. Probably 'cos he was a Russian aristocrat. Big fucking deal.

What's your point, "Realist"? That the above somehow discredits anarchism? Bullshit. There is so much more to anarchism than Bakunin's writings - it is part of a philosophical tradition stretching back to Taoism.

There is also Kropotkin, Malatesta, Proudhon (he was anti-semitic too, by the way. Apparently it was all the rage in 19th Century Europe), Godwin, Tolstoy and Ghandi. To name a very few. Oh - and the famous anarchist activist Emma Goldman. Guess what? She was Jewish! Well, whaddaya know...

Or are you just indulging in schoolboy sniggering because an historical figure is not perfect. Wagner was anti-semitic - rabidly so. I suppose that discredits opera, does it? You fucking tool.

Once again I fail to see what sort of "realism" you believe in, unless its something to do with the fact that you are Real-ly fucking stupid.

Realist is a reactionary provocateur

"Faith will get you into heaven, but doubt will get you an education"

22.02.2006 14:52

Doh Realist ! Your phrase the "Anarchists Mentor " betray the fact you have no idea what anarchy is. We are our own mentors and responsible for our own mistakes. You can smear, discredit, murder or imprison any one of us and the rest of us still remain free and unblemished. Shakespeare was anti-Jewish too, but I still quote Sonnet Cxxx when I can because that text is sublime and untainted by racism - that doesn't make me an iota more racist.

"Anarchism has declared war on the pernicious influences which have so far prevented the harmonious blending of individual and social instincts, the individual and society. Religion, the dominion of the human mind; Property, the dominion of human needs; and Government, the dominion of human conduct, represent the stronghold of man's enslavement and all the horrors it entails." -Emma Goldmann

Danny

"Realist"

22.02.2006 15:24

"Realist is a reactionary provocateur"

He's also well-known as a fascist troll.

Auntie

DF

23.02.2006 01:46

hey DF, let go of your dick and get yourself a girlfriend, wanker. your temper advertises your gender, personality failings (masturbator) and politics (fascist). u'd make a good moderator on UK (anal-retentive) indy.

talya
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Talya don't embarrass yourself

23.02.2006 16:22

"your temper advertises your gender, personality failings (masturbator) and politics (fascist). u'd make a good moderator on UK (anal-retentive) indy."

Having a wank is hardly a "failing", but rather one of the most honest expressions of sexuality there is. To believe otherwise is incredibly uptight and yes, bourgeois.

It is clear that Talya believes simply being *male* to be a sin and is therefore closer to fascism, with its own ideas of biological determinism, than I'm sure she would be comfortable with.

Anyway, I've gotta go. As a man, I've got wars to start and women to oppress, you know.

Masturbation is not a crime

Everything is a crime in Texas

23.02.2006 20:19

"Masturbatory devices are already illegal in President Bush's home state Texas."

http://www.whitehouse.org/initiatives/purity/index.asp

Talya, even in Texas you should be allowed to use your own finger. If you travel to California someone there will be able to show you what bits to touch so that you can legally join in and learn how to stimulate yourself. Lets face, if you can't then noone can, but viagra which is effective on most frigid women ( so I'm told ).

And accusing all men of having a temper is as sexist and inaccurate as accusing all pre-menopausal women of being psychotic once a month. Men are much more violent, but most of that is cold-blooded - a failure of reason rather than hormonal. Testosterone is a powerful drug though. If you ever become comfortable with your own sexuality then you should try it once, just to see how it affects your personality. Its like a mixture of adrenalin and hunger.

Danny

intervention in somnambulism

24.02.2006 05:30

A stale and old reality is once again offered for consumption. If the majority of the world’s population are too frightened to face/engage the joy (ecstasy) of life on an immediate and continuously unfolding basis – without resorting to a set of behavioural regulations encoded by pathological personalities (prophets, Messiahs, political ideologues, gurus and the like) then surely they should be rejected. Given a life, they are afraid to live it, theirs is the worst and most destructive plague of all and it is no surprise that this malaise is now an international epidemic.

See how they run into their favourite ideologies, religions and belief systems for cover, security and justification. Theirs is the gathering of cowards who seek leadership in order to express their violence without accepting personal responsibility – gutless wonders that they are! Cowards find their ‘bravery’ in numbers and seek to express it as violence. Real affection and love are expressions of supreme bravery, the cowards are extremely aware of their inadequacies and that only serves to fuel their violence – damn! – life is potential joy – who would steal that from you and create a world of fear and slavery? And why would you eat the shit sandwich you have been given when ambrosia is your birthright?

Are there any real men left on this planet? What a thorough disappointment you little wankers are!

talya

Talya - a damaged individual

24.02.2006 16:26

Quite what your little rant actually means must remain a mystery to all but yourself, Talya - it just looks like a vague aggregation of psychobabble and hippie crap to me (are you an American by any chance?).

Two things shine through however: Your appalling Narcissism and neurosis (condemning all "leaders" while bossing everyone about) - you would clearly be horrible company - and your overwhelming *hatred* of all male human beings - preferring instead to look back to some non-specific age of "real men" - whatever that might mean. I fear you may have been a little disappointed with male attitudes of the past.

Men come in all shapes and sizes and personality types Talya - as do women. You ought to get out more and stop slagging off all around you. You wanker.

Masturbation is not a crime

Masturbation is not a crime but causes blindness

24.02.2006 17:29

If masturbation isn't a crime why don't you masturbate me?

Make love, not war.

Moron

it doesn't matter

24.02.2006 17:32

you are God and there is no such thing as choice.

love you, me

patience

DAJ

don't see it!

25.02.2006 00:30

I've read all the pertinent articles to which this thread refers and all the weenie rants - and cannot find reference to masturbation as "crime" - someone's guilt problems seemed to spill into public view.

Masturbation is NOT a crime - it's a tragedy!

anarcho-feminist

pick yer nose

25.02.2006 13:33

>Masturbation is NOT a crime - it's a tragedy! - anarcho-feminist

Really - why ? More of a tragedy than eating alone in a restaurant ? What about mutual masturbation - is that okay ? Do you grieve when you come ? Is each sperm holy ? Or are you one of these folk who claim never to masturbate ? Is oral acceptable or that a personality failing too ?

What I consider tragic personality failing is when people superimpose their own sexual hangups on everyone else.

Why would a supposed feminist take a stance on such a personal issue ? Have you achieved equal pay ? Have you tackled domestic violence ? Have you achieved proper conviction rates against rapist ? Or is your concern with other peoples sexual habits born of neurotic prurience ?

How come I can pick my ears
but not my nose
who made up that rule anyway
how can you say that's the way it is
that's just the way it goes
why don't you decide for yourself
what you can do
and what you can say

Danny

nasty preachy false feminism

26.02.2006 13:45

Once again "anarcho" feminists stand condemned out of their own puritanical mouths.

Once more: Wanking is no more or less than a way for any individual to achieve organism - and its free too!

Any attempt to impose value judgements upon this simplest of physical activities is merely priggish authoritarianism dressed up as radicalism.

Scratch a rad-fem, find a fascist. It has always been thus.

Ban the banners!

masturbation is not a crime

nasty preachy false feminism

26.02.2006 13:47

masturbation is not a crime

"value judgements"

27.02.2006 02:48

I suppose "false feminism" is not a value judgement - idiot! Keep wanking, wanker.

krystal