Why the British public don´t get anarchism.
Sinbad | 21.05.2009 12:41
The divide between the anarchist-liberationist mindset and the average person is vast. Put plainly, the average person cannot understand why anarchists and their cohorts are silent on matters of major general importance but are incredibly committed and vocal regarding speciality concerns such as anti arms factory campaigns.
This first paragraph may seem a bit polemic and i would urge anyone that has immediately gone on the defensive to hold their horses. If i said my bit and an anarchst of a different opinion said theirs we would not need to come to blows or anything like that.
Put simply i believe that there was a time quite recently when the best we could really hope for was to target campaigns against particular multinationals or issues with a narrow target audience. Moreover, in times of prosperity it was maybe right to focus our efforts on protests against the injustices suffered abroad and there is no need for anyone to forget about these concerns.
But right now, right here in the UK the chickens have come home to roost. The profound economic crisis has been followed by a profound political crisis. And as with the former a response from anarchists and the broader left has been absent. We would seem to be in a state of shock unable to respond to these dynamics.
This is where we get to the bit where the average person does not get it. They see some of us running rampant in the streets of Brighton as a result of the activities of an obscure arms company whilst we stand more or less silent and motionless at this point where the political fabric of the Britain is unravelling fast.
And before people hit back at me with the cliched response -don´t just moan do something. I can´t as i am just one person and i don´t know what to do. I and many others need to be told what to do.
However, i do seem to remember a certain Sack Parliament event. Surely a repeat of that would now be appropriate along with a simultaneous Sack the Square Mile event.
Put simply i believe that there was a time quite recently when the best we could really hope for was to target campaigns against particular multinationals or issues with a narrow target audience. Moreover, in times of prosperity it was maybe right to focus our efforts on protests against the injustices suffered abroad and there is no need for anyone to forget about these concerns.
But right now, right here in the UK the chickens have come home to roost. The profound economic crisis has been followed by a profound political crisis. And as with the former a response from anarchists and the broader left has been absent. We would seem to be in a state of shock unable to respond to these dynamics.
This is where we get to the bit where the average person does not get it. They see some of us running rampant in the streets of Brighton as a result of the activities of an obscure arms company whilst we stand more or less silent and motionless at this point where the political fabric of the Britain is unravelling fast.
And before people hit back at me with the cliched response -don´t just moan do something. I can´t as i am just one person and i don´t know what to do. I and many others need to be told what to do.
However, i do seem to remember a certain Sack Parliament event. Surely a repeat of that would now be appropriate along with a simultaneous Sack the Square Mile event.
Sinbad
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