Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 12:22:01 +0200
From: George Fragos <adipas-AT-mailgate.gr>
Subject: Re: Here is a question for yous all!


Iain McKay wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone
> 
> I have a question. I'm working on section J.4 of the FAQ
> (J.3 will be on-line in a couple of weeks, btw) and its
> about anarchistic trends in todays society (if anyone
> can find of any, please let me know, but thats not
> the question). I've just done a section on why social
> struggle is a key anarchistic trend in society.

  Social struggle just... a key anarchistic trend in society? I thought
that social struggle is what all anarchists stand for, despite other
tendencies among them! I mean, what kind of anarchist is one that does
not adopt, believe to and wage social struggle? Social struggle is not
an option for the people: the State is fighting Society, most people do
not realise this, but others (like anarchists) do!
> 
> However, I'm now working on a section called "does
> social struggle do more harm than good?" -- given
> that the net result of social struggle is sometimes
> very bad repression, unemployment, even fascism,
> does this mean that it can only make things worse?
> I have my own viewpoint on this, but I was
> wondering what others thought about it.

  This question is invalid to me! 
  As I said before, social struggle is not an option, and we all are
forced to wage it! 
  Also, social struggle is not a "moment" in History: the various
historic revolutionary and social struggle "events" we testify are only 
valuable snapshots during Human History, i.e., during History of Social
Struggle!
  "Bad" or "good" we have to wage (our) social struggle! If we are good
people, our struggles will be good as well! Who are eligible to decide
weather our struggles are "good" or "bad", "effective" or "ineffective"?
We are, but the future generations, too!
  What we all have is social struggle! If its value is canceled, then we
anarchists have no reason to exist!!! We have to maintain our old values
alive, and prevent sceptecism to develope inside them and us...
  That's what I think...
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