Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:59:29 -0400 From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca> Subject: Re: Anarchists Against Terrorism Web Page Updated "Shawn P. Wilbur" wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Jamal Hannah wrote: > > > Hey folks, check out my Anarchists Against Terrorism web site > > and tell me what you think: > > > > http://flag.blackened.net/noterror/ > > Perhaps your brush is a bit broad, Jamal. It seems like a general > condemnation of "terrorism," "violence" and "armed insurrection" - as if > there weren't considerable differences among those classes of practice - > doesn't advance the internal debate much. It may just muddy the waters > more. There's at least a broad consensus that "propaganda by the deed" was > a wrong turn - but largely because it depended on a view of society that > simply wasn't sound (and is much less so now.) Whether or not you can > "blow up a social relation," it seems pretty clear that you have to do > more than kill a king or industrialist to pull it off. "Terrorism" in > general may be dismissable as authoritarian - if not simply because it too > seems useless for creating a free society. > > But the question of "violence" is certainly more complicated than either > or those, and i fear you've implied otherwise. I agree with Shawn. You'll make more points be focusing on Terrorism conducted by the state. -- Chuck0 Alternative Press Review http://flag.blackened.net/apr/ Free Leonard Peltier! "A society is a healthy society only to the degree that it exhibits anarchistic traits." - Jens Bjørneboe
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