File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_1999/anarchy-list.9912, message 430


Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 13:20:02 -0600
From: Sandi and Scott Spaeth <vespa-AT-mo.freei.net>
Subject: Re: Anarchism; more popular than marxism? (fwd)



>From: Graham <graham-AT-unacode.demon.co.uk>
>
>When all's said and done, the bottom line with anarchism as a 'mass
>movement' in the USA, Australasia and parts of Western Europe is its
>connexions with early 1980s punk subculture. 

Hey, by that logic, I ought to be a Marxist because I was a big fan of the
Redskins, Billy Bragg, Style Council, Housemartins and anybody else with a
marxist outlook.  The only drawback is that I knew nothing of anarchism (I
didn't even get the symbolism of Black Flag's name and Johnny Rotton's
anarchism was childishness), but I'd seen enough "Communist" states to know
that while I sympathized with their professed aims, their methods were a
nightmare.

But besides all that, I think anarchist punk rock is as good a place to start
as any. 

cheers,
Scott
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