Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 03:40:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Jamal Hannah <jah-AT-iww.org>
Subject: Re: Anarchism: Two Kinds


On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Mumpsimus wrote:

> Anarchism: Two Kinds 
> by Wendy McElroy
(...)
> This is not American anarchism. Individualist anarchism, the
> indigenous form of the political philosophy, stands in rigorous
> opposition to attacking the person or property of individuals. The
> philosophy revolves around the "Sovereignty of the Individual"--as an
> early champion, Josiah Warren, phrased it. Whether you prefer the
> term 'self-ownership' or 'the non-invasion principle,' the core of the
> philosophy remains the same. 

The idea that "individualist anarchism" is the "indigenous" form of
anarchism in the United States is a ridiculous claim.  Does anyone really
care that anarchism first came to the United States from immigrants?  Is
Wendy a nationalist or racist?

(...)
> Left anarchism (socialist and communist) are foreign imports that
> flooded the country like cheap goods during the 19th century. Many of
> these anarchists (especially those escaping Russia) introduced
> lamentable traits into American radicalism. They believed in
> "propaganda by deed": that is, the use of violence as a political 
> weapon and a form of political expression.

So anarcho-communism and anarcho-syndicalism are "foreign imports"...
this is a riot.  Capitalism is also a "foreign import" to America,
because before capitalism came to the US, the native American indigenous
people practiced communalism.

This woman considers immigrants to be human trash. She is an idiot.
She is showing that her form of individualist anarchism is nationalist
and has no regaurd for foriegn people.  She forgets that the relatives
of people like Benjamin Tucker and Josiah Warren were from
other countries too.

This article was ridiculous and an emberassment to individualists.
It's arguments against the Seattle rioters are totaly compromised.