But I think the color issue is more indicative of anarchism's inability to link its program to the real struggles of today. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 8:05 PM Subject: Re: Color of Anarchism Re: Protest ISO...
> At 7:23 PM -0500 12/29/02, David Schanoes wrote:
> >Criticizing anarchism for being "white" is about as weak as criticizing
Marx
> >for not understanding the role of Africa and slavery in developing the
world
> >market.
>
> Marx lived in the 19th century, whereas today's North American
> anarchists live in the 21st century. Shouldn't people of color
> expect some progress after more than 150 years?
>
> Rather than progress, there has been regress in the anarchist
> movement, which is whiter today than during the days of the IWW.
> Worth analyzing what caused the regress, in my opinion.
> --
> Yoshie
>
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