[lbo-talk] Patriotism is Relative, Not Absolute

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Fri Aug 8 22:40:54 PDT 2003


Kevin Robert Dean wrote:


> Just to add a few things, we all have to be "patriotic" for
> the simple reason that the people we need on the same team
> are from our own country and communities, with our own
> unique histories...Internationalism starts at home and all
> that. Our Socialism will be uniquely American. Our
> Anarchism will be uniquely American, ect...

Anarchism has no interest in having any kind of nationalistic flava. Anarchists have opposed patriotism and nationalism since the 19th century.

If you want to talk about internationalism, anarchists are the true internationalists.

Chuck0



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