Doug Henwood wrote:
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>> >the whole thing? I couldn't make it past "Social rage boiled and
> >riotous and militant conditions began to coalesce"
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> Wow, give me Workers Vanguard's defense of Michael Jackson & NAMBLA anyday!
I got as far as the following:
<<<<The difference between an anarchist approach to organizing a march and typical authoritarian leftist and liberal methods is that the latter seeks to control the actions of the participants, often squashing attempts at direct action. Authoritarian leftist and liberal groups favor routine, symbolic protests and beg for reforms from the ruling class.>>>>
And that reminded me of how far many (probably not all) current u.s. anarchists are from anarchist movements of a time when anarchism had some base -- it evoked for me a NYT headline during the Spanish Civil War: Anarchists keeping order in Barcelona.
Most anarchist movements of the past were rather more tightly disciplined than were most 3rd International CPs.
Carrol