[lbo-talk] Albert Parsons

[Jim Devine]

On 4/24/06, Chuck wrote:
> Albert Parsons was an anarchist.
>
> I'm tired of the motherfuckers who have spent years trying to remove the
> anarchism from the Haymarket martyrs. The worst offenders are the
> Illinois Labor History Society and commie publications like the
> Socialist Worker. People should at least get their facts straight and
> stop this red-washing of anarchist history.

aren't most anarchists within the broad scope of the "socialist"
movement? Mike Ballard quoted Parsons as saying this. So it seems a
bit academic to argue so vociferously over the application and the
specific meaning of terms.
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Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence
of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles