Anarchism in America
A colorful and provocative survey of anarchism in America, the film attempts to dispel popular misconceptions and trace the historical development of the movement. The film explores the movement both as a native American philosophy stemming from 19th century American traditions of individualism, and as a foreign ideology brought to America by immigrants. The film features rare archival footage and interviews with significant personalities in anarchist history including Murray Boochkin and Karl Hess, and also live performance footage of the Dead Kennedys.
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anarchy is not concerned with idiotic animal nihilism, violence, etc. read the words of noam chomsky to begin learning of this social model built on admirable components, the central concern of which is to defeat tyranny.
Maybe that’s true shamel.
i think this was quite a good documentary and an excellent starting point for anybody interested in the subject, although i would have liked to see and hear 2 points blatantly expressed.
1. if one were to read the new testament of the bible one would find jesus advocating anarchy, and yet exactly the opposite is preached from the pulpit.
2. from a purely logical perspective, if nobody OWNS me then nobody OWNS me such that i have to do as somebody else says purely for the sake of doing (or thinking, or speaking) as i’m told. no matter how many laws there are that say i MUST wear a bicycle helmet or a seatbelt such that i MUST protect my person to somebody else’s dictates. to me it comes down to personal sovereinty.
there will be a struggle between individualists and those advocating the pre-eminence of ‘the state’ for some time yet i think.
The problem with leftist anarchy is it relies on force to create the system, and places people in a system as flexible as those that also participate. It is nothing but a series of democracies. This is a bit of an antithesis to the idea of non-governance. Rightist anarchy promotes individualism, doesn’t advocate any specific economic structure, and can become anything, including sectors of leftist type colonies.
Is anyone else unable to watch this?
Simon….it is not playing for me. maybe it was removed