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Thank You, Anarchists With their emphasis on participatory direct democracy, the anarchists behind Occupy Wall Street have changed the very idea of what politics could be. Occupy Wall Street protesters hold a general assembly meeting inside an enclosed site near Canal Street on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) It is becoming something of a refrain among the well-meaning multitudes now energized by Occupy Wall Street that the movement needs to shed its radical origins so as to actually get something done. “If they can avoid fetishizing the demand for consensus,” James Miller wrote in late October in the New York Times, “they may be able to forge a broader coalition that includes friends and allies within the Democratic Party and the union movement.” According to some activists, groups like Van Jones’s Rebuild the Dream are poised to turn occupiers into Obama voters. Especially as the 2012 election season starts, the thinking goes, it’s time to get real. About the Author Nathan Schneider

Anarchism: Arguments for and against -- by Albert Meltzer by Albert Meltzer Table of Contents Introduction Inalienable Tenets of Anarchism The Class Struggle Organisation and Anarchism The Role of an Anarchist in an Authoritarian Society Bringing About the New Society The Marxist Criticism of Anarchism The Social-Democratic Critique of Anarchism The Liberal-Democratic Objection to Anarchism The Fascist Objection to Anarchism The Average Person's Objection to Anarchism Introduction The Historical Background to Anarchism It is not without interest that what might be called the anarchist approach goes back into antiquity; nor that there is an anarchism of sorts in the peasant movements that struggled against State oppression over the centuries. In particular, we may cite three philosophical precursors of Anarchism, Godwin, Proudhon, and perhaps Hegel. Godwin is the father of the Stateless Society movement, which diverged into three lines. The third school of descent from Godwin is simple liberalism, or conservative individualism. The Class Struggle

Anarchists in the Woods- then & again « moment of insurrection Intro: Even behind the walls of the city we can hear the war in the woods. A growing resistance to the pipelines of Empire –and a rejection of this civilization in crisis. Movements happen in cycles; sometimes there is a rupture that unleashes a cyclone of struggle, but usually one movement cycles into the other. From a constellation of forgotten movements we choose to remember the direct action camp of the Elaho. Below is a reproduction of a zine published in 2001 by the Elaho Valley Anarchist Horde. The opening article conveys the spectrum of protest, from NGO’s, grassroots environmentalists, indigenous folks and anarchist. Welcome to the Elaho The Elaho valley is in the southern portion of the Pacific Northwest coastal temperate rain forest. International Forest Products (Interfor) are the company that holds tenure in TFL 38. Industrial forestry is one of the largest ecological problems in this part of the world. Plant communities are also affected by industrial forestry. Disclaimer:

How to Be an Anarchist: 13 Steps (with Pictures Edit Article Edited by Sara, Andy Zhang, Ben Rubenstein, Versageek and 42 others Anarchism does not mean philosophy; it does not mean theory, intellect, etc. Anarchism means belief and tranquility to all. The word Anarchism comes to us from the Greek word ἄναρχος which literally means "no rulers". Anarchism is, therefore, a society built upon the foundation of non-coercive free association of all, guaranteeing freedom of thought and action. Anarchism is not kids throwing rocks through windows and causing chaos. Neither is Anarchism against religion, despite many prominent anarchist thinkers being atheists themselves. Ad Steps 1Decide whether or not you want to be an anarchist. Ad Ad Tips Be polite and humble, but stand strong for your beliefs. Warnings