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Scandalous thoughts

Venona Q.

 

Every so often, cyclically, collective or social anarchism becomes restrictive to some anarchists and an anarchist individualism reasserts itself. It happened at the turn of the twentieth century when some of the great anarchist thinkers began to question some of the more communistic dogmas. It is happening once more, and once more we witness some of the social anarchists writhe in panic as their comfortable dream is disturbed and they wittingly or unwittingly reinforce the stranglehold of the State by condemning their unruly sisters and brothers who appear to threaten the pursuit of what one comrade has aptly described as ‘civil anarchism’.

It is a horrible creature, this civil anarchism. A slathering, craven and despotic monster with eyes in the back of its head which tries to be what anarchism will probably never be – palatable to the modern consumer masses.

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Riflessioni scandalose – alcune note sull’anarchismo civile (2012) it/en

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Presentiamo di seguito la nostra traduzione di quello che reputiamo un ulteriore contributo contro la repressione interna. Questo testo, scritto da una compagna anarchica inglese in risposta a quello dell’Anarchist Federation (omologa della Federazione Anarchica Italiana), rappresenta un’interessante critica delle contraddizioni interne ad una concezione “civile” dell’anarchia e di molto anarchismo contemporaneo. La lunga riflessione che presentiamo può tranquillamente rappresentare una risposta anche alle penose posizioni di federazioni e anarchici al di qua della Manica.
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Scandalous thoughts – a few notes on civil anarchism (2012)

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Every so often, cyclically, collective or social anarchism becomes restrictive to some anarchists and an anarchist individualism reasserts itself. It happened at the turn of the twentieth century when some of the great anarchist thinkers began to question some of the more communistic dogmas. It is happening once more, and once more we witness some of the social anarchists writhe in panic as their comfortable dream is disturbed and they wittingly or unwittingly reinforce the stranglehold of the State by condemning their unruly sisters and brothers who appear to threaten the pursuit of what one comrade has aptly described as ‘civil anarchism’.
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