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Anarchy in iraq?

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday April 11, 2003 11:36author by Anarchist Report this post to the editors

Am I the only person who is getting pissed off listening to all the media organisations describing the looting and violence in Baghdad as anarchy?

I know that the technical definition of anarchy is the absense of political power and the existance of disorder and chaos, but the general public are unable to distinguish between Anarchy and Anarchism. I believe that the media organisations and propagandists recognise this and are using this opportunity to discredit the entire anarchist political viewpoint as violent random, pointless destruction.

Responsible reporting would either be sure to distinguish between a state of anarchy and an anarchist state, they should choose a different word (chaos is just as good) or educate the public (which is, after all, their job)

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   thanks USA, say anarchists     an archist    Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:41 
   instead of anarchy     pat c    Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:47 
   It is Anarchy     Hilda Robinson    Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:48 
   Ah yes     King Mob    Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:52 
   bah! rumbled!     pat c    Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:53 
   Hilda says ...     bjg    Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:54 
   retail looting/wholesale to come     Ciaron    Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:55 
   Reveals more then you might think     Andrew    Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:55 
   Anarchists should be happy     Alert Activist    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:05 
 10   re: Hilda and 'alert' activist     Andrew    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:16 
 11   Libertarian Socialism = Anarchy     James    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:18 
 12   tired of anarchy     an archist    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:19 
 13   Anarchism in action     Andrew    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:24 
 14   tired of the spanish revo     an archy    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:27 
 15   Not just against     David Rynne    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:31 
 16   as an anarchist living and active in Barcelona the world capital of Anarchy     ipsiphi    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:32 
 17   It's nice how the archists ignore all of the explanations     Chekov    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:33 
 18   Spain failed but not because it was a bad idea     David Rynne    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:36 
 19   boring anarchists     -    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:36 
 20   Things created by anarchists     Andrew    Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:48 
 21   Things created by trots     anarchist rebel    Fri Apr 11, 2003 13:10 
 22   adding to trot list     --    Fri Apr 11, 2003 13:24 
 23   What about peace??     floJo    Fri Apr 11, 2003 14:08 
 24   What have the Romans ever done for us (lately)     Monty Python    Fri Apr 11, 2003 14:23 
 25   Phew – for a moment there, I thought the anarchists had run out of things to say     Dada    Fri Apr 11, 2003 14:37 
 26   Directionless     Joe    Fri Apr 11, 2003 14:43 
 27   James, I know your comment is way back up there but...     AL    Fri Apr 11, 2003 14:50 
 28   Oh, boo-hoo     chris    Fri Apr 11, 2003 14:51 
 29   Maybe thats not a bad idea chris...     AL    Fri Apr 11, 2003 15:00 
 30   Chris: it's the ideas not the language that is important     Chekov    Fri Apr 11, 2003 15:03 
 31   Re: Chris     Andrew    Fri Apr 11, 2003 15:06 
 32   With friends like those     Andrew    Fri Apr 11, 2003 15:11 
 33   the word anarchy is vilified because we are still dangerous     conor (wsm personal capacity)    Fri Apr 11, 2003 15:25 
 34   First off Andrew...     AL    Fri Apr 11, 2003 15:44 
 35   Meant to add..     AL    Fri Apr 11, 2003 15:45 
 36   Re, AL's question     James    Fri Apr 11, 2003 15:50 
 37   Andrew Advocates Workers State!     Hilda Robinson    Fri Apr 11, 2003 16:00 
 38   re: AL     Andrew    Fri Apr 11, 2003 16:02 
 39   re: hilda and the workers state     Andrew    Fri Apr 11, 2003 16:19 
 40   No anarchy in Iraq     Chuck0    Fri Apr 11, 2003 16:49 
 41   Hi Chuck     Andrew    Fri Apr 11, 2003 17:00 
 42   Here's my contribution...     anon    Fri Apr 11, 2003 17:40 
 43   No war but the class war!     Sylvia Pankhurst    Fri Apr 11, 2003 20:32 
 44   Where were the anarchists...     alma    Fri Apr 11, 2003 21:58 
 45   anarchist = wsm?     me myself i    Sat Apr 12, 2003 01:38 
 46   WSM are narrow-minded ideologues     Paddy Mac    Sat Apr 12, 2003 03:06 
 47   in reply to andrew     Hilda Robinson    Sat Apr 12, 2003 18:52 
 48   new bosses...     anarcho    Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:19 
 49   Nozick is no anarchist or libertarian     anarcho    Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:27 
 50   In Defence of Marxism     Hilda Robinson    Sun Apr 13, 2003 14:21 
 51   In reply to anarcho's last point     Hilda Robinson    Sun Apr 13, 2003 14:28 
 52   Party power, not workers power     anarcho    Sun Apr 13, 2003 22:47 
 53   just to add a few more I'd say some 'marxists' would get the horrors if they actually read Trotsky     conor (wsm personal capacity)    Thu Apr 17, 2003 15:50 


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