What anarchism really means | The Anarchist Studies Network

Nov, 19 2010 11:10

Uma lição para jornalistas. Vá lá, esforcem-se por se mostrarem menos ignorantes. O que não falta na Internet são instrumentos para ter informação decente e suficiente para não darem o flanco.

Protesters are never a homogenous group, but those who protested under the anti-cuts banner last week were united in the view that the marketisation of higher education should be opposed. Typically, however, property destruction magically transformed a sizeable subset into “anarchists”, and gave a green light to the general dismissal of their concerns.

It’s certainly true that anarchists were among the protesters.

What’s misleading is the media’s assumption that there’s a generalised relationship between anarchism and violence. Anarchism is a far richer tradition, and in the light of the media frenzy, it’s worth reflecting on what it stands for.