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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS How can a rational be ennobled by anything that is not obtained by its own exertions? - Mary Wollstonecraft Theory from Rudy Fenwick, encouragement from Kathy Feltey, example from Noam Chomsky, reference help from the U. of Akron library, solidarity from activists everywhere, thoughtfulness from Greg Coleridge, passion from Emma Goldman, support/tolerance/love from Angela Kline (and countless others), data from Chuck Munson. Thanks to the University of Akron Department of Sociology for permitting me the luxury to pursue my seditious interests and beliefs. Distraction and inspiration from the Akron Anti-Authoritarian Reading Group, Akron Food Not Bombs, the Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee, the Cleveland Independent Media Center, Critical Mass Akron, Students Taking Action for a New Democracy, and all affinity groups. Kudos to all other anarchists who have inspired, advised, and participated in my research. I would be remiss to mention the importance of the Internet in this research, particularly the archives of Indymedia, A-Infos (the Anarchist Newswire Service), Infoshop.org, the Anarchy FAQ, the Anarchy Archives (at Pitzer U.), and the Anarchist Yellow Pages. Music by Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Susana Baca, the Blackheart Procession, Boss Hog, Drive Like Jehu, Enon, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. [ Williams 4 ] [ this is a draft. do not cite. ]
A NOTE ON SCHOLARSHIP Revolutions are brought about by those who think as people of action and act as people of thought. - Emma Goldman This paper is not written for journal submission, nor for mandatory assignment (and as of present, not for dissertation fodder—although that may change), but rather for a decidedly political purpose. Further, this paper has a two-fold objective. One, to interject a consciousness and analysis of present-day anarchist movement into sociological thought. Two, to aid the anarchist movement in providing an academic context to its activism. It is this author's opinion that so-called “disinterested scholarship” is one of the most disposable commodities around, a practice that feeds the Spectacle without a desire to engage it. “The Spectacle” is an idea coined by the Situationist theorist Guy Debord: In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation.... The spectacle is not a collection of images, but a social relation among people, mediated by images. The spectacle cannot be understood as an abuse of the world of vision, as a product of the techniques of mass dissemination of images. It is, rather, a Weltanschauung which has become actual, materially translated. It is a world vision which has become objectified. (Debord year, p. x) Honest and inspired scholarship is the desired approach of this author, and every attempt to make the subject matter relevant to reality—and not the dusty shelves of library archives—has been made. As such, it should be stated from the outset that I am a strong sympathizer with anarchism in many of its formations, yet this “allegiance” has not discolored my objectivity. Herein anarchism is dealt with in its vast diversity and is channeled through my own personal interpretations and understandings. As a result, the anarchism presented herein is a blend of the various trends I admire most. But, I have attempted to fairly include aspects that I strongly disagree with. Presently, this piece is a mind-numbing collection of insights, musings, history, impressions, personal theories, etc. that are not properly formatted for either academic or public consumption. Thus, if you are reading this, you will likely notice a disjointed flow to the subject matter. This not only unintentional, but utterly predictable considering how this is being patched together from a broad and intimidating skeleton. I will [hopefully] have the humility and compassion to cut enthusiastically when the time arrives. [ Williams 5 ] [ this is a draft. do not cite. ]
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Page 7 and 8: INTRODUCTION We make the world sign
Page 9 and 10: RESEARCH ISSUES The power to think
Page 11 and 12: The increased focus upon anarchism
Page 13 and 14: camps of both the conflict and orde
Page 15 and 16: See the Models appendix for more on
Page 17 and 18: type of authority (particularly whe
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Page 21 and 22: International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Page 23 and 24: a non-coercive consensus can actual
Page 25 and 26: develop more empathy for them (and
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Page 31 and 32: domestic workers. Of course, anarch
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Page 35 and 36: VALUES Which side are you on? - Ata
Page 37 and 38: members are rotated overtime to dis
Page 39 and 40: ACADEMIA'S ANARCHISTIC “WANNABES
Page 41 and 42: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS When spiders unite
Page 43 and 44: Missing, again, is any discussion o
Page 45 and 46: Chomsky quotes Octave Mirbeau: “a
Page 47 and 48: information exchange. The Independe
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meetings and congregate, as well as
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Labor Movement and New Social Movem
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anarchism”. Western US anarchists
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● Map successive additions of IMC
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A 2002 user survey of the popular w
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organizations. This differs from re
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auspice of the United States govern
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and hierarchical authority structur
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hierarchy of positions.” 6. Incen
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Anarchist Black Cross Earth First!
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Started Minneapolis, MN 1987 Slogan
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Critical Mass's only real credo is
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actions, cut up thousands of potato
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Michigan for example) might skew th
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Since many anarchists were engaged
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commitment does not conflict with f
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each IMCs webpage to “about” pa
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A look at the December 1999 archive
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Further, the focus upon anarchists
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Section Chief of the FBI stated tha
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TEACHING Everywhere not only educat
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my own attitudes that we should not
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The methods elaborated by McKeachie
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I'd be happy to do the same for oth
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The main points I would like the st
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Amster 2002 Carswell 2001 - clamor
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* Atkinson, Ian. 2001. “May Day 2
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* Boyle, Michael P., Michael R. McC
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* Corbridge, Stuart. 2003. “Count
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Ehrlich, Howard. 2002. “On the Wa
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* Gordon, Linda. 2002. “Social Mo
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* Johnson, Ana Gutierrez and Willia
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Social Movements, Conflicts and Cha
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Quarterly, 83 (3), September: 726-7
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* Przeworski, Adam. 2003. “Freedo
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* Shantz, Jeffrey. 2002. “Judi Ba
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* Thies, Clifford F. 2000. “The S
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Wood, Lesley J. 2004. “Bridging t
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APPENDIX: GLOSSARY What does anarch
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Sexuality: thought, identity, and a
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Compatibility model: anarchism inte
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Socialist model: anarchism has trad
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Index will be too huge and unwieldy
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