ABC's of Anarchy - Infoshop.org

More documents

Recommendations

Info

I want to tell you about anarchism. I want to tell you about anarchism because I think that it is well that you should know all about it. I want to tell you about anarchism because everything that you have heard about it is wrong. I want to tell you about anarchism because I believe anarchism is the finest and neatest thing that has ever been invented. I want to tell you about anarchism because anarchism is the only thing that can give you liberty and well-being and bring peace and joy to the world. -The Weatherman (paraphrasing Alexander Berkman) From The ABC's of Anarchism a collaborative work by Negativland and Chumbawamba
A note to the reader: So, what the heck is anarchy, anyway? The word anarchy comes from the Greek an (meaning without) and arkhos (meaning leader or ruler). And the Greek prefix Arkhi-, while not the documented root of the word anarchy, means master or chief. In any case, anarchy literally means without leaders, or without rulers, or without masters. Applying the concept of no masters to your life can take shape in an infinite number of ways, and not everyone will agree on how to go about it. Can you be an anarchist and submit to the will of God? Can you be an anarchist and own property? Can you be an anarchist and pay taxes to a nation-state? Can you be an anarchist and be a proponent of civilization and technological advancements? Can you be an anarchist and raise well adjusted children? I'm not going to answer those questions, both for the sake of brevity, and so I don't rile even more anarchists than I already have. But some anarchists have taken sides and formed various versions of anarchy based on answers to the questions above, thereby creating anarch-ISMS. These anarchisms have commonly held beliefs and doctrines, and it follows that some anarchisms may be the complete opposite of other anarchisms. Luckily, this isn't a book about anarchism - I don't know or care enough about all the different branches of anarchism just yet. This is a book about anarchy, living a life without masters. So, the following pages are full of examples of applying anarchy to your life in various ways. Undoubtedly, not all anarchists will condone or even like this book. And not everyone will even like the way I've just defined anarchy. That's okay. Hopefully, there will soon be many ABC's of Anarchy books on the market, so we can once and for all rid the world of the negative connotations of that beautiful word, Anarchy. Lastly, even though I sought out input from many people (anarchist and non-anarchist, experts and novices, friends and foes), and even though I've been working on this book for the past two years, I am still seeing things I want to change. I would love to turn C into "Class War", G into "Gentrification, and U into "Utopia", for example. I also want to change the Y page to a word that better exemplefies anarchy, and perhaps rewrite all of the text, or have a real writer take a stab at it. (I should also probably rewrite this little introduction too.) I hope you can forgive such glaring ommissions, and please contact me with all of your questions, comments and concerns. - Brian Heagney www.brianheagney.com
Page 3 and 4: ABC's Of Anarchy By Brian Heagney T
Page 5: Acknowledgements: Many people helpe
Page 11 and 12: is for Anarchy The word Anarchy lit
Page 13 and 14: is for Critical Mass Critical Mass
Page 15 and 16: is for Egalitarian In an egalitaria
Page 17 and 18: is for Gender Role The term Gender
Page 19 and 20: is for Infoshop An infoshop is a pl
Page 21 and 22: is for Kabouter Kabouter is the Dut
Page 23 and 24: is for Mutual Aid Mutual Aid is the
Page 25 and 26: is for Organize To organize means t
Page 27 and 28: is for Question Authority Authority
Page 29 and 30: is for Squat A squat is an empty, v
Page 31 and 32: is for Un-School Un-schooling is th
Page 33 and 34: is for Without Borders A border is
Page 35 and 36: is for Youth Hostel A Youth Hostel
Page 37 and 38: is for Do you think there could be

ABC's of Anarchy - Infoshop.org

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?