Is Anarchism A Realistic Option For The U.S.?.?

[Rainie]

Looking back at the Spanish Revolution one realizes that Spain was more or less a homogenous population. The Spanish anarchists were mostly white people of more or less the same ancestry. In the U.S. you have people of different background who generally don't trust and don't like each other. How can these huge impediments be overcome???

[CornetJoyce]

Spain could also be seen as the exemplification of the problem you're concerned about. The Spanish and Catalans spoke different languages.

[Rainie]

Originally posted by [email protected] 02, 2007 12:37 am
Spain could also be seen as the exemplification of the problem you're concerned about. The Spanish and Catalans spoke different languages.
Yeah the Catalans and other Basques spoke different languages but didn't they understand Spanish too. They were white.

Maybe what I'm thinking about relates to a federation. If you could have a federated community of communes people might cooperate better.

[rouchambeau]

Multiculturalism: Anarchy's worst nightmare.

[which doctor]

For this "anarchism" to work the proletariat must come to the conclusion that they are an international class full of all kinds of people that share a single bond, they are all proletarians.

[Organic Revolution]

Originally posted by Rainie+August 01, 2007 06:49 pm--> (Rainie @ August 01, 2007 06:49 pm)
[email protected] 02, 2007 12:37 am
Spain could also be seen as the exemplification of the problem you're concerned about. The Spanish and Catalans spoke different languages.
Yeah the Catalans and other Basques spoke different languages but didn't they understand Spanish too. They were white.

Maybe what I'm thinking about relates to a federation. If you could have a federated community of communes people might cooperate better. [/b]
I don't see how color plays a factor. There are white people who don't trust each other, hell, white anarchists were fighting white fascists.

The division of cultures in America has been played up in the media to make other cultures distrust each other, and that 'spell' can be broken.

[Kropotkin Has a Posse]

I disagree with national anarchism, as it is called. People are people, and language, "race," and religion do not make our interests any different.

[Bilan]

Originally posted by [email protected] 02, 2007 10:54 am
Multiculturalism: Anarchy's worst nightmare.
Finding common ground with revolutionaries who don't necessarily agree with all their views: A Leninist's worst nightmare.

[Bilan]

Originally posted by [email protected] 02, 2007 10:24 am
Looking back at the Spanish Revolution one realizes that Spain was more or less a homogenous population. The Spanish anarchists were mostly white people of more or less the same ancestry. In the U.S. you have people of different background who generally don't trust and don't like each other. How can these huge impediments be overcome???
The same thing could be said for Marxism because of Russia, Cuba, etc.
There are failures in revolutions due to factors at that time, it's not necessarily a flaw in the ideology.

[DisEnter]

Originally posted by [email protected] 02, 2007 12:24 am
In the U.S. you have people of different background who generally dont trust and dont like each other.
Are you seeking a better catalyst for anarchism? What kind of question is this?! The absence of trust of both government and those who would attempt to become government (perhaps your neighbor) will lead to a lasting anarchism rather than one that quickly decays into monarchy, dictatorship or worse, capitalism.