turquino
17th June 2008, 05:32
This is from the thread “Anarchist Vanguardism and Leadership” in the Anarchist sub-forum.
Obviously, for such a revolution to happen a large proportion of the working classes have to be anarchists, or be sympathetic to anarchist ideas.
Not necessarily. Even left to their own devices in undertaking an insurrection or revolution, the toiling classes tend towards non-hierarchical, council-based forms of organization. This was the case recently in Algeria and Albania, for starters and has been seen in numerous other uprisings where anarchism was really a popular force- Hungary, East Germany, etc.
Is this true? Why is this? And where outside of the West have anti-authoritarian uprisings occurred?
Obviously, for such a revolution to happen a large proportion of the working classes have to be anarchists, or be sympathetic to anarchist ideas.
Not necessarily. Even left to their own devices in undertaking an insurrection or revolution, the toiling classes tend towards non-hierarchical, council-based forms of organization. This was the case recently in Algeria and Albania, for starters and has been seen in numerous other uprisings where anarchism was really a popular force- Hungary, East Germany, etc.
Is this true? Why is this? And where outside of the West have anti-authoritarian uprisings occurred?