Questions to Anarchists

[Old Man Diogenes]

This sort of reminded me of the quote from V for Vendetta its about acts of violence of structures rather than people but I think it could be applied to assassinations. When asked if blowing up buildings will make the government afraid of its people, V replies, "The building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. Alone, a symbol is meaningless, but with enough people, blowing up a building can change the world." I suppose you could change the quote to; "Authority figures are symbols, as is the act of destroying them. Symbols are given power by people. Alone, a symbol is meaningless, but with enough people, assassinating a Government Official can change the world."

[SavagePostModern]

Do you support efforts such as those by Leon Czolgosz to assassinate members of government in order to bring on revolutions?

The only thing the upper classes respond to is violence.

Violence, fear, blackmail, and coercion is the only means of communication the upper classes know.

Protests, strikes,activism, or letters and phone calls to your congressman or senator just doesn't cut it.

( Infact they go ignored on deaf ears.)

( You cannot negotiate with the same institutions that are controlled by your adversary.)

( You cannot negotiate with a so called social justice system that is controlled by those that legalize specific forms of oppression.)

( You cannot negotiate with the same institutions that are controlled by the upper classes themselves.)

I respect freedom fighters world wide who pick up guns and fight for what they believe in that literally will die for their convictions them some half ass attempt of negotiation through protests that for the most part go ignored.

[SavagePostModern]

I see all the assassinations listed as justified acts of defense on behalf of the working class. However, I do not support them, because I see them as counter-productive.

EDIT: Counter-productive except in tsarist Russia and other societies where the favored method of control is massive violence against the people, that is.

And what present nation on this earth is the favored method of control not that of massive violence and coercion?

Can you name one? ( Laughs.) Didn't think so............

[SavagePostModern]

I'm not an anarchist but I still oppose terrorism. Terrorism as distinct from armed people's struggle. Terrorists hope to install fear in a group by propaganda of the deed. Armed revolutionaries would only use assassination as a last resort and only against those who have taken physical violence against the proletariat.

Look at the quote of my signature:

"The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual a crime." -Max Stirner

You call it terrorism whereas I call it natural rebellion.

[rebelmouse]

Do you support efforts such as those by Leon Czolgosz to assassinate members of government in order to bring on revolutions?

who said that he wanted revolution with asassination? he wanted assassination on the basis of revolutionary cosciousness, he wanted to damage evil, but he understood that his act will not bring revolution.
only communist guerilla thinks that other people will follow their armed fight, so only communist guerilla thinks that armed attacks will bring to revolution.
anarchist guerilla don't have such dreams than simply they want to damage ruling class which kills people everyday.
ok, when crowd of groups make arsons attacks, the state can be shaked very much. like insurrection in Greece. but again, it will not bring revolution, it is level of rebellion in which participated people without revolutionary consciousness and therefore it stayed on the level of rebellion.
killin of US president also stayed at level of individual armed attack. plus anarchist groups were not ready (in their heads) to resist to repression after it. you can see anarchists in Serbia how much their are unprepared for repression, after anarchists attacked greek embassy, most anarchist website even didn't publish information that anarchists are arrested. they are full of fears, hobby anarchists, and result is good for government. people want to drink beer in capitalist cafe bar, they don't want to take a risk (what to speak about armed fight when they didn't publish information that anarchists are arrested, even official media published such information, capitalism don't imprison for publishing of news that someone is arrested). therefore revolution is still theory, the same as in the time of mentioned Leon.

[Искра]

Do you support efforts such as those by Leon Czolgosz to assassinate members of government in order to bring on revolutions?

I agree with rebelmouse.

[Durruti's Ghost]

And what present nation on this earth is the favored method of control not that of massive violence and coercion?

Can you name one? ( Laughs.) Didn't think so............

Few governments exercise massive amounts of actual violence (as opposed to threat of violence). To claim otherwise distorts the sheer brutality of the Tsarist regime. What really matters is how the act would be perceived by the working class, of course.

That said, I refuse to condemn Czolgosz's actions.