bring down the state should we now?

On 1st May 2000, the London May Day Carnival against Capitalism, a peaceful demonstration against capitalism, turned into a riot that led to the defacing of the Cenotaph and millions of pounds worth of damage to City buildings.

Similar violence has been seen at other large-scale anti-capitalism protests, such as at the World Trade Organisation’s talks in Seattle. In these circumstances, people have come to question the rhetoric and claims of the anarchists. So is anarchism a defensible policy ? Can it be supported both in theory and in practice?

please see this link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/1999/jun/18/1


Anarchism is essentially a fight for human freedom. Modern states, even those which claim to be democracies, stifle their citizens with oppressive and artificial machinery such as laws and taxes. These are imposed by the people who run the state -the elites, the governing classes.

Anarchists believe it is better to live without such controls imposed by such people. This does not mean they stand for complete chaos though. they support co-operation and barter between individuals as profitable. Only without controls can humans truly live naturally and freely.

An opposing mind would say otherwise, you may say that anarchism is marked by exactly this sort of utopian, unrealistic argument. far from freeing humans, anarchy allow them to be dominated by primitive forces that a controlling state has eliminated, such as the use of physical force by the strong to oppress the weak.

As always I disagree with the this argument. Anarchists believe in a classless society. can't you see? modern democracies are divided into classes that continually fight each other. states have created barriers between men that cause hatred and misery. Anarchy removes these barriers, by removing the apparatus that makes economic subjection of others possible.

Anarchism has nothing to do with violent organisations that hijack anarchist events for their own reasons. The vast majority are peaceable protesters who would never use violence. Anarchism is a viable and fair way of life, that allows humans to live and interact naturally, without a Big Brother controlling us.