violence
Concerning the Attacks in the USA and the War
Concerning the Attacks in the USA and the War
1. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are an expression of the worldwide economic, social and military policies of the past decades.
The Psychology of Political Violence
Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays (Third revised edition, New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1917)
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE
TO ANALYZE the psychology of political violence is not only extremely difficult, but also very dangerous. If such acts are treated with understanding, one is immediately accused of eulogizing them. If, on the other hand, human sympathy is expressed with the Attentäter, 1 one risks being considered a possible accomplice. Yet it is only intelligence and sympathy that can bring us closer to the source of human suffering, and teach us the ultimate way out of it.
You can't blow up a social relationship
This essay was was published as a pamphlet around late 1978 or 1979, in the aftermath of the Sydney Hilton Bombing. The black humour of the time around the anarchist movement was that the police and security forces framed Ananda Marga because they came before Anarchism in the alphabet.
The arguments in this pamphlet are still as valid today as when they were written 30 years ago. Reprinting or linking to this text is encouraged.
You Can't Blow up a Social Relationship -
The Anarchist case against Terrorism
Anarres Books Collective
First published (1979?) in Australia by:
LIBERTARIAN SOCIALIST ORGANISATION
P.O. BOX 223. BROADWAY, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, 4000
