After yesterdays demonstration I dug out this quote from L.S. Bevington, Anarchism & Violence, Liberty Press, Chiswick, 1896
"Of course we know among those who call themselves Anarchists there are a minority of unbalanced enthusiasts who look upon every illegal & sensational act of violence as a matter of hysterical jubilation. Very useful to the police & the press, unsteady in intellect & of weak moral principle, they have repeatedly shown themselves accessible to venal considerations. They, & their violence, & their professional Anarchism are purchasable, & in the last resort they are welcome & efficient partisans of the bourgeoisie in its remorseless war against the deliverers of the people."
115 years later you have to ask whether much has changed in the behaviour & minds of some 'anarchists'.
Perhaps their most notable attribute is they aren't anarchists. Anarchy involves self-government, responsibility, which has no relation to what these people do.
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