Hobbes to Weber to Trotsky … and Beyond? Over the last few decades in America, and perhaps elsewhere, “bureaucracy” and “bureaucrat” have taken on a pejorative connotation. Why is that? The basic idea of the word (from the French for, literally, a desk) is to describe organizational structures which serve the interests of a leader.Continue reading “Bureaucracy Is (or Should Be) Your Friend”
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Link from Politico
Now that antifa have been designated a “domestic terrorist group,” it’s worth revisiting my May post from The Past: Anarchism: Libertarian, Socialist, or Just Crazy?
Link from Washington Post
Anarchists in DC area — good profile from WaPo: they’re young, well educated, and angry! And, they use “Propaganda of the Deed” as a tactic! Watch out!
Anarchism: Libertarian, Socialist, or Just Crazy?
Published May 11, 2017 in Warp & Woof Anarchism: Libertarian, Socialist, or Just Crazy? William Sundwick What is anarchism? Since the mid-19th century, it has been defined as a political philosophy which is basically anti-statist, with the same Greek root as “anarchy.” It holds that the human spirit is throttled, never aided, by the variousContinue reading “Anarchism: Libertarian, Socialist, or Just Crazy?”
Link from AlterNet
If you haven’t heard, yet, the alt-right has a counter movement: “antifa” (anti-fascist), basically anarchists, maybe prone to violence, certainly anti-democratic, much like their enemies, the alt-right
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