Thread by @BlackSocialists

“All who strive to oppress & exploit the working class, & gain power for themselves, whether [on] the right or the left, will always be threatened by Anarchism.... because Anarchists hold that all authority & coercion must be struggled against.”

– Ervin

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“Anarchists & Anarchism have historically been misrepresented... The popular impression of an Anarchist as an uncontrollably emotional, violent person [...] only interested in destruction for its own sake, & [...] opposed to all forms of organization, still persists to this day.“

“Further, the mistaken belief that Anarchy is chaos & confusion, a reign of rape, murder & [mindless/total] disorder & insanity is widely believed by the general public.”

“This false impression primarily is still widely believed because people from across the political spectrum have consciously been promoting this lie for years.”

“Through war, police repression, social neglect, & political repression, governments have killed millions of persons, whether trying to defend or overthrow a government.

Anarchists want to end this slaughter, & build a society based on peace & freedom.”

“What is Anarchism?

Anarchism is free or Libertarian Socialism.

Anarchists are opposed to government, the state & Capitalism.

Therefore, simply speaking, Anarchism is a no-government form of Socialism.”

“In common with all Socialists, the Anarchists hold that the private ownership of land, capital & machinery has had its time; that it is condemned to disappear, & that all requisites for production must & will, become the common property of society, & be managed in common...”

The quotes featured above are from Chapter 3 of Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin’s “Anarchism and the Black Revolution.”

Please read it in full (for free) below.

theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lorenz…