Anarchism In America

To understand some of Chomsky`s attitudes and analysis one must understand what he believes in and what he believes in is Anarchism/Libertarian Socialism.This is perhaps not the ideal introduction to his views (Daniel Guerin`s Anarchism From Theory to Practice is -with an introduction by Noam ,which is freely available online)its still pretty good. Review by the New York Times :"As directed by Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher, the film touches quite a few bases. It presents newsreel footage of key figures in the history of American anarchism, among them Sacco and Vanzetti, and Emma Goldman. ("What is your opinion of Italy?" a reporter asks her. "Beautiful country minus Mussolini," she snaps in reply.) And there are contemporary interviews with figures including Mollie Steimer, Emma Goldman's girlhood friend, and the poet Kenneth Rexroth, who reads his Sacco and Vanzetti poem. There is also some discussion of what the film makers take to be anarchism's practical applications, such as food co-ops and town meetings. Karl Hess, formerly a Newsweek writer and speechwriter for Barry Goldwater, discusses his evolution from Republican to anarchist. And the writer and teacher Murray Bookchin gives an exceptionally articulate description of his own ideological development. He explains why he finds anarchism more all-embracing than Marxism, because he believes it addresses "not just classes but hierarchy." Anarchism can be broadly applied, he says, to forms of domination "which may not have any economic meaning at all."New York Times EDIT: Please support the people at AK Press, who bring you all this: AK PRESS product page