Press release from BARF, the Bath-based anarchist collective...
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Anarchy vs Chaos: An Introduction to Anarchism
On
Saturday 5th October, from 4 until 7pm in the Coffee Lounge of
Manvers Street Baptist Church in Bath (a minute's walk from Bath Spa
train station), the Black And Red Federation will be organising a
discussion on anarchism, and invite members of the public to come
along and take part. The group feels that recent government policy
and business lobbyists have made the UK a better place for
millionaires and right-wing politicians, but an increasingly uncertain
and unhealthy place for everyone else.
Anarchism
has received a bad press ever since its birth 173 years ago, with
anarchists forced into stereotypes of either violent thugs or
sandal-footed hippies – caricatures repeated by both the media and
political establishment on one side, but also by self-proclaimed
anarchists on the other. But many anarchists see it differently: the
philosophy has come a long way since its roots amongst the Taoists of
ancient China and the Christian Anabaptists of 16th
Century Europe, promoting mutual respect, equality and rationality,
and opposing oppression wherever it appears. Indeed, anarchism had
become a mass movement of hundreds of thousands of everyday people
fighting for and winning freedom from the 1920s to the 1930s in the
Ukraine, Spain and Korea, however briefly. Far from embracing
destruction and chaos, anarchists say that 'Anarchism is Order'!
In
Bath on Saturday, a handful of local speakers will make short
presentations on the ideas and history of this important but
controversial political philosophy, before breaking down into longer
group sessions where all present are invited to discuss and offer
their two cents. The group will ask whether, in this current climate
of biting austerity and growing global unrest, anarchists and their
ideas have any role to play?
Entry
is free, food and hot drinks will be available, as will stalls of
literature, and all are welcome to come along and join them on the
day! This will be the first in a series of talks this year.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/204881599685209/
BARF Website: https://network23.org/barf/
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/204881599685209/
BARF Website: https://network23.org/barf/
