IS ANARCHISM VIOLENCE? You have heard -that Anarchists .throw bombs, that they believe 1 violence, and that Anarchy means disorder and chaos. It is not surprising that you should think so. The press, the' pulpit and every one in authority constantly din it into your ears. But n:ost of them know better, even if they hav-e a reason for not telling you the truth, It is time you should hear it. I mean to speak to yoµ honestly and frankly, and you can take my word for it, because it happens that I am just one of those Anarchists who are pointed out as men of violence and destruction. 1 ought to know, and I have nothing to hide. "Now does Anarchism really mean disorder and violence ? " y~u wonder. No, my friend, it is capitalism and government which stand for disorder and violence. Anarchism is the very reverse of ,it; it means' order without government and peace without violence. " But is that possible ? " you ask. That is just what we are going to talk over now. But first your friend demands to know wh-ether Anarchists have never thrown bombs or ever used violence. Yes, Anarchists have thrown bombs and have sometimes resorted to violence. ' " There you are ! " your friend exclaims. " I thought so." But do not !,et us be hasty. If Anarchists have sometimes employed violence, does it. ~ecessarily mean that Anarchism means violence? Ask yourself this question and try to answer it honestly. . When a citizens puts on a _soldier's uniform, he may have to throw bombs and use violence. Will you say, then, that citizenship stands for bombs and violence ? · You will indignantly resent the imputation. It simply means, you will reply, that ·under certain conditions a man may have to resort to violence. "The man may happen to be a Democrat, a Monarchist, .a Socialist; -Bolshevik, or. Anarchist. You will. find that this applies to all,.men- aqd to all times. Brutus killed Cresar because he feared his friend meant to betray the republic and become king. Not that Brutus "loved Cresar less but that he loved Rome more." Brutus was not an Anarchist. He was a loyal republican. n . ,,r :,..tr1z1une Allred LeWUJ Biblioteca G·no Bianco u, /-J~eca Gino Bianco
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