Nobody for President

Tuesday night we watched another great documentary on the Documentary Channel called Anarchism in America. It was a real eye-opener in terms of destroying my incorrect view of anarchists as a bunch of black-clad youths hurling molotov cocktails at cops.



Blogcritics.org has a review.

The documentary blends together in-depth explanations of anarchism from experts, stories from veteran native-born and immigrant American anarchist activists, political arguments from politicians within the United States Libertarian party, and the anarchist leanings of the everyday American worker to show the ways in which the ideas of anarchy have manifested themselves throughout the history of the nation and continue to in the present day.

It should be noted that Anarchism in America does more than tell the history of the philosophy. A strong case is also made for anarchism as the proper path for the United States. Though Anarchism is preachy at times, the viewer is still given room to come to his own opinions, and the comparisons and contrasts between American Libertarianism and Anarchism are particularly interesting.

Indeed.

In an era when votes no longer seem to count and elections can be easily rigged, this movement might be due for a resurgence.