Thursday, December 18, 2008

Anarchy, riots and protests ... in the cyber era.

EVERY scholar of 20th-century history can tell you about the Communist International—usually called Comintern, and strictly speaking the third in a series of four global fraternities whose aim was to pursue the class struggle all over the world.

Is it possible to imagine an Anarchist International, a trans-national version of the inchoate but impassioned demonstrations that have ravaged Greece this month? (Perhaps because it is easier to say what Greece’s malcontents are against than what they are for, the word “anarchist” is an accepted catch-all term for the anti-establishment rebels who form the hard core of the Athenian protesters.) More...

See also:

  1. The riots in Greece. Citizens vs. the State...
  2. Thailand: airport chaos continues as riot police flee...
  3. China: rioters attack police...
  4. Saudi Arabia and a new concept in protesting; Facebook hunger strike!!!

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