In this series of discussions we will go back into the heritage of anarchism to look at specific written contributions to the theory and practice of attack, informal organisation and permanent revolt. Each week some extracts will be shared beforehand which can be read to prepare for the next discussion or not. Each discussion will start with a short presentation of the book.
“The oppressed – and these are Malatesta’s exact words- precisely because he always finds himself in a state of legitimate self-defence, is morally entitled to rebel without repression having been taken to the extreme and making the situation in which he is living intolerable. This is an important point. It sheds considerable light on the rebel’s decision to attack the enemy that represses him. It is not essential for him to find himself drowning or to be under fire. So, what is required? The answer is obvious: he must make the consciousness of the situation he finds himself in his own, that is, he must acquire the ability to read between the ideological lines that power puts into act in order to swindle us, even before it oppresses or suppresses us.”
Alfredo M. Bonanno
Errico Malatesta and Revolutionary Violence
Tuesday 12 of December at 19:00
Touchpaper Anarchist Library
385 Queens Road
New Cross
SE14 5HD
PDFs of the Malatesta articles:
https://lib.anarhija.net/library/errico-malatesta-gradualism.pdf
https://lib.anarhija.net/library/errico-malatesta-on-syndicalism.pdf
https://lib.anarhija.net/library/errico-malatesta-the-anarchist-revolution.pdf