Orwell on Anarchism

[Fantastic Anarchist]

1. I get irritated when I have to explain that ...

... anarchism and socialism are the same thing. I've had to do it here on this board. People choose to remain ignorant of this fact.

"One had breathed the air of equality. I am well aware that it is now the fashion to deny that Socialism has anything to do with equality. In every country in the world a huge tribe of party-hacks and sleek little professors are busy 'proving' that Socialism means no more than a planned state-capitalism with the grab-motive left intact. But fortunately there also exists a vision of Socialism quite different from this." ibid page 104

I am a socialist in the anarchist tradition.

Also, the anarchists and socialists (and even some communists) were severely undermined by the pro-Stalin communist forces in Spain. I can't help but imagine what life would have been like if the revolution had succeeded.

Thanks for the post, comrade!