Fwd: Sides? (was Re: the terrorist bombings in London

[Sean Mannion]

Sorry, should've been clearer about that as well; Of course while I don't 
view Libertarians as 'Anti-Capitalists' the implication of such a 
disposition's views against organisations such as the G8, the International 
Monetary Fund, etc, puts them in the category of opposition in the more 
debates.

Cheers,
Sean

>From: François Monti <francois at neovoid.org>
>To: Sean Mannion <third_eye_unmoved at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Sides? (was Re: the terrorist bombings in London
>Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:41:08 +0200
>
>Sean Mannion wrote:
>
>>Again I would have to stress (though fairly obviously) in reply to this 
>>that my own understanding of the anti-capitalist movement is that the very 
>>label of it as a 'movement' covers over far more ideological differences 
>>than similarities; from the Anarchists and Syndico-Anarchists, to the 
>>Marxist groups, to democractic Socialists,* Libertarians*, to more 
>>mainstream dispositions. As such I think there is no real 
>>multi-directional unity, and certainly no wide-ranging consensus, and 
>>since the only thing that links such a movement (outside relative 
>>ideological similarities - and  it's the differences that count for more 
>>here) is the sense of outrage at its core, it will resonate at that 
>>personal/ethical core rather than at the level of representational 
>>politics.
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Sean
>
>
>Just a thing: contrary to what you're implying libertarians are not and 
>never will be part of an anti-capitalist movement, since they could be 
>considered as "hardcore" capitalists. They are anti-State and 
>anti-socialism. More infos here: 
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism
>They do however oppose to g8, IMF or WTC because all these things are State 
>organised. You will never see them at huge left-organised, 
>anti-globalization demonstrations though.
>
>Best,
>
>François
>