This appendix exists to refute some of the many anti-anarchist diatribes produced
by Marxists. While we have covered why anarchists oppose Marxism in
section H, we thought it would be useful
to reply to Marxist webpages and books whose content is not explicitly
covered in that section. In this way we hope to indicate that Marxism
is a flawed theory, flawed even to the extent of not being able to
present a honest critique of anarchism. This consistent attempt to
smear anarchism and distort its history and ideas is no co-incidence
-- rather it is required in order to present Marxism as the only viable
form of socialism and, more importantly, to hide the fact that much
of the populist Marxist rhetoric was, in fact, said by anarchists
first and latter stolen by Marxists to hide the authoritarian basis
of their politics.
One last point. We are aware that we repeat many of our arguments
in these appendices. That, unfortunately, is avoidable for two reasons.
Firstly, Marxists usually repeat the same false assertions against
anarchism and so we have to answer them each time they appear. Marxists
seem to subscribe to the point of view that repeating an error often
enough makes it true. Secondly, we have tried to make each appendix
as self-contained as possible and that meant repeating certain material
and arguments to achieve this. We hope the reader understands.
