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Anarchist Quiz 1 - Answers

by Neil Birrell
with modifications by Chuck0

Answers in magenta are from Neil. Answers in green are from the anarchy-list. The person who got it right is indicated in brackets

STARTERS

Who said 'Property is theft?' and when?

PJ Proudhon :-) 1840

Where can you find a mailing list which is 'like a pub where the theme is anarchy'?

I would imagine that this describes this list. [Jason W.]

Well done Jason. The quote is from Mr Jansen I believe. But who gives a damn about intellectual property?

Who is 'Wildcat'?

Donald Rooum. [Jason W.]

OK. Mind you Donald is a bloke. Wildcat is of another gender. Perhaps his alter-ego

Which English writer gave a sympathetic account of the anarchist revolution in Spain in 1936 in his book 'A Homage to Catalunia'?

George Orwell

What do the letters CNT stand for?

Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo.
Or in english: National Confederation of Workers. [Jason W.]

Can't be bothered to type it out again. Well done again Jason.

MAIN COURSE

Which famous anarchist has had a mountain named after him?

Kropotkin discovered a fault line between Europe and Asia The privilege is his (actually it might be a range but I think I'm right)

Identify the Sarvodaya movement and translate its name into English.

Well it means 'the welfare of all'. As for the rest this is from Anarchism Today Joll and Apter 1970. It's the first paragraph of an essay by Geoffrey Ostergaard

TO PIN THE LABEL ANARCHIST TO THE CONTEMPORARY SARVODAYA movement in India might seem at first sight to be either the act of a hostile critic, anxious to expose its follies, or, at best, an act which invites misunderstanding. The label is certainly not one which the Sarvodayites themselves use. In India, as in the West, anarchism is popularly associated with violence, and, Iike Tolstoy before them, the Indian apostles of non-violent anarchism prefer a label which bears no traces of dynamite. However, one purpose of this article is to show that the social and political doctrines of Sarvodaya do in fact constitute a species of the anarchist genus. This purpose may be achieved most easily by comparing and contrasting Sarvodaya doctrines with what may be termed mainstream Western anarchism - the tradition of thought stemming from Proudhon through Baku - nin and Kropotkin to Malatesta. But, before proceeding to this exer- cise, it may be helpful to outline the origins of the contemporary Sarvodaya movement....

Which former anarchist was found wandering naked and mad in the mountains of Italy after his conversion to marxism? :-)

Carlo Cafiero. Worked closely with Kropotkin in France before his fall

What does the word Kropotkin mean in Russian?

Kropotki (masc.) Kropotka (fem.) = Painstakingly.

In what anarcho-context was the following said: 'Unfortunately... I mean fortunately there have been no explosions yet'

As this was number one I feared you might have finished fast... this is obscure. Allegedly said by a police officer during the PERSONS UNKNOWN trial in UK late 1970s Basically six anarchists were charged with 'conspiracy with persons known and unknown to cause explosions' hence PERSONS UNKNOWN. The state had nothing to go on (hence the quote) The six were found not guilty and a member of the jury became an anarchist

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