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Anarchist Quiz 3 - 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

Weren't they naughty?

Which anarchist took sides in WW1?

Yes I was thinking of Kropotkin - there were others a core group of six I think

Which anarchist accepted a knighthood?

Sir Herbert Read.
Rumour has it that he didn't want to accept but that his wife fancied being a lady.

Which anarchist has been accused of being an apologist for the Khmer Rouge?

Yes Chomsky - famously by Douglas Hurd (ex GB foreign sec) who then refused to discuss the question in public. More sadly the allegations have just been repeated by a reader in Freedom. The current issue [ July 1995] carries a full refutation from Chomsky.

Which British Labour politician became converted to socialism by reading Kropotkin and ended up shadow Foreign Secretary?

Denis Healey - and yes I think it was 'An appeal to the young' but the question comes from my memories of a radio interview a few years ago.

Who wrote off the anarchist movement and then had to eat his words?

Yes probably quite a few but I was thinking of George Woodcock.

MAIN COURSE

Who translated Kropotkin into Chinese?

Pa Chin the famous Chinese novelist and author of Family who was attacked during the cutural revolution.his name is a contraction of Bakunin(Pa-) and Kroptkin (-Chin). [stuart graham]

Pa Chin - yes. Well done.

What was Malatesta's trade/skill/occupation apart from propagandist?

Well I didn't know about the medical connection. He reportedly used to point out how useful being an electrician was. When travelling the world all he needed was a screwdriver to earn a living whilst spreading the word.

Identify The IRSM and the editor of the book about it.

The International Revolutionary Solidarity Movement or First of May Group was an anarchist urban guerilla group in the 60s or 70s in the UK. Albert Meltzer has written a book about them. They themselves have written Towards a Citizens Militia. [stuart graham]

If you translated Mrs Thatcher into French what revealing play on words would you be left with?

Accentuation aside the French for a Thatcher (person who repairs roofs) is a 'chaumeur' another word which sounds exactly the same is 'chomeur' (an unemployed person) so... Mrs Thatcher in French is Mme Unemployment.

Who said 'Property is robbery (my emphasis)' and when?

Proudhon: "But murmurs arise! Property is robbery!This is the war cry of '93! That is the signal of revolutions!...Property is robbery: What a revolution in human ideas!" from Benjamin Tuckers translation of What is Property, 1890.french edition no doubt was earlier. Proudhon's actual word was "la vol". [stuart graham]

Tucker indeed in his translation

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