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Bay Area National Anarchists:
An Interview with Andrew Yeoman, Part 2
TOQ Online: Is there a religious or spiritual dimension to National Anarchism, or is it a purely political form of association?Andrew Yeoman: At its heart National Anarchism is a purely political framework, but any group or religious movement can adopt it to advance the aim of establishing an autonomous region or community. Religion has a special importance for National Anarchism...
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Bay Area National Anarchists:
An Interview with Andrew Yeoman, Part 1
TOQ Online: Anarchism is an idea familiar to all but understood by only a few. The term conjures up images of foreign-looking people hurling spluttering cherry bombs at Tsars and industrialists. What is anarchism, and in what sense are National Anarchists anarchists?Andrew Yeoman: In my opinion anarchism is most easily understood in terms of the Greek origin of the word: anarch. ...
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National Anarchists on the SPLC
“‘National Anarchism’: An Article Fact Check”from Bay Area National Anarchists, May 28, 2009While we normally don’t write about articles written about the BANA network but the recent “‘National Anarchism’: California Racists Claim They’re Anarchists” contains a number of factual and fanciful embellishments we want to fix...
Read MoreThe SPLC on National Anarchism
Editor’s Note: Although the SPLC is not to be taken seriously as a source of information on racial nationalism, the Bay Area National Anarchists have been kind enough to publish corrections to the SPLC article.“‘National Anarchism’: California Racists Claim They’re Anarchists”by Casey Sanchezfrom SPLC Intelligence Report, Summer 2009San Francisco...
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National Autonomous Zones:
Castles without Walls
The subject of creating, discovering, or reestablishing spaces outside the domination of the State and capitalism has led authors like Hakim Bey to promote the concept of “autonomous zones.” In their beginning, Bey describes “temporary autonomous zones” as the meeting of a group to partake in a non hierarchical social activity for the benefit of its...
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