from The Life of the Theatre
105
Anarchy is order. Government is civil war.
Anselme Bellegarrigue. 1848.
Anarchism is organization, more organization, and still mor eorganization.
Alexander Berkman. 1928.
I know my mind’s unruled or anarchist by nature so I suppose society should be.
Allen Ginsberg. 1970.
anarchism is order unruled
to rule is to coerce
Allen’s mind is ‘unruled’ because it is free
coercion is force
does not free
is violence
anarchism
is
not violence
free organization is harmony
the harmony of anarchy is the harmony to which we are accustomed
the state is always coercive
organization is cooperation
cooperation is free
and knows not coercion
cooperative is organization is harmony is anarchy
harmony is not chaos is cooperation
and it is free
anarchy is harmony
is not chaos
is free
anarchy is not coercion
is not violence
is organized
and free
Julian Beck
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