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Friday, February 27, 2009 12:00 AM

Bomb the middle class

In an era of wealth and excess, 19th century French anarchists introduced terrorism as we know it. Can a fascinating new history help us understand our own violent times?
By Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Thursday, February 26, 2009 06:27 PM

    Malatesta Was Right

    At its best, classical anarchism combined the fervor of revolutionary communism with the Kantian moral claim that one should never use another human being as a means to an end -- thus foreclosing many of communism's most powerful revolutionary strategies. It was a profound and contradictory movement, and I'm glad O'Hehir mentioned that most anarchists never supported indiscriminate terrorism, as well as the role they played in the rise of social welfare movements.

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