I have to ask anarchists this one question

national | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday October 29, 2002 11:25 by Inquizative Onlooker

I've been looking through Indymedia and I have one major problem with anarhists...........

I'm not involved in any organisation (so dont slag me off for being a 'Leninist'). I've never before put up anything on Indymedia, and I'm fairly new to the left wing scene.

I've one major problem wiht anarchists. Why do they not stand in elections? why did they try to ruin the campaigns of the Anti-bin tax candidates by telling people to abstain?

The way I see it the left should work on all level. We should have mass action, we should also put pressure on politicians (which includes running for election) and we should engage in civil disobedience.

I'm from West Dublin and I can tell you that Joe Higgins standing for election in the bye-election was great. It put the issue of water charges on the agenda of the political establishment. Along wiht mass non-payment it added to te pressure on the establishment to abolish the charges.

I think the anarchists are just being dogmatic and are out of touch with ordinary punters on the street.