Background on the Platform and education attacks in USA and Italy

international | anarchist movement | link to audio Monday September 19, 2005 21:33 by Nestor/Robyn

Radio interview broadcast on community radio in Dublin with a platformist living in Italy and an espectifist living in LA.

Nestor gives an outline of the Platform debate between Makhno and Malatesta in the 1920s and what relevance it has for movements today. The Platform asks questions about the degrees of organistaion in anarchist action. (first ten minutes).

Robyn then speaks about government attacks on the public education system in California, and the best strategies she and her comrades have found in trying to prevent this. (9 minutes).

Nestor then comments on similar government attacks on education in italy (last 10 minutes).

Recorded on August 20th, 2005, and first broadcast on September 1st 2005 on 'Majority World' - Near FM (a Dublin community radio station).