tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post2264136260405746674..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): The embers of the Reichstag FireJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-47324039483531321802008-01-13T01:51:00.000+00:002008-01-13T01:51:00.000+00:00He was a council communist - you're right darren -...He was a council communist - you're right darren - but I thinik it's fair to say he was influenced by anarchism (I'm happy to be corrected on this) in that he regularly worked with anarchists, or in bodies that had anarchists in them - he was clearly disillusioned with stalinist centralisation and went over to a more exciting politics full of individual, unaccountable actions.<BR/><BR/>I was cautious enough not to describe him as a an anarchist, only influenced by anarchism, which makes my statement harder to disprove - but I'd be interested to hear if you feel there's good reason to withdraw that assertion...Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-74393926825847616612008-01-12T23:50:00.000+00:002008-01-12T23:50:00.000+00:00Are you sure that Van Der Lubbe was influenced by ...Are you sure that Van Der Lubbe was influenced by Anarchism? <BR/><BR/>I was always under the impression that he had been a Council Communist back in his home country of the Netherlands.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.com