Anarchists (from the Greek word anarchia, meaning non-rule) believe that every form of government is evil. Towards the end of the last century anarchists assassinated Czar Alexander of Russia and other political leaders to draw attention to their theories. There was a strong anarchist movement in Spain during the 1930s. Research Anarchism
Anarchists are a revolutionary sect or body setting forth as the social ideal the extreme form of individual freedom, and holding that all government is injurious and immoral, that the destruction of every social form now existing must be the first step to the creation of a new world (Anarchy). Their recognition as an independent sect may be dated from the secession of Bakunin and his followers from the Social Democrats at the congress of the Hague in 1872, since which they have maintained an active propaganda. Their principal journals have been La Revolte published in Paris, the Freiheit published in New York, Liberty published in Boston, and the Anarchist published in London. The Anarchist congress held at London in 1881 decided that all means were justifiable as against the organized forces of modern society. Research Anarchists
The Haymarket Massacre was an Anarchist riot in Chicago, USA. The troubles originated in labour troubles which culminated in an open-air meeting in Haymarket Square, Chicago on May the 4th, 1886. Violent speeches were made by the Anarchists Spies, Parsons and Fielden. A bomb was thrown among the police, causing great loss of life. Spies, Parsons, Fischer, Engel, Schwab, Lingg and Neebe were arrested and tried. The first four were hanged on November 11, 1887. Fielden and Schwab were imprisoned for life. Lingg committed suicide. Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, pardoned Fielden and Schwab in 1893. Research Haymarket Massacre
The question of immigration or properly alien immigration, has been a topic of controversy since at least the 19th century. In various countries certain classes of aliens have long been prohibited from gaining admission. In the 19th century and start of the 20th century, the United States, for instance, refused admission to such persons as idiots, epileptics, persons suffering from loathsome or dangerous contagious diseases, paupers, criminals (but not political criminals), beggars, anarchists, etc. Chinese labourers as a whole were excluded, and even any persons coming to America under a definite agreement to engage in any kind of labour or service. Similar laws were in force in Australia, where there was a test that a person proposing to settle in the country must be able to write fifty words of a European language.
In the later part of the 19th century the great influx of foreigners into Britain, and into London in particular, drew public attention to the matter. A select committee appointed in 1888 reported in favour of the exclusion of destitute aliens, in 1894 a bill was introduced into the House of Lords, while in 1898 a bill to regulate the immigration of aliens was passed in the Lords, but made no farther progress. In 1902 a royal commission was appointed, and drew up a report, published in 1903, containing valuable information and various recommendations. Among these were the establishment of an immigration department, and the granting of powers to deport criminals, prostitutes, and other undesirable aliens, and to prevent the landing of persons mentally unfit or suffering from infectious or loathsome diseases. In 1904 an Aliens Immigration Bill was introduced and read a second time in the House of Commons. It was based on the recommendations of the commission, and in its favour it was argued that a large amount of British labour had been displaced by aliens, in London especially, that the prevalence of crime among aliens was out of proportion to their numbers, that many of them were paupers, criminals convicted in their own country, or other undesirables. In 1905 another bill on the subject was introduced by the government, which succeeded in passing it in the beginning of August, so that the matter could be dealt with.
In 1905 writers complained about the absence of hitherto strict methods of ascertaining the number of aliens that entered the country and settled, stating that there were no means of checking their numbers year by year. At the census of 1901 the whole alienpopulation in Britain was set down at 286,925, as against 219,523 in 1891. After 1901 there was a further large influx of foreign immigrants into Britain, by far the largest number consisting of Russian and Polish Jews. In 1905 writers were concerned at the number of alien criminals in Britain, citing that in 1900, 3130 aliens were received into British prisons and in 1904 the number was 4774. Research Immigration
Globalization is the process that has enabled investment in financial markets to be carried out on an international basis. It has come about as a result of changes in technology and deregulation (the removal of government control in the public interest and its replacement by business control in the shareholders interest); as a result of globalization, for example, investors in London can buy shares or bonds directly from Japanese brokers in Tokyo rather than passing through intermediaries. Globalization has also enabled a smal number of companies to purchase electricity, water and oil rights from many state ownership in many countries - those that resist are invaded, sanctioned or their leaders murdered - leading to virtual bankruptcy in many of the countries involved. A typical globalization scenario involves the World Bank and IMF offering financial 'aid' to a third world country in exchange for the privatisation of that country's water and electricity which are then given to American corporations to run at vast profits. Recipients of the globalization 'aid' are also required to reduce workers rights, reduce wages and reduce pensions. Globalization was first started by the British primeminister, Margaret Thatcher, and was further built upon by President Reagan of the USA and subsequent US and British leaders, irrespective of claimed political persuasion. Opponents to the concept of globalization have been for the most part silenced, by murder, intimidation, bribery, indictment of libel or a mediapropagandacampaign claiming oponents of globalization to be 'tree hugging hippies' or 'anarchists'. Research Globalization
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