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Anusilan Samiti, established in 1902 or 1903, was a group of social clubs in Bengal, opposed to British colonization of India. | Anusilan Samiti, established in 1902 or 1903, was a group of athletic and social clubs in Bengal, opposed to British colonization of India. The group carried out targeted assassinations, bombings, sabotage and banditry. The Anglo-Irish anarchist Sister Nivedita, who had met with with and become deeply influenced by Kropotkin, worked closely with Arusilan Samiti and introduced them to anarchist philosophy. The group published two papers, one in English and one in Bengali. <ref>Maia Ramnath, ''Decolonizing Anarchism: An Anti-Authoritarian History of India's Liberation Struggle'' (Oakland: AK Press, 2011), 48-9. http://libcom.org/files/Maia%20Ramnath%20-%20Decolonizing%20Anarchism.pdf.</ref> | ||
At their headquarters in the outskirts of Calcutta, | At their headquarters in the outskirts of Calcutta, Anusilan Samiti members took classes in anarchism, the Bhagavad Gita, economics, history, geography and revolution.<ref>Ramnath, ''Decolonizing Anarchism'', 50.</ref> | ||
The group's Bengali-language frequently justified revolutionary violence: "The laws of the English are based on brute force. If we want to liberate ourselves from these laws, it is brute force that is necessary."<ref>Ramnath, ''Decolonizing Anarchism'', 52.</ref> The English-language paper did advocate the taking of state power.<ref>Ramnath, ''Decolonizing Anarchism'', 54.</ref> | |||
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Anusilan Samiti, established in 1902 or 1903, was a group of athletic and social clubs in Bengal, opposed to British colonization of India. The group carried out targeted assassinations, bombings, sabotage and banditry. The Anglo-Irish anarchist Sister Nivedita, who had met with with and become deeply influenced by Kropotkin, worked closely with Arusilan Samiti and introduced them to anarchist philosophy. The group published two papers, one in English and one in Bengali. [1]
At their headquarters in the outskirts of Calcutta, Anusilan Samiti members took classes in anarchism, the Bhagavad Gita, economics, history, geography and revolution.[2]
The group's Bengali-language frequently justified revolutionary violence: "The laws of the English are based on brute force. If we want to liberate ourselves from these laws, it is brute force that is necessary."[3] The English-language paper did advocate the taking of state power.[4]
- ↑ Maia Ramnath, Decolonizing Anarchism: An Anti-Authoritarian History of India's Liberation Struggle (Oakland: AK Press, 2011), 48-9. http://libcom.org/files/Maia%20Ramnath%20-%20Decolonizing%20Anarchism.pdf.
- ↑ Ramnath, Decolonizing Anarchism, 50.
- ↑ Ramnath, Decolonizing Anarchism, 52.
- ↑ Ramnath, Decolonizing Anarchism, 54.
