Definition of Anarchism: Errico Malatesta vs. Noam Chomsky

Week 4: Synchronous + Asynchronous Discussion: Apply Malatesta
Synchronous:
Born in Flames is a film about the first Socialist Democrat revolution in the U.S. The official line is that gender equality has already been attained, yet this is undercut by the vision of the film's women. Film's events are mediated through the optic of power, which monitors and neutralizes anything that aims at overthrowing that power. By adopting the various optics and media of power, Borden shows that despite apparent 'progress,' 'equality,' and 'tolerance,' barely concealed control mechanisms continue to operate. In Born in Flames, regardless of the formal occurrence of 'revolution,' we are privy to power's brutal and calculating strategizing.
If the task is 'to fight the world,' then how do we dismantle the world? In Borden's film, what is required for total revolution exceeds this. The film opens up a new politics of the time, which is not sameness but something unimaginable: the world's end. Honey's Phoenix Radio is a critique of the progressive and linear model of time. The film shows that the future-oriented politics of the time is both hollow and contingent.
It has authentic and damaging effects observable in the film's present and our today. The politics of the time that the film opens up through the lens of the Black female strange. The film is widely cited as an example of afro-futurism. It asks us to reorient our desire towards the impossible project of a complete re-envisioning of time.
Asynchronous:
Compare Noam Chomsky's definition of Anarchism to that of Errico Malatesta.
“The essence of anarchism [is] the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on authority and that it should be dismantled if that burden cannot be met.” — Chomsky.
The Right uses the threat of anarchy to instill fear. Thus, a clear explanation of Anarchism is n...