Anarcho-Bicyclist Conference Manchester April 2011

there's a few stirrings of dissent going on in north Africa at the moment where the people are looking for a voice and representation without oppression, unless i am mistaken it's capitalism they desire?

Without a doubt.

so where are the anarchists? now's their chance to get on their bikes and fill a power vacuum.

You might say the same of any ideology, where are the Islamists, where are the communists, where are the libertarians, the conservatives, the ecologists, the cultural feminists, the ordoliberalists, the minarchists, the British New Labour party, the facists .. (and so on).

To be honest I am not entirely clear what point you are making here, is it that you feel because there is no anarchist thrust to the post revolution discussions then this is a sign that people don't want anarchism?

One thing worth pointing out is that if we understand anarchism to be at it's root to be a rejection of statism, it's interesting to note with Egypt (easily the largest of those 'stirrings of dissent') that the revolution was almost a definition of anarchism, people rejecting the state (the oldest state in the world) rejecting the rule of law and taking their future into their own hands.

Don't get me wrong I agree what they want is a piece of the cake, a piece of "what the despots and their family's have indulged in", but I fail to see how this is incompatible with anarchism? Are you thinking anarchism is a position where people would be interested in, perhaps even keen to go without things, this is a serious question I am not being facetious (just a little confused).

Sorry in advance if I have misunderstood you (the red wine, the red wine)