R.J. Jacob of The Daily Attack wrote up a great review of The Way of Men from an anarchist perspective.
It was reposted by Keith Preston at Attack the System and Alternative Right.
Anarchists can take notes from the The Way of Men. One of the most tragic things about the anarchist movement is that it has squandered it’s historical fearsome image. What was once the most deadly movement of the 19th century has become a large sisterhood of saps, yogurt eaters, hipsters, and humanoids. The original anarchists had killed an American President, a French President, the Russian head of state, the Austrian head of state, and the Spanish Prime Minister. How did anarchists go from killer men to rainbow banner activists? How did they go from having public leaders like the all-terrifying Mikhail Bakunin to the gentle speaking Noam Chomsky? Why are anarchists trying to turn the world into a giant hospital with everyone as everyone else’s nurse? It is in Donovan’s natural framework of accepted manliness and tactical gang virtue that illustrates where lay the real power of the anarchist’s appeal — in his masculinity. The anarchic gangsters and outlaws of the Old West may not have been “good men,” but in the words of Charles Portis, they had “true grit.” Read more…
