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I wish I could have been in the room for the conversation about "Constructing Anarchisms," but it was fun to listen. For the historical side of the "built on a provocation" issue, you might look at "Proudhon's Barbaric Yawp," which talks about the circumstances of that "first" anarchist appropriation of the language of anarchy. In terms of "the brand serving us well," there's some of that dry humor involved, I suppose, since part of what I meant is that one of the reasons we keep talking about anarchy is because the notion is at once exciting and illusive. I'm always torn between wishing that the early anarchists had been clearer about what they intended and recognizing that it is precisely all the places where they were indeed quite clear that even anarchists have pretty complete ignored in favor of "property is theft" and "you are my food."