Fighting Word It's time for the left to reclaim the term 'anarchy.'

As it happens, it was during another protest, more than 100 years ago, that the word "anarchist" first made headlines. On May 1, 1886, an anarchist group called the Chicago Knights of Labor -- whose supporters included Mary Harris "Mother" Jones -- staged a peaceful march for an eight-hour workday. The event led to a days-long general strike involving thousands of workers; at one rally, police arrived and without provocation sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing at least one demonstrator.

Laborers gathered the next day at the city's Haymarket Square to protest the violence. As the police chief shouted at the crowd to disperse, a bomb exploded nearby, killing one officer. Startled and angry, police shot into the crowd; seven more officers died in the melee, as did four striking workers.

Requiem for the classical record

THE classical record is almost played out. The five big labels that command five-sixths of world sales have lost the will to produce. The minnows that swim between their cracks have lost the means to survive. This summer, it looks as if the game is up.

Shrub Declares War on Public Information

As I suggested before, though, the United States is just as interested in suppressing its own people as those in other countries. Late last week, Dr. Theodore Postol of MIT alleged that the Pentagon is threatening to defund a university laboratory because of his anti-missile defense views.