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Rhonda- As a long-time reader, I will say it has its ups and downs. Without starting a lengthy debate about adbusters, let me just qualify that though it may be brilliant at times, it often suffers from curious editorial decisions (like publishing a dreadful Matt Taibbi article in last issue) and sometimes exclusive focus on "lifestyle" and "anti-civilizationist" anarchist discourses, which I think are completely unproductive, ahistorical, and anti-struggle. Message me if you need further clarification or want to discuss this stuff outside of the Draper article.

Yes, it is. And just to clarify my position on the article, I don't fully support Draper's characterization of anarchism. However, there are grains of truth in that characterization that can be enlightening as to the motivations of many anarchist ideological formations. I doubt that anarchists are as sinister as Draper implies, and would rebut that many simply suffer from poor analysis and inability of tracing the logical conclusions of many hastily-formed arguments (esp. "post left," "post politics," and others). However, I think Draper's condemnation would only be strengthened had he witnessed the rise in "primitivism" and "green anarchy" through the 80s and 90s, which continues vaguely in such popular anarchist chic rags like Adbusters.