This is a write-up of the notes of a talk made at the 2014 London Anarchist bookfair. I have made a few slight changes/additions. On the day I skipped the section of “small-scale” production (“Kropotkin the Medievalist?) and covered the differences between communist-anarchism and syndicalism in the discussion period. It is based, of course, on the work I did for Direct Struggle Against Capital: A Peter Kropotkin Anthology.
(more…)Month: November 2025
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Poor Adam Smith
An account of Adam Smith’s less well remembered ideas which shows that the right is somewhat selective in what they take from his ideas. It first appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 66 (Winter 2016)
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Ursula Le Guin and Utopia
An obituary for the great fantasy and SF writer Ursula Le Guin. It concentrates, understandably, on The Dispossessed. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 73 (Spring 2018).
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Black Flag: Anarchist Review Autumn 2025 issue now out
The new issue of Black Flag: Anarchist Review is now available:
This year’s third issue has, more by accident than by design, a decidedly anti-parliamentarian aspect to it. We start with four notable radical women whose writings should be of interest to libertarians today even if they may not be as well-known as they should be.
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Black Flag: Anarchist Review Summer 2025 issue now out
The new issue of Black Flag: Anarchist Review is now available:
This year’s second issue starts with Peter Kropotkin’s obituary for his friend and fellow anarchist and geographer Elisée Reclus (1830-1905). This is followed by various articles by Reclus which should hopefully indicate why he was as influential within the anarchist movement in his life as Kropotkin.
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