A review of an excellent comic version of Bakunin’s critique of Marxism.
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Will the real Bakunin please stand up?
A reply to Leninists distortions about Bakunin. Includes a summary of his key anarchist ideas and anarchism’s key difference with Leninism.
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Review: Statism and Anarchy
A review of Bakunin’s only published book, Statism and Anarchy (1873). It is most famous for its prescient critique of Marxism as either producing reformism or tyranny.
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The Dilemma of Leninists: Research or Regurgitation?
A review of a book by a leading Trotskyist which shows his ignorance of anarchism. It shows the flaws within his account of Bakunin and Kropotkin plus discusses the roots of a mentality which allows someone to write about a subject (anarchism) which they clearly known next to nothing about. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 90 (Fall 2024)
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The London Dock Strike of 1889
An account of the London Dock Strike of 1889 written to mark its 125th anniversary and discusses its impact on the anarchist movement. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 63 (Winter 2015) and includes a translation of one of Kropotkin’s articles on the striking written whilst it was happening.
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