This is a write-up of my notes for the book launch of Kropotkin’s Modern Science and Anarchy in Nottingham, 17th of November 2018. This, in turn, was a slightly revised version of a talk I did in Edinburgh early that year. As with all my subsequent write-ups, this is more what I aimed to say rather than what was said (this, for example, has far fewer jokes than uttered on the day). Still, it covers the main points said on the day.
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A Few Thoughts on Anarchism
Written to mark the 175th anniversary of Proudhon’s What is Property? this article places anarchism in its intellectual and social context and disputes the notion that anarchism can be best considered as a fusion (or confusion) of liberalism and socialism. It is not. It appeared under a different title in Black Flag No. 237 (2015)
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Review: The Russian Anarchists
A review of Paul Avrich’s classic account of The Russian Anarchists, pointing out certain flaws in it. It appeared in Black Flag Anarchist Review Volume 5 Number 2 (Summer 2025)
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The Legacy of Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921)
Written to mark the 100th anniversary of Kropotkin’s death. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 83 (Summer 2021)
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Review: Kropotkin and the Anarchist Intellectual Tradition
A review of a flawed account of Kropotkin’s ideas which does not include recent research. It appeared in Anarchist Studies, Volume 26 Number 1 (Spring 2018)
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