A review of an excellent comic version of Bakunin’s critique of Marxism.
(more…)Category: Michael Bakunin
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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 1848 Revolutions: An Anarchist Perspective
This is a write-up of a talk I gave at the Sparrow’s Nest Archive in Nottingham on 23 June 2018. The talk was advertised by the following text:
(more…)The Revolutions of 1848 remain the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history. While remembered as essentially liberal in nature, aiming at ending the old monarchical regimes they were also note-worthy for the advent of the industrial working class as a factor in social struggle. So as well as political change, the social question was raised while the events of 1848 shaped the ideas of Marx and Proudhon. So on their 170th anniversary, we look at the 1848 revolutions and their lessons for today.