A review of Goldman’s account of her experiences in Russia, plus a review of a classic collection of Kropotkin’s essays. Both contain much wisdom for modern revolutionaries.
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Review: Carlo Tresca
A review of an excellent biography by Nunzio Pernicone of leading American-Italian anarchist Carlo Tresca.
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Mutualism, yes and no
This was written in 2010 after a request from Shift Magazine for a communist-anarchist critique of mutualism. It focuses on Proudhon’s mutualism rather than the American version associated with Tucker (this is better termed Individualist Anarchism, I think). This was the immediate forerunner of revolutionary anarchism, specifically collectivist anarchism which later developed into communist anarchism, and shares much with it. Its title deliberately echoes Daniel Guérin’s Proudhon oui et non.
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John Most and Anarchism
An article about John Most, the German anarchist. It discusses his ideas on revolution and tactics between 1882 and 1886, showing that he was not an anarchist although heading in that direction. It appeared in Black Flag Anarchist Review (Spring 2026)
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Peter Kropotkin: Science and Syndicalism
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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