A review of the book Albert Parson produced while in prison awaiting execution after the Haymarket police riot of 1886. An essential introduction to the ideas of the Chicago Anarchists.
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Review: A Critique of State Socialism
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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