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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From Russia with Critique
A review of a collection of articles by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman on the Russian Revolution. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 69 (Winter 2017)
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Review: Left Americana: The Radical Heart of US History
A review of a a collection of articles by a Trotskyist academic. Its author seeks to rewrite history by proclaiming the Haymarket Martyrs Marxists and getting basic facts about Marxism wrong. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 88 (Winter 2024)
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Kropotkin: Class Warrior
This is a write-up of the notes of a talk made at the 2014 London Anarchist bookfair. I have made a few slight changes/additions. On the day I skipped the section of “small-scale” production (“Kropotkin the Medievalist?) and covered the differences between communist-anarchism and syndicalism in the discussion period. It is based, of course, on the work I did for Direct Struggle Against Capital: A Peter Kropotkin Anthology.
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