A review of an excellent collection of writings by Maurice Brinton, a leading British libertarian socialist of the 1960s and 1970s. A second edition was published in 2020.
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Libertarian: Its Origins, Use and (attempted) Arrogation
The introduction to the four-volume anthology A Libertarian Reader. It includes a host of writings from all the schools of libertarian socialism, including Social and Individual Anarchism, Syndicalism, Guild Socialism, Council Communism, Situationism and Autonomism. It covers the years 1857 (when libertaire was coined) to 2016.
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Review: Towards A Libertarian Socialism
A review of a collection of writings by G.D.H. Cole, a leading Guild Socialist in Britain before the First World War. They show that while he moved to a more Labourite position, he retained his libertarian views to a large degree. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review, No. 85 (Spring 2022)
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André Léo: Internationalist and Communard
An article on the life and ideas of André Léo, an early French feminist and (libertarian) socialist. A member of the First International and a leading participant in the Paris Commune. It first appeared in Black Flag Anarchist Review Vol. 4 No. 2 (Summer 2024).
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Review: Social Ecology and Communalism
A review of a collection of essays by Murray Bookchin published after his death. It contains three written when he considered himself an anarchist, one written after he broke with anarchism. All are of interest but show the issues with his “communalism” and links obvious links with the anarchism he tried to distance himself from, so destroying his own legacy. It (probably) appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 51 (Winter 2008-09)
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