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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Review: Rupturing the Dialectic
A review of a book by Autonomist Marxist Harry Cleaver. While sympathetic to the ideas raised, the book is ultimately unconvincing on a few levels. It appeared as “Struggling Against Work & Capitalism” in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 76 (Summer 2019)
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On Saving Marxism From Itself (A Response to Mustapha Mond)
A response to a Marxist seeking to make Marxism more acceptable to anarchists by injecting syndicalist ideas into it. Why bother if you have anarchism?
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Review: Democracy at work: A cure for capitalism
A review of a book by a Marxist academic advocating economic democracy. It could have done with some understanding of anarchist ideas for the goals aimed for — workers’ control — is far more at home within anarchism than Marxism. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 64/5 (Summer 2015).
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