A review of Marx’s The Poverty of Philosophy which indicates various distortions of Proudhon’s work. It also discusses how Marx in 1867 applied the methodology he had attacked Proudhon for using twenty years earlier. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review R No. 70 (Summer 2017)
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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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Review: The Altruism Equation
A review of a book on evolutionary theory and altruism which discusses Kropotkin. Unfortunately, as shown, the account of Kropotkin’s ideas is flawed and so both “mutual aid” and his contribution to science are obscured. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 91 (Winter 2025)
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Mutual Aid: Kropotkin versus Jones
A review of book by a noted academic who tries to discuss Kropotkin’s ideas on mutual aid but fails due to its inaccuracies as well as the author’s acceptance of the cultural assumptions of the society he inhabits. It appeared in Freedom, 2nd March 2008.
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