A lengthy critique of the SWP’s attempt to rewrite the history of the resistance to Italian fascism in the early 1920s as well as the revolutionary Red Years after World War I. An important, if not well known, bit of anarchist history. An edited version appeared in Black Flag
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Review: The Russian Anarchists
A review of Paul Avrich’s classic account of The Russian Anarchists, pointing out certain flaws in it. It appeared in Black Flag Anarchist Review Volume 5 Number 2 (Summer 2025)
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Braveheart
A discussion of anarchism and national liberation struggles used the film Braveheart as its starting point. It appeared in Scottish Anarchist No. 3 (1995)
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Review: Divide and Conquer or Divide and Subdivide?
A review of a pamphlet on the lessons of the First International written by Mark Leier whose excellent biography of Bakunin is recommended.
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Review: Kropotkin and the Anarchist Intellectual Tradition
A review of a flawed account of Kropotkin’s ideas which does not include recent research. It appeared in Anarchist Studies, Volume 26 Number 1 (Spring 2018)
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