A review of a “communist-left” (Bordigist) book on the British anti-parliamentarian communist movement which developed during and after the First World War. Suffice to say, it is not very good, as befitting Bordigist ideology.
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Review: How we shall bring about the revolution
A review of a classic of French revolutionary syndicalism. Essential reading for anyone wanting to find out about its ideas on social change. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No> 78 (Winter 2020) and before that, Freedom
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Review: Private Government
A review of an academic’s book on the private hierarchies associated with capitalism, showing its lack of engagement with the anarchist tradition and unwillingness to draw obvious conclusions in terms of advocating workers’ control. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 73 (Spring 2018)
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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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The Trotskyist School of Falsification
A review of Victor Serge’s biography of Trotsky showing its limitations and revisionism. It shows that Serge’s account, like Trotskyist accounts in general, is at odds with what actually happened in Russia and presents an at times wishful thinking account of Trotsky’s actual ideas and activities. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 79 (Spring 2020)
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