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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Now and After
This is a write up of a talk I gave in Glasgow in 2018 entitled Now and After: What would Anarchy be like and how we create the new world by fighting the current one. It summarises anarchist ideas of what a free society would be like and how we get there. As with my previous write-ups, this reflects more what I intended to say rather than what was said. Hopefully it will be close enough. For more details of the ideas raised here, see Section I of An Anarchist FAQ.
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Argentina and the left
An Anarchist critique of two Trotskyist analyses of the Argentine revolt against neo-liberalism, showing their limitations and how they implicitly call for party rule.
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From Riot to Revolution
An Anarchist analysis of the revolt against neo-liberalism in Argentina, with suggestions on how it could be turned into a genuine social revolution rather than a mere revolt.
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