The introduction to the four-volume anthology A Libertarian Reader. It includes a host of writings from all the schools of libertarian socialism, including Social and Individual Anarchism, Syndicalism, Guild Socialism, Council Communism, Situationism and Autonomism. It covers the years 1857 (when libertaire was coined) to 2016.
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Will the real Bakunin please stand up?
A reply to Leninists distortions about Bakunin. Includes a summary of his key anarchist ideas and anarchism’s key difference with Leninism.
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Review: Statism and Anarchy
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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Review: The International Anarchist Congress Amsterdam (1907)
Review of an excellent book on the International Anarchist Congress held in Amsterdam in 1907. Its attendees included Errico Malatesta, Emma Goldman and other well-known anarchists.
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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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