Tom Mann (1856-1941) played a critical role in the industrial struggles of 1910-1914, better known as “the Great Unrest” or “the syndicalist revolt”. This article discusses his influence and ideas as well as his links to anarchism along with other aspects of British syndicalism during this period. It appeared in Black Flag Anarchist Review Vol. 1 No. 3 (Autumn 2021)
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The 1848 Revolutions: An Anarchist Perspective
This is a write-up of a talk I gave at the Sparrow’s Nest Archive in Nottingham on 23 June 2018. The talk was advertised by the following text:
(more…)The Revolutions of 1848 remain the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history. While remembered as essentially liberal in nature, aiming at ending the old monarchical regimes they were also note-worthy for the advent of the industrial working class as a factor in social struggle. So as well as political change, the social question was raised while the events of 1848 shaped the ideas of Marx and Proudhon. So on their 170th anniversary, we look at the 1848 revolutions and their lessons for today.
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Black Flag: Anarchist Review Autumn 2021 issue now out
The new issue of Black Flag: Anarchist Review is now available:
This issue includes articles on or by Tom Mann and British syndicalism, Émile Pouget and his contribution to French syndicalism, libertarians at the 1896 London Congress of the Second International, fighting fascism in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, the anarcho-feminist Mujeres Libres group and more.
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Black Flag: Anarchist Review Summer 2021 issue now out
The new issue of Black Flag: Anarchist Review is now available:
This issue includes articles on or by Albert Meltzer, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Joseph Déjacque and Daniel Guérin, interviews with Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin and Vadim Damier, and reviews.
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Black Flag: Anarchist Review Spring 2021 issue now out
Black Flag is back! Fifty years after first appearing, it has been relaunched as an on-line journal. This incarnation will be (at least) a bi-annual journal following in the footsteps Cienfuegos Press Anarchist Review and can be found here:
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