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Writings by Anarcho

articles and essays on anarchism, anarchist history, marxism and current affairs as well as reviews

Articles and Reviews

  • Propertarianism and Fascism

    An account of the links between propertarianism (right-wing “libertarians”) and fascism. Both are authoritarian ideologies with the advocates of the former supporting the latter regularly. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalism Review No. 75 (Winter 2019)

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  • From Russia with Critique

    A review of a collection of articles by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman on the Russian Revolution. It appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 69 (Winter 2017)

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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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  • Kropotkin: Class Warrior

    This is a write-up of the notes of a talk made at the 2014 London Anarchist bookfair. I have made a few slight changes/additions. On the day I skipped the section of “small-scale” production (“Kropotkin the Medievalist?) and covered the differences between communist-anarchism and syndicalism in the discussion period. It is based, of course, on the work I did for Direct Struggle Against Capital: A Peter Kropotkin Anthology.

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  • Poor Adam Smith

    An account of Adam Smith’s less well remembered ideas which shows that the right is somewhat selective in what they take from his ideas. It first appeared in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review No. 66 (Winter 2016)

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