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Lucy Parsons: American Anarchist (revisited)

A review of Carolyn Ashbaugh’s Lucy Parsons: American Revolutionary which debunks her claims that Lucy Parsons was not an anarchist. It also refutes her attempt to protray Emma Goldman as some sort of lifestyle anarchist, showing how she and Parsons shared a similar communist anarchist perspective. It appeared in Black Flag Anarchist Review Vol. 2 No. 1 (Spring 2022)

Letter to M. X

Letter to M. X

Translator: Ian Harvey

Passy, August 20th, 1864

Sir,

The Constitution and the Presidency

The Constitution and the Presidency

Le Peuple

no date (No 2)

Translator: Barry Marshall

Since Le Représentant du Peuple ceased to appear 70 days ago,[1] only two facts have been accomplished: one in the social world and another in the political world. It will not take long to recount, just a few lines will suffice for us to relate the chain of events from August 21st to October 31st.

Address to the Constituent National Assembly

Address to the Constituent National Assembly

31st July 1848

Translator: Paul Sharkey

Letter to Antoine Gauthier

Letter to Antoine Gauthier

Translator: James Bar Bowen

Paris, 2nd May 1841

My dear old friend[1],

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The Meaning of Anarchism, via twelve libertarians (Part 2)

This talk was given in February 2018 at the Five Leaves bookshop in Nottingham. As the name suggests, it discusses what anarchism is via the ideas and lives of twelve libertarians. The first part covered six male anarchists and the second six female ones.

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The Meaning of Anarchism, via twelve libertarians (Part 1)

This talk was given in January 2018 at the Five Leaves bookshop in Nottingham. As the name suggests, it discusses what anarchism is via the ideas and lives of twelve libertarians. The first part covered six male anarchists and the second six female ones.

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Introduction to “The Unknown Revolution”

This is my introduction to the 2019 PM Press edition of The Unknown Revolution by Voline. It is a classic anarchist analysis of why the Russian Revolution failed by an active participant, seeking to ensure future revolutions do not make the same mistakes. The book is available, so please consider buying it from the publisher.

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Introduction to “Modern Science and Anarchy”

This is my introduction to Modern Science and Anarchy by Peter Kropotkin (AK Press, 2018). This was the last book published by Kropotkin during his lifetime (La Science Moderne et L’Anarchie, 1913) and he explores themes he had been raising since his first joined the anarchist movement in the 1870s. It shows that he did not become a reformist, as some claim, but remained a revolutionary anarchist communist to his death. The book is available, so please consider buying it for AK Press.

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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.