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Kropotkin: The Anarchist Formerly Known as Prince

Fri, 12/07/2012 - 14:56 — Anarcho

Peter Alexeivich Kropotkin was born in Moscow on December the 9th in1842 within a royal family that could trace its origins to the founders of the Tsarist regime. As a member of the Russian ruling class, he received the best education his father’s exploitation of his serfs could provide. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Corps of Pages in St. Petersburg, an elite Court institution attached to the imperial household.

Anarchist Studies: Syndicalism, Anarchism and Marxism

Wed, 05/23/2012 - 14:02 — Anarcho

This is the published version of a reply to an article by Marxist Ralph Darlington in Anarchist Studies (vol. 17, no. 2). Darlington's original article appeared in Volume 17, Number 1 of Anarchist Studies and discusses the anarchist origins of syndicalism and refutes attempts to include Marxism as one of its influences. It discusses Bakunin’s syndicalist ideas and shows how Marx and Engels explicitly rejected them. Ralph Darlington declined to reply

Kicking off the 2011 Revolts in the age of the Networked Individual

Wed, 04/11/2012 - 06:27 — AndrewNFlood

To what extent do the revolutions and revolts of 2011 reflect a new world born from the shell of the old? Were these revolts of the internet generation -- networked individuals? Are people not only using new technology but becoming transformed by it? For anarchists, what lessons can we learn and to what extent must we transform our organisational methods and structures?

 

 

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Laying the foundations: Proudhon’s contribution to anarchist economics

Thu, 02/09/2012 - 15:18 — Anarcho

This is an introduction to Proudhon’s economic ideas and their influence on revolutionary anarchism. It is a chapter from the new book The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics (AK Press [US/UK], 2012) and its blurb (in part) states: “The only crisis of capitalism is capitalism itself...

Anarchist Theory – Use it or Lose it

Tue, 12/06/2011 - 14:42 — Anarcho

This is a write up of a talk given at the 2011 London Anarchist bookfair. Its blurb was: “Why bother with dead anarchists? For some, while anarchists may do beards well we don’t do theory. This is wrong. We do have theory, as my An Anarchist FAQ and Property is Theft! show. Anarchism is a rich source for analysing and transforming society. Join me in exploring why dead anarchists are worth reading.”

I’ve tried to keep it as close as possible to what I remember of what I said, based on the same notes.

Syndicalism, Marxist Myth and Anarchist Reality

Fri, 11/25/2011 - 15:35 — Anarcho

“In drawing up theses for the international workers’ movement we must not begin with theoretical, preconceived assumptions… If we forsake the empirical road and take one that is doctrinaire, we cannot create an International of struggle.”

Augustin Souchy at the Second Congress of the Communist International[1]

"Property is Theft!" Corrections

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 14:11 — PJProudhon

As with any book, some errors were not spotted before publication. This page lists these few minor mistakes as well as the appropriate corrections. The errors are few and far between and not that significant.

Marxism and Anarchism

Thu, 07/14/2011 - 16:39 — Anarcho

On the 9th of July 2011, I debated “Marxism and Anarchism” with the Leninist group Alliance for Workers Liberty at their conference “Ideas for Freedom.” This article is based on the notes I used and reproduces the content of my contribution.

The AWL versus Anarchism

Thu, 07/14/2011 - 16:36 — Anarcho

This leaflet was created to hand out at a debate on “Marxism and Anarchism” at the AWL 2011 “Ideas for Freedom” Conference.

Socialist Catechism

Tue, 04/05/2011 - 14:12 — PJProudhon

Socialist Catechism

Charles-François Chevé

Editor of The Voice of the People, and senior editor of The People.

The Voice of the People, October 29, 1849

Translator: Shawn Wilbur

Editor: Iain McKay

Socialist Catechism

 

I. Socialism

QUESTION. What is Socialism?

ANSWER. It is the doctrine of universal conciliation.

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