A series of letters discussing whether communist-anarchism is a form of anarchism (it is!) and how private property, not communism, violates liberty. Also discusses the question of people who decide not to become communists in a free society.
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Bailouts or co-operatives?
A suggestion for practical libertarian activity in the current crisis, one which tries to get beyond abstract calls for social revolution by presenting possible solutions which can aim the process of creating an anarchist social movement and, ultimately, anarchism.
Bin charges; hundreds sleeping on the streets in the midst of an economic boom; soaring profits for the banks while many workers can’t afford decent housing; underfunding of health, education and public transport.
This is the reality for workers in Ireland today, elsewhere, and particularly in Africa, it is far worse. For years we have been told that this is the way it is, that there is ‘no alternative’. This is a lie.
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Marxism or Anarchism?
A talk given as part of a debate organised by the Trotskyist party "Alliance for Workers’ Liberty." A basic introduction to why anarchism is better than Leninism.
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The Two Souls of Democracy
A review of Tony Benn’s 2005 TV programme on democracy. It points out the democracy has many meanings and can, and is, used to justify elite rule.
A few thoughts on Obama’s election victory. Yes, it is historic but real change comes from below and anarchists need to stress that.
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On Paul Krugman
A few comments on Paul Krugman winning the so-called Nobel Prize for Economics. He may be left-of-centre and a Keynesian, but his economics are sadly very much neo-classical in nature.
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Review: After the New Economy
Review of an excellent book on the 1990s “New Economy” hype.
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Divided by time, united by hope
Review of two books on social struggle, one on the 1930s and one on the anti-globalisation movement.
A critique of an SWP attack on libertarian anti-capitalist protestors. Exposes the hypocrisy of Leninists attacking others as undemocratic as well as the impractical nature of their alternative.