Introduction
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"Proletarians of the world, look into the depths of your own beings, seek out the truth and realise it yourselves: you will find it nowhere else"
– Peter Arshinov The History of the Makhnovist Movement |
Topic: Anarchist movement
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Bibliography for FAQ
This bibliography lists all the books quoted in the FAQ. However, details for some of these books is missing. This information will also be added to over time. Some books are listed in more than one edition. This is due to the process of revising the FAQ for publication and using the most recent versions of books quoted. Once the revision is complete, the old details will be removed.
Introduction
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has moved from the Internet onto the printed page . . . it is
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accessible, not laden with jargon but also built on ten years
and more of solid research . . . The structure of the book is
such that it is easy to dip into . . .
An Anarchist FAQ
Version 15.4 (17-Mar-2020)
This is an anarchist FAQ. Its aim is to present what anarchism really stands for and indicate why you should become an anarchist.
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Prospects for revolution
This talk was probably part of a debate at a conference of the Irish anarchist groups (WSM, Organise, Class War) in 1994. We are living in a time of great change for the left. For this century the left has been identified with social-democracy (Labour, WP etc.) who saw socialism as being introduced through a few good men taking getting elected through parliament. Or by Leninists who saw socialism as a few good men being put into power by a revolution. Essentially both were variations on the Marxist conception of socialism. Anarchists who argued that socialism could not be brought about by a few good men but only by the self activity of the working class were dismissed as everything from dreamers to bomb throwers.
Categories
Bakunin: Ignorance or Lies?
A short critique of a sadly typical Leninist account of Bakunin by a leading member of the British SWP.
A 60 minute recording of a talk and discussion on the Chinese revolution and the Chinese anarchist movement. It’s available here as google video, mp4 and mp3 formats, the first two are preferred as the viewer will then be able to see the images referenced during the talk.
A review of Colin Ward’s recent introduction to anarchist ideas and history.