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What’s New in the FAQ? (1997-2004)

Introduction

Here is a list of all the new additions to the FAQ from (approximately) the beginning of February 1997 to March 2004. This should make it far easier for the return visitor to find out what has changed since the last visit.

The version number of the FAQ changes as follows. A major change results in then the version number is increased by one (from version 10.2 to version 11, for example). If a minor change is being made then the current version is increased by 0.1 (for example, from version 10.2 to 10.3).

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What’s New in the FAQ? (2004-2007)

Introduction

Here is a list of all the new additions to the FAQ between 2004 and 2007. An list of older changes can found here.

The version number of the FAQ changes as follows. A major change results in then the version number is increased by one (from version 10.2 to version 11, for example). If a minor change is being made then the current version is increased by 0.1 (for example, from version 10.2 to 10.3).

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Supplementary Material

Supplementary Material

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An Anarchist FAQ: Introduction to Volume 2

An Anarchist FAQ: Introduction to Volume 2

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Non-English versions of the FAQ

In French:

Les FAQ anarchiste

Une FAQ Anarchiste (francophone)

In Kurdish:

http://afaqkurdish.wordpress.com/

In Japanese:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/anarchy/anarchy/faq/

In Hebrew:

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Why does the Makhnovist movement show there is an alternative to Bolshevism?

Why does the Makhnovist movement show there is an alternative to Bolshevism?

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What was the Kronstadt Rebellion?

What was the Kronstadt Rebellion?

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Were any of the Bolshevik oppositions a real alternative?

Were any of the Bolshevik oppositions a real alternative?

As well as the obvious failure of the Russian Revolution (see section H.6), the limitations in Bolshevism can be seen by the various oppositions to the mainstream of that party. That Bolshevik politics are not a suitable instrument for working class self-liberation is expressed in the limited way opposition groups questioned Bolshevik orthodoxy — even in the case of the opposition to the rising Stalinist bureaucracy.

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How did Bolshevik ideology contribute to the failure of the Revolution?

How did Bolshevik ideology contribute to the failure of the Revolution?

It is a truism of Leninism that Stalinism has nothing to do with the ideas of Bolshevism. Moreover, most are at pains to stress that these ideas have no relation to the actual practice of the Bolshevik Party after the October Revolution. To re-quote one Leninist:

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What caused the degeneration of the Russian Revolution?

What caused the degeneration of the Russian Revolution?

As is well known, the Russian Revolution failed. Rather than produce socialism, the Bolshevik revolution gave birth to an autocratic party dictatorship presiding over a state capitalist economy. In turn, this regime gave rise to the horrors of Stalinism. While Stalinism was denounced by all genuine socialists, a massive debate has existed within the Marxist movement over when, exactly, the Russian Revolution failed and why it did.

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