Objectivity and Right-Libertarian Scholarship:

A Reply to Bryan Caplan’s Essay “The Anarcho-Statists of Spain: An Historical, Economic, and Philosophical Analysis”

For general information on Anarchist Theory, see An Anarchist FAQ. Please consult its bibliography for the books used in this essay.

Appendix: James Donald and Noam Chomsky

This article has been added as an appendix to James’ nonsense on Spain in order to get a better grasp of his technique and to better judge the reliability of his attacks on Spanish anarchism. For, as well as wilfully distorting the history of Spain and the activities of Spanish Anarchists, it should be noted that James Donald has done the same to Noam Chomsky.

Labor Incentives in Catalonia

Here we see James Donald trying to prove that the self-managed collectives created in Catalonia were "really" like "actually existing socialism."

Of course, this may prove to be difficult for James. After all, there are plenty of examples of how democratic the collectives were, but we will say this for him, he tries.

Bait and Switch in Catalonia?

James Donald states that "Some of the ‘anarchists’ justified their exceedingly unanarchist conduct by convoluted rationalizations. Others spoke more plainly. Macario Royo regarded libertarianism as a mere ruse, to disguise the true nature of socialist revolution," i.e. "totalitarian," according to Donald.

Capitalism in Catalonia?

Serfdom in Catalonia?

Anarchosocialist "Democracy"

Government in Catalonia

James Donald asks "Whatever happened to anarchy?" in Catalonia during the revolution. This is an important question and one that anarchists have discussed many times since July 19th, 1936. However, the answer to this question is a little bit different than the one Donald suggests.