Ivysyn's blog

A Libertarian Communist analysis of the Great Leap Forward under Mao Tse-Tung and the Chinese Communists which aims to show that the Great Leap Forward was a capitalist project rather than a socialist, or communist one.

Showing how the famines in Ukraine and elsewhere in the USSR in the early 1930s were the result of capitalism, rather than "communism".

Why your vote is completely irrelevant.

How the failure of the leftist Pink Tide movement lead to the right's victory in Brazil.

Deriving lessons for the modern Anarchist movement from one of the most important revolutionary events in history.

The first in a series of articles defending Anarcho-syndicalism, this time addressing whether Anarcho-syndicalism is outdated.

The author of Rage Against Capital takes a critical Anarcho-syndicalist look at "The Rojava Revolution".

A critical examination of Noam Chomsky's politics on the basis of whether he can really be considered an Anarcho-syndicalist.

A critique of calls for the abolition of ICE that argues that in order to be effective the abolition of ICE must be paired with the struggle for the abolition of capitalism, states, and racism.

Something of a reply to the essay by Michael Parenti, "Left Anti-Communism: The Unkindest Cut" and a retort to the tenancy of modern Stalinists to attack their left opponents by calling them "anti-communist". This article argues that state socialism as a project and ideology was/is effectively anti-communist.

Fredrick Engels argues against Anarchism on the basis that authority is needed to carry out a revolution against capitalism and the organization of society. This article argues that he fundamentally ignored what Anarchists actually meant when they said they were against authority.

Cobbling together a linking up of Anarcho-syndicalism and Trans-Feminism.

I take a look at the problems with the Parkland sparked gun control movement and hint at a desired alternative to gun control activism.