Notes on Bakunin's book 'Statehood and anarchy' - Karl Marx
Submitted by Red Marriott on Jun 13 2007 20:53
Marx responds to Bakunin's criticisms of Marx and Marxism. Marx's comments were written at the end of 1874 as he read Bakunin's book as part of his efforts to learn Russian and to study Russian society.
The Australian maritime strike, 1878-1879
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 9 2006 19:16
A short history of the 1878 strike of sailors and maritime workers in Australia which prevented the seaman being sacked and replaced by cheaper workers.
The great railroad strike, 1877 - Howard Zinn
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 9 2006 19:12
Howard Zinn's short history of the biggest industrial dispute in American history by that time, shutting down half the country's rail network.
The Paris Commune, 1871: a short account - Workers Solidarity Movement
Submitted by libcom on Jan 11 2006 10:48
A short history of the Paris Commune, weak on details of the revolution and working class organisation but with good information about the makeup of the elected Communards and details of the fighting and repression at the end of the Commune.
The Paris Commune of 1871 - Undercurrent
Short text about the Commune by Undercurrent, as the University of Sussex unveils a flawed exhibition on the uprising.
Karl Marx and the Paris Commune - CLR James
Submitted by libcom on Jan 3 2006 11:58
CLR James on Marx, the Commune and their relevance for workers in the US.
The Commune: Paris 1871 – P. Guillaume and Martin Grainger
Submitted by libcom on Jan 3 2006 11:54
P. Guillaume and Martin Grainger, a pseudonym of Maurice Brinton, in Solidarity pamphlet #35, write on the Paris commune of 1871.
The civil war in France - Karl Marx
Submitted by libcom on Jul 3 2005 22:16
Karl Marx's contemporary account of the Paris Commune, placing it in context fo the wider events in France at the time. The Paris Commune significantly changed Marx's ideas about the "Dictatorship of the Proletariat", and his support for it's organisation structures suggests a different trajectory of revolutionary organisation to the "Marxist" revolutions in the 20th Century.
The Paris Commune and the idea of the state - Mikhail Bakunin
Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin on the Paris Commune and the idea of government and the state.
