Albert Meltzer
British anarcho-syndicalist who fiercely opposed individualist strains within anarchism and founded Black Flag magazine.
The Truth about the Bonnot Gang - Ezra Brett Mell
A short account of the Paris-based anarchist robbers - and inventors of the getaway car - who operated in 1911-12 and the political debate that went on as to the worth of 'illegalist' activity.
A fuller account was given in the book 'The Bonnot Gang' by Richard Parry; published by Rebel Press, London, 1987.
This pamphlet was published by Coptic Press and then reprinted by Solidarity Bookshop Publications, Chicago, 1969.
Mannin, Ethel - Albert Meltzer
Anarchist Albert Meltzer writes about British author and anarchist Ethel Edith Mannin.
Ask who is the writer who has contributed most in the English language to the spread of libertarian ideas and you will get some peculiar answers, probably one of them some obscure Canadian professor whom nobody reads except as prescribed in the university curriculum (ed: he probably means George Woodcock, who it would appear Meltzer doesn’t think too highly of!).
Anarchist activity in Nazi Germany
Some notes on the activity of anarchists in Germany immediately preceding and soon after the Nazis' gained power, including accounts of attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
While containing several inaccuracies, we reproduce the article here in full. A discussion about factual errors herein is below the article.
Two Caricatures of Anarchism: Or Tolstoy Revisited
This review appeared in Black Flag in 1991.
Government is Violence: Essays on Anarchism and Pacifism, by Leo Tolstoy (as edited by David Stephens) Phoenix Press
"Tom Brown's Syndicalism" review
This review came from Black Flag in 1991.
What is Reformism?
What is reformism?
The French Stay in Strikes of 1934-36
The French stay-in strikes (1934-36)
What is the Middle Class?
WHAT IS THE MIDDLE CLASS?
The Christie Carballo Committee and the Rewriting of History
The Christie Carballo Committee and the Rewriting of History
Dunblane - what made Hamilton tick?
This was published in Black Flag #208, in 1996 not long after the horrific massacre at Dunblane. The media at the time were pre-occupied with gun control, here Albert Meltzer argues that they missed the point.
The Dunblane Massacre -
What Made Hamilton Tick?
