anarchism
Articles about anarchism, a political ideology based on mutual aid, solidarity and the abolition of the state.
The UK anarchist movement - Looking back and forward
Nick Heath reflects on his experiences in the UK anarchist movement since the 1960s, and the lessons on organisation and politics he finds valid for anarchists today.
1921-1953: A chronology of Russian anarchism
A brief timeline of the anarchist movement and anarchist activity in the USSR, and its repression by Soviet authorities following the Russian Revolution.
“But we do not fear you or your hangmen. Soviet 'justice' may kill us, but you will never kill our ideals. We shall die as anarchists and not as bandits.”
- The anarchist Fedor Petrovich Machanovski at his trial before the Petrograd Revolutionary Tribunal, 13th and 22nd December 1922
Vitrolles - the logic of the ballot box
This article was translated and abridged from Le Monde Libertaire for Black Flag #211 in 1997. Vitrolles is a town in France whose council was won in elections a few months prior by the fascist Front National. It was the fourth city run by the FN at the time - the others were Toulon, Orange and Marignane.
VITROLLES: THE LOGIC OF THE URNS
Trotskyist lies on anarchism: Felix Morrow on Spain
Article from Black Flag debunking myths of the libertarian Spanish Revolution from American Trotskyist Felix Morrow.
Trotskyist Lies on Anarchism
Anarchism, Heterosexism and Secular Religions
A critical response to a letter about "gay issues" in the anarcho-syndicalist union CNT's newspaper.
Anarchism, heterosexism and secular religions
Anarcho-syndicalism, racism and Struggle
Anarcho-syndicalism, racism and struggle
A Review of Kropotkin's "The Conquest of Bread"
THE CONQUEST OF BREAD
Gary Hayter
Anarchist communism - an introduction
A short introduction to anarchist-communism.
Anarchist communism is a form of anarchism that advocates the abolition of the State and capitalism in favour of a horizontal network of voluntary associations through which everyone will be free to satisfy his or her needs.
Primitivism, anarcho-primitivism and anti-civilisationism - criticism
libcom.org's analysis and criticism of anarcho-primitivists, who are opposed to technology. Some are also opposed to mass society, civilisation and language.
Foreword1
- 1. This foreword was written by libcom. What follows is an article by Andrew Flood which we have edited http://www.libcom.org/library/civilisation-primitivism-anarchism-andrew-flood
Platformism - an introduction
A brief history and explanation of "Platformism" - a strain of anarchist communism influenced by a 1926 document The Organisational Platform of the Libertarian Communists.
Platformism is a current within libertarian communism putting forward specific suggestions on the nature which anarchist organsation should take.
