libertarian communism
Articles about libertarian or anti-state communism.
To work or not to work? Is that the question? By Gilles Dauvé
The changing nature of work and resistance to it.
Towards a Libertarian Communism
Towards a libertarian communism
by Daniel Guerin
Whither the World
Whither the World
What? Why? How?
troploin Newsletter, No. 2, February 2002
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1917-1945: Anti-Parliamentary Communism: The movement for workers councils in Britain - Mark Shipway
Anti-Parliamentary Communism --
The movement for workers councils in Britain, 1917-45
by Mark Shipway
online version from: http://af-north.org/
Revolutionary Reading Guide
A detailed reading guide for revolutionaries
A libertarian Marxist tendency map
This tendency map was produced by Chris Wright for endpage.com, now part of the libcom.org library - it is designed to trace some of the important tendencies in libertarian Marxism. Contains a brief written history with links to key individuals, groups and publications, and a graphic map.
To help navigate the site, this is a rough, textual "family tree" of libertarian Marxism. Please refer to the Companion Map for a graphical guide to these currents
Some Thoughts about On-Going Discussions in Ultra-Left Milieus
Discussions which have taken place in various milieus of the 'ultra left', be it about trade unionism, the 'revolutionary project', 'post-fordism'..., proceed from a basic common approach.
A Debate between Simon Pirani and Cyril Smith
This edited correspondence between two comrades who have participated actively in the International Socialist Forum will hopefully highlight some of the issues that have come up at the forum. The first letter was sent by Simon Pirani to Cyril Smith in April 1996, after the publication of Smith's book Marx At The Millenium. The second is Smith's response.
The Origins of Modern Leftism
This book was first published as Les Origines du gauchisme (Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1971). This translation by Michael K. Perl was published by Penguin (London, 1975). Gombin wrote a number of other books including The Radical Tradition.
The Story of our Origins
Dauve traces the emergence of the ultra-left current in the aftermath of WWI and the failure of the Russian and German Revolutions.
The Story of our Origins
(Gilles Dauve - from le roman de nos origines - La Banquise No. 2, 1983)
From the German Left to Socialisme ou Barbarie
A communist movement, universal in nature, which had set out to conquer the world in capitalism's footsteps, had been led into not taking the offensive except in the centre of Europe. Now it was necessary for it to engage in drawing up an assessment, beginning with itself and with the contradictions of the counter-revolution.
