libertarian communism
Articles about libertarian or anti-state communism.
Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord
French Situationist Guy Debord's seminal analysis of consumer capitalism in the late 20th century.
La Société du Spectacle was first published in 1967 by Editions Buchet-Chastel (Paris); it was reprinted in 1971 by Champ Libre (Paris). The first English translation was published by Black & Red in 1970. It was revised in 1977, incorporating numerous improvements suggested by friends and critics of the first translation.
The Struggle Against the State and Other Essays
An anthology of articles by Ukrainian libertarian communist and guerrilla fighter Nestor Makhno
The anthology deals with both Makhno's experiences during the Russian Revolution and wider questions of organisation etc.
About the platform (In reply to A Project in Anarchist Organisation)
A debate about 'Platformism'.
About the 'Platform'
In reply to a project of anarchist organisation
Dear Comrade Malatesta,
I have read your response to the project for an 'Organisational Platform of a General Union of Anarchists', a project published by the group of Russian anarchists abroad.
On Reading and Not Reading Theoretical Works
One of the biggest requests made by people is "What should I read?" It may be topical: What should I read to find out about council communism? It may be a question of how best to grasp something over time: What order should I read these things in?
The Masses & The Vanguard - Paul Mattick
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Why the parties and unions are obstacles to be overcome - and the need for working class self-organisation.
Council Communism - Paul Mattick
On the eve of World War Two, Mattick considers, once again, the organisational needs of the working class.
Preliminaries Toward Defining a Unitary Revolutionary Program
This text is described in Internationale Situationniste #5 (p. 11) as "a platform for discussion within the SI, and for its linkup with revolutionary militants of the workers movement."
Translated by Ken Knabb (slightly modified from the version in the Situationist International Anthology).
On the poverty of student life
On the poverty of student life considered in its economic, political, psychological, sexual, and particularly intellectual aspects, and a modest proposal for its remedy
Published by UNEF, Strasbourg 1966
First published in 1966 at the University of Strasbourg by students of the university and members of the Internationale Situationniste.
In Short (Two Summaries of Situationist Perspectives)
The Situationists explain their viewpoint...
1921-1945: Class War on the Home Front
Class War on the Home Front
Revolutionary Opposition to the Second World War
the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation
printed by Wildcat, 1986
reprinted by communist reprints 1998.
Presented in text format, and as a series of printable PDFS.
