Books

Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

Joseph K. — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:50:24 +0000

Though the POUM were socialists, he wrote "as far as my purely personal preferences went I would have liked to join the Anarchists."

His vivid descriptions of classless anarchist Barcelona following the revolution and terrorised Stalinist Barcelona after the counter-revolution are a timeless reminder that a 'revolutionary state' is a contradiction in terms.

A People's History Of The United States - Howard Zinn

Steven. — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:38:32 +0000

This extensive work is available online thanks to History Is A Weapon, who OCRed the text, though we heartily recommend our readers to buy a hard copy.

The Diggers

Nemo — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:09:37 +0000

[Chapter IV from The Digger Movement In The Days Of The Commonwealth, by Lewis H. Berens. Taken from the Project Gutenberg text.]

Steal This Book - Abbie Hoffman

libcom — Mon, 01 May 2006 14:50:57 +0000

Full online text of American "Yippie" revolutionary Abbie Hoffman's ironically best-selling book and manual of subversion, Steal This Book, written in 1970

1865-2001: Cuban Anarchism: The history of a movement - Frank Fernandez

libcom — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:58:05 +0000

It is now mostly out of print. However, he writes extensively on many trends and schools of thought related to Cuba and its history.

Thanks to See Sharp Press for permitting this book to be posted online. This text was taken and slightly edited by libcom.org from the Anarchist People of Colour (US) website.

Unfinished Business - The politics of Class War

libcom — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:18:31 +0000

Clearly written and interesting, it is a good introduction to CW's ideas, though we at libcom.org would have several important disagreements with it. Notably on the issues of class and nationalism

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution - Peter Kropotkin

libcom — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:16:29 +0000

Text taken from the Anarchy Archives

1980: The Remaking of the American Working Class - Loren Goldner

libcom — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:55:47 +0000

The Restructuring of Global Capital and the Recomposition of Class Terrain

Preface to the 1999 Edition

Collectives in the Spanish Revolution - Gaston Leval

libcom — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:12:48 +0000

Detailed account of worker-controlled agriculture in revolutionary Spain

COLLECTIVES IN THE SPANISH REVOLUTION
by Gaston Leval
Published by Freedom Press, London, 1975

Text from anarchosyndicalism.net

Anarchism: From Theory to Practice

libcom — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:23:42 +0000

Anarchism: From Theory to Practice
Daniel Guerin