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Steven. — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:53:24 +0000

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University of the Third Age: the unlikely Bakuninists

Freedom — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:06:51 +0000

Asked to give examples of how anarchist ideas work in practice most anarchists would probably suggest the collectivisation of industry during the Spanish Revolution. If pressed to give more recent examples then some of the surviving small-scale worker co-operatives set up since the late 1960s, or free schools such as Summerhill might be suggested.

On Francisco Ferrer

Steven. — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:44:06 +0000

Francisco Ferrer can today be known as the modern heretic executed for heresy. His work The Origin and Ideals of the Modern School (Translated by Joseph McCabe) was a Freethought based and inspirational book. In it, he argued for the co-education of both boys and girls.