The philosophical roots of the Marx-Bakunin conflict - Ann Robertson
Article about political differences between Bakunin and Marx, which correlated to the anarchist-Marxist split in the First International.
The author is biased in favour of Marx's views, but fails to give credit for Bakunin's influence on Marx (such as forcing him to clarify his views on the state) or those instances where Bakunin had more insight than Marx (such as on the evolution and counter-revolutionary nature…
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The author has already made…
The author has already made this work available here ("read this book").
The Documents of the First International volumes also contain some of the same material and are up on the Internet Archive if it's of any interest.
Just to say, this is a…
Just to say, this is a deeply flawed work and while it does contain a few useful texts, it is fatally undermined by the editor's Marxism. He really makes Marx the centre of the International and so presents a distorted account of the organisation, as I discuss here:
https://anarchism.pageabode.com/review-workers-unite-the-international-150-years-later/
This review is included in the latest Black Flag Anarchist Review (Vol. 2, No. 2) which includes texts from the federalist-wing of the International -- it can be found at https://www.blackflag.org.uk/