Black Flag 230 (2009)

This issue mixed in wide-ranging theoretical works abut the welfare state and neo-liberalism, along with highly specific interviews with the organisers of large cultural events such as the anarchist bookfair. It's rounded off with the first of a new series - Breathing Utopia, offering a view of how people would see their jobs change in a post revolutionary world.

Submitted by Rob Ray on November 17, 2009

This issue, Brighton SolFed writes in Black Flag about the class logic behind the destruction of the post war social contract...

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Cover story: Examining the new welfare bill and why its regressive politics must be fought
  • Theory: Exploring the roots of anarchist economics
  • Overview: The history and present of the anarchist bookfair, by one of the founders of the event
  • Breathing Utopia: Our new series on how society’s essential functions might work after a revolution, starting with journalism
  • In Focus: Part two of Tom Gaynor’s look at the ideology and legacy of New Labour
  • Theory: Examining neoliberalism
  • Debate: Nicholas Evans argues the case for a new kind of Wikipedia
  • Reportage: The secrets of Oaxaca
  • Theory: Was Nietzsche an anarchist?
  • Report: The Anarchist Conference 2009 and moves towards another in 2010
  • Debate:Manchester No Borders on the need for solidarity with Calais migrants
  • Biography: The story of Ethel MacDonald
  • Radical Reprint: Ethel and the Civil War

REVIEWS

  • Ethel MacDonald: An anarchist’s story
  • Black Flame: The class politics of anarchism and syndicalism
  • The Battle for Spain: 1936-1939
  • The Resistible rise of Benito Mussolini
  • Plus our regular pamphlet reviews column: Hob’s Choice

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For other issues of Black Flag, go to:

Black Flag 229 (Mid 2009)
Black Flag 228 (Late 2008)
Black Flag 227 (Mid 2008)
Black Flag 226 (Late 2007)

Attachments

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Comments

jesuithitsquad

14 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by jesuithitsquad on November 18, 2009

This is a really great article. I was wondering if there is source information that might be easily made available?

Joseph Kay

14 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on November 18, 2009

I can probably add a footnoted version here, there were quite a lot of references and space was short so they were chopped from the print version.

Django

14 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by Django on November 18, 2009

Its an interesting article - is the title a typo though?

jesuithitsquad

14 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by jesuithitsquad on November 21, 2009

A footnoted version would make me happy. I've read this a second time--and passed it on--and it really is good.

Joseph Kay

14 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on February 12, 2010

sorry all, i just remembered this but i can't seem to find the footnoted version. i have a different draft, and a preceding section on post-war social democracy. we really should tidy up the draft stuff we have and serialise it in DA.

Juan Conatz

14 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Juan Conatz on February 24, 2010

so.....is this out?

Rob Ray

14 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Rob Ray on February 24, 2010

Yep, it launched at the London bookfair. You can get hold of one via the blackflagmag at yahoo.co.uk email address

Juan Conatz

14 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Juan Conatz on June 15, 2010

Sent an email back in March, still no reply (that I noticed).