Independent and free? A Glasgow anarchist's take on Scottish independence
Submitted by doug on Apr 14 2012 12:09
Written by a member of the Glasgow Anarchist Federation in a personal capacity, this article aims to respond to the rise of the Scottish independence movement and to encourage a libertarian socialist critique.
Anti-capitalism or anti-imperialism? Interwar authoritarian and fascist sources of a reactionary ideology: The case of the Bolivian MNR
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 27 2012 10:35
Loren Goldner's detailed account and analysis of the Bolivian Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) which was the key player in the 1952 national revolution, and which was supported by the left despite its pro-fascist, corporatist tendencies.
From people's politics to state politics: aspects of national liberation in South Africa 1984-1994
This article, written in 1994, the first year of the 'new South Africa' examines the shift from popular people's politics to state politics during the transition from apartheid. It has been a valuable article for South African anarchists.
Some more thoughts on "the national question"
Submitted by Django on Jan 17 2012 20:40
After almost six months of putting it off, I spent an afternoon reading over Against Nationalism recently, as well as some of the criticism published in response.
Enrique Roig de San Martin – The motherland and the workers (1889)
Roig de San Martin, editor of the weekly anarchist paper El Productor, responding to an article in the “liberal” paper El Pais, which called on workers to support the cause of Cuban independence.
Gang warfare in the Gulf
Libertarian/council communist group Subversion argue against support for either side in the Gulf War.
Braveheart and Scottish nationalism
Article on national self-determination in Scotland. Written by Iain MacSaorsa, Scottish Anarchist, number 3, the magazine of Scottish Federation of Anarchists.
A people's history of the American revolution - Howard Zinn
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 21 2011 15:43
Howard Zinn's critical history of the American Revolution against British rule and its impact on ordinary people.
What future for Zimbabwe now? 1980
This article from late 1980 shows that even in the midst of general euphoria at the collapse of Ian Smith’s Rhodesia there was plenty of evidence on how things might develop under Mugabe, for those willing to look. The authors were active in the Anti-Apartheid movement.
Israeli invasion of Gaza: a new episode of warmongering electoratism
Mouvement Communiste write in March 2009 on the Israeli invasion of Gaza and its consequences for the working class of Palestine and Israel. In PDF format.
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