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Muppet of the Week, part 2
George Monbiot strikes again with a wonderfully self-contradictory article which agrees with the right by calling free market capitalism "libertarian."
On the Bolshevik Myth
A reply to a trotskyist attack on the Makhnovists. Corrects some of the many distortions.
Nicolas Sarkozy: A mandate for class war
An analysis of the French 2007 Presidental election results and whether Sarkozy can do a Thatcher or not.
Bakunin: The Creative Passion
A review of Mark Leier's excellent new biography of Bakunin.
Stop panic in the City -- abolish capitalism!
An analysis of what the finance markets actually do and a call to get rid of the whole mad system.
What a fucking moron!
On George Bush's sad attempt to bolster support for his war by comparing it to Vietnam.
It is not about the oil, honest...
Some interesting recommendations from the Iraq Study Group -- do not expect any withdrawal soon.
Being wrong is no hindrance when you empower the rich
Milton Fridman has died. Few will miss him and his fatally flawed economics
The end of Black Flag?
Black Flag is having a rest. How long for depends on you!
And this year's Nobel prize for economics goes to… Karl Marx!
How rehashing some very old ideas by the critics of capitalism can win you the (non-)Nobel prize
Bush and Blair should join Saddam
Saddam's death penalty was unsurprising but the imperialists do not have the moral high ground.
Mind the Gap!
British bosses now earn 98 times the average worker. Why? Because of their monopoly of power in the workplace.
Lenin would be proud!
On New Labour's Orwellian plans for local democracy...
At long last...
Capitalism has finally caught up with the anarchist warnings on ecological problems. Shame it does not have a solution
Vermont elects America's first socialist senator
A few comments on this unusual event in the 2006 mid-term elections.
The Hypocritical Alliance
Why asking the right-wing Libertarian Alliance to leave the Anarchist Bookfair was the right thing to do. They are not libertarians.
And this week's reason America is in Iraq is...
Apparently it does have something to do with oil
after all!
Inequality in the UK
A short collection of facts.
655,000 Dead in Iraq since Invasion
The latest report on the numbers killed in the imperialist invasion of Iraq.
The roots of "privatisation"
How the Nazi's invented the term and pratice of privatisation.
Bush's caliphate
Yet again, on Bush's nonsense on Iraq as the main front on the "War on Terror"
New Labour? No Danger!
On why the CBI has no need to fear New Labour listening to the unions (and why does the TUC bother inviting Labour politicians?)
Ah, the irony…
On the hidden history of the American Legion and the ironies of the Bush Islamofascism theme.
Every cloud has a sliver lining…
Trust the Bush Junta to turn bad pay news into good...
Murray Bookchin (1921-2006)
A few comments on Murray Bookchin, who died in July 2006. An important, but flawed, anarchist thinker.
The Spanish Revolution: 70 Years On
An overview of the Spanish Revolution -- what happened and what is says about anarchism.
New Labour, New Scoundrels
New Labour want to teach "traditional British values" in school. What utter nonsense
John Kenneth Galbraith, RIP
A few words on one of the world's better economists who died in April 2006
Capitalism: State intervention for the rich
A short review of new free e-book on the kind of state intervention the right, and, capitalism, takes for granted.
French lessons for neo-liberal America
Why the French young workers were right to stop neo-liberalist employment policies.
Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel
An excellent biography about one of the great Italian-American anarchists of the 20th century.
The Values Presidency?
Bush is saying nice things about Azerbaijan's dictatorship. It has a lot of oil. Put two and two together...
An Anarchist FAQ, David Friedman and Medieval Iceland
A reply to David Friedman's criticism of section F.9 of "An Anarchist FAQ" In a nutshell, to err is human..
An Anarchist critique of Anarcho-Statism: Or refuting "anarcho"-capitalism by means of "anarcho"-capitalism
A shortist critique of "anarcho"-capitalist claims to be a form of anarchism
.Kronstadt 1921: the end of the Bolshevik Myth
A discussion of the Kronstadt revolt, what it means and a critique of Bolshevik lies about it. Written to mark the 85th anniversary of the crushing of the rebellion.
Yet more "bad apples"?
Why the Iraqi abuse video shows that the problem is systemic in imperialism and the state.
Don't tell Blair...
A company is tagging workers in Ohio. A door which should not be opened for bosses or governments.
Resist ID cards!
To stop ID cards being introduced in Britain we need to use direct action, not rely on politicians
A Friend of Democracy?
The US response to the Hamas election victory shows how nothing has changed in US foreign policy.
Double standards a-go-go!
New year, new war? The Iraq WMD farce has not stopped Bush and Blair attacking Iran using the same arguments. And the media plays along...
Objective journalism at its best
Media Lens is a UK based organisation applying Chomsky's "Propaganda Model" to the UK media, with great results.
State terrorism in action
The US states kills civilians in Pakistan and no one really objects. What it says about the morality of the state.
Pension
Hypocrisy
The bosses are attacking public sector workers' pensions. Oh, the
hypocrisy of their laments of a "two-tier" system!
Iraq: The same old Bush
bollocks
Bush tries to bolster support for his occupation by repeating the
same old nonsense.
A rebellion on
the details, not the principle
MPs rejection of Blair's demand for 90 day internment shows that they
cannot be relied upon to defend civil liberties -- only the people
can.
Add one more
war crime to the list
The US has been using chemical weapons in Iraq -- Saddam would be
proud.
Capitalism at work: decades
of stagnant wages
Real wages in the US are still less than for years ago. What this
decades long stagant of wages says about capitalism and its
economics.
Iraq: Sovereignty in
Action
The Iraqi President shows how much sovereignty his country really
has.
Bush Junta says torture
is okay -- as long as they do it.
Yet more on the evil and hypocrisy of the Bush regime.
The Ballots and
the bullets
A few words on the passing of the Iraqi Constitution and why the
insurgency will continue to grow.
70 years of capitalist
progress?
How republicians think its okay for US workers to receive a minimum
wage 35% lower than those in the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The means shape
the ends
Why David Blunkett resigning shows the validity of anarchist
arguments against political action.
Crazy Cleric strikes
again
Some one should tell Pat Robertson about "Thou shalt not kill".
The
Joys of Democracy
Yet again, Iraqis are asked to brave death to vote, this time for a
constitution shaped by their occupiers, which they have not read and
which can be changed at will by politicians.
Incapacity
benefit: lies, damned lies and statistics
New labour are attacking people on Incapacity Benefit. Find out why
people are on it in the first place and what it says about
neo-liberalism and unemployment
Not putting their
money where their mouths are...
Not only won't they fight for their war, the right will not even pay
for it.
Why
bother?
A few notes on the 2005 Labour Party conference. Why do people bother
going? And the expulsion of a heckler shows the real purpose of
anti-terrorism laws.
Anarchy in New
Orleans?
Exposing a few myths about what happened in New Orleans and why it
has nothing to do with anarchy.
The
real looting of New Orleans begins
How the right are using the destruction caused by Katrina to transfer
yet more monies to corporate America and to impose their ideology.
Letter to Anarchy
on bob Black and Platformism
A reply to Bob Black's letter in Anarchy in which I correct Black's
basic mistakes and show that he really should read what people write.
Letter to
Anarchy on bob Black and Platformism
longer (and unsent) reply to Bob Black's letter in Anarchy covering
the same ground but in more depth.
Rewriting history to
defend failure
Blair denied denying a link between the London bombs and Iraq. Not
the only case of him rewriting history...
Gaza
The withdrawal of Israel from Gaza is a step towards consolidating
the occupation of the West Bank, not peace.
Capitalism and
Freedom
The NLRB in America has approved a contract which stops workers
meeting after working hours. Yet another example of the autocracy at
the heart of capitalism
For
Workers' Power
A lengthy review of the excellent new collection of Maurice Brinton's
work.
Niger:
Yet another capitalist famine
Now the market and neo-liberalism has caused the famine in Niger, not
nature.
Changing
our way of life
On Blair's new "anti-terrorist" policies and how, if we believe his
rhetoric, he is doing the terrorists work for them by changing our
way of life.
V for Very
Annoying
Looks like the movie of "Ve for Vendetta" is butchering the book. No
anarchy, no wonder Alan Moore has disowned it.
One less shit in the world
The founder of the fascist BNP has died. What a shame.
We have always been at war
with Eurasia
On Blair denying the obvious links between his own policies in Iraq
and 7/7 as well as his rewriting of why we invaded Iraq in the first
place.
The Cost of War
The human cost of war and why the Iraqi Body Count figure of 25,000
dead does not contradict the Lancet's100,000
The Bush Junta: the Few Bad
Apples
The facts are emerging that prove that the US torture in Iraq was not
the product of a few people at the bottom. What a surprise
Oil
well that ends well
What a surprise, the Iraqi government is planning to lease its oil
fields to international oil companies.
Against
Terrorism! Against Imperialism!
On the London bombings of 7/7
Say
no to ID cards
New Labour's biometric ID cards are a con and a step nearer a police
state. The fact that in opposition Blair opposed them shows that the
state shapes the politicians, not vice versa
Repeating
history, when not rewriting it
An analysis of the SWP's post-election article, plus reminding them
that Tom Mann was a syndicalist after becoming disgusted with the
electoralism they have embraced.
Bush
now willing to negotiate with 'terrorists'
The Bush Junta has admitted to negotiate with the insurgents they
previously called terrorists. This shows that their imperial
ambitions are in difficulty. Something Bush's speech showed.
"The Culture of Life"
verses Profit
Guess what comes first? Republican's rehetoric on the "culture of
life" or corporate interest?
Mission
Unaccomplished (yet again)
Things are going from bad to worse in Afghanistan because of US
imperial designs on Iraq. Not the first time that US imperialism has
messed up that country...
Do they have no
shame?
Leninists call their book published "Haymarket" after the Haymarket
Martyrs and yet only stock books attacking anarchism! Muppets.
Sack the
Secretary!
On the Downing Street Memos which prove that the Iraq war had been
precided months before it started.
That was then, this is
now...
Bush hates timetables for withdrawal. Except when Clinton was
President...
The
Two Souls of Democracy
An analysis of Tony Benn's Channel 5 programme of democracy.
Anarcho-Syndicalism:
Theory and Practice
A review of Rudolf Rocker's classic introduction to
anarcho-syndicalism.
"If
you are not cowards, kill me!"
A review of a book about anarchist heroine Louise Michel. Edited by a
Marxist, it downplays her anarchism and reflect the usual Marxist
ignorance of anarchism and the Paris Commune.
Inequality
kills
Welcome to modern Britain, where the difference in life expectancy
between the poorest and most affluent parts of the country is now
wider than in Victorian times.
Yet
more Bush Hypocrisy: This time it's the Sudan
The Bush Junta is changing line on genocide by dictatorial Sudan.
Why? Intelligence sharing and oil. Scumbags.
Testing times
For a "damp squib," the controversy over the Attorney General's legal
advice is pretty lively. The key issue is that in his 7 March legal
advice, Lord Goldsmith said that if there was no second UN resolution
authorising war against Iraq, there had to be 'hard evidence' of
Iraqi 'non-compliance and non-cooperation' with its disarmament
obligations.
Snippets on Iraq, Blair and
the war.
Why the war was apparently legal because Blair said it was, on
"democracy" in Iraq, the cost of war and why taxi drivers in Bagdad
problemly won't get a tip taking people to the airport.
Now and Then
The SWP revised history somewhat on its coverage on the 15th
anniversay of the Poll Tax Riot.
Movie News: V
for Vendetta
Hopefully Alan Moore's classic novel about an anarchist superhero
fighting a fascist state will be turned into a good movie. Probably
not, though.
For war not
back
A few words about the UK election. Time to spoil your ballot paper...
The new Pope
Meet the new Pope, even worse than the old one!
A tale of two
atrocities
Comparing the reporting on Saddam's mass murder compared to the
100,000 killed by Bush and Blair.
No news is good
news...
The US State Department is not printing its annual terrorism report.
Why? because the number of terror attacks is at an all-time high. So
much for Bush's "war on terror."
Incredible, but
true
The FBI is censoring reports released under the Freedom of
Information Act as disclosure harm the "personal privacy" of Osama
bin Laden! What does Bush have to hide?
Just a
coincidence?
The Bush Junta has just got $500 million to build bases in Iraq.
A modest proposal...
MG Rover's collapse exposes the ugly face of capitalism. Occupation
to form a co-operative is the only libertarian solution
Not welcome
Anywhere!
Bush gets booed at the Pope's funeral while in Iraq 300,000
protesters burn him in effigy. Only such mass protests backed up by
direct action can end the occupation.
Deterring
Democracy in Iraq
How the US has ensured that democracy in Iraq does not threaten its
plans for the country.
People Power in Lebanon
On the protests in Lebanon and how Bush is not responsible for them.
Must try
harder!
While the US is happy to attack its new "democratic" regime in Iraq
for human rights abuses, it remains silent on its own.
Priorities and
Hypocrisy
What Terri Schiavo tells us about the priorities and politics of the
republicans.
What a
coincidence!
The new Afghan government will allow the US to build permanent bases
while the new Iraqi government is made up of previous US appointees.
What are the chances of that happening?
On the Pope
Against the "great man" view of history, how the pope hardly ended
Stalinism and why he was hardly a champion of freedom.
Democracy in
Action?
Reports say that United Iraqi Alliance has abandoned its election
promise to demand a timeline for U.S. withdrawal. Welcome to
western-style democracy
Anarchism
and Community Politics
An article summarising why anarchists reject electioneering and
suggesting an alternative in the form of popular assemblies (from
Black Flag no. 224, autumn/winter 2004)
On the road
(block) to Freedom...
On the Iraqi elections, why Bush did not want them and how they will
not end the occupation
Lost in
Translation
Why did Bush cancel a "town-hall" meeting in Germany? Because the
Germans refused to script it like the ones in America.
The Retreat from
Liberty
Why we should oppose the new terror laws in the UK.
Target Iran?
Is Bush really insane enough to invade Iran?
Into the Memory
Hole...
Iraq was not invaded to bring democracy to Iraqis so the war cannot
be retroactively defended because of the recent (flawed) election.
The new
Mercantilism
Why inflation is a code word for class struggle and how capitalism
needs state action to survive.
Economising with
reality
Why editorials in the Economist are ideologically driven, its support
for Bush's plan to privatise social security being just one example.
If it's good enough for
them...
Various short articles on the maddness which is our current system.
Told you so...
What is Bush up to?
Don't Mention the
Reality
How Bush's coronation speech has nothing in common with reality or
freedom.
Anarchism: A Very
Short Introduction
A review of Colin Ward's good, but not prefect, new introduction to
anarchism.
Meet the new boss, same as
the old one
How Lula's government confirms the anarchist case against radicals
using elections.
1905
An analysis of how the 1905 Russian Revolution vindiated anarchism,
not Marxism -- as well as combating a few Marxist myths about
anarchism along the way..
The Weekly Worker,
Anarchism and the 1905 Russian Revolution
A letter to the Weekly Worker explaining the real facts about
anarchism and the general strike (among other things).
Leninists and anarchist
history
An example of how Leninists rewrite history to exclude anarchists or
references to anarchists
W stands for Wanker
Bush's reponse to the disaster in East Asia shows his real
personality -- and the priorities of capitalism.
What a bunch of
Muppets
Iraq is getting worse, so exposing the Bush Junta's incompetence (and
ulteria motives).
The Salvador
Option
The US is thinking about using death squads in Iraq. Obviously
killing tens of thousands in Central America is considered a success.
Bush: Al Qaeda's
best recruiter
The Bush Junta choice of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General shows
(as usual) it is busy strengthening Al Qaeda.
Freedom, Iraqi
style
How the use plan to turn Fallujah into a police state, with the aid
of slave labour.
Fallujah:
Liberation at work
On the civilian deaths in Fallujah.
It's official
(again), no WMD in Iraq
No Iraqi WMD. Not to worry, as Bush would do it again knowing what he
knows now. Remember 9/11 and don't think!
A few bad
apples?
The AUCL gets a FBI memo which shows Bush approved the use of torture
in Iraq (and elsewhere). The Bush Junta are the real "bad apples"
responsible.
Taxing times
A series of shorts on the maddness of capitalism.=
Wall Street, altruism
personified
It wants to lobby for privatising Social Security in the US and it
won't make any money out of it! How generous!
What really happened in
Spain?
This is a summary of the debate between anarchists and James Donald
on what happened during the Spanish Revolution of 1936 and 1937.
Contained in this file is a summary of James Donald's many postings
on the subject during that debate.
Making a killing on your
property
Children are not property and should not be used to further the
agenda of chemical companies.
This is what
democracy looks like?
On the US assault on Fallujah. Saddam would be proud.
Sick, sick, sick
A few short articles on the madness of capitalism
Bush-whacked
The reports of voting irregularies are increasing as job growth
falls. Welcome to Bush's America.
Polls Apart
Comparing the response to the US and Ukrainian elections.
The irony of the Bush Junta using exit polls to attack the results in
the former. If you are going to steal an election, use the Bush way
-- the invisible hand of the market!
Never mind the ballots
A few comments on the US 2004 election. The real alternative is to be
found in the streets and workplaces, not the ballot box.
100,000 plus dead. Mission
Accomplished?
The latest figures of possible dead civilians in Iraq due to the war
is shocking. With the so-called moral case for war on its last legs,
why did it happen? The short answer, imperialism.
No shit,
Sherlock!
So it is now official. Saddam had no WMD. So we went to war based on
(effectively) Saddam's letter to Santa. Some ideas on how the
anarchist media in the UK should develop. Plus a call for people to
help out with Black Flag magazine.
Fantasy Politics
Is Bush back on the drink and drugs? How else can you explain his
apparent new abode in fantasy island when it comes to Iraq? And
Blair's almost as bad. From September 2004.
The Anarchist Media: Use it
or Lose it
Lack of participation is, I fear, a common problem with anarchist
journals and papers. While many people are happy to consume a product
(in the shape of a paper or journal) and complain about what it does
or does not carry, fewer seem to be willing to get involved in
actually producing them
Gene
Genie
GM grass spread a greater distance than had been found in previous
studies. Not good. From September 2004.
Serfdom in
Catalonia?
James Donald attempts to show how the CNT "enserfed" the peasants in
Catalonia
Reign of
Error
The continuing debate between anarchists and James A. Donald on what
happened during the Spanish Civil War
Objectivity and
Right-Libertarian Scholarship
Another reply to right-libertarian distortions on Spanish anarchism.
While less in-your-face in terms of lies than Donald's work, it is
still riddled with distortions and inaccuracies. Written in 1997 and
subsequently revised.
Articles by subject
Property is
theft
Why the theft of over £4 million by a PA from the bank accounts
of three financial high-flyers exposes the con at heart of capitalist
economics.
Capitalism is losing
its Barings?
Old article (early 1990s) on globalisation and what it means for
social change.
Free Trade benefits
all?
A short article from 1999 looking at growth in Brasil to see the
effects of "globalisation"
After the New
Economy
A review of Doug Henwood's excellent new book on the US bubble of the
1990's.
The economics of
freedom
A review of a recent SolFed pamphlet on the anarcho-syndicalist
alternative to capitalism.
Rising Inequality in the
UK
And what we can do to stop it rising, like unionise and fight for
your rights.
Defend the right to
choose
The state should not force a woman to have a child. And a feminism
which ignores class will not stop attacks on women's rights.
A Modest Proposal:
Railways to the rail workers!
Neither privatisation nor nationalisation. For workers'
self-management as the only real and effective alternative to both.
Fire Brigades Union severs
link with Labour
And about time. Yet many trade unionists still see the need for a new
political party rather than union independence as the way forward...
Wildcat fire
strikes
Why the recent firefighters strikes should be supported by anarchists
It makes you
sick
What Tesco's attack on the sickie says about capitalism.
The return of the
wildcat
Workers at British Airways went on wildcat strike. This discusses the
response of the "liberal" press to the action.
Building the new
world...
On why anarchists should support co-operatives as a practical
alternative to privitisation and nationalisation.
There is power in a
union!
A few comments on anarchism and the labour movement, with some
suggestions of what we should be doing to spread anarchist ideas in
it.
Opps, they did it
again...
The independents on Globalise Resistance have resigned over the way
the SWP works. The only surprise is that they took so long to do
so...
Clinton, workers' rights
and reality
A short article written after the Seattle protests showing how direct
action, not discussing "Labour standards" at the WTO, was the only
way to improve workers' rights.
N30 in London
My experiences at the N30 demo in London. From 1999.
Authoritarians,
vanguards and "anti-capitalist" movements
A critique of calls for the anti-capitalist movement to embrace
Leninist forms of organising.
The Weekly Worker, Anarchists and
Genoa
A critique of the Communist Party of Great Britain's analysis of the
Genoa demonstrations and the part anarchists played in them.
A New Word in Our Hearts
A reply to the Weekly Worker's "After Gothenburg: Where now for
anti-capitalism?"
Send in the Clowns...
An article on the Gothenburg anti-EU summit demos. Printed in edited
form in Freedom.
And the protestors are missing the
point?
An analysis of the Guardian's comments on the battle of Quebec.
Media May Day! Please send
help...
An analysis of some of the media's comments on May Day 2002.
The Daily Maul
An account of the Daily Mail's coverage of May Day 2001.
New York,
Black Blocs and the truth...
An article about the SWP's distortions about the Black Bloc at the
New York anti-capitalist demos early in 2002.
Anti-Capitalism or State Capitalism?
I Anti-Capitalism or State Capitalism?
II Socialism or Statism?
III Does it matter?
VI For a real anti-capitalism!
A pamphlet on the state capitalist and statist nature of Bolshevism which also explains the anarchist alternative. Also available in pdf format.
Saddam-lite
On the new regime in Iraq and why Iraq is not "liberated" or "free."
And how the US has taken over Saddam's role as the crusher of Shia
revolts.
Wanker of Mass
Destruction
The Butler report (surprise!) let Blair of the hook, in spite of the
evidence that the case for war was a lie. However, Blair is not the
cause, the system is.
Tear down the
Wall!
The International Court of Justice has rightly ruled against Israel
and has been ignored. As anti-imperialists, anarchists must call for
the dismantling of the wall and the right of self-determination for
the Palestinians. However, only a "no state" solution can ensure
lastingpeace and self-determination for all.
The show trial
begins
A few comments on the charges against Saddam, noting the hypocrisy
and complicity of the west on almost every charge.
What's Iraqi for
Newspeak?
On the farce of the transfer of "sovereignty" in Iraq.
The Moore the
merrier
A short comment on the backlash against Michael Moore. If only people
had been as concerned about fact-checking Bush and Blair!
And they all come
tumbling down...
How the 911 commission has exposed yet another Bush Junta lie about
Iraq, as has a recent opinion poll of Iraqis.
Free at last?
Iraq will not be free on June 30th. The UN has simply rewarded US
imperialist aggression.
End the
Occupation!
The pictures of US torture of Iraqi prisoners is yet more evidence
that the occupation must end. And it's not a "few bad apples", it is
systemic.
Mirror,
Mirror
After the sacking of the Mirror editor, why not start sacking the
lying politicians who invaded Iraq?
Destroying
Iraq in order to save it
On the US attacks on Fallujah, the logic of occupation and how we can
end it.
Iraq: the war
continues
On the Shia revolt in Iraq. It must have put a damper any plans the
US may have had to the mark the fall of Baghdad.
Lies, actually
Summarising some of the more obvious lies to justify the war which
have been exposed recently.
Help wanted...
While the US finds it hard to get someone to be ambassador for Iraq,
it is finding work for Saddam's old secret police -- in the new
secret police!
No to all forms of
Terrorism!
On the Madrid bombings. Written the day after the event and correctly
doubts whether ETA was responsible.
Union busting,
Iraqi style
Labour unions in "liberated" Iraq? You should know better!
Is the real reason for
really an official secret?
Jay Garner, the former interim administrator of occupied Iraq shows
that the real reason for the invasion is not so secret after all
Looking like a right
tit
What Janet Jackson's breast tells us about the Bush White House. And
why anyone believing the nonsense of the Bush Junta suffers from a
massive failure of intelligence...
A Whiter shade of
White
An article on the whitewash called the Hutton Report. Did not predict
the extent of the backlash as it was written the day after it came
out.
We were right all
along
An overview of what has happened in Iraq, indicating that anarchist
analysis and predictions have, sadly, been confirmed.
Kilroy-Silk is an
idiot
A few comments on Kilroy-Silk's racist article on Arabs and why
freedom of speech must be defended while combating bigotry.
Oceania has always been at
war with Eurasia...
On Rumsfeld revising history in September 2003 to deny he ever said
the Iraqi's would welcome the US invasion with open arms.
Out by 20
years...
An analysis of Bush's 2004 "State of the Union" address. Exposes its
hypocrisy and suggests it is even more Orwellean that we have come to
expect from him.
Reaping the
profits
On the Bush Junta's barring non-Coalition based companies from
contracts in Iraq.
What a surprise!
A short piece on why lack of WMD protection of UK troops shows that
either Blair is a liar or his is really evil.
What a surprise!
(long version!)
On how the recent announcement that British troops invaded Iraq
without WMD shows that Blair lies. Plus the Bush Junta's announcement
that it would bar companies from non-Coalition states from tendering
for Iraqi reconstruction contracts shows that plunder was the real
reason.
Every Cloud has a Silver
Lining
In spite of the lack of WMD in Iraq, corporations are making money
out of the search for them.
The return of
Mini-Me...
On how the US has replaced Saddam's dictatorship by its own.
The integrity of
protest, the hypocrisy of power
A few comments on the rhetoric used by Bush and Blair before the
latter's state visit to London in November. Why the protestors were
right, in other words.
Why does he hate
America?
Find out which unelected head of state urged terrorists to attack
American troops.
Anarchism and War
A short article on the anarchist position on capitalist wars.
Babylon's Burning
The dossier is a side issue. The real issue is that the
government lied to justify an illegal, immoral and imperialist war
and that (most of) the media went along with the lies (as usual).
The "More Oil" Case for
War
Text of a leaflet handed out on the September 2003 anti-occupation
demos in London and Edinburgh.
Phoney Blair
Blair's backtracking after the war, from WMD to "WMD programmes."
Sale of the Century!
Live, from Iraq... On US plans for selling Iraq off to US
corporations.
The lie of the
land
On the Bush Junta's backtracking over Saddam's WMD. No lie is too
extreme for these guys!
Dodgy dossiers, dodgier
decisions
On the all-party foreign affairs committee deciding that Blair did
not lie. Plus a few comments of the state of the UK anti-war and
anarchist movements.
Weapons of Mass
Disappearance
Why the lack of concern about finding Iraq's WMD by the US is the
best evidence they did not exist.
Democracy in
action?
A short discussion on US plans for Iraq, how it violates Bush's
claims on aiming for Iraqi freedom and why statism harms real freedom
and the diversity it needs and creates.
Who are the
appeasers?
Did Bush invade Iraq in part to appease Bin Laden?
From the memory
hole
Why attempts to downplay Iraq's WMD as the reason for war are
rewriting history.
The power of
morality
On the hypocrisy of the "moral" case for war.
And US Justice for
all!
Short note on the hypocrisy of Bush's claim that he will bring those
who kill Americans to justice. Unless the American is a peace
protestor and the killers a US client state, of course.
Meet the new
boss...
On the obvious fact that being subject to an occupying power does not
equate to freedom. Particularly one which bans elections, censors the
press and shots protestors.
Once more, with
feeling...
A review of the nonsense on WMD used to justify the invasion of Iraq,
and the post-Saddam rewriting of history.
A rose by any other
name...
More on Iraq, exposing some of the "telling evidence" Bush and Blair
inflicted on the world as a warning of the quality of what we can
expect in future.
Hypocrisy a go-go!
A discussion of Tony Blair's attempts to explain his "moral case" for
bombing the Iraqi people.
You cannot make this stuff
up!
Various short pieces provoked by comments by politician's and the
media on the current Gulf crisis
A missed opportunity
A discussion of what Paxman should have said to Blair! Has useful
links to webpages debunking the "evidence" used to support the US/UK
imperialist war.
The warm glow of
liberty...
Comments on how sayng that the British state would use nuclear
weapons against Saddam totally undermines Blair's "moral case" for
war
Beating about the Bush
An analysis of Bush's speach at the American Enterprise Institute,
bringing back a few facts from the Memory Hole.
From the Memory Hole
A blast from the past. Blair dismissing war on Iraq back when Arab
support for bombing Afghanistan was on the agenda
Anarchy in Iraq?
A discussion on why media claims that the chaos in post-Saddam Iraq
meant it was "anarchy" are incorrect.
Stopping the "coalition of
the killing"
An article on why fighting capitalism at home is the basis for
fighting imperialism abroad.
This is a war for liberty,
so do want you are told!
On why "following orders" is no defence for Bush's troops either
Anarchy is not just for May
Day!
A short introduction to the history of May Day, an analysis of the
failings of the anti-war movement and a suggested solution.
Double-plus ungood
A short article on the British government's complaints about the
media during the Iraqi war.
From the Memory Hole, part
two
On Blair's lying and revising of history to justify war on Iraq.
Meet the new
boss...
On what the pro-war lobby wants us to forget.
A tale of two
statues
A discussion on the real symbolism of the US troops toppling of
Saddam's statue.
Watch this space
Is Syria next? Jack Straw says no. But then Blair said no to Iraq to,
as this article reminds us.
Voting, Voices and
Verification
A short article on how Blair's actions during the run-up to the Iraq
war proves the anarchist case that votes are not power.
What now?
Why real freedom in Iraq is unlikely.
Beating about the
Bush
An analysis of Bush's talk at the American Enterprise Institute at
the end of February outlining his plans for post-war Iraq.
War is Terrorism with a
bigger budget
Why the excuses used to justify this war are false.
Argentina, one year
on
Article written for the anniversary of the Argentine revolt (appeared
in Freedom).
From Riot to
Revolution
An anarchist analysis of events in Argentina and how they could be
developed towards a social revolution.
The hypocrisy of
democratic capitalism...
A short exposure of capitalist dismissals of the popular assemblies
in Argentina.
Argentina and the
left
An analysis and critique of two Leninist accounts of popular
self-organisation in the crisis in Argentina.
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The Paris Commune
An essay on the Paris Commune of 1871 and its links and lessons for
anarchism.
Reclaim May Day!
A history of May Day.
WHY MAYDAY?
Text of a leaflet explaining the anarchist origins of May Day.
The Anarchists of Casas
Viejas by Jerome R. Mintz
Review of the excellent book on the Casas Viejas revolt of 1933
The CNT in the Spanish
Revolution (vol. 1) by Jose Peirats
Review of the best anarchist book on the Spanish Revolution
Wrong Steps: Errors in
the Spanish Revolution by Juan Garcia Oliver
Review of a pamphlet containing the section from Oliver's 1978
autobiography on the events of July 1936
What Nightmares! What Dreams?
A review of the Spanish Civil War exhibition "Dreams + Nightmares" at
the London Imperial War Museum.
We, the Anarchists: A Study of the
Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI)
1927-1937 A review of Stuart Christie's new book on the FAI.
The Revolutionary Ideas of
Bakunin
An introduction to Bakunin's ideas to mark the 190th anniversary of
his birth. Find out why he is still worth reading today.
Bakunin and the
Invisible Legions, revisited
Lengthy article on Bakunin's "invisible dictatorship." How Marxists
quote out of context to smear his ideas and anarchism in general.
Will
the real Bakunin please stand up?
Reply to the British SWP's distortions about the father of anarchism
A few comments on
"Bakunin's Statism and Anarchy: A review by Chris Gray"
A critique of Chris Gray's review of Bakunin's "Statism and Anarchy."
A reply to Louis Proyect's "A
Marxist Critique of Bakunin": Or "how not to critique
anarchism."
A lengthy critique of a particularly bad Marxist attack on Bakunin.
Kronstadt
1917-1921: The Fate of a Soviet Democracy
Review of Israel Getzler's excellent book on red Kronstadt. Essential
reading for anyone interested in combating Bolshevik myths about the
uprising of 1921.
What is
Anarchism?
A review of Alexander Berkman's classic introduction to
Communist-Anarchism. A highly recommended book.
The Best Democracy
Money Can Buy
Review of the excellent book by Greg Palast. This is what journalism
should be like!
"How Revolutions must not
be made" -- and the alternative
A review of two recent reprints of anarchist classics: Emma Goldman's
"My Disillusionment in Russia" and a collection of Peter Kropotkin
essays called "Anarchism." Both are essential reading for anarchists
today.
The Anarchism
of Jean Grave
A review of a disappointing book about the French Anarchist Jean
Grave.
George Orwell: A
Life in Pictures
A review of BBC2's innovative documentary about Orwell's life and
work.
Instant Karma
Why this year's Eurovision result implies the necessity for anarchist
revolution.
Basic
Bakunin
A short review of the Anarchist Federation's excellent pamphlet on
Bakunin.
Divided by time, united by
hope
A review of Naomi Klein's new book "Fences and Windows" and "Three
Strikes," a collection of three articles on the US labour movement.
"The ecstasy of resistance"
A review of "On Fire: The Battle of Genoa and the anti-capitalist
movement"
The Spanish Civil War by Antony
Beevor
Review of one of the best histories of the Spanish Civil War.
Workers Against Lenin: Labour Protest
and the Bolshevik Dictatorship
An excellent book on working class protest and struggle in Russian
from 1920 to 1922.
The Anarchists in the
Spanish Civil War by Robert Alexander
Review of the two volume work on the role of the anarchists in the
Spanish Revolution
City of Darkness, City of
Light by Marge Piercy
Review of Piercy's great novel set in the French Revolution
Fast Food Nation by Eric
Schlosser
Lengthy review of an excellent exposure of the nature and effects of
the fast food industry
How we shall bring
about the revolution by Emile Pataud and Emile Pouget
Review of the French syndicalist revolutionary utopian novel.
Evolution and Environment
by Peter Kropotkin
Review of volume 11 of The Collected Works of Peter Kropotkin, which
includes his classic "Modern Science and Anarchism."
Freedom Fighters by Joao
Freire
Review of a book on the role of Anarchist Intellectuals, Workers and
Soldiers in Portugal's History
Anarchy: A Graphic
Guide
A short review of Clifford Harper's excellent introduction to
anarchism
My Granny Made me an
Anarchist
A review of volume one of Stuart Christie's autobiography
General Franco
made me a 'Terrorist'
Review of volume 2 of Stuart Christie's excellent autobiography.
Say no to ID cards
The new excuses for introducing IDs are nonsense. Blair government is
spinning the Madrid bombings to justify their authoritarianism.
Money talks...
Some light is shed on Blair's meetings with big business. A truly
listening government.
Tough on Blair. Tough
on the causes of Blair
On why Blair's justifications for war are nonsense and why the
focusing on Blair by some parts of the anti-war movement is wrong. We
need to change the system, not politicians.
Gullible Morons or Getting
Militant?
Blair's government has, unsurprisingly, decided to allow GM crops to
be grown. The only sensible thing to do is to oppose GM.
New Labour: Power
Junkies
Blair's support for random drugs tests in schools shows that this
should be done to his government. They are power junkies, seeking
more and more power regardless of the costs.
Doing our job for
us...
An article on how New Labour has confirmed the anarchist case against
the state. What better advertisement for libertarian ideas can there
be than Blair?
Something to really
swear about!
A few comments on the insulting and illogical "oath" the Blairites
want to make immigrants swear.
1 in 5
More 1 person in 5 are live in poverty in the UK. 1 in 5 workers have
suffered a pay cut in the last 10 years. Strong unions stop this.
Time to organise!
1 in 5 (longer
version)
More of the same, plus more on social perspectives under new Labour
and the self-defeating nature of "individualism"
Democracy in
action!
On the hypocrisy of Blair lecturing Chinese students on democracy.
Paging Mr.
Kettle...
Blair (killer of thousands of Iraqis) on the death of Saddam's sons
(killers of thousands of Iraqis).
Labour
Pains
On the 2003 Labour Conference, on Blair's "reverse gear" and what the
alternative to Labour really is.
Something to really
swear about!
A few comments on the insulting and illogical "oath" the Blairites
want to make immigrants swear.
Even better than the real
thing...
Britain under Blair has become even more unequal than under Thatcher.
What a surprise!
Letter
to Socialist Resistance (2)
Replying to their reply on anarchism. Available as
pdf file.
Red Emma and the
Reds
A lengthy reply to an American Leninist and his lies and distortions
about Emma Goldman's politics and life. For my daughter, Sophie Emma.
The
irresistible correctness of anarchism
A lengthy review of the SWP's "The Resistible Rise of Benito
Mussolini," exposing its distortions of history (particularly about
anarchism during this period) and indicating the flaws in their
anti-fascist front, the Anti-Nazi League.
A reply to Pat Stack's "Anarchy in the
UK?"
A critique of one of the worse articles on anarchism ever. It was
printed, in edited for, in Socialist Review.
A letter to Socialist Review
A reply to a reply to my letter on Stack's article. It was never published.
Supplement -
The SWP's very peculiar 'Anarchism'
This is a supplement that was distributed with Workers Solidarity at
Marxism in Dublin. It's based on a reply to an article on Anarchism
published in Socialist Review by Pat Stack, also available as a
PDF
file
In Defence of the Truth
A critique of John Rees' "In Defence of October" and its account of
the Makhnovists and Kronstadt. (Updated 12/Nov 2003)
Marxism and "Anarchism": A reply to the
SWP
A lengthy critique of an SWP article on anarchism. Published in
Freedom.
The SWP versus
Anarchism
Here are a few quotes from Pat Stack's Socialist Review
article "Anarchy in the UK?" which formed the basis of his
talk at Marxism 2001. Ask yourself why the SWP leadership
systematically lies about anarchism.
Letter to Weekly Worker
(1)
On the differences between anarchism and Marxism, specifically on the
question of centralism. They printed half of the letter.
Letter to Weekly Worker
(2)
I resent the bit that was chopped, plus a new comment on Spain 1936
to do with the Popular Front. Not printed as made redundant by the
next letter.
Letter to Weekly
Worker (3)
More on the Russian Revolution and why its hows the theoretical and
practical failure of Marxism. On the difference between from the
bottom up and from the top down.
Letter to Weekly Worker
(4)
Correcting Marxist distortions on anarchist opinions on trade unions,
plus more on the Russian Revolution and how anarchists think the
revolution will be defended. Printed, more or less, as it is here.
Letter to Weekly
Worker (3)
More on the Russian Revolution and why its hows the theoretical and
practical failure of Marxism. On the difference between from the
bottom up and from the top down.
Letter to Weekly Worker
(5)
Yet more on the Russian Revolution and whether paraphrasing Bakunin
means breaking with "consistent anti-statism"
Letter to Weekly Worker
(6)
Replying to disgraceful revising of history by a Marxist about the
Makhnovists as well as clarifying why a free federation of workers'
councils can never be a state.
Letter to
Fight Racism, Fight Imperialism - Letter to Fight Racism, Fight
Imperialism (short version)
A letter in reply to a disgraceful "review" of an anarchist pamphlet
in the paper of the Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG). Corrects
many lies, including some against the Makhnovists.
A second letter to
FRFI on the Makhnovists
Correcting why more Leninist lies about the Makhnovists, this time by
the UK based RCG.
Fight Fibs! Fight
Inventions!
A short article pointing out the lies of the UK based Revolutionary
Communist Group and the fact they did not print my letter refuting
them.
Letter
to "Socialist Resistance"
A reply to another crap Marxist article on anarchism. Will these
people ever read an anarchist book?
The Bolshevik Revolution: A
legacy better rejected
This year marked the 80th anniversary of the death of Lenin. Time to
dump Leninism as a deeply flawed theory.
Marxism or
Anarchism?
A talk given as part of a debate organised by the Trotskyist party
"Alliance for Workers' Liberty." A basic introduction to why
anarchism is better than Leninism.
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The State or
Revolution
An anarchist answer to Lenin, written for Marxism 2003
Lenin, History's
"Hidden Democrat," speaks!
Stright form the horses mouth
Anarcho-Quiz on the
SWP
Test your knowledge
What is
Anarchism?
There is an alternative to Leninism's state capitalism and party
power. It is called anarchism, a socialism which places freedom and
working class management of society at the core of its vision of
struggle, revolution and socialism.
Another world is
possible?
Under capitalism, 8 people make life and death decisions for
millions. Under Bolshevism, 19 people made them
Lying for Leninism: An analysis of
G. Zinoviev's letter to the I.W.W.
A lengthy discussion of how Zinoviev lied about conditions in
Bolshevik Russia in order to win the IWW to Communism.
Anti-Capitalism or State
Capitalism?
A leaflet handed out at a Globalise Resistance conference showing the
state capitalist nature of Bolshevism.
Available
in pdf format.
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Democracy is undemocratic
An reply to Trotskyist assertions that self-management is
"undemocratic," exposing the flaws in the arguments and the actual
undemocratic nature of Trotskyism.
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Marxism 2004: The
beginning of the end for the SWP?
A few thoughts after leafeting Marxism 2004. Is the SWP on the
decline? Let's hope so!
Respect: The folly will
continue
A quick analysis of Respect's by-election respects. Don't expect the
SWP's shift to the right to end any time soon...
How the Revolution was
Lost?
A critique of Chris Harman's "How the Revolution was Lost" showing
the links between Leninism and the rise of Stalinism.
A Communist turned Comedian?
A critique of the SWP's analysis of the history of Germany's Green
foreign minister Joschka Fischer.
On Marxism 2001:
Through the Looking Glass: Anarchist adventures at Marxism 2001
An account of my experiences at the SWP's Marxism 2001 conferenceDead Dogma Sketch (apologies to Monty Python)
A parody of Monty Python's "Dead Parrot Sketch" inspired by my experiences at Marxism 2001.The Anarchist Alternative to Leninism
A spectre is haunting the left - the spectre of anarchism. All the powers of the old left have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre [PDF file of the Anarchist alternative to Leninism]
Fawkes pas...
The irony of the Scottish Socialist Party's attempts to appropriate
libertarian rhetoric in the run up to Guy Fawkes night.
Back to the Future
Short article on the 2003 Scottish elections and why the Scottish
Socialist Party is just repeating past (socialist) mistakes.
One Step Forward, Two Steps
Back
A lengthy review of "Imagine" by the Scottish Socialist Party leaders
Tommy Sheridan and Alan McCombes
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Draft SFA aims and
principles, including preamble.
I was involved in drafting these Aims and Principles for an anarchist
federation in Scotland in the early 1990s.
Anarchist
Organisation and the Organisation of Anarchists
An article from the early 1990s on ideas how the Glasgow Anarchist
Group should organise itself.
A reply to "Capitalist Praise For
Anarcho-Syndicalism"
A critique of an "anarcho"-capitalist analysis of
anarcho-syndicalism.
Italian
Syndicalism and Fascism
Article refuting Bob Black's claims that the "Italian syndicalists
mostly went over to Fascism." In fact, they fought fascism tooth and
nail. Printed in Black Flag 217
Reply to Bob Black
Letter in reply to Black's comments on the article "Italian Syndicalism and Fascism." From Black Flag 219
A letter to
Anarchy
A discussion of the flaws of Anarchy's magazine's recent issue
attacking Platformism
Letter to Anarchy
on 'post left' anarchism (2)
Reply to comments made in Anarchy magazine in response to my first
letter.
Letter to Anarchy
(1)
Replying to distortions by one of the then two editors of the UK's
"Green Anarchist" magazine on the Scottish Anarchists. Then a
discussion why the unabomber is not an anarchist and why
"primitivism" is flawed. From 2000 (I think)
Letter to Anarchy
(2)
Replying to the pretty crap responses of Bob Black and the editor of
"Green Anarchist" to my first letter. Discussing the authoritarian
and down-right sick ideas of "Green Anarchist." Again, from 2000.
Letter to Anarchy
(3)
Replying to (the just as bad as the first one) response of Black and
the (then) other editor of "Green Anarchist"). Indicating that even
their attempts to distance themselves from their original ideas
fails. Again, from 2000.
Letter to Freedom
on class struggle (1)
Old letter on why class and class struggle are key ideas in
anarchism.
Letter to Freedom
on class struggle (2)
Another old letter on why class and class struggle are key ideas in
anarchism.
Letter on Property and
Anarchist Communism (1)
An old letter from 1999 defending anarchist ideas about private
property from attacks by a mutualist-anarchist (who later rejected
anarchism to become an "anarcho"-capitalist)
Letter on Property and
Anarchist Communism (2)
More clarification from 1999 on the anarchist position on private
property, showing that to call two different things as possession and
private property the same name is a bad idea...
Letter on Property and
Anarchist Communism (3)
More from 1999. Correcting an obvious distortion of Proudhon's ideas
by his mutualist "defender" as well as repeating the anarchist case
against private property and for possession. And why anarchists
should be (libertarian) communists.
Letter on Property and
Anarchist Communism (4)
Yet more from 1999. Refuting the claims that Proudhon wanted private
property (as opposed to possession) in land. A discussion on resource
use in communist-anarchism and why private property and anarchism do
not go together.
Letter on why
"property is despotism"
Another old letter to freedom on why "anarcho"-capitalist denial of
"group issues" generates despotism, not freedom. Shows why capitalism
and anarchism do not go together. Also shows that Somalia is hardly
the capitalist system "anarcho"-capitalists like to say it is.
Letter on "Capitalist
Acts" in anarchy
Yet another old letter to Freedom on why an anarchist society need
not fear "capitalist acts" between people. Also on how capitalism
bans "capitalist acts" between people every day, not to mention
socialist acts, on private property. Plus how capitalism was, in
fact, the product of state violence.
GM refused?
The end of GM in the UK? Perhaps. Or the end of any pretence of
safety testing.
Letter on anti-GM
article
Defending my anti-GM article against a reader of Freedom.
Another letter on
GM crops
More on GM and why it is not like a machine and why the evidence
suggests a rethink on it.
Final letter to
Freedom on GM crops
Explaining (yet again) why there is no sound scientific reason to
assume GM crops are safe.
Another
Primitivism letter to Freedom
More on the contradictions of primitivism and its failure to discuss
how to get to their utopia.
Technology, Capitalism and
Anarchism
An anarchist analysis of technology.
Critique of Green
and Black Bulletin no. 1
Letter to Freedom critiquing the first primitivist blulletin
published in its papers. Discusses why primitivism is silly.
Critique of Green
and Black Bulletin no. 2
Letter to Freedom replying to a primitivist article on why "mass
society" must be destroyed. Exposing its contradictions as well as
its impracticality.
Wildfire reply
(sent)
Reply to the primitivist Wildfire collective's letters on my
critiques of their Bulletins. Concentrates on the 9key issues why
primitivism is pants. Sent to Freedom.
Wildfire reply
(Unsent)
Long reply to the primitivist Wildfire collective's letters on my
critiques of their Bulletins. Not sent as replying in kind to their
insults hide the real issues.
Letter to
Freedom on the last Wildfire Bulletin
A few comments on the last ever Wildfire Bulletin. On the poverty of
primitivism.
Beating about the
Bush
On the lies, smears and distortions of the Republican National
Convention in New York. How imperialism abroad is distracting from
class at home. Bush as "girlie-man" and the Republican love of the
leader principle.
You vote, they
rule...
How the Indian election proves anarchist theory on how capital
controls the state, not the population.
Don't Vote, Organise!
A lengthy discussion of why anarchists argue for direct action, not
electioneering.
Don't
Vote - Organise is a PDF pamphlet based on this text
Making history or just
repeating it?
A plea for Marxists to stop repeating the mistakes of history and for
them to reject parliamentarianism. The alternative is community and
workplace organisation and struggle.
Lula's "Tropical
Blairism" in Brazil
On Lula's continual right-wing fall into opportunism. Anarchism
vindicated yet again.
Nevermind the
Ballots!
Short anti-election leaflet from 1997. New Labour got in and proved
it right!
Ronald Reagan: Dead at
Last!
On the political Alzheimer's which accompanied the death of Reagan.
His real legacy exposed.
One step
forward...
The Law Lords said that a gay couple has the same legal rights as a
married couple due to the Human Rights Act. Yet heterosexual couples
who reject marriage as an institution still have unequal rights.
One people! One
planet! One struggle!
Text of an anti-fascist leaflet handed out in Glasgow
From the mouths of morons
A short discussion of the stupidity of Bush's attempt to blame
African hunger on European opposition to GMOs.
Nice weather, shame about the
demo
A report from the "offical" (trade union) 2003 May Day march.
Politics and Industrial
Relations in the Media: A Guide for the Perplexed
A dictionary to help understand media bullshit. Inspired by the
current firefighters strike in Britain.
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Health, Wealth and
Inequality
An article on inequality in the UK and the effects of inequality on
health.
Blast from the Past, and Back
to the Future
Overview of the claims of right-wing guru Hayek on unions and the
reality of Thatcherism
Another World is
Possible: Anarchist Alternatives to capitalism
Talk given at Scottish Anarchist Federation day school on November
9th, 2002
Anarchism and
Freedom
Talk given at the Irish Workers Solidarity Movement 2001 day school
"Ideas and Action"
Anarchism and Marxism
Full version of a talk given the Scottish Anarchist Federation day
school on November 9th, 2002 on the real differences between
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