Anarchism and the Platformist Tradition

The present epoch, when, by millions, workers engaged on the battlefield of social struggle, demanded direct and precise responses from the anarchists concerning this struggle and the communist construction which must follow it; it demanded of the same, the collective responsibility of the anarchists regarding these responses and anarchist propaganda in general. If they did [...]

by Nestor Makhno In response to A Reply to Makhno Dear comrade, I waited to read a Russian translation of your letter before replying to you in turn.  In your letter you say that before getting into an argument, something I might say I had not thought to do, you would like me to set [...]

by Piotr Arshinov A Reply to Comrade Malatesta   In the anarchist organ Le Reveil of Geneva, in the form of a leaflet, comrade Errico Malatesta has published a critical article on the project of the Organisational Platform edited by the Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad. This article has provoked perplexity and regret in us.  [...]

by Errico Malatesta A reply to About the Platform Dear Comrade I have finally seen the letter you sent me more than a year ago, about my criticism of the Project for organising a General Union of anarchists, published by a group of Russian anarchists abroad and known in our movement by the name of [...]

by Nestor Makhno A reply to A Project of Anarchist Organisation Dear Comrade Malatesta, I have read your response to the project for an “Organisational Platform of a General Union of Anarchists”, a project published by the group of Russian anarchists abroad. My impression is that either you have misunderstood the project for the “Platform” [...]

by Errico Malatesta A reply to the Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists (Draft)   I recently happened to come across a French pamphlet (in Italy today [1927], as is known, the non-fascist press cannot freely circulate), with the title “Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists (Draft)”. This is a project [...]

Malatesta wrote a reply to the Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists (Draft) whilst under house arrest in fascist Italy.  It appeared in the Swiss anarchist paper Le Reveil and then as a pamphlet in Paris.  One of the authors of the Platform, Piotr Arshinov, replied to Malatesta’s criticisms in the paper set [...]