The following is a selection of readings that broadly reflect my perspective on anarchism. I do not endorse any of them uncritically or totally. This is a work in progress.
Defining Anarchism
- Proudhon, Marx and Anarchist Social Analysis (pdf), 2009, from Black Flame by Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt.
- Counterpower, participatory democracy, revolutionary defence: debating Black Flame, revolutionary anarchism and historical Marxism, 2011, Lucien van der Walt, in International Socialism issue 130. Excellent piece for any discussion on where Marxist groups and anarchists might agree, and where they significantly diverge.
On Organisation
- Social Anarchism and Organisation, 2004, by Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro.
- Anarkismo editorial statement, ?, based on an earlier document by the WSM.
- Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists (Draft), 1926, by Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad
- The Tyranny of Structurelessness, 1973, by Joreen or Jo Freeman.
On the State
- Marxism, Freedom and the State
, a collection of extracts from Mikhail Bakunin writngs 1967-1872 on the conflict with Karl Marx in the First International, compiled and introduced by K. J. Kenafick.
On Reformism
- On Reformism, by Errico Malatesta, from “Malatesta: His Life & Ideas”, ed. Vernon Richards, Freedom Press, 1993.
On Practice
- You Can’t Blow up a Social Relationship – the Anarchist Case Against Terrorism, 1979, by Libertarian Socialist Organisation, Libertarian Workers for a Self Managed Society, Monash Anarchist Society and Adelaide Libertarian Socialists.
- Defense of the Revolution, various extracts from 1920-24, by Errico Malatesta, from “Malatesta: His Life & Ideas”, ed. Vernon Richards, Freedom Press, 1993.
- Anarchist Politics and Direct Action, by Rob Sparrow, undated, Spunk Library.
On Sexism
- Insurrections at the intersections: feminism, intersectionality and anarchism (pdf), by Abbey Volcano and J Rogue, 2012, a chapter from the second edition of Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Feminist Reader from AK Press.
On Racism
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Whiteness and Blackness in the Koori Struggle for Self-Determination, Gary Foley, 1999. Online at the Koori History Website.
On Economics
- Marx’s Economics for Anarchists: An Anarchist’s Introduction to Marx’s Critique of Political Economy, 2012, by Wayne Price.
On Russia
- The Bolsheviks and Workers Control, 1970, by Maurice Brinton.
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