Category: Debate

Zizek’s Jacobin Spirit

By Steve Fake A Jacobin legacy has haunted the left ever since the political spectrum became defined as a left-right axis. This is hardly a surprise – the Jacobins were, after all, the original left-wing. And the role of the “left” in the French Revolution was a notoriously mixed-bag. A concern for equality was coupled, [...]

Posted: April 19th, 2011 under Debate, History, Ideas.

Debate with the International Socialist Organization Continued

By Tom Wetzel The piece below is part of a debate that was prompted by Eric Kerl’s article “Contemporary anarchism” in the July-August issue of International Socialist Review. In the September-October issue of the ISO’s journal the debate was continued with three short pieces, by myself (a longer version first appeared in ideas & action [...]

Posted: November 11th, 2010 under Debate.

Black Bloc-Headed

By Steven Fake In the wake of the G8/G20 economic summit protests in Toronto, Canada this past weekend, black bloc demonstrators have once again sparked discussion on the left and hysterics in the corporate media. Closely linked to anarchism, the continued popularity of the black bloc tactic colors the reputation of protesters, particularly anarchists, and [...]

Posted: July 7th, 2010 under Debate.

Review: International Socialist Review on “Contemporary Anarchism”

by Tom Wetzel The word “anarchism” is a rather vague word that covers such a wide variety of political views and approaches it is often hard to see how they have anything in common. This means it is also probably not very productive to produce “critiques” of anarchism that lump the many different viewpoints together. [...]

Posted: July 3rd, 2010 under Debate, Reviews.

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