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History Reviews Syndicalism

Review of “Living Anarchism – José Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-Syndicalist Movement” by Chris Ealham [AK Press]

October 18, 2017 lynx 0

By Kevin Doyle

On the cover of Living Anarchism, the publishers, AK Press, point out that the anarchist movement in Spain in the lead up to the revolution in 1936-37 was the ‘the largest anti-authoritarian movement’ ever created in the …

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Anti-capitalism Anti-Imperialism History International Solidarity

And Fidel Left…

January 2, 2017 Ideas&Action 0

By Gustavo Rodríguez

Translator’s Note: This essay was penned by Cuban comrade Gustavo Rodriguez in the early morning hours after the announcement of Fidel Castro’s death. Posted on social media on the following day in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, …

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Anti-capitalism Debate Economy History

A Free Market Fantasy

November 7, 2016 lynx 0

By Greg R & Bryer Sousa

As of late, those of us based in the US, who attend to internet-based discussion threads as well as chat forums concerning ‘radical’ social, political, and economic philosophies may be taken aback by the …

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History Ideas

Leninist Vanguardism vs. Libertarian Left Militant Minority Organization

August 9, 2016 lynx 0

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By WSA

It is not uncommon for class struggle libertarians to hear Leninists equate vanguardism with a libertarian militant minority group, such as the Friends of Durruti in libertarian Spain, yet suggest that the libertarian role is simply lacking in …

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Anti-Imperialism Debate History International Uncategorized

Anarchist Critique of PKK

July 30, 2016 lynx 3

The following post is authored by WSA member Jake Tompkins and originally posted on their blog Rage Against Capital.  While this critique does not represent an official position of the WSA, it did find traction and preexisting sentiment among …

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History Ideas

Libertarianism is a Type of Socialism, NOT Classical Liberalism

August 25, 2015 Ideas&Action 0

By Greg

Libertarianism is a socialist political philosophy which has its roots in the socialist workers’ movements of the 1800s and 1900s. It is especially associated with ideas that came out of the First International (IWA – 1864-1876), especially those …

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Debate History Ideas Labor Syndicalism

Reply to ISO on Syndicalism

April 27, 2015 Ideas&Action 2

By Tom Wetzel

The International Socialist Organization’s webzine socialistworker.org recently published a critique of revolutionary syndicalism in the form of a review of Radical Unionism by Ralph Darlington. The review, by Tom Goulet, makes a number of mistaken claims.…

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Anti-capitalism Economy History Labor

Modern Slavery and the Triumph of Capitalism, Part 2: Modern Slavery in the USA

January 8, 2015 Ideas&Action 0

By Mike Kolhoff

“Forced labor is most prevalent in five sectors of the US economy: prostitution and sex services (46%); domestic service (27%); agriculture (10%); sweatshop/factory work (5%); and restaurant and hotel work (4%).” David Batstone, Not For Sale: The …

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