Category: Reviews

Examining a Ghost: A Young Anarchist Reflects on Bookchin

By Cam Mancini I have recently been reading Murray Bookchin.  AK Press put out a wonderful collection, titled Post-Scarcity Anarchism, of ten of his works, including essays and discussion pieces on them, and a collection of letters and observations.  Bookchin is a touchy topic with some, because as most are aware, he moved away from [...]

Posted: August 18th, 2011 under Ecology, Economy, Ideas, Reviews.

Let’s Talk About Another Burning Color: Black Flame vs. Red Fire Extinguisher?

by Nate Hawthorne In this article I discuss the treatment of marxism in a recent book on the anarchist tradition, Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism. I argue that the book’s treatment of marxism is not up to the book’s otherwise high standards. This is not simply a matter of historical [...]

Posted: August 24th, 2010 under Reviews.

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.

Capitalism: A Love Story

By Abbey Willis Michael Moore’s latest documentary is a critique of capitalism- in mainstream theaters- pretty big deal. “Capitalism: A Love Story” starts off comparing the US to the Roman Empire- a fairly easy task. In addition to other commentary, the documentary seems to be focused on the anti-capitalist stance of various Catholic priests, the [...]

Posted: April 30th, 2010 under Reviews.

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