Reviews of two books on anarchism’s approach to crime prevention and punishment.
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Lessons from the Historic Fight Against Fascism – Anarchists Against the Rise of Fascism
A review of the fight against the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany and its lessons for revolutionary anarchists today.
Continue reading Lessons from the Historic Fight Against Fascism – Anarchists Against the Rise of FascismDeath or Renewal: Is the Climate Crisis the Final Crisis?
Is This the “Inevitable” Collapse of Capitalism?
Classical socialists, both anarchists and Marxists, have written of the eventual end of capitalism–either through a popular revolution creating a new society or through the self-destruction of capitalism. Global warming raises the question of whether humanity is now facing such a possible total crisis, of choosing between socialism or social ruin.
Continue reading Death or Renewal: Is the Climate Crisis the Final Crisis?Did the System Work? Aftermath of the 2020 Election
Liberals and others declare that the defeat of Donald Trump and of his coup-attempts demonstrate that “the system works,” that the U.S.A. has an effective “democracy.” I cannot see it that way.
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Can Radicals Use the State?
Continue reading A Fundamental Thesis of Revolution and the StateA fundamental thesis which all varieties of revolutionary socialists and anarchists once generally accepted: this state cannot be used to create socialism (communism or anarchism). It must be overturned, destroyed, and replaced by alternate social forms.
Why Racism? Why Anti-Racism? – Can White People be Allies of People of Color?
Racial oppression is rooted in capitalism. White people are not oppressed as white people, but do suffer from capitalism in other ways. White anti-racism cannot only be based on moral values but must also be related to their own oppressions caused by capitalism.
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An anarchist view of the U.S. rebellion against police actions and racism.
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During the late 1930s, Leon Trotsky and John Dewey, a leading U.S. liberal, wrote essays on the relation of means and ends in politics, and on whether Leninism led to Stalinism. I am going to discuss these works from an anarchist perspective.
Continue reading Wayne Price: Our Morals and Theirs – Means and Ends in Anarchist, Liberal, and Marxist MoralsAre Anarchists Socialists? – Should Anarchists be (Libertarian) Socialists? Should Socialists be Anarchists?
**Many people regard anarchism and socialism as contradictory programs. This is based on the conception of “socialism” as state ownership of the economy. Yet historically, anarchists have regarded this program as “state socialism” or “authoritarian socialism.” They have rejected such views in favor of “anarchist-socialism” or “libertarian socialism.” This concept of anarchism as a variety of socialism remains important today in opposition to pro-capitalist “libertarianism” and to “democratic socialism”–that is, reformist state socialism.**
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In the 1980s I participated in a “dialogue” about anarchism and Marxism. Re-reading my writing now, when I am a revolutionary anarchist, I think that much of what I wrote then was wrong–with one exception. I went over certain key issues, such as the strengths and weaknesses of Marxism, the state, the revolutionary party, election participation, and national liberation–topics which are still important for anarchists and other radicals to consider and debate.
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