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Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Barcelona, 1898-1937
In Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Barcelona, 1898-1937, Chris Ealham subjects the anarchist experience in Barcelona to a contemporary urban studies analysis, with striking results. Much of it has a strong, contemporary resonance in light of events in Greece. Ealham emphasizes the interrelationship of two features of the early 20th Century development of...
Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History
Wobblies and Zapatistas is basically a long conversation between Grubacic and Lynd about building bridges between the best traditions within anarchism and Marxism written for modern militants, revolutionaries, and working people. It is a series of provocations, led by Grubacic as he asks Lynd probing questions about radical practice contemporarily and historically. One particular theme of...
Arm the Spirit
In a nation like the United States, where history is not only forgotten, but intentionally suppressed, it is no surprise that most US residents do not understand the Puerto Rico is a colony of Washington. Consequently, it is also no surprise that very few people in the US know about the movement against Washington's colonization and for Puerto Rican independence. Of those who are...
Blood and Soil
A history of genocide is bound to leave a reader with gloomy and misanthropic reflections. This world history of genocide from Sparta to Darfur is no exception. Apparently, we humans will set about exterminating each other whenever we have the means, the motive, and the hope of success. This grand cruelty is one of the defining features of our common humanity, in addition to wisdom,...
A History of the French Anarchist Movement
Go to any manif in Paris and you will inevitably see a small group of young men and women waving the black flag of anarchism, the remnant of what was once a powerful influence on left-wing politics in France. For it was in France, as David Berry tells us, that anarchism first became a significant force, especially in the development of revolutionary syndicalism, a historical subject worthy...
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