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From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) Subject: Alt.Society.Anarchy FAQ -- First Edition Date: 6 Mar 1993 19:49:59 GMT Keywords: anarchy faq FAQ Organization: Billy-Bob's All-Nite Diner Message-ID: <1nav97INNsot@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu> Lines: 1182

ALT.SOCIETY.ANARCHY FAQ Version .1

It's time to get the damn ball rolling, so I am just going to post this as-is. This is the OFFICIAL FAQ for alt.society.anarchy (and if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you). Please note:

1. I didn't say any of this. 2. You aren't reading any of this. 3. This is not an FAQ 4. You are probably asleep.

Furthermore:

1. If you don't like anything that is attributed to you, email me and it's cut. 2. If you don't like anything that someone else said, tough shit. Send me your rebuttal and I will include it. 3. This is much more incomplete than I would like. Of course it's your responsibility to fix that, not mine. 4. If you have saved old alt.society.anarchy postings, I want them.

Please do not expect me to be fair. I have my own opinions as well. Your only guarantee is that concise rebuttals to statements in the FAQ will be included in future releases. I am editing things to shorten them in some cases.

My fiat is based on my initiative; so is yours.

It should be self-evident, but I DO NOT AGREE WITH EVERYTHING IN THIS FAQ. TO BE SAFE, YOU SHOULD ASSUME I AGREE WITH NONE OF IT.

I provide archival services for electronic texts. Much of what is referred to below comes from the archives, and some from usenet postings (which I do not archive). The archives are stored on an internet ftp fileserver, and the address is red.css.itd.umich.edu. The archives are not exclusively for anarchist materials (in fact anarchist materials do not constitute the majority of political documents on the site).

pauls@umich.edu

March 5, 1993

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ORGANIZATION OF THE FAQ:

1. DEFINITIONS -- What is anarchism? Who are anarchists? What is not anarchism? What types of anarchism are there?

2. SNIPPETS OF INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS -- I guarantee that these snippets were interesting to me. If you fall asleep, then you can assume that they were not interesting to you.

3. CONTACTS FOR ANARCHISTS ON THE NET

4. SUGGESTED READINGS

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S E C T I O N O N E : D E F I N I T I O N S

It seems like a massive number of repeat-questions circulate around the definitions of anarchism, anarchy, anarchists. This issue is confused by the fact that there is rampant sectarianism (across very broad ideological territory) among those who consider themselves anarchists. This section of the FAQ needs more opinions from people who can illucidate their working definitions of anarchy.

a. from an anarchist libertarian

From: eagle@carr3.acpub.duke.edu (Carter Butts) Date: 1 Mar 93 05:27:19 GMT

A number of individuals here seem to enjoy attacking anarchy, libertarianism, and the free market in general, but few that I have seen thus far seem to have a great deal of information on any of the above. In defense of a few of these concepts, then, I feel compelled to say a few things.

What anarchy is, and is not: Anarchy is a class of social interaction systems without a centralized coercive control. Anarchy does NOT mean no rules, it means no ruler. Anarchy is not one particular system of social interaction; there are as many types of anarchy as there are types of governments. Likewise, anarchy is not of necessity a utopian ideal (one would do just as well to say that government per se is a utopian ideal). Before you attempt to attack anarchy, you would do well to know what you are attacking.

Libertarianism: Libertarianism, as it is generally defined by Libertarians (not necessarily those in the political party which bears the "Libertarian" name), is a system of ethics (rules for social interaction) based on the premise that it is wrong to initiate force or fraud. Keep in mind that, if one is attacked, one is, under the Libertarian ethic, free to respond with force or fraud as the situation warrants.

Objectivism: (Here I'm using it in the Randian sense.) This is an egoist philosophy which holds that one should both attempt to maintain an understanding of objective reality (it assumes that there is such an animal) and act so as to maximize one's long-term benefits within it.

The Market: In the New Libertarian Manifesto (forgive me, I forget the author's name), the market, or agora, is defined to be all non-coerced interactions. This covers a LOT of territory. Most Libertarians use the Market as a fairly generic term, and when they talk about the benefits of the market, they usually mean the benefits of uncoerced behavior. (For those who don't see the connection between the normal definition and Libertarian definition of market, read the Manifesto. There are very good reasons for it, but they are far too long to repeat here.)

Someone earlier made the rather ridiculous statement that anarchy and Libertarianism were incompatible. I say rather that the two cannot be seperated. ALL government (government being defined as a monopolist of law who weilds a coercive force in order to maintain its monopoly power witin a given region) represents an initiation of force (governments that deny this are initiating fraud as well). If this is so, then no true Libertarian can be anything other than an anarchist! As for Objectivism, there is some tension between it and Libertarianism. If one is an Objectivist Libertarian, one is so because one believes Libertarian ideals to be in one's best interests. Libertarianism in no way implies Randian Objectivism, so one cannot discount the former by attacking the latter. This post in and of itself does not constitute a true defense of any of the above terms. It does, however, contain definitions which are important for any rational discussion of anarchy or Libertarianism.

b. regarding anarchist sectarianism

From: "Svein Olav G. Nyberg" <solan@math.uio.no> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 19:08:37 GMT

There has been complaints about both the socialists who call themselves anarchists, and the capitalists who do call themselves anarchists.

I have the unfortunate impression that for both categories, it is not the anarchist part of X-anarchist that is the real motivating force behind their thought and argument, but the X.

Not that anything is inherently wrong with being an Xist instead of an anarchist, but it sounds rather shallow when the sides are trying to denounce one another as not being the true breed of anarchist.

Besides, anarchism can itself become very dogmatic. If freedom becomes a dogma, it becomes impossible to answer the question of whether one is allowed to submit to any kind of dominion.

So, you should appreciate each others' "impurities" and perhaps even _learn_ from each others' thinking. Am I asking the impossible?

c. regarding stirner's egoist philosophy

From: solan@math.uio.no

"Non serviam!" - "I will not serve", is known from literature as Satan's declaration of his rebellion against God. We wish to follow up on this tradition of insurrection. In modern times, the philosophy of the individual's assertion of himself against gods, ideals and human oppressors has been most eloquently expressed by Max Stirner in his book "Der Einzige und Sein Eigentum"[1]. Stirner, whose real name was Johann Kaspar Schmidt [1806-56], lived in a time dominated by German Idealism, with Hegel as its prominent figure. It is against this background of fixation of ideas that Stirner makes his rebellion. Stirner takes down these ideas from their fixed points in the starry sky of Spirit, and declares all ideas to be the ideas of an Ego[2], and the realm of spirits and ideas to be the mind of the thinker himself. His heaven-storming is total. Even the idealist tool - dialectic, and the supreme ghost of Idealism, [Absolute] Spirit - are stripped of their status of intrinsic existence, and are taken back into the Ego himself. This is most clearly seen in Stirner's main triad: Materialist - Idealist - Egoist. And the triad stops at its last link. Any further progress cannot negate Egoism, for - progress has been taken back into the individual, as his - property. For Stirner, the solution to the "alienation", or "self-alienation" of Idealism, is in self-expression, or - ownership. What cannot be one's own cause, the cause that is not one's own, is not worth pursuing. As Stirner says "Away then, with every cause that is not altogether my cause!"

[1] English title: "The Ego and Its Own". [2] Einziger - single individual.

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S E C T I O N T W O : S N I P P E T S

Please fill my mailbox with things like what's below -- clarifications and summaries of some of the interesting debates. It should go without saying that these debates are not finished, and may never be.

a. regarding the nature of man

From: wlee@muskwa.ucs.ualberta.ca (Porcupine) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1993 02:48:31 GMT

If you think "pure communism" (whatever that is!) has ignored human psychology you are obviously ignorant of the volumes and volumes of writing done by Marxists, post Marxists, Existentialist Marxists, Anarchists, and what not on this subject. The very driving _force_ behind communism has been its desire and logic for a world without man preying on another man simply for the sake of material goods. MAN IS NOT NATURALLY GREEDY; Man is naturally self-interested. There is a difference.

As to "communism can't work" -- grow up. I would expect that kind of logic from a grade 6 student. You don't plug in Communism like a toaster or a VCR. It's not a bloody appliance -- it's a way of life that evolves over hundreds, if not thousands, of years, to meet the needs of human beings. If you want to see what happens when you try to "plug in" a "system" look at the USSR both old and "new" where the people are suffering from an elite ruling class that has existed since the dark ages, and still continues to rule.

b. regarding voting

From: bbrigade@world.std.com

[snippet from BAD Brigade's Broadside #8]

The primary reason why anti-statists should not vote, and in fact should oppose voting, is that the very act of voting is an attempt on the part of voters to delegate to another a power that they could not justly possess themselves. Government is based on coercion. While states of various sorts provide some services and benefits to residents of their jurisdictions, the institution of government also utilizes cops, courts, the military, the IRS, etc, to coercively interfere in the lives of its subjects. Anarchists argue that no one, whether in or out of government should have such power. If this is true, anarchists, who oppose political power and coercion of any sort, cannot consistently advocate voting. Individuals should not have the authority to coerce others, and therefore they should not put themselves in a position to delegate such authority to third parties, which is the essence of voting. While some argue that they vote only in self-defense, the consequence of their voting is that their candidate coerces others who choose not to participate in the process, and therefore this method of self-defense should be unacceptable to anarchists.

Besides being unethical for an anti-authoritarian in and of itself, participation in electoral politics serves to legitimize the whole political process and the existence of government. If people did not vote, the democratic theory of government would lose its legitimacy and politicians would have to justify their rule on the basis of something other than the alleged consent of the governed. This, hopefully, would make the true nature of the state more obvious to the governed. And such a revelation would have the potential to motivate people to challenge, evade, or ignore government interference and coercion.

Even if anarchists could ethically participate in voting, there is one major reason to boycott the process: any candidate anarchists help elect will implement interventionist policies and initiate coercive actions, the results of which will be incompatible with anarchist goals. While voting for a Democrat may arguably make intervention in cuba or nicaragua less likely, it could make matters worse in israel/palestine or south africa. (Neither the ANC nor the PLO will take a position on the united states presidential election, basically because they support Bush, but are embarrassed to admit this publicly.) Voters claim that a Republican will make things worse economically for working and/or poor people in the united states; however increased taxes, which will certainly be enacted by a Democratic president, will further impoverish the working people from whom they are extorted. Additionally, while people fear a supreme court with a Republican-appointed majority, individual justices are unpredictable (like Sandra Day O'Connor), and Democratic judges are as willing to coercively interfere in our lives as are Republicans.

Besides not yielding the desired results, voting by anarchists entails another weakness. Even if every anarchist in the united states voted in the presidential election, it would not influence the outcome. There are few enough anarchists about that their individual votes are meaningless, since elections are decided by millions of votes. If voting anarchists seriously believe that voting can ethically be done, even by anarchists, then they should consider entering the political process fully and campaigning for presidential candidates. If it's acceptable for them to vote, it's acceptable for their candidates to hold power in a coercive government, and it's acceptable for them to encourage others to vote. I have not seen any anarchists argue for active involvement in the Democratic party, but this is a logical outcome of anarchist arguments for voting. If these people aren't comfortable urging others to vote for their candidates, they should rethink the justifications for their own voting.

Non-voting on the part of anarchists is not a sign of apathy. On the contrary, it is a sign of rejection of the political, i.e., coercive, means of dealing with problems and living our lives. If, as anarchists, we are serious about finding new ways of living and interacting, it would behoove us to stay out of the swamp of electoral politics and maintain our traditional opposition to involvement with electoral politics in any form.

c. why anarchism today?

From: x551_003@ccvax.ucd.ie Date: 14 Dec 92 11:40:16 GMT

This is a copy of an article originally printed in the Irish anarchist magazine Workers Solidarity (34). Workers Solidarity can be contacted at WSM, PO Box 1528, Dublin 8, Ireland.

[...]

It is becoming clear that the bulk of what has been referred to as socialism up to now is in fact nothing of the sort. The vast bulk of the theory and practise of the last 70 years needs to be thrown in the bin. Unfortunately most of the Leninist groups are avoiding such an exercise preparing instead to do a botched plastering job over the appearing cracks. They have chosen to follow the same paths as the Communist parties did and will probably suffer a similar fate.

The vast bulk of those leaving the Leninist and labour parties are just disappearing from any form of politics or activism. The few who are trying to continue the anti-capitalist fight in a new way are making old mistakes. For the most part rather then seeing their version of socialism as flawed they have come to see capitalism as triumphant. There is a tradition however which refused to see socialism as something being imposed by a minority wielding state power on behalf of a majority. The tradition of anarchism always rejected both the crude authoritarianism of Leninism and the reformism of the labour parties.

It is for this reason that we call ourselves anarchists. Anarchism as a tradition is no doubt flawed, at times even badly flawed but it has always been better than any of the alternatives on offer. What's more, it has been capable of the sort of fierce self- criticism needed to continually develop. Throughout the last 120 years it has always been the anarchist (or a sub-group of anarchists) that has developed the best position on the events of the day. Most importantly anarchism unlike reformism, Leninism and Trotskyism has never imposed dictatorship and massacre on the working class.

d. the growth of sym

From: william@syacus.acus.oz.au Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 1:09:29 EST

A way, a case, an option. I feel that perhaps the comics and poets of this existence are where to begin (c.f. Bateson). Nevertheless; what I might say intellectually will be long winded, drawn-out, and "sound like I come from Neptune" [Chomsky]. "True comics" and poets have the capability to express thought at a highter bandwidth. It is rare, in my experience, that prose is ample to such a challenging task.

I submit that the lenght of this preamble is witness to the hypothesis I am positing. :-) <ironry>

Real question -- did you catch the oration from the commedians ?

Importantly; as follows ...

The Growth of Sym ==================

Now, Sym was a Glug; and 'tis mentioned so That the tale reads perfectly plain as we go. In his veins ran blood of that stupid race Of docile folk, who inhabit the place Called Gosh, sad Gosh, where the tall trees sigh With a strange, significant sort of cry When the gloaming creeps and the wind is high.

When Sym was born there was much to-do, And his parents thought him a joy to view; But folk not prejudiced saw the Glug, As his nurse remarked, "In the cut of his mug". For he had their hair, and he had their eyes, And the Glug expression of pained suprised, And their predilection for pumpkin pies.

And his parents' claims were a deal denied By his maiden aunt on his mother's side. A tall Glug lady of fifty-two With a slight moustache of auburn hue. "Parental blither !" she said quite flat. "He's an average Glug; and he's red and fat ! And exceedingly fat and red at that !"

But the father, Joi, when he gazed on Sym, Dreamed great and wonderful things for him. Said he, "If the mind of a Glug could wake ! Then, Oh, what a wonderful Glug he'd make ! We shall teach this laddie to play life's game With a different mind and definite aim: A Glug in appearance, yet not the same."

But the practical aunt said, "Fudge ! You fool ! We'll pack up his dinner and send him to school. He shall learn about two-times and parsing and capes, And how to make money with inches on tapes. We'll apprentice him then to the drapery trade, Where, I've heard it reported, large profits are made; Besides, he can sell us cheap buttons and braid."

So poor young Sym, he was sent to school, Where the first thing taught is the Golden Rule. "Do unto others", the teacher said ... Then suddenly stopped and scratched his head. "You may look up the rest in a book", said he. "At present it doesn't occur to me; But do it, whatever it happens to be."

And now", said the teacher, "the day's task brings Consideration of practical things. If a man makes a profit of fifteen pounds On one week's takings from two milk rounds, How many ... ?" And Sym went dreaming away To the sunlit lands where the field-mice play, And wrens hold revel the livelong day.

He walked in the welcoming fields alone, While far, far away came the pedagogue's drone: "If a man makes ... Multiply ... Abstract nouns ... From B take ... Population of towns ... Rods, poles or perches ... Derived from Greek ... " Oh, hawthorn buds came out this week, And robins are nesting down by the creek.

So Sym was head of his class not once; And his aunt repeatedly dubbed him "Dunce !" But, "Give him a chance," said his father, Joi, "His head is abnormally large for a boy." But his aunt said, "Piffle ! It's crammed with bosh ! Why, he don't know the rivers and the mountains of Gosh Nor the names of the nephews of good King Splosh !"

So th argument ran; but one bright Spring day Sym settled it all in his own way. "'Tis a tramp," he announced, "I've decided to be; And I start next Monday at twenty to three ... " When the aunt recovered she screamed, "A tramp ? A low-lived, pilfering, idle scamp, Who steals people's washing, and sleeps in the damp ?"

So Sym went off, and a year ran by, And the father said, with a smile-masked sigh, "It is meet that the young should leave the nest." Said the aunt, "Don't spill that soup on your vest ! Nor mention his name ! He's our one discrace ! And he's probably sneaking around some place With fuzzy black whiskers all over his face."

But, under a hedge, by a flowering peach, A youth with a little blue wren held speech. With his back to a tree and his feet in the grass, He watched the thistledown drift and pass, And the cloud-puffs, borne on a lazy breeze, Move by on their errand, above the trees, Into the vault of mysteries.

"Now teach me, little blue wren," said he. "'Tis you can unravel this riddle for me. I am 'mazed by the gifts of this kindly earth -- Which of them all has the greatest worth ? He flirted his tail as he answered, then, He bobbed and he bowed to his coy little hen: "Why, sunlight and worms !" said the little blue wren.

-- C.J. (Den) Dennis

e. regarding your boss...

From: ee@lever.com (Edward Elhauge) Subject: The Boss Date: 5 Feb 93 18:57:38 GMT

This story was passed on to me at work.

The Boss

When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be boss. The brain said, "Since I control everything and do all the thinking, I should be boss." The feet said, "Since I carry man where he wants to go and get him in position to do what the brain wants, I should be boss." The eyes said, "Since I must look out for all of you and tell you all where danger lurks, I should be boss"

And so it went with the heart, the ears, the lungs, and finally the ass hole spoke up and demanded that he be made boss. All the other parts laughed and laughed, astounded at the idea of an ass hole being boss. The brain thought this idea of an ass hole being boss was absurd and said so.

The ass hole was so angry that he locked himself off and refused to function. The brain became feverish, the eyes became crossed and ached, the feet were too weak to walk, the hands hung limply at the sides, the heart and lungs struggled to keep going. All the parts pleaded with the brain to relant and let the ass hole be the boss and so it happened. All the other parts did all the work and the ass hole just bossed and passed out a lot of shit.

THE MORAAL ------ You don't have to be a brain to be boss. Just An Ass Hole.

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S E C T I O N T H R E E : N E T W O R K I N G A N D C O N T A C T S

a. usenet news groups of interest

alt.society.anarchy alt.politics.radical-left alt.society.revolution alt.philosophy.objectivism talk.politics.theory talk.philosophy.misc talk.environment alt.society.civil-liberties | I don't read these two; one of them may alt.society.civil-liberty | be bogus. alt.politics.libertarian alt.postmodern alt.music.hardcore alt.zines alt.feminism soc.feminism alt.amateur-comp

b. electronic mailing lists and getting stuff by mail

Since I live on usenet and get my files mostly via ftp, I am probably not the best person to talk about mailing lists. Anyway, please inform me of corrections and additions to this area.

Anarchy List [hmm, for some reason I can't locate the address. I think cardell@lysator.liu.se can probably help...]

Spunk Press Distribution List (Anarchist Literature) spunk-list-request@lysator.liu.se

Autonome Forum aforum@moose.uvm.edu [this is not a mailing list but they'll send you stuff if you're not an asshole. they do "Arm the Spirit" and distribute communiques from a number of european groups, as well as the PKK in turkey and the Prison News Service. you can regularly find their materials on alt.politics.radical-left on usenet.]

Practical Anarchy Online [it sez to send mail to the editors, and they are: cmunson@macc.wisc.edu cardell@lysator.liu.se plus I imagine if you get on the Spunk list you'll get P@-online also]

1-Union Mailing List (Syndicalist) Organizer: mlepore@mcimail.com [can't remember the Listserv address, someone help me out please]

pnews Mailing List odin@world.std.com puts this out. mostly socialist materials, some syndicalist stuff. basically non-sectarian, with representation from many groups and individuals. the address for the whole list is pnews@world.std.com, so don't be an idiot and send "subscribe pnews user@host.domain" messages to the list.

c. anonymous ftp sites

well i don't want to pat myself on the back, but i don't know of many ftp sites with radical literature on them other than mine. so, take a look at red.css.itd.umich.edu in /pub/Politics and /pub/Zines. Other places to look at are ftp.msen.com and quartz.rutgers.edu, though they generally do not have much explicitly anarchist theoretical material. if you're into the hacker-anarchist stuff (which is mostly of the vulgar "let's blow 'em up" variety) you can look on ftp.eff.org in /pub/cud or on the eff mirror archives on my site.

if you find text files (or postscript) on anarchist or radical political topics, or if you produce them yourself, you can upload them to the directory "incoming" on red.css.itd.umich.edu or email them to me (pauls@umich.edu) and i will archive them.

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S E C T I O N F O U R : R E A D I N G S

a. on spain

From: evonraut@MtHolyoke.edu (J. Erika von Rautenfeld) Subject: Re: Student run @ course at HSU Date: 3 Mar 1993 14:00:39 -0500

Also check out _Free Women of Spain_ by Martha Ackelsberg about the Mujeres Libres, an anarcha-feminist organization in Spain in the 30s. Very good oral history and theory of anarchism/ana-fem. Provides an inroad into contemporary problems & you can do theory and history at the same time. Good for such student run groups is _The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia_, Ursula K. LeGuin's science fiction novel about two worlds. It presents interesting questions about what an anarchist society would be like (for those who are interested in the utopia thing). Particularly interesting for me is the issue of continuous revolution and the tendency for power to become institutionalized even within a self-conscious community. Have you checked out any of the stuff coming from Autonomedia/Semiotext? Much of it is tons 'o fun if nothing else.

From: cardell@lysator.liu.se (Mikael Cardell) Subject: Re: Student run @ course at HSU Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 13:20:18 GMT

How about looking into the experiments in anarchistic economy as they were carried out by millions during the spanish civil war? Check out:

Thomas, Hugh: The Spanish Civil War

Lorenzo: (The Swedish title translates into...) Syndicalism In Power (I forget the French original title)

b. spunk press reading list

From: ian@spider.co.uk (Ian Heavens) Date: 18 Dec 92 10:43:50 GMT

General:

'Anarchism Today', David E. Apter and James Joll, MacMillan (ISBN 333 12041 8), has chapters on various movements and a bibliography of Anarchism in print. George Woodcock's Anarchist Reader and Anarchism also have useful bibliographies. Daniel Guerin's 'Anarchism' (Monthly Review Press, ISBN 85345-175-3) takes an anarchosyndicalist point of view (and has a bibliography).

'Classics':

'The ABC of Anarchism' - Alexander Berkman 'Civil Disobedience' - Thoreau 'Anarchy' - Malatesta Anything by Kropotkin, Bakunin, Proudhon. 'Enquiry Concerning Political Justice' - William Godwin.

On individualism: Max Stirner's 'The Ego And His Own'

On the situationists:

BAMN:By Any Means Necessary, Penguin (out of print, cannot remember the author - I'd like to get hold of a copy of this).

Raoul Vaneigem's 'The Revolution of Everyday Life' Guy Debord's 'The Society of the Spectacle'

Also, 'The Situationist Anthology' (editor??)

On the squatters' movement:

'The Squatters' by Ron Bailey.

- Visions of utopia:

'Journey to Utopia' by Marie Bernelli (an anthology) 'News from Nowhere' by William Morris 'The Dispossessed' - Ursula Le Guin

Anarchosyndicalism:

IWW:

'The Living Spirit of the Wobblies' by Len de Caux, International Publishers, 381 Park Avenue South, New York 10016, ISBN. This has an extensive bibliography on the IWW.

Also, 'The Case of Joe Hill', Philip S.Foner, same publisher.

Spain:

Books published outside the anarchist press on the Spanish revolution are in the above bibliographies. George Orwell's 'Homage to Catalonia' is a good introduction to the Civil War.

The definitive work is 'Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution' Jose Peirats, Freedom Press (ISBN 0 900 384 53 0), also see 'Collectives in the Spanish Revolution', Gaston Leval, Freedom Press (ISBN 0 900384 11 5), 'Anarchist Organisation:the History of the F.A.I', by Juan Gomez Casas, Black Rose Books (Quebec), (ISBN 0-920057-38-1), plus others by Freedom Press and Black Rose Books, e.g. 'Spain 1936-1939:Social Revolution-Counter Revolution', Freedom Press (ISBN 0 900384 54-9)

[ NB Freedom Press titles are nice and cheap, and only 10% for overseas postage; they're at 84B Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX (Tel 081-247-9249) ]

Latin America:

'Anarchism and the Mexican Working Class 1860-1931', John M. Hart, Univ. of Texas press (ISBN 0 292 70400 3).

Chapter on Argentina and Uruguay in 'Anarchism Today' (above)

'The Cuban Revolution' by Sam Dolgoff

Britain:

'The Slow Burning Fuse' by John Quail (also see bibliography in the Anarchist Reader)

Russian:

I don't know which of these are anarchosyndicalist, there are a number listed in the above bibliographies, esp. Voline's 'The Unknown Revolution' Paul Avrich's 'The Russian Anarchists' and Peter Arshinov's 'History of the Makhnovist movement'. Emma Goldman wrote a fair bit, in 'Living My Life', volume 2, 'My Disillusionment with Russia', etc.

c. part of chuck munson's bibliography for anarchists. i have nuked everything except the titles, so this is the abridged version. get the full release from cmunson@macc.wisc.edu.

FICTION

Le Guin, Ursula K. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia. New York: Avon Books, 1974.

Piercy, Marge. Woman on the Edge of Time. New York: Ballantine, 1976.

Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c.1946.

NONFICTION

CLASSICAL ANARCHISM (??--1939)

Avrich, Paul. The Haymarket Tragedy. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1984.

Berkman, Alexander. A.B.C. of Anarchism. London: Freedom Press, 1977, (originally published in 1929).

Goldman, Emma. Anarchism and Other Essays. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1969 (originally published in 1917).

ANARCHISM TODAY (1940-- )

Beck, Julian. Life of the Theater: the relation of the artist to the struggle of the people. New York: Limelight Editions: Distributed by Harper & Row, 1986, c.1972.

Bookchin, Murray. Toward an Ecological Society. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1980.

Clark, John. The Anarchist Moment: Reflections on Culture, Nature and Power. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1984.

DeLeon, David. The American as Anarchist: Reflections on Indigenous Radicalism. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1978.

Devall, Bill and George Sessions. Deep Ecology: Living as if Nature Mattered. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1985.

Free. Revolution for the Hell Of It. New York: The Dial Press, Inc. 1968.

Illich, Ivan. Tools for Conviviality. New York: Harper and Row, 1973.

Negrin, Su. Begin at Start: Some Thoughts on Personal Liberation and World Change. Washington, NJ: Times Change Press, 1972.

Read, Herbert. Anarchy and Order: Essays in Politics. Boston: Beacon Press, 1954.

Roszak, Theodore. Person/Planet: The Creative Disintegration of Industrial Society. New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1977.

BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Avrich, Paul. An American Anarchist: The Life of Voltarine De Cleyre. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1978.

Goldman, Emma. Living My Life. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970, c.1931. (Two volumes).

Winslow, Kent. Dreamworld.. Tucson: The Match!, 1988.

ANTHOLOGIES

Ehrlich, Howard. & others. Reinventing Anarchy. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1979.

Roussopoulos, Dimitrios I. ed. The Anarchist Papers. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1986.

Anthology of anarchist and libertarian socialists writing on a variety of anarchist issues. A sample of some of the essays: "Theses on Libertarian Municipalism," by Murray Bookchin. "The Greens: Nationalism or Anti-Nationalism," by Chris Southcott and Jorgen Pedersen. "Culture and Coercion," by J. Frank Harrison. "The Manufacture of consent," by Noam Chomsky. "Emma Goldman and Woman," by Alice Wexler. "Emma Goldman: The case for Anarcho-Feminism," by Marsha Hewitt.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Deleon, David. in The American as Anarchist. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1984, p. 196-235.

Goehlert, Robert & Claire Herczeg. Anarchism: A Bibliography. Public Administration Series: Bibliography: P-902. Feb. 1982. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1982, 122 p.

INDEXES

Alternative Press Index. Baltimore, MD: Alternative Press Center, 1969-date.

MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, AND NEWSPAPERS

Anarchy: A journal of Desire Armed: Published bimonthly by C.A.L. (Columbia Anarchist League). PO Box 1446, Columbia, MO 65205-1446. Subscription rate: $6.00/six issues.

Fifth Estate: Published quarterly. 4632 Second Ave., Detroit, MI 48201. Subscription rate: $5.00/year.

Social Anarchism: A Journal of Practice and Theory: Published semiannually by the Atlantic Center for Research and Education. 2743 Maryland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21218. Subscription rate: $10/four issues.

Practical Anarchy. Published quarterly. PO Box 173, Madison, WI 53701-0173. SASE (52 cents) or $5/4 issues. Editor: Chuck Munson. [also available in e-version -- ed]

BOOKSTORES & VENDORS

A Distribution 396 7th St., #2 Jersey City, NJ 07302

Bound Together Books 1369 Haight St San Francisco, CA 94133

Fifth Estate Bookstore 4632 Second Ave. Detroit, MI 48201

Wooden Shoe Books 112 S 20th St. Philadelphia, PA 19103

Left Bank Distribution 4241 Brooklyn NE, #201 Seattle, WA 98105

d. some electronic text on anarchism (and other militant anti-state writings of interest) available via ftp on red.css.itd.umich.edu. These are all in the directory /pub/Politics

Autonome Forum

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Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade

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European Counter-Notes

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That's all kids. Some day there might be an update to this document. On the other hand if you don't get off your ass and send me some update material, I won't bother.

pauls@umich.edu