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The anatomy of fascism - Robert O. Paxton
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What is fascism? Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the abstract
#books #fascism #history #nonfiction
on Sep 5
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Political Space in the Work of Henri Lefebvre: Ideology and Utopia
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Article by Grégory Busquet where he talks about Henri Lefebvre's thoughts on Space, all its criticisms and its relationship with the Political, while also talking about the question of Utopia, critique of Ideology and self-management as a condition for and a consequence of the Urban Revolution....
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The Time Grace Slick and Abbie Hoffman Attempted to Slip Nixon LSD
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Abbie Hoffman's account of the time he and Grace Slick attempted to infiltrate a White House tea party to slip President Nixon LSD. The failed attempt at turning Nixon on occurred on the 24 April 1970, just six days prior to Nixon's televised announcement that he was expanding the Vietnam War...
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Franz Jung’s reflections on the March Action
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The file below is a transcribed (German) version of an excerpt taken from Jung’s memoirs. Originally published as part of his autobiography "Der Weg nach Unten" (The Way Downward) in 1961 and republished by Edition Nautilus, it deals with his experience during the March Action and his further...
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Including: rent deregulation, Glass House squat, gay pride march, Community Board reports, cop watch, martial law in Guatemala, free Mumia, marijuna "smoke in" protest, Peter Tosh film director interviewed, censorship of comic artist Mike Diana, etc.
on Sep 6
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The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 4 No. 36 - 1 December 1917)
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Including: conditions in Wormwood Scrubs prison, Labour Party conference, Sylvia Pankhurst on poverty and food, advert for Workers Suffrage Federation "Old Cockney Fair", etc.
on Sep 6
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Including: UK electionn, UK and international news, housing and estate demolition in Hulme, etc.
on Sun, 12AM
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Under the Red Flag to Soviet Russia
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This is the first part of a translation of Franz Jung’s reminiscences in relation to the II Comintern congress and his stay in Russia. The original excerpt was taken from his autobiography "Der Weg nach Unten" (The way downward, pp. 130-148), originally published in 1961 and republished by...
on Sat, 3PM
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Part 2 Situ Reorientation debate: The Red Brigades in Italy
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Part 2: On the 1970 Situationist Reorientation Debate, the Never Work(ing) worker. Mayakovsky / Tatlin & the Red Brigades .......The Late 1970s in Italy: The Good The Bad and The Ugly Subversion in Italy and its enemies. By Collegamenti Wobbly. Translated by Phil Meyler and Stuart Wise. Text...
on Sat, 11AM
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The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 5 No. 26 - 21 September 1918)
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Including: agricultural labour for discharged soldiers, shop stewards conference in Birmingham, Sylvia Pankhurst on prospects for peace, changes to legal system in Russia,
on Sat, 9AM
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Machine Slavery or Technology?
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Article by Jan Appel where he critiques the production method and underlying forms of technology under capitalism. It also critiques the Russian state for uncritically taking up capitalist rationalization. Originally published under the pseudonym "Max Hempel" and in "Der Proletarier, 1927, No. 1 and 2"
on Sat, 6AM
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Letter from Prison and Extracts from a Reply to Lenin - Gavril Miasnikov
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Letter from the left communist Gavril Miasnikov, which he wrote in 1924 while in a Soviet prison and had smuggled out to the West. Miasnikov was jailed and persecuted by the Soviet government for opposing the policies of the Russian Communist Party and their betrayal of the revolution. Also...
on Sat, 2AM
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How Nonviolence Protects the State - Peter Gelderloos
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A text demonstrating how pacifism, far from being a neutral ideology actively supports state violence.
on Fri, 11PM
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The Precious Legacy of Paul Mattick
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Review of Paul Mattick's "Marxism — Last Refuge of the Bourgeoisie?" by the french luxemburgist group Critique Sociale. Originally published in Critique Sociale, No. 20, March 2012.
on Fri, 8AM
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Short text by the Council Communist Henri Chazé where he talks about Workers' Councils. Originally published in "Cahiers du Communisme de Conseils, No. 2, January 1969"
on Fri, 5AM
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Dual power and climate breakdown
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While this article addresses the “revolutionary” turn in Roger Hallam’s rhetoric, it is more intended as a broader comment on anarchist organisational strategy in the time of climate breakdown. For context, Roger Hallam is the co-founder of the mass climate movement, Extinction Rebellion and the...
on Fri, 2AM
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Very short article from councilist group Daad en Gedachte where talk about Workers' Council, what constitutes them, their origins and the Workers' Councils in Yugoslavia. Originally published in "Daad en Gedachte, 1969, No. 3".
on Thu, 6AM
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Diggers Declare the End of Money at the New York Stock Exchange
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Abbie Hoffman's account of the Diggers' guerrilla-theater performance at the New York Stock Exchange on 24 August 1967. Hoffman and some other future Yippies infiltrated the heart of American capitalism and began showering $1 bills on the trading floor below, in addition to tearing, eating, and...
on Thu, 2AM
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The rise of conspiracy theories: Reification of defeat as the basis of explanation
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Explaining the rise of conspiracy theories
on Tue, 10PM
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Jean-Carl Elliott beschreibt die Möglichkeiten gewerkschaftlich aktiv(er) zu werden.
on Tue, 5AM
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Ukraine: From a Wave of Desertion to Spontaneous Self-Demobilization Amid US Elections
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National Unity and Armed Forces Day is celebrated in Italy on November 4 in honor of the capitulation of Austria-Hungary in World War I. About 50-60 people came to the Ukrainian consulate in Milan to celebrate Deserter's Day. Photos were sent to us from the revolutionary anarchist blog Wild...
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This is the statement from an internationalist Myanmar resistence group named "Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front" released on 7th November 2024 regarding the AIF Establishment Fundraiser. Contact Details for Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front are as follow: Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front...
on Tue, 3AM
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Tarlovsky, Gershon Yoselevich aka Tarlovsky, Gerasim Osipovich, aka Geraska (1893- 1943 or 1945)
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A short biography of the Russian anarchist Gershon Tarlovsky.
on Nov 10
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Three polemical texts written from a syndicalist point of view. Originally published in various Swedish newspapers in 2024 (using the web tool Insändarmaskinen). More articles by the same author here.
on Nov 9
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Rozova, (Rosova) Anna Semenovna (1902- after 1968)
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A short biography of Russian anarchist Anna Rozova.
on Nov 9
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The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 5 No. 25 - 14 September 1918)
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Including: Extensive report by Sylvia Pankhurst on Trade Union Congress meeting in Derby, socialist education, etc.
on Nov 9
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King Mob: Icteric & the Newcastle Experience from the early to late 1960s
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Thoughts on Butterfly migration and Icteric - a 'radical' arts magazine produced in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1966 and late 1967. Written by Stuart & David Wise in 2003-5 for the Revolt Against Plenty website.
on Nov 9
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Paterson's Italian anarchist silk workers and the politics of race - Salvatore Salerno
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This article traces the Paterson Italian anarchist groups and the repression they faced, as well as looking into their views on race in America.
on Nov 8
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libcom.org is a resource for all people who wish to fight to improve their lives, their communities and their working conditions. We want to discuss, learn from successes and failures of the past and develop strategies to increase the power we, as ordinary people, have over our own lives.
on Nov 8
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Disaster communism part 1 - disaster communities
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In part one of this three-part article, we look at the concept of disaster communism as it relates to the communities of solidarity and mutual aid typically formed in disaster situations.
on Nov 8
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Caribbean Correspondence journal
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Online archive of Caribbean Correspondence, a journal focussing on workers control and self-management, published in Kingston Jamaica and New York City in the 1970s.
on Nov 8
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Star Trek and Disability - Vol 1
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Infinite diversity in infinite combinations was not just an in-universe philosophy but it was something that Star Trek shows themselves strived to show. While it did have a diverse cast, there were many categories of humanity that went unrepresented. Trek’s representation of disabled people has...
on Nov 8
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The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 5 No. 24 - 7 September 1918)
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Including: London police strike, international news, the co-operative movement by Sylvia Pankhurst, India supplement, socialist education in Austria, patriots attack socialist rally Woolwich, tube strike, etc.
on Nov 8
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Land Art, Icteric and William Wordsworth - David and Stuart Wise
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Land art and Icteric. Plus Wordsworthian environment emotion recollected on tranquilisers (er, tranquility) "And central peace, subsisting at the heart of endless agitation". Originally published on the Revolt Against Plenty website.
on Nov 8
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Interview with an ‘Iraqi’ Revolutionary - Melancholic Troglodytes
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From early 2003. Published online at Revolt Against Plenty.
on Nov 7
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Workers' Scud newsletter (July 1991)
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This collection of articles was produced as a post hoc analysis of the war and some of its ramifications, 'by a couple of communists who participated in a "united front" of communists, english anarchists, and others to oppose the war in the Gulf.'
on Nov 7
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Comparisons: From Mass Observation to King Mob - Stuart Wise
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The changing face of revolutionary elites from the 1930s to the late 1960s and ever after. (Personal reflections and memories on John Grierson, Humphrey Jennings, Tom Harrison, Bill & Nick Brandt, Don Smith, Barbara Roberts, Chris Grey, Chris Caudwell, Dave Robins, Dick Pountain, Clare Wise and others)
on Nov 7
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The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 5 No. 23 - 31 August 1918)
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Including: agitation against the embargo preventing employment of munitions workers without government approval, poison gas, international news, votes for women, etc.
on Nov 6
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Remarks on BM BIS, BM BLOB, riot and post modernist recuperation - David Wise
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Replies to questions from Servando Rocha relating to the Spanish publication of la Felguera's King Mob together with add-ons for Constantinos regarding a possible Greek translation of The Hidden History of King Mob.
on Nov 6
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The Real End of History is the End of War
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Article by the Bulgarian group Konflikt from the start of the Ukraine war.
on Nov 6
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Kevrik, Vera Yevgenyevna (or Yevlampievna in one report) (1893-1926?)
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A short biography of Russian anarchist Vera Kevrik, harshly persecuted by the Soviet authorities.
on Nov 6
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“For Israel and communism”? - Leandros Fisher (2024)
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A historical overview of the post-WW2 German left and its relation to the questions of Palestinian liberation, anti-Zionism and antisemitism leading to the consequential development of the infamous anti-Deutsch tendency.
on Nov 6
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Article by Pankhurst describing her vision of a socialist society. The article appeared in the Vol. 10 No. 19 (28 July 1923) issue of the Workers' Dreadnought.
on Nov 5
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What Socialism is Not - Sylvia Pankhurst
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Article by Pankhurst describing what socialism is not, in which she emphasizes the importance of worker councils as the main instruments of decision-making and workers' power. The article appeared in the Vol. 10 No. 21 (11 August 1923) issue of the Workers' Dreadnought. Pankhurst had previously...
on Nov 5
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New Introduction to Spanish King Mob - David & Stuart Wise
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Introduction to "King Mob: Nosotros, el Partido del Diablo" published La Felquera in Madrid. Written by two former King Mob participants.
on Nov 5
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The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 5 No. 22 - 24 August 1918)
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Including: London bus girls strike, Australia anti-war movement, news from Russia, independent working class education, discharged soldiers demand land, etc.
on Nov 5
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How the Nazis Came to Power - Johan Chapotout
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A translation of Chapotout's article for Le Monde Diplomatique detailing the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany.
on Nov 4
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Statement from "Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front" Myanmar (15th October 2024)
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This is the statement from a Myanmar resistence group named "Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front" released on 15th October 2024. Contact Details for Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front are as follow: Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front 26-10-2024 AIFMYANMAR@PROTONMAIL.COM
on Nov 4
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A short biography of Jacobo Prince, an important anarchist communist militant in Argentina.
on Nov 4
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From Myanmar to Rojava: Resistence is Life!
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This is the statement from a Myanmar resistence group named "Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front" to Rojava. Contact Details for Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front are as follow: Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front 26-10-2024 AIFMYANMAR@PROTONMAIL.COM
on Nov 4