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Apr
15
2012

"Since reading David Graeber’s Debt last fall, I’ve become interested in the relationship between Marxist economic theory and the heterodox theory of money Graeber supports in his work. Graeber holds to a chartalist position, which argues that money is not, as the classic account in Carl Menger goes, simply the most salable commodity, but rather a symbol that has value because the state requires us to pay taxes in it."

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Apr
14
2012

"April 2012 – Science & Society, submitted to Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal by the author -- Michael Lebowitz has drawn on the diverse experiences that led to the failure of socialism in the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and elsewhere, and those in Venezuela where he has resided for nearly a decade, to bolster his thesis on the need to place the transformation of values at the centre of socialist construction. "

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  • Lebowitz claims that his view of socialism is an ongoing process of transformation rather than a stage coincides with Marx’s writing, but not that of Lenin. According to Lebowitz, Lenin’s postulation of socialism as a “stage” prior to the achievement of communism “distorts” (p. 107) Marx’s “dialectical understanding” (p. 108) of the steady ripening of conditions leading to pure socialism. The distinction between the two conceptualisations is hardly academic. The concept of socialism as a stage implies a static strategy and the acceptance of certain practices that are open to criticism but are compatible with existing subjective or objective conditions during a given historical period. Furthermore, the more ambitious goals that underpin “organic socialism” tend to be subordinated (if not completely brushed aside) to the objectives corresponding to the current stage. [1]
Oct
16
2011

From the 1850s onwards, against a background of great new wealth in society and a working class that was more independent and resourceful, the 'problem of democracy' became urgent for the rich and powerful.

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Feb
11
2012

"This is an introduction to Proudhon’s economic ideas and their influence on revolutionary anarchism. It is a chapter from the new book The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics"

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"A num­ber of re­cent pub­li­ca­tions both in re­li­gious and an­ar­chist stud­ies have fo­cused on re­li­gious an­ar­chism, but con­sid­er­a­tion of their com­pat­i­bil­i­ty in the first place has been rarer."

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Feb
6
2012

"تميز هذا الكتاب بأنه يتعرض بالتحليل التاريخي الشيق لعدد من الإضرابات الكبرى في تاريخ الحركة العمالية ويقارن بينها في ضوء التأسيس النظري لمفهوم “الإضراب العام” الذي طرحته روزا لوكسمبورج في بداية القرن الماضي لدى تقييمها لتجربة الإضراب العام في روسيا 1905."

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Jan
28
2012

مدونة تحررية تهتم بنشر الفكر الأناركي اللاسلطوي والكتابات التحررية باللغة العربية

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ما هي الأناركية بيان تعريفي

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Jan
17
2012

Jamie Heckert is a founding member of the Anarchist Studies Network and the editor of two collections of perspectives on anarchism and sexuality – a special issue of Sexualities (2010) and Anarchism & Sexuality: Ethics, Relationships and Power (2011) co-edited with Richard Cleminson.

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Jan
7
2012

Each Monday we will post a relatively short piece, gradually building toward a comprehensive theory of the way that money “works” in sovereign countries.

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Dec
10
2011

In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels explained how the "ruling ideas" of a particular society come to be--and what they represent.

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Dec
4
2011

A casual observer of the anarchist movement, restricted to contemporary writings, could be forgiven for concluding that anarchists have no conception of economics.

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Nov
10
2011

 ظلمت الترجمة المفهوم؛ إذ تُرجم للعربية “فوضوية” والأقرب هو “مجتمع اللادولة”؛ وبذا أوحت الترجمة بأن المذهب يؤدي للفوضى، وهو اختزال مُخِلٌّ للفوضوية كمدرسة وفلسفة تَراجُع مركزية الدولة، وتعلي من شأن الإدارة الاجتماعية القائمة على مركزية الفرد.

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Oct
30
2011

The Coming Insurrection (TCI), written by The Invisible Committee, has become quite the sensation across the political spectrum.3 Its anarchist and radical fans suggest that it’s a pivotal text of contemporary revolutionary thought, and while I don't agree with all that The Invisible Committee say, I can easily recognize them as allies, kindred spirits, accomplices.

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The Coming Insurrection, authored by the anonymous "Invisible Committee," has been the subject of much controversy lately. Originally published in 2007 under the French title, L'insurrection qui vient (La Fabrique), the book has become focus of the "anti-terrorism" trials quoted in the above paragraph. The book is being published in English but its influence has already crossed the Atlantic.

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  • What follows is a review of the English translation from the perspective of someone who desires the revolutionary transformation of society by self-organized sectors and involving long-term organizing and movement building, culminating in re-defining society's institutions bearing on race, class, gender and decision-making to attain a classless and self-managed participatory society.
Oct
26
2011

Brief remarks concerning the meaning of the word “autonomy” in the context of political struggles since the time of Marx, with special emphasis on the period of the Spanish Transition to democracy in the 1970s.

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Oct
12
2011

"libcom.org's brief introduction to direct action and why we prefer it to other forms of political activity. "

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Sep
26
2011

"This simple introduction to syndicalism, workers control and libertarian communism originally appeared as a series of articles in War Commentary for Anarchism in 1943. "

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Sep
23
2011

"Anyone who has called themselves a “Christian” or an “anarchist” for very long can tell you that neither “tradition” is easy to define. Neither is monolithic. And both are profoundly misunderstood. So talking about how they relate is a complicated task."

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"The dominant public opinion, most of the times associate the anarchists with office bombers, robbers, pistoleros and mindless vandals ignoring that most of them reject violence as the basic form of struggle."

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