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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:
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Please do not expect me to be fair. I have my own opinions as well.
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to below comes from the archives, and some from usenet postings (which I do not
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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
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
uglymouse% ls -lR Autonome.Forum
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 pauls 1024 Feb 27 15:43 Misc
drwxr-xr-x 2 pauls 1024 Feb 7 19:58 PKK
drwxr-xr-x 2 pauls 1024 Feb 8 11:15 Prison.News.Service
drwxr-xr-x 2 pauls 1024 Jan 31 05:31 RAF
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 351 Feb 8 03:25 README.AF
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1380 Feb 5 11:22 README.aforum
drwxr-xr-x 2 pauls 1024 Jan 31 05:31 RZ
Autonome.Forum/Misc:
total 163
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 5874 Aug 25 1992 biotech
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 29616 Aug 18 1992 open.borders
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 23764 Jan 7 18:41 taylor.interview
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 84928 Feb 5 11:23 viehmann.essay
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 20525 Nov 28 15:47 why-antia.pamphlet
Autonome.Forum/PKK:
total 78
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 5790 Nov 2 00:22 PKK.background
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 20576 Feb 5 11:23 PKK.update.920512
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 19490 Nov 2 00:23 PKK.update.920921
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 15106 Nov 28 15:49 PKK.update.921111
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 16083 Feb 5 11:23 PKK.women
Autonome.Forum/Prison.News.Service:
total 52
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 49244 Feb 5 11:23 pns-37
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1866 Feb 5 11:23 pns-37.index
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 962 Feb 8 11:15 pns-38.index
Autonome.Forum/RAF:
total 96
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 85 Aug 27 1992 _red.army.fraction
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 12738 Aug 27 1992 counter.power
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 8505 Oct 11 19:17 iraq
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 14444 Aug 27 1992 raf.history
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 30814 Aug 27 1992 raf.prisoners
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 14348 Oct 11 19:18 sevillano
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 12264 Aug 27 1992 world.econ.summit
Autonome.Forum/RZ:
total 38
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 262 Aug 28 1992 _revolutionary.cells
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 37563 Sep 1 1992 gerd.albartus
uglymouse% ls -lR Arm.the.Spirit
total 690
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 1647 Aug 14 1992 README.ATS
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 147715 Aug 14 1992 ats-12
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 190324 Sep 4 1992 ats-13
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 324382 Mar 5 08:34 ats-14-15
Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade
uglymouse% ls -lR BAD.brigade
total 112
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 5362 Nov 9 21:24 BAD-Broadside-#1
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 5641 Nov 9 21:24 BAD-Broadside-#2
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 8474 Nov 9 21:24 BAD-Broadside-#3
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 6482 Nov 9 21:24 BAD-Broadside-#4
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 11673 Nov 9 21:24 BAD-Broadside-#5
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 7589 Nov 9 21:24 BAD-Broadside-#6
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 10312 Nov 9 21:24 BAD-Broadside-#7
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 6490 Nov 9 21:25 BAD-Broadside-#8
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 40969 Nov 25 09:58 BAD-Pamphlet-AIDS
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 4985 Nov 9 22:55 BAD.pamphlets
Essays: Anarchy
uglymouse% ls -lR Essays/Anarchy
total 81
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 41643 Sep 21 10:51 abolishWork
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 17212 Jan 7 22:36 anarchism.today
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 14800 Jan 7 18:40 carse
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 7736 Feb 5 11:22 growth.of.sym
Essays: Chomsky
uglymouse% ls -lR Essays/Chomsky
total 299
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 9996 Nov 18 03:34 3rd.world.at.home
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 17954 Sep 16 20:02 chomsky.loot
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 6712 Sep 16 20:02 chomsky.on.economics
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 74470 Sep 16 20:02 chomsky.vain_hopes
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 47470 Sep 16 20:01 notes.on.anarchism
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 131539 Feb 2 11:09 notes.on.anarchism.ps
European Counter-Notes
uglymouse% ls -lR ECN
total 48
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3638 Feb 2 08:46 anti-british.protest
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2111 Jan 7 18:51 antiracist.news
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1049 Jan 7 18:51 bad.attitude
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1510 Jan 7 18:51 belfast.shooting
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1188 Jan 7 18:51 burnsalls.strike
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 6909 Feb 2 08:46 child.support.act
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 9725 Feb 2 08:46 domestic.violence
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 7159 Jan 7 18:51 ecn.uk
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 930 Jan 7 18:52 highpoint.revolt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3360 Jan 7 18:52 hospital.closures
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2417 Feb 2 08:46 parcel.bomb
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2394 Jan 7 18:52 women.march
Industrial Workers of the World (syndicalist)
uglymouse% ls -lR IWW
total 16
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 9464 Oct 20 12:23 about.the.iww
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 1414 Oct 20 12:24 bay.area.iww
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 3430 Dec 10 03:47 iww.preamble
Love and Rage
uglymouse% ls -lR Love.and.Rage
total 5
drwxr-xr-x 2 pauls 1024 Feb 17 16:01 LR-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 pauls 1024 Mar 4 12:00 LR-1.espanol
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2512 Feb 17 16:01 README.lr
Love.and.Rage/LR-1:
total 203
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2512 Feb 17 16:01 README.lr1
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1719 Feb 17 16:00 abclist2.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2454 Feb 17 16:00 acoli.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1802 Feb 17 16:00 actup.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3999 Feb 17 16:00 afa.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 5329 Feb 17 16:00 alf.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 4193 Feb 17 16:00 alist.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2349 Feb 17 16:00 annonce.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 9655 Feb 17 16:00 antifare.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 450 Feb 17 16:00 ayfblurb.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1296 Feb 17 16:00 ayfbulg.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 322 Feb 17 16:00 burning.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2362 Feb 17 16:00 calnews.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 9558 Feb 17 16:00 changes.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1481 Feb 17 16:00 columbia.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 11198 Feb 17 16:00 copklan.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 4290 Feb 17 16:00 directac.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 425 Feb 17 16:00 discobul.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3950 Feb 17 16:00 fascnote.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1837 Feb 17 16:00 ferre.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2124 Feb 17 16:00 grjury.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1759 Feb 17 16:00 intercal.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1242 Feb 17 16:00 italyout.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1169 Feb 17 16:00 killtv.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 25028 Feb 17 16:01 letfeb.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 5129 Feb 17 16:01 march.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 4459 Feb 17 16:01 masthead.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 4166 Feb 17 16:01 mexcolon.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 7490 Feb 17 16:01 mumia.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2620 Feb 17 16:01 mxcronol.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2636 Feb 17 16:01 mxfemeng.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2612 Feb 17 16:01 n20spain.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1254 Feb 17 16:01 natoffen.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 4298 Feb 17 16:01 ogb.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 6614 Feb 17 16:01 pamove.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1159 Feb 17 16:01 patterso.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1301 Feb 17 16:01 politics.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1730 Feb 17 16:01 serbshot.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2114 Feb 17 16:01 serbwome.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2159 Feb 17 16:01 sidebar.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 9743 Feb 17 16:01 skin.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 16014 Feb 17 16:01 somalia.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3242 Feb 17 16:01 spain.txt
Love.and.Rage/LR-1.espanol:
total 70
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1535 Feb 27 13:34 abclist.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 4401 Feb 27 13:42 andres.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1304 Feb 27 13:58 casapaz.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1670 Feb 28 18:57 dom.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3529 Feb 28 18:58 ezcronol.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 6422 Feb 28 19:01 facnot.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 2282 Feb 28 19:02 madrid.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3445 Feb 28 19:03 mexoct.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3198 Feb 28 19:05 mxfems.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 1881 Feb 28 19:06 nigerisp.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 6338 Feb 28 19:07 presoper.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3006 Feb 28 19:10 spantifa.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 8716 Feb 28 19:13 sppolst.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 568 Feb 28 18:49 subsp.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 3430 Feb 28 19:16 suppgrps.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 5469 Feb 28 19:17 univerp2.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 4407 Feb 28 19:20 vcentmex.txt
Organized Thoughts (syndicalist)
uglymouse% ls -lR Organized.Thoughts
total 135
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 27170 Oct 30 22:27 ot.1
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 41047 Oct 30 22:27 ot.2
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 28427 Oct 30 22:27 ot.3
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 39215 Oct 30 22:28 ot.4
Spunk Press (Practical Anarchy Online, plus essays)
uglymouse% ls -lR Spunk
total 888
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 1317 Sep 16 12:10 README.practical.anarchy
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 57418 Feb 8 11:20 civil-disobedience
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 2401 Nov 20 11:43 durruti.interview
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 45211 Nov 25 09:49 pa-1.1
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 29776 Sep 16 12:12 pa-1.2
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 54321 Nov 24 13:34 pa-1.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 57609 Jan 19 11:37 pa-2.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 338712 Feb 8 11:25 probchild
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 24142 Jan 7 23:19 reading.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 262690 Feb 15 03:02 taz.doc
Stirner and Egoism
uglymouse% ls -lR Non.Serviam
total 29
drwxr-xr-x 2 pauls 1024 Jan 31 05:31 Stirner
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 5978 Dec 8 08:10 non.serviam-00
-rw-r--r-- 1 pauls 22507 Jan 21 10:52 non.serviam-01
Non.Serviam/Stirner:
total 553
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 659 Dec 1 14:17 README.Stirner
-r--r--r-- 1 pauls 555492 Dec 1 14:10 der.einzige.sea.hqx
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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