Tag Archives: anarchist history
Five Sisters: Women Against the Tsar-The Memoirs of Five Young Anarchist Women of the 1870s
“I left by the back door.” Praskovia Ivanovskaia-a quote chosen for its simplicity and also for its symbolism I have a soft spot for memoirs. While we may lose the intricacies of professional writing, a memoir more than makes up for it by … Continue reading
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Nestor Makhno–Anarchy’s Cossack: The Struggle for Free Soviets in the Ukraine 1917-1921
“Let us be dauntless to the point of madness.” Was Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Makhno an out-of-control bandit as Trotsky claimed, or was he a major significant force against both the White Russians and later the Bolsheviks? The phenomenal book Nestor … Continue reading
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War and Revolution: The Hungarian Anarchist Movement in WWI and the Budapest Commune by Martyn Everett
“The state apparatus began to fall apart under pressure from below.” War and Revolution: The Hungarian Anarchist Movement in World War I and the Budapest Commune written by Martyn Everett is a 28-page booklet that provides an overview of the … Continue reading
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The Iron Column: Testament of a Revolutionary by Elias Manzanera
“We know the drawbacks to militarism.” In the 36 page pamphlet The Iron Column: Testament of a Revolutionary author Elias Manzanera recalls the historic significance of the “famous (or notorious) anarchist militia unit”–the Iron Column. Manzanera fought in the Iron … Continue reading
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Emilio Canzi: An Anarchist Partisan in Italy and Spain by Paolo Finzi (and others)
“Ah, Canzi never made a move without his dog.” Emilio Canzi: an Anarchist Partisan in Italy and Spain by Paolo Finzi (and others) is a 50-page pamphlet from Kate Sharpley Library. The pamphlet is one of an ongoing series of … Continue reading
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To Remember Spain: The Anarchist and Syndicalist Revolution of 1936 by Murray Bookchin
To Remember Spain: The Anarchist and Syndicalist Revolution of 1936 by Murray Bookchin is a slim volume that contains two essays. In the first essay, An Overview of the Spanish Libertarian Movement, the author argues that many misconceptions still reign … Continue reading
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A Call to Manhood by Guy Aldred
“There are opposite views of duty.” If I had to sum up the extraordinary life of tenacious Glasgow anarchist, founder of Strickland Press, Guy Aldred in one sentence, it would be that he could not tolerate injustice. In the collection of … Continue reading
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The Voltairine De Cleyre Reader by A.J. Brigati
“Is it a wonder that most of them came out anarchists?” The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader, edited by Professor A.J. Brigati, is a collection of the work of the American female anarchist. The book’s preface by Barry Pateman provides an … Continue reading
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The Walsall Anarchists: Trapped by the Police–The Truth About the Walsall Plot by David Nicoll
“One would have thought that the address of a gentleman who has repeatedly incited people to use dynamite, who supplied a young boy with the materials for explosives, and got up a conspiracy for which men have been sentenced to … Continue reading
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With Fates Conspire by John Taylor Caldwell
“Mr. Aldred called the Labour Party a crowd of crooks and the Tories a bag of tricksters. He said he had spent his life trying to sweep away the rubbish of capitalism.” With Fates Conspire: Memoirs of a Glasgow Seafarer … Continue reading
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