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Starry Wisdom
tbh i'd love to see the german military intelligence files on lenin and hitler, tho i suppose the soviets eviscerated the lenin files after 1945
Does Lenin have anything useful to say
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Kevbad the Bad
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There's a thread on WW1 which gives an indication of just how widespread opposition to the war was, all over the globe. Kropotkin and a handful of Russian emigres were pro-war, as were many French anarchists once the war started, but overall the vast majority of anarchists opposed the war. So too very many socialists and others.
Yeah OK, I'll have a look at that. But as I remember the big social democratic parties were all lining up behind the war effort with a few figures resisting.
Kropotkin's position on the First World War was awful. But I think his economic ideas (as expressed in the Conquest of Bread and Fields, Factories and Workshops), though somewhat dated now, are good and he is still worth reading today. There are other great parts of The Conquest of Bread too, such as the bit about Free Agreement and Our Riches, and the Need for Luxury and others.
A more up to date book to read on anarchism though would be Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin (a more modern version of the breadbook I guess). I also rate Kropotkin's Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, and other stuff he wrote. Theres just some great, thoughtful pieces of writing in The Conquest of Bread though and it doesn't just refer to peasants in rural areas. Memoirs of a Revolutionist is also a good read.
A more up to date book to read on anarchism though would be Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin (a more modern version of the breadbook I guess). I also rate Kropotkin's Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, and other stuff he wrote. Theres just some great, thoughtful pieces of writing in The Conquest of Bread though and it doesn't just refer to peasants in rural areas. Memoirs of a Revolutionist is also a good read.
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Nigel
For A Degenerates' Workers State
Apart from ACG are there any credible 'serious' Anarchist Communist groups/publications/website in Britain?
Even collectives around publications such as Aufheben appear to have gone a bit loopy (at least Europhile) and many others through identity politics and intersectionality divisively with pseudo science have gone down the road of, 'emperors new clothes',
Nigel
For A Degenerates' Workers State
Wasn't he in regular correspondence with Lenin right up until his death.
Major faux pas was his position on WW1, once being part of officer class may have had some influence on this subject, apart from that can't see much wrong with Kropotkin, although Malatesta's critique of him is sound.
What else did he say or do that was so bad?
Theres the Angry Workers and Sol Fed (though I think Sol Fed have shrunk considerably and are only really active in one or two cities I think - possibly three).
Then there are the syndicalist type radical independent unions such as UVW and IWGB (not sure they really count as strictly anarchist tbh).
Ofcourse SolFed are technically anarcho-syndicalist not anarchist communist.
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Serge Forward
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Aye, outside of the ACG (and we're still relatively new and small), as far as organisations here in Britain go, I'm inclined to agree... which is a real shame.
Edit: what Count Cuckula said... yes, there's some decent stuff from Angry Workers. Not sure what SolFed's up to these days. Either way, it's still sparse.
Nigel
For A Degenerates' Workers State
DAM/Solfed are still anarcho syndicalist aren't they?
Angry Workers sounds good; i'll give it a butcher's hook.
Btw, while we're on the subject of independent syndicalist type unions I feel inclined to give a shout out to this lot. They don't get mentioned often enough and they've been good, effective organizers. Also, when I worked I used to be a cleaner, so I have a kind of soft spot for them:
Nigel
For A Degenerates' Workers State
Thanks Count CuckulaBtw, while we're on the subject of independent syndicalist type unions I feel inclined to give a shout out to this lot. They don't get mentioned often enough and they've been good, effective organizers. Also, when I worked I used to be a cleaner, so I have a kind of soft spot for them:
No problem, you're welcome.Thanks Count Cuckula
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Starry Wisdom
You can learn a lot about insults from lenin
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Starry Wisdom
They've been loopy for many years
I get what you are saying but would you really want to endure Mein Kampf though? One hell of a boring book, I'm not convinced that anyone has ever made it to the end of that one. I have read Lenin in the past, but can't be arsed these days. It just doesn't interest me.
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I found Lenin's olden days insults very comical.
Yes they are
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Although not what you'd call orthodox anarcho syndicalists last time I looked (and I say this positively).
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Yeah, SolFed have some decent local groups but they don't write too much nowadays, and they seem to have swung in the direction of having more local content - so the national site seems half-dead (and the site seems to be down at the moment), but Leeds and Liverpool local groups have decent pages - I would assume Brighton too but that also seems to be down right now. And it seems like they don't have a London group these days, which is a bit concerning.
The other grassroots unions are good things but definitely not anarcho (I guess IWW and UVW are closest, IWGB less so), more "the sort of things anarchos should be supporting". And none of them really write much, which is fine if they have other priorities I suppose?
Angry Workers would probably also tell you off for calling them anarchists, but they write enough to make up for everyone else. Publications-wise, Freedom is a mixed bag, but some of what they publish is good. Other than that, it is a bit bleak... there's Autonomy News, at the more "direct action activist/Biji Rojava" end of things?
The other grassroots unions are good things but definitely not anarcho (I guess IWW and UVW are closest, IWGB less so), more "the sort of things anarchos should be supporting". And none of them really write much, which is fine if they have other priorities I suppose?
Angry Workers would probably also tell you off for calling them anarchists, but they write enough to make up for everyone else. Publications-wise, Freedom is a mixed bag, but some of what they publish is good. Other than that, it is a bit bleak... there's Autonomy News, at the more "direct action activist/Biji Rojava" end of things?
ska invita
back on the other side
Just tried to read this.. Unreadable imo .. 90 % of the book is endless out of date stats.I've heard
Is good on the relationship of capitalism, war and imperialism... I've only ever read a summary, but sounds about right. That's short in the original
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism - Wikipedia
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I think someone else's summary of the book is more than enough
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