Monthly Archives: July 2006

Some Notes on the Argentine Anarchist Movement in the Emergency

(From Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, fall, 2003) By Fernando López The social conflict that exploded in Argentina on the 19th and 20th of December 2001 is part of the crisis of legitimacy affecting Latin American political institutions and, in particular, … Continue reading

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New Argentine Social Movements: Logic and History

(From The New Formulation, winter-spring, 2004) Review by Fernando López Hipótesis 891. Más allá de los piquetes (Hypothesis 891: Beyond the Pickets) By Colectivo Situaciones and MTD de Solano Buenos Aires: De Mano en Mano, 2002 Genealogía de la revuelta. … Continue reading

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The New Anti-Imperialism

(From Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, fall, 2004) A review of: The New Imperialism by David Harvey (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003). Incoherent Empire by Michael Mann (New York: Verso Books, 2003). Bush in Babylon: The Recolonisation of Iraq by … Continue reading

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Resistencia Libertaria: Anarchist Opposition to the Last Argentine Dictatorship

(From The New Formulation, February, 2003) Interview by Chuck Morse A broad and popular resistance confronted the military dictatorships that strangled Latin America in the 1970s. Activists from diverse political tendencies fought back, in both organized and spontaneous ways, and … Continue reading

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Janet Biehl: Short Biography & Selected Works

(From Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, spring, 1998) Janet Biehl has always gone against the prevailing fashions. Born in 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio, she did not join the radical movements of the 1960′s like many of her peers. On the contrary, … Continue reading

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Radical Cities and Social Revolution: An Interview with Janet Biehl

(From Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, spring, 1998) The abstractness and programmatic emptiness so characteristic of contemporary radical theory indicates a severe crisis in the left. It suggests a retreat from the belief that the ideal of a cooperative, egalitarian society … Continue reading

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Theory of the Anti-Globalization Movement

(From The New Formulation, November, 2001)   Review by Chuck Morse Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity by Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith South End Press, 2000   Naming the Enemy: Anti-Corporate Movements Confront Globalization by Amory … Continue reading

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Testimonio

(From Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, fall, 2004) In the spring of 2003 The New Formulation published an interview with Fernando López about Resistencia Libertaria, a clandestine anarchist organization founded shortly before the Argentinean military seized power in 1976.(1) This organization … Continue reading

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An Anti-Authoritarian Response to the War Efforts

(From The New Formulation, November, 2001) Editorial note: the exceptional nature of the September 11th terror attacks and the consequent war seemed to merit a momentary departure from The New Formulation’ s book-review-only policy. September 21, 2001 Dear Comrades, We … Continue reading

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To Think that Power Will Dissolve by Itself is an Absurdity: Interview with Alfredo Vallota

(From Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, fall, 2003) Populist movements have always been a problem for Latin American anarchists. On the one hand, they seem to share goals that are dear to anarchists: they build mass, working class mobilizations, often articulate … Continue reading

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