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Reply to Andy Price: On the Bookchin Debates of the 1990s and the Communist Pedagogical Tradition

By Spencer Sunshine I was very disappointed by Andy Price’s “Communalism or Caricature”, which appeared in the recent Anarchist Studies (v16, #1). Murray Bookchin was one of the most controversial anarchist figures in recent memory. The furious and often nasty … Continue reading

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Reply to Andy Price’s “Communalism or caricature”

By Chuck Morse Murray Bookchin dedicated his life to building a revolutionary challenge to the existing social order. He elaborated complex doctrines that pointed to a different future, he formed organizations to advocate for his ideas, and he tried to … Continue reading

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C.N. Tell: Praying the Hail Murray, Again

[EDITOR'S NOTE: this is a response to Andy Price's "Communalism or Caricature." I will post my own reply shortly. ~ Chuck Morse] – – – – – Praying the Hail Murray, Again By C.N. Tell Was Murray Bookchin perfect personally … Continue reading

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Communalism or caricature: patterns of Bookchin critique by Andy Price

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article by Andy Price reviews my Being a Bookchinite as well as Bookchin's posthumous, Social Ecology and Communalism. It appeared in the most recent issue of Anarchist Studies (Spring-Summer 2008). I post it here with permission … Continue reading

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Request for Proposals: Hacia Afuera, Public Art Festival

Located in East Harlem, Art for Change (AfC) encourages the advancement of progressive social change by using art as a catalyst for individual and collective reflection and action. Art for Change will be presenting Hacia Afuera, the first public art … Continue reading

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Illegitimate children of the Enlightenment: anarchists and the French Revolution, 1880-1914

I thought that the following new book looked interesting, particularly given the ongoing debates about the relationship of anarchism to the Enlightenment and the possibility of a postmodern anarchism. (The book is stupidly expensive and hard to find in any … Continue reading

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New Magazine: Resistance Studies

The first issue of Resistance Studies has just been made available online. You can find it in PDF format here and read a press release about the project here. The following is a summary of its content (provided by the … Continue reading

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Working with AK Press

I apologize to regular Negations readers for the lack of new posts recently. I certainly haven’t lost interest in this blog or run out of ideas, but I have been very busy with other things. I have been working hard … Continue reading

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In search of anarchist memory

Two historians remember and analyze Resistencia Libertaria, an anarchist group active in the 1970s whose members were largely “disappeared” by the state. Looking at its organizational methods and differences with other groups, they provide insight into this generally unknown period … Continue reading

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New Book: Resistencia libertaria

One could be excused for thinking that Latin American revolutionaries were all authoritarians in the 1960s and 1970s. Leading figures like Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and Savlador Allende were deeply committed to a state-centered, top down approach to social change … Continue reading

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