A review of Carolyn Ashbaugh’s Lucy Parsons: American Revolutionary which debunks her claims that Lucy Parsons was not an anarchist. It also refutes her attempt to protray Emma Goldman as some sort of lifestyle anarchist, showing how she and Parsons shared a similar communist anarchist perspective. It appeared in Black Flag Anarchist Review Vol. 2 No. 1 (Spring 2022)
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Black Flag: Anarchist Review Autumn 2022 issue now out
The new issue of Black Flag: Anarchist Review is now available:
This year’s third issue is a special dedicated to the life and work of Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921) to mark the 180th anniversary of his birth. As such, the issue contains many rare English-language texts by Kropotkin along with newly translated articles from the French newspapers he was intimately associated with – Le Révolté, La Révolte and Les Temps Nouveaux. We are also happy to announce that we have secured translations of his prefaces to the 1902 and 1919 Russian editions of The Conquest of Bread. The articles and letters cover a range of subjects, from anarchism to war, from revolution to eugenics. In addition we include evaluations of Kropotkin’s ideas and legacy by leading libertarian activists like Rocker, Berneri, Goldsmith and Malatesta.
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Black Flag: Anarchist Review Summer 2022 issue now out
Black Flag: Anarchist Review Summer 2022 issue now out
The new issue of Black Flag: Anarchist Review is now available:
This issue includes articles on and by the Federalist wing of the First International, to mark the birth of revolutionary anarchism at the St. Imier Congress of the First International in 1872, as well as articles on and by Camillo Berneri and Errico Malatesta. We also discuss the formation of the 1922 syndicalist International Workers’ Association and include its first Information bulletin, itself an excellent introduction to the ideas of syndicalism. Malatesta is also subject of an article on national self-determination in light of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. We end by a long critical review of a Marxist collection about the First International, exposing its assumptions and prejudices.
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Black Flag: Anarchist Review Spring 2022 issue now out
The new issue of Black Flag: Anarchist Review is now available:
This issue includes articles on or by American anarchists Sam Dolgoff, Voltairine De Cleyre and Lucy Parsons, libertarian socialist Cornelius Castoriadis as well as an Anarchist Guide to the Communist Manifesto and a discussion of anarchist approaches to (political) elections.
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Tom Mann and British Syndicalism
Tom Mann (1856-1941) played a critical role in the industrial struggles of 1910-1914, better known as “the Great Unrest” or “the syndicalist revolt”. This article discusses his influence and ideas as well as his links to anarchism along with other aspects of British syndicalism during this period. It appeared in Black Flag Anarchist Review Vol. 1 No. 3 (Autumn 2021)
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