Chapter 1: A warning to students of all ages.
The school, the family, the factory, the barracks, and, by proxy, the hospital and the prison, have been the inevitable passages by which commodity society has bent to its profit the destiny of the so-called "human" being.
The government that this society exercises over human nature, which is still in love with the freedom of childhood, puts in their proper places the growth and happiness that precede -- and delay to diverse degrees -- the familial enclosure, the workshop or office, the military institution, the clinic, the houses of the condemned.
Has schooling lost the repulsive character that it had in the 19th and 20th centuries, when it broke spirits and bodies upon the... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
What shoals threaten the revolution of tomorrow?
The shoals that shattered yesterday’s: the deplorable popularity of bourgeois disguised as tribunes.
Ledru-Rollin, Louis Blanc, Crémieux, Lamartine, Garnier-Pagé, Dupont de l'Eure, Flocon, Albert, Arago, Marrast!
A dismal list! Sinister names written in blood letters on the paving stones of democratic Europe.
It’s the provisional government that killed the Revolution. It is upon its head that the responsibility for all these disasters, for the blood of so many thousands of victims must fall.
Reaction does nothing but its job in slitting democracy’s throat.
The crime is that of the traitors the trusting people accepted as guides, but who instead delivered ... (From: Marxists.org.)
The battery feels cold against my fingertops. I stop grubbing about in the desk drawer. Slowly the filter of the cigarette pastes itself onto my lips. The thread of steel wool from the workshop is diligently prepared with the eyes and the fit for the battery. Solemny I construct the smoldering gear. First at the positive pole. Important that the smoldering point, the eye, is proper. And so the other end follows at the negative pole. The smoldering appears quickly. Hurriedly the tobacco filled mouth of the cigarette meets the glowing eye. Puff. Puff. The cigarette is litten. The smell of burned metal, battery acid and tobacco smoke. It is past lockup. I'm really not the smoker type, I'm doing the snuff but then again the forbidden smoking ri... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
I. INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION
In 1883, when England, Germany, Austria, and Romania, taking advantage of the isolation of France, leagued themselves against Russia, and a terrible European war was about to blaze forth, we pointed out in the Révolté what were the real motives for rivalry among States and the wars resulting therefrom.
The reason for modern war is always the competition for markets and the right to exploit nations backward in industry. In Europe we no longer fight for the honor of kings. Armies are pitted against each other that the revenues of Messrs. Almighty Rothschild, of Schneider, of the Most Worshipful Company of Anzin, or of the most Holy Catholic Bank of Rome may remain unimpaired. Kings are no lo... (From: Anarchy Archives.)
Sigmund Freud’s seminal texts on psychoanalysis sealed his position as the unofficial father of modern psychology. Whilst not subscribing to any explicitly political weltanschauung – or world-view – the idea that the study of the individual psyche was inseparable from the social psychology of the group underpins his work. His theoretical analyzes of the unconscious mind and the concept of regression, libidinal development and its sublimation, the division of the mind into three antagonistic parts – Id, ego and superego, and the pleasure instincts and death drives inherent in all human beings are evidently attempts at explaining social phenomenon, currents and patterns of human behavior that run throughout the history... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
On July 6, fascists attempted to hold a “Demand Free Speech”[1] rally in Washington, DC. Anarchists and DC Black Lives Matter mobilized in response. Although the massive police presence hampered what anti-fascists could do, the fascist rally was not a success, confirming that anti-fascists have largely succeeded in thwarting the street-level fascist movement that many feared would emerge in the Trump era. The question, now, is how we can employ the tactics we have popularized in the anti-fascist movement—black blocs, de-platforming, and investigative research—in other movements and contexts.
Here, we offer a short report from DC on how previous mobilizations in DC have informed the strategies they employ today and a... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
“The remaining noticeable characteristic of ‘Che’ is his filth. He hates to wash and will never do so. He is filthy, even by the rather low standard of cleanliness prevailing among the Castro forces in the Sierra Maestra. Once in a while, “Che” would take some of his men to a stream or pool, in order that they might wash. On those occasions “Che” would never wash either himself or his clothes, but would sit on the bank and watch the others. He is really outstandingly and spectacularly dirty.”
— slanderous description of Che Guevara from the 1958 C.I.A. dossier
Even in the most anti-establishment of underground circles, I’m amazed by how frequently I hear people complain about... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
It is strange what time does to political causes. A generation ago it seemed to many American conservatives as if the opinions which Emma Goldman was expressing might sweep the world. Now she fights almost alone for what seems to be a lost cause; contemporary radicals are overwhelmingly opposed to her; more than that, her devotion to liberty and her detestation of government interference might be regarded as placing her anomalously in the same part of the political spectrum as the gentlemen of the Liberty League, only in a more extreme position at its edge. Yet in this article, which might be regarded as her last will and testament, she sticks to her guns. Needless to say, her opinions are not ours. We offer them as an exhibit of valiant co... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
South Salford Branch
On Sunday, March 11th we had our old comrade William Morris with us. In the
morning at Trafford Bridge he delivered an interesting and instructive address,
which was listened to by an enormous crowd. A strong wind prevailed, and thus
militated against effective out-door speaking, the the "Grand Old Man" of the
Socialist movement had previously stipulated that he should address one meeting
outside, and he was evidently determined to stick to his arrangements and defy
the elements. The highly successful meeting will doubtless afford him some
compensation for his kindly sacrifice.
In the afternoon comrade Morris addressed a public meeting in the large Free
Trade Hall, Manchaster. There was a large attendance,... (From: Marxists.org.)
Source: The Modern Quarterly, Fall 1938, pp. 16-20. Transcribed: by Thomas Schmidt Proofed: by Jonas Holmgren
The Questions
Did the Bolshevik Revolution achieve its proletarian objectives?
Is the dictatorship of the proletariat consonant with Party Dictatorship?
Can a proletarian State arise on the basis of the wage system, managed by a
Party-State? What constitutes the abolition of capitalism?
Does Lenin’s thesis that in the imperialist epoch the proletariat
alone can lead a revolution to complete the “Bourgeois task” claim
validity in view of the course pursued by Cardenas in Mexico, Kemal Pacha in
Turkey, etc.?
Viewed in retrospect, did the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks retard the
World Prolet... (From: Marxists.org.)
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