,REVIEW ( ,:AT IS ,AN>*ISM BY ,ALEX&] ,B]KMAN 

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,AU?OR 3 ,IA9 ,MC,KAY 

,TEXT 3 

,:AT IS ,AN>*ISM8 ,ALEX&] ,B]KMAN1 ,A,K ,PRESS 

,ALEX&] ,B]KMAN'S 0,:AT IS ,AN>*ISM80 IS SIMPLY ONE ( ! BE/ 9TRODUCTIONS TO ! IDEAS ( :AT IS (T5 CALL$ CLASS /RUGGLE AN>*ISM 7OR COMMUNI/ AN>*ISM1 AS IT WAS CALL$ 9 #aibg :5 ! BOOK WAS ORIG9ALLY WRITT574 ,B]KMAN HAD BE5 AN ACTIVE AN>*I/ MILITANT 9 ,AM]ICA = OV] #be YE>S & ?IS BOOK SUMM>IZES ! IDEAS & IDEALS :I* DROVE ?AT ACTIVISM4 

,DRAW+ UPON HIS EXP]I5CES 9 ! LABOR & UNEMPLOY$ MOVEM5TS AS WELL AS HIS TIME 9 REVOLUTION>Y ,RUSSIA1 ,B]KMAN'S BOOK IS AN EXCELL5T & V]Y READABLE ACC\NT ( ! BASICS ( AN>*ISM4 ,DESPITE BE+ NE>LY #h YE>S OLD1 HIS WORK IS REM>KABLY UNDAT$4 ,HIS ACC\NT ( ! 9JU/ICES ( CAPITALISM & ! /ATE >E AS APPLICABLE TODAY AS !Y W]E !N4 ,HE DISCUSSES ! ROOTS ( W>1 UNEMPLOYM5T & 9JU/ICE 9 ! CAPITALI/ SY/EM &1 MORE IMPORTANTLY1 PO9TS TO ! MEANS ( 5D+ !M4 ,ALONG ! WAY1 HE REFUTES V>I\S FALSE SOLUTIONS4 ,HIS *APT] ON SOCIALISM1 = EXAMPLE1 %\LD BE READ BY EV]Y RADICAL :O ?9KS ELECTIONE]+ IS A GOOD TACTIC4 ,SIMIL>LY1 HIS DISCUSSION ( ! ,RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IS AN EXCELL5T SUMM>Y ( :Y IT W5T WRONG4 ,& EV]Y WORK] %\LD READ HIS ACC\NT ( ! FAIL+S ( ! TRADE UNIONS4 ,AS A TRADE UNIONI/ ,I KN[ HIS ACC\NT ( ! SECTIONALISM & BUREAUCRATIC NATURE ( ! TRADE UNIONS IS AS RELEVANT TODAY AS :5 IT WAS WRITT5 7AS >E HIS S5SIBLE & PRACTICAL RECOMM5DATIONS = ! LABOR MOVEM5T74 

,AT ! CORE ( ! BOOK IS A CONCISE & WELL >GU$ CASE = AN>*ISM4 ,HE REFUTES MANY ( ! USUAL /RAW M5 >GUM5TS AGA9/ \R IDEAS 7IS AN>*ISM VIOL5T8 >5'T AN>*I/S AGA9/ ORGANIZATION8 DOESN'T EQUALITY MEAN WE BECOME ID5TICAL8 & O!R SU* NONS5SE74 ,HE /RESSES ?AT *ANGE CAN ONLY COME FROM BEL[1 FROM ! CLASS /RUGGLE4 ,HE REIT]ATES ! PO9T ?AT WE1 ! WORK+ CLASS1 HAVE ! P[] TO *ANGE SOCIETY4 ,HE EXPLA9S :Y REVOLUTION IS NECESS>Y & :AT IT C\LD 9VOLVE4 ,HE /RESSES ?AT ANY REVOLUTION WILL BE WORK ( ! OPPRESS$1 ( ! WORK+ CLASS ORGANIZ$ 9 !IR [N CLASS ORGANIZATIONS4 ,AS HE PUTS IT1 0! /R5G? ( ! REVOLUTION0 LIES 09 ! SUPPORT ( ! PEOPLE0 :5 0!Y FEEL ?AT !Y !MSELVES >E MAK+ ! REVOLUTION1 ?AT !Y HAVE BECOME MA/]S ( !IR LIVES1 ?AT !Y HAVE GA9$ FRE$OM & >E BUILD+ UP !IR WELF>E40 ,FROM HIS EXP]I5CES 9 ,L59'S ,RUSSIA1 HE ADDS 0DEPRIVE ! PEOPLE ( P[] BY SETT+ UP SOME AU?ORITY OV] !M 444 & Y\ HAVE DEALT A FATAL BL[ TO ! REVOLUTION4 ,Y\ WILL HAVE ROBB$ IT ( ITS MA9 S\RCE ( /R5G?1 ! MASSES40 ,SADLY1 MO/ REVOLUTION>IES 9 ! ,U,K HAVE NOT LE>N$ ?AT LESSON & /ILL SUBSCRIBE TO ,L59ISM4 ,HOPEFULLY1 SOME WILL READ ,B]KMAN'S BOOK & LE>N ! ]RORS ( !IR WAYS 7OR1 AT LEA/1 READ HIS *APT] ON ! 0,DEF5SE ( ! ,REVOLUTION0 & /OP ASS]T+ AN>*I/S DON'T REALIZE A REVOLUTION NE$S DEF5D+674 

,HIS SKET* ( :AT A COMMUNI/ AN>*I/ SOCIETY W\LD LOOK LIKE IS BRIEF1 BUT CONV9C+4 ,A DEC5TRALIZ$1 FREE SOCIETY :]E WE WORK TOGE!R AS EQUALS & %>E ! RI*ES ( ! WORLD IS AN 9SPIR+ GOAL4 ,:ILE HE DOES /RESS 7LIKE ,KROPOTK97 ?AT ANY REVOLUTION WILL FACE ECONOMIC DISRUPTION 7&1 CORRECTLY1 RECOMM5DS DEC5TRALIZATION AS A SOLUTION7 HIS ACC\NT ( ! IMM$IATE 9TRODUCTION ( LIB]T>IAN COMMUNISM SEEMS SOME:AT UNREALI/IC4 ,NO REVOLUTION1 NOT EV5 ! ,SPANI% ) ITS DECADES ( AN>*I/ PROPAG&A1 SAW ! K9D ( REVOLUTION ,B]KMAN >GUES =4 ,OBVI\SLY1 AS A GOAL TO AIM = HE IS CORRECT BUT ,B]KMAN UND]E/IMATES ! PROBLEMS A REVOLUTION ?R[S 9TO ! PA? ( A*IEV+ IT4 ,WE %\LD BE AW>E ?AT NO REVOLUTION EV] DEVELOPS EXACTLY AS WE W\LD HOPE & WE MU/1 !RE=E1 HE PREP>$ = ?IS & NOT FALL 9 DOGMATISM 7& ! RESULT+ AU?ORIT>IANISM ?AT W\LD 9EVITABLY PRODUCE7 4 ,H[EV]1 COMP>$ TO ,M>XISM HIS ACC\NT ( A REVOLUTION & ! PROBLEMS IT WILL FACE IS EXTREMELY REALI/IC AS >E1 9 ! MA91 HIS SUGGE/IONS4 

,( C\RSE1 ! BOOK %[S ITS AGE4 ,!RE IS NO DISCUSSION ( ECOLOGY1 = EXAMPLE4 ,SIMIL>LY1 !RE IS NO DISCUSSION ( ! CAUSES ( SEXISM1 RACISM & HOMOPHOBIA & H[ TO 5D !M4 ,YET 9 SPITE ( ?IS1 ! BOOK IS AS FRE% & P[]FUL AS ! DAY IT WAS WRITT54 ,A TRUE AN>*I/ CLASSIC4 ,= TOO LONG1 ,B]KMAN'S WORK HAS ONLY BE5 AVAILABLE 9 TWO VOLUMES3 0,A,B,C ( ,AN>*ISM0 BY ,FRE$OM ,PRESS & 0,:AT IS ,COMMUNI/ ,AN>*ISM80 BY ,PH5IX ,PRESS4 ,A,K ,PRESS %\LD BE CONGRATULAT$ 9 REPR9T+ ,B]KMAN'S CLASSIC 9TRODUCTION TO AN>*ISM 9 ITS FULL GLORY4 

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