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Libertarian Socialism
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  1. Anarchism vs. Marxism: A few notes on an old theme
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1978
    Anarchist critiques of Marxism typically reveal a lack of knowledge of what Karl Marx actually wrote, resulting in sterile denunciations of a straw-man opponent.
  2. As We Don't See It
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A clarification of Solidarity London's 1968 pamphlet, "As We See It." Distinction is placed between real socialism and the "exploitative privileged minorities" who controll(ed) the USSR and China, as well as the importance of controlling the means of production.
  3. Bakunin vs. Marx
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1978
    The anarchist-Marxist split started with Bakunin, who systematically misrepresented Marx's positions.
  4. Bureau of Public Secrets
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Articles from a Situationist perspective.
  5. Chomsky for Beginners
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1996
  6. Collective Reinventions
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Focusing on contemporary social movements in Mexico.
  7. Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1994
    A short and selective list of resources on issues addressed in the Connexions Annual, such as environment, education, peace, interntional development, women's issues, urban issues, housing, human rights, civil liberties, social change.
  8. The Crisis of Dialectical Materialism and Libertarian Socialism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1977
    Libertarian socialism is defined first and foremost by the negation of political authoritarianism and theoretical determinism.
  9. Critical distance (Bean)
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1979
    Letter: anarchists must make a choice.
  10. Diemer.ca
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A left-wing perspective with articles and the Radical Digressions blog.
  11. Fredy Perlman: An Appreciation
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    The same energy which helped Fredy to describe the horrors of civilization made it possible for him to summon up the forces of life and expectations of hope.
  12. Ideas and Action
    Periodical profile published 1981

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1981
    Archive of some articles published in Ideas and Action, a radical paper published by the Workers Solidarity Alliance from 1981 to 1997.
  13. Interview with Ulli Diemer
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1990
    Jeff Orchard interviews Ulli Diemer about socialism, capitalism, life, and social change.
  14. Introduction to the Red Menace
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1976
    An introduction to, and the mission statement of, the libertarian socialist publication, The Red Menace.
  15. Introduction to this issue (#3)
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1978
  16. Libcom.org
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Resource for all people who wish to improve their lives, their communities and their working conditions. We want to discuss with one another, learn from experiences of the past and develop strategies to increase the power that we, as ordinary people, have over our own lives.
  17. Libertarian Socialism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1977
    There must be a revolt against bureaucracy - the predominant trend of societal organization.
  18. Libertarian Worker
    Poland: An Anarchist Viewpoint - Periodical profile published 1980
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1980
    This issue of Lbertarian Worker forcuses on the events of 1980 in Poland. One articile also discusses feminist theory and anarchist feminism.
  19. Marxists Internet Archive
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
  20. On Organization
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Discusses the democratic organizational forms appropriate to libertarian socialist organizations.
  21. An ongoing debate
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1978
    The Red Menace is meant to be a forum of dissenting views withing the broadly defined boundaries of libertarian socialism.
  22. Pannekoek and Gorter's Marxism
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1978
  23. A Political Statement of the Libertarian Socialist Collective
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1979
  24. Radical Digressions 1
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2006
  25. Radical Priorities
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1981
  26. The Red Menace
    A libertarian socialist newsletter

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1980
    Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, and terrorism.
  27. Redefining Revolution
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1975
  28. Revolution Re-Assessed
    Politics of Human Liberation

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1980
    The political objectives and beliefs of the Australian-based Libertarian Socialist Organisation.
  29. Solidarity As We See It
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1967
    Ten Points on Solidarity's Socialist position - the compromised nature of the "Bolsheviks" and trade unions, the need to "build from below," the desire to see themselves as "merely an instrument of working class action."
  30. The Two Souls of Socialism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1970
    Socialism from Above vs. Socialism from Below.
  31. What is Libertarian Socialism?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1977
    Revolution is a collective process of self-liberation: people and societies are transformed through their struggles for freedom and for a better world.
  32. What is The Red Menace?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1977
    About The Red Menace, a libertarian socialist publication.

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