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  1. Anarchism: Ideology or Methodology?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1997
    A discussion of whether anarchism is an ideology or a methodology. The social vs. lifestylism debate.
  2. Anarchism vs. Marxism: A few notes on an old theme 
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First 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.
  3. Bakunin vs Marx
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1979
    The debates between Bakunin and Marx transcend petty personal squabbles and embody two diametrically opposed tendencies in the theory and tactics of socialism, the authoritarian and libertarian schools respectively.
  4. Bakunin vs. Marx 
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1978
    The anarchist-Marxist split started with Bakunin, who systematically misrepresented Marx's positions.
  5. Beyond the Fragments 
    Feminism and the Making of Socialism
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1979   Published: 1980
    A call for various fractions of the left to unite and work for a socialism through grass-roots activism.
  6. Bookchin on Technology
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1978
    Murray Bookchin’s arguments for a liberatory technology.
  7. Boxcar Bertha: An Autobiography
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1989
    Memoirs of a woman who lived as a hobo and anarchist.
  8. Bureau of Public Secrets 
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Articles from a Situationist perspective.
  9. Chomsky for Beginners
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1996
    An introduction to the life and works of Noam Chomsky.
  10. The Crisis of Dialectical Materialism and Libertarian Socialism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1977
    Libertarian socialism is defined first and foremost by the negation of political authoritarianism and theoretical determinism.
  11. Directory of Libertarian Periodicals
    5th Edition
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1989
  12. 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.
  13. From Prince to Rebel
    Peter Kropotkin
    Resource Type: Book
  14. The Ghost of Anarcho-Syndicalism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1992
    The danger of modern anarchists of falling into the trap of anarcho-syndicalism.
  15. Infoshop.org
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Large well-organized site with information of interest to anarchists, anti-authoritarians, and other activists.
  16. International Blacklist 1983
    An Anti-Authoritarian Directory
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1983
    An International directory of anti-authoritarian groups and publications. P. 123 has a list of documentation centres on anarchism. P. 139 has publishing houses and disributors.
  17. Interview with Ulli Diemer
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1990
    Jeff Orchard interviews Ulli Diemer about socialism, capitalism, life, and social change.
  18. Left-libertarianism
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A doctrine that has a strong commitment to personal liberty and egalitarianism.
  19. Libertarian socialism
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A group of political philosophies that aspire to create a society without political, economic, or social hierarchies, i.e. a society in which all violent or coercive institutions would be dissolved, and in their place every person would have free, equal access to the tools of information and production.
  20. Marxismo Libertario
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Lecturas para la Emancipacion del Proletariado.
  21. Paul Goodman: Writing on the Web
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Writings of the social critic Paul Goodman.
  22. A Political Statement of the Libertarian Socialist Collective
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1979
    The socialist perspective, as we see it, implies a total critique of human society as it is presently constituted. Socialism means a total transformation of life and social institutions - a project of collective self-transformation.
  23. The Politics of Urban Liberation
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1978
  24. Radical Digressions 1
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    First Published: 1973   Published: 1979
  25. Radical Priorities
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1981
    A broad range of subjects is covered with a view to alerting people about the problems humanity is facing, and possible solutions we can undertake. What is particularly significant about this collection is that C.P. Otero lucidly presents an analysis and overview of Chomsky’s social and political philosophy. For the first time the roots of Chomsky’s politics are examined and the relationship to his theory of linguistics demonstrated.
  26. The Red Menace 
    A libertarian socialist newsletter
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1975   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. Red Pepper
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Independent magazine of the green and radical left.
  28. '68: The Year of the Barricades 
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1988
    Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening around the world.
  29. The Socialist Register 1979
    A Survey of Movements & Ideas
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1979
    A series of essays on the state of the global economy.
  30. Sydney Libertarianism
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A loosely shared perspective which developed a highly original and rigorously argued social theory in post-war Australia. Drawing on Australian philosopher John Anderson and elements of Marx, Sorel, Pareto, Reich, Max Nomad and classical anarchism, Libertarianism refused to map out future utopias, but advocated permanent opposition to all elites, new and old and criticisms of illusions and servility from an anti-activist, pluralist view.
  31. The TAZ - Anarchy on the Web
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Links to anarchist resources.
  32. Vanguard: A Libertarian Communist Journal
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A monthly libertarian communist journal published in New York from 1932-1939.
  33. What is Libertarian Socialism? 
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First 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.

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