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Workers Solidarity 90 - 2006
Date: Fri, 2006-02-03 14:10
Issue 90 if the Irish anarchist paper Workers Solidarity for Jan/Feb of 2006
Anarchy's Cossak Nestor Makhno - Review
Date: Wed, 2006-02-01 15:13
The Makhnovists were a libertarian movement, deeply rooted in the traditions of anarchist-communism, that developed an experience of revolutionary changes in the economic and political structures of the backwarded Ukrainian society.
Environmentalism, Class and Community
Date: Wed, 2006-02-01 15:12
The economic boom in Ireland and the construction boom that has come alongside it has led to a growth in the importance of environmental campaigns. There has frequently been a large gap between the environmentalists involved in such campaigns and the left - including anarchists. Sean, one of the 'Carrickminders' and now a member of the WSM gives his view on what can be learnt from the recent struggles. Capitalism in Ireland is certainly booming. The country in profit based terms has seen unprecedented growth. This growth is illustrated on the great barometer of Capitalism- GDP (Gross domestic product) which has increased each year since 1991.
Red and Black Revolution 10
Date: Wed, 2006-02-01 15:11
Issue 10 of the WSM magazine Red and Black Revolution published Autumn 2005
Interview: Looking Back On The Battle of The Bins and Lessons Learnt
Communism: What’s In A Word
Enviromentalism: Class and Community Struggle
Book Review: Anarchy’s Cossak; a review of the latest book on Makhno
Situationism and Anarchism
A New Direction For The Zapatistas
Looking back on the battle of the Bins & the Lessons Learnt - Interview
Date: Wed, 2006-02-01 15:11
The campaign against the bin charges was one of the largest organised mass movements of resistance to the state in recent years. Local organising groups popped up across the city. It climaxed in the winter of 2003, with the jailings of numerous activists in quick succession. Here we talk to Dermot Sreenan, a member of the WSM who has been a prominent activist in the campaign from the off.
A New Direction For The Zapatistas
Date: Wed, 2006-02-01 15:11
Over the summer of 2005 the Zapatistas surprised their supporters by suddenly declaring a Red Alert out of the blue. After a couple of days of near panic it emerged that this was just because they were undergoing a consulta (a discussion and referendum) which would decide on a new path for the movement. This new path is to once more turn outwards and to aim to build a new alliance across Mexico and beyond
Communism: What's In A Word?
Date: Wed, 2006-02-01 15:10
This article opens by looking at how the meaning of communism as opposed to socialism evolved in the late nineteenth century and closes with a look at how this applies to the free software movement today. The terms socialism and communism appear in England around the 1820s as terms adopted by members of the cooperative movement who were sick of hearing their politics referred to as "Owenism". Originally the two terms were undifferentiated but by the 1840s communism was used by revolutionaries to differentiate themselves from reformists such as J.S.Mill who had adopted socialism to cover an indigestible mess of reformisms.
Anarchism and a moneyless economy
Date: Tue, 2006-01-31 14:25
Anarchists are usually pretty good at listing the things we are against: capitalism, racism, religious sectarianism, authoritarianism and so on. We are usually pretty good at explaining how best to struggle: direct democracy and mass direct action.
Where we often fall down is in explaining what we want at the end of the day, and convincing our listeners that it is a realistic alternative rather than a utopian pipe dream.
1st Dublin Anarchist Bookfair - 2006
Date: Sun, 2006-01-29 15:56
The first Dublin anarchist bookfair was held in the Nicholas Myra community hall in the Liberties. Much of the information below was retrieved from the blogspot used to promote that bookfair.