Workers Solidarity Movement

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

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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

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.

The Situationists are mostly known to anarchists as a group that had something to do with the May 1968 Paris Uprising. However, the Situationists played a relatively peripheral role in the disturbances. Although much of the graffiti that appeared around the city (some famous ones included : "Never Work" and "All Power to the Imagination") were taken from Situationist works, the group did not play a major role in initiating the revolt themselves.

This book is a collection of essays by and interviews on anarchism with the man who has recently been voted the most popular intellectual in the world, (not that he was very impressed by that!)

RESISTING WATER PRIVATISATION IN BOLIVIA & IRELAND

PUBLIC MEETING IN DUBLIN AND DERRY - NOVEMBER 25th & 26th

De pie por el agua - standing up for water!

A Talk by Ramor Ryan
Tuesday
15th of Nov.
Rm 4050a
7pm

Trinity Arts Block

Anarchists, in common with all radical proponents of social change are continually asked what their vision of a new society/economy is. What is the "Master Plan", the "Blueprint" that will be followed? We are justifiably wary of outlining any "Blueprint" for an anarchist society that would suggest that it is THE solution and should be followed to the letter - who would enforce this great master plan after all!?

For many people the 'civil war' within the Civil War that occurred in Spain between 1936-39 is a difficult business to understand. Not only were many different organisations involved, but it was set against the background of an even larger conflict that in itself was rife with brutality and betrayal. Although it appears at times to be an impossible quagmire to make sense of, Mick Parkin has succeeded admirably in his short novel To Live.

Issue 9 of Red and Black Revolution published Summer 2005.

The nomad, the displaced and the settler: Work in the 21st Century
Work in Ireland
After Nationalism
The Ghost of Mayday Past
Learning from May Day: Anti-Capitalist Strategy direct action, militancy and building the movement
Learning from May Day: Organisational Problems
Book Review: To Live
Book Review: Parecon: life after capitalism
Creating Solidarity in the Slums of Santiago

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