Monthly Archives: September 2008

This talk was probably part of a debate at a conference of the Irish anarchist groups (WSM, Organise, Class War) in 1994.  We are living in a time of great change for the left. For this century the left has been identified with social-democracy (Labour, WP etc.) who saw socialism as being introduced through a […]

The Zapatista rebellion of 1994 has become the 90’s equivalent of the Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions. It has excited the imagination of a layer of active young. The balaclava and pipe toting Marcos is becoming the same sort of visual icon that the bearded and beret wearing Ché was 30 years earlier. And perhaps it […]

We wanted this debate today (WSM Ideas & Action 31 March 2001) because we recognise that we share a considerable number of points of departure with those who advocate local sustainable development from an environmental rather then a nationalistic perspective. The idea for the session came out of a discussion I was having a couple […]

Credit crunch? Crunch capital! Why the stock market is a crazy way to organise an economy.

Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor of the Social Sciences Review of an excellent book on the weaknesses of neo-classical economics.

Why working class people need not pay the price of the mistakes of capital.

A short critique of a sadly typical Leninist account of Bakunin by a leading member of the British SWP.

A 60 minute recording of a talk and discussion on the Chinese revolution and the Chinese anarchist movement. It’s available here as google video, mp4 and mp3 formats, the first two are preferred as the viewer will then be able to see the images referenced during the talk.   

An analysis of the attacks on French public sector strikes in 2007. The irony of supporters of capitalism urging a levelling down, at least for workers.

When change means more of the same. On Sarkozy’s election and claims that his is a French Thatcher.