Is Black and Red Dead?

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Sydney, c. late 1970s, original emphasis. Nicolas Walter, “Has Anarchism Changed? Part Two Concluded,” Freedom, 10 July 1976, p.13. Both ‘carnival anarchism’ and ‘anarchist councilism’ were not original discoveries of the 1960s. As David Berry notes, many French anarchist communists in the late 1910s and early 1920s adhered to a “council anarchism” or “sovietism” David Berry, A History of the French Anarchist Movement 1917—1945, Westport: Greenwood Press, 2002, pp.47–72. Similarly, it is often claimed that classical council communists adopted anarchist views — for example, Philippe Bourrinet argues that in the 1930s and 1940s Dutch council communists, such as the Communistenbond, adopted a kind of ‘anarcho-councilism.’ Philippe Bourrinet, The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900—68), N.p.: Philippe Bour... (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Part 15, Chapter 3 : Hardt and Negri: Anarchists or (Post)Marxists?
Hardt and Negri: Anarchists or (Post)Marxists? David Bates Not available. (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Part 15, Chapter 2 : Post-Anarchism and Marxism
Post-Anarchism and Marxism Simon Choat Power and Subjectivity: A Critique of Post-Anarchism Prominent post-anarchists include Todd May, Saul Newman, and Lewis Call: they argue both that there is a continuum between classical anarchism and post-structuralism and that the latter can radicalize and reenergize the former. It is claimed by post-anarchists that whereas Marxism is economically reductionist and places its faith in the notion of a vanguard party of the industrial proletariat, both classical anarchism and post-structuralism advance a more subtle analysis of power in its own right, irreducible to the economy, and place their faith in resistance from below, opposing all forms of hierarchy. Classical anarchism is nonetheless criticized for retaining an essentialist concept of the human subject and for focusing too much on the power of the state. It is argued that post-structuralism, with its decentering of subjectivity and its deepenin... (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Part 15, Chapter 1 : Beyond the working-class: the politics of the excluded
Ideology and Post-Ideology 2 Beyond the working-class: the politics of the excluded Andy Robinson The intersection of “Black and Red” has historically occurred around the common feature of orientation to the working class and related ideas of socialist anti-capitalism. In this paper, I shall argue that the division of the working-class into included and excluded necessitates a new orientation to the excluded. The paper will begin by exploring how the question of the excluded drove a wedge between Bakunin and Marx, before looking at the growth of exclusion today and the types of social movement to which it gives rise. It will attempt to map a ‘politics of the excluded’ to inform the revitalization of anarchism and autonomous neo-Marxism while deepening the insights of Bakunin’s critique of Marx. Bakunin believes that people change their class position by becoming part of the state (excerpt 1) and fears a &lsquo... (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Part 14, Chapter 2 : Mayday magazine on Red and Black theoretical perspectives
Mayday magazine on Red and Black theoretical perspectives Trevor Bark Not available. (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Beyond ‘Red’ and ‘Black’: Publishing in the pursuit of libertarian socialism
Convergence Through Practice 3: Publishing Beyond ‘Red’ and ‘Black’: Publishing in the pursuit of libertarian socialism Jean Michel Kay The history of a political current can never be reduced to that of its organizations or to the study of its doctrine, unless it has never had the least influence outside itself. On the other hand, it is difficult to identify such a current when it has not built any permanent organization and has not produced a body of doctrine. Nonetheless, it is the surmise of such a current that we beg to offer as a research topic based on the story of an activist publisher from the 1930s on. What is surmised here is that at certain periods of French contemporary social history, and probably elsewh... (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Can Marxist and Anarchist explanations of the class struggle between Capitalists and workers be reconciled?
Can Marxist and Anarchist explanations of the class struggle between Capitalists and workers be reconciled? Peter Kennedy Not available. (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Beyond the Rainbow: Overcoming Dogma and Confusion in the Articulation of Revolutionary Theory and Practice
Beyond the Rainbow: Overcoming Dogma and Confusion in the Articulation of Revolutionary Theory and Practice Larry Portis Overcoming Dogma and Confusion in Revolutionary Theory and Practice: Red and Black in Historical Perspective A central question in contemporary revolutionary thinking is how to draw the best from past experience while overcoming political reflexes tied to debates that no longer (or should no longer) exist. Historical knowledge is absolutely necessary for informed thinking and acting, but partial historical understanding can perpetuate doctrinal disputes that further limit and rigidify perspectives. At the same time, partial knowledge of individual motivations— especially our own—can amplify the effects of the ... (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Red and Black Christians: Some Similarities and Differences between Liberation Theology and Christian Anarchism
Red and Black Christians: Some Similarities and Differences between Liberation Theology and Christian Anarchism Alex Christoyannopoulos Not available. (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)

Trotskysm and anarchism: possible coexistence in France?
Trotskysm and anarchism: possible coexistence in France? Mathieu Le Tallec Not available. (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)