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ANARCHISM
A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas
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Anarchism
ADocumentaryHistoryofLibertarianIdeas
RobertGraham
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A N A R C H I S M
A Documentary History
of Libertarian Ideas
Volume Three
The New Anarchism
1974–2012
robert graham
Montreal/NewYork/London
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Contents
preface / ix
acknowledgments / xii
chapter 1: toward an anarchist politics
DavidGraeber:TheNewAnarchists(2002) / 1
MadridDeclaration:ForaNewLibertarianism(2001) / 11
TheGauchoAnarchistFederation:Especifismo(2000) / 20
AlfredoErrandonea:Anarchisminthe21stCentury(2001) / 25
DimitriRoussopoulos:ThePoliticsofNeo-Anarchism(2012) / 31
chapter 2: libertarian democracy
DavidGraeber:DemocracyandConsensus(2004) / 45
EduardoColombo:OnVoting / 49
AmedeoBertolo:LibertarianDemocracy(1999) / 53
AndrewFlood:AssembliesAretheRevolution(2011) / 61
chapter 3: revolutionary action
MurrayBookchin:FromDirectActiontoDirectDemocracy(1979-82) / 65
HakimBey:TemporaryAutonomousZones(1985) / 68
LucBonet:BeyondtheRevolutionaryModel(2005) / 73
AndreaPapi:ViolenceandAnti-Violence(2004) / 80
BenjaminFranks:TheDirectActionEthic(2003) / 85
A.G.Schwarz:TheRevoltinGreece(2010) / 90
CrimethInc:TheEgyptianRevolution(2012) / 93
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chapter 4: the state
HaroldBarclay:AnarchyandStateFormation(2003) / 99
AlanRitter:Anarchy,LawandFreedom(1980) / 113
AlanCarter:TheLogicofStatePower(2000) / 119
JeffFerrell:AgainsttheLaw:AnarchistCriminology(1998) / 130
UriGordon:Israel,PalestineandAnarchistDilemmas(2007) / 135
chapter 5: technology and power
CampaignAgainsttheModelWestGermany:TheNuclearState(1979) / 139
DavidWatson:NuclearPower(1979) / 144
C.GeorgeBenello:PuttingtheReinsonTechnology(1982) / 151
BrianTokar:Biotechnology(2003) / 154
chapter 6: anarchy and ecology
MurrayBookchin:TowardanEcologicalSociety(1974) / 161
NoamChomsky:HumanNatureandHumanFreedom(1975) / 169
GrahamPurchase:AnarchismandBioregionalism(1997) / 171
ChaiaHeller:EcologyandDesire(1999) / 176
PeterMarshall:LiberationEcology(2007) / 180
chapter 7: personal liberation
AlanMandell:Anti-PsychiatryandtheSearchforAutonomy(1979) / 186
RossellaDiLeo:OntheOriginsofMaleDomination(1983) / 192
NicoleLaurin-Frenette:TheStateFamily/TheFamilyState(1982) / 202
ArianeGransac:Women’sLiberation(1984) / 212
CarolePateman:TheSexualContract(1988) / 217
JamieHeckert:EroticAnarchy(2006) / 224
chapter 8: anarchy and culture
BaJin:AgainstthePowersthatBe(1984) / 234
RichardSonn:CultureandAnarchy(1994) / 238
MaxBlechman:TowardanAnarchistAesthetic(1994) /239
EdwardS.Herman:ThePropagandaModel—ARetrospective(2003) / 244
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chapter 9: anti-capitalism
BrianMartin:CapitalismandViolence(2001) / 253
NormandBaillargeon:FreeMarketLibertarianism(2001) / 261
PeterMarshall:AnarchismandCapitalism(1993) / 266
InterprofessionalWorkers’Union:RussianCapitalism(1999) / 270
chapter 10: libertarian alternatives
GrahamPurchase:GreenAnarcho-Syndicalism(1995) / 283
MurrayBookchin:MunicipalControl(1986) / 289
KevinCarson:MutualismReconsidered(2007) / 292
AdamBuickandJohnCrump:TheAlternativetoCapitalism(1986) / 297
LucianoLanza:SettlingAccountswithEconomics(2003) / 307
chapter 11: beyond the borders
SharifGemie:BeyondtheBorders(2003) / 318
AnAfricanAnarchistManifesto(1981) / 324
SamMbahandI.E.Igariwey:AfricanAnarchism(1997) / 326
MokChiuYu:AnAnarchistinHongKong(2001) /334
MiharaYoko:AnarchisminJapan(1993) / 339
TheCubanLibertarianSyndicalistAssociation:Anarchismandthe
CubanRevolution(1960/2003) / 343
RubenG.Prieto:AnarchisminUruguay(2001) / 351
MarinaSitrin:HorizontalidadinArgentina(2003) / 357
AndrewFlood:WhatisDifferentAbouttheZapatistas(2001) / 362
CIPO-RFM:EnemiesofInjustice / 375
ColectivoAlasdeXue:StrengtheningtheAnarcho-Indian
Alliance(1997) / 378
Kurdistan:AnarchismandConfederalism(1999-2011) / 384
BasUmali:ArchipelagicConfederation–anAnarchistAlternativeforthe
Philippines(2006) / 393
AshantiAlston:BlackAnarchism(2003) / 399
HarshaWalia:NoOneisIllegal(2006) / 404
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chapter 12: new directions in anarchist theory
ToddMay:Post-StructuralismandAnarchism(1989) / 413
SaulNewman:ThePoliticsofPost-Anarchism(2003) / 423
JesseCohn:AnarchismandEssentialism(2003) / 434
MarkLeier:Bakunin,ClassandPost-Anarchism(2009) / 446
Schmidt&VanDerWalt:BlackFlame(2009) / 453
DanielColson:BeliefandModernity(2005) / 460
RichardDay:GroundlessSolidarityandInfiniteResponsibility(2005) / 466
afterword
RobertGraham:TheAnarchistCurrent:ContinuityandChange
inAnarchistThought / 475
index / 589
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Preface
This is the third volume of my anthology of anarchist writings from ancient
China to the present day. Volume One, subtitled From Anarchy to Anarchism
(300CE-1939),beginswithanancientDaoisttext,“NeitherLordNorSubject”
(300CE),andendswiththepositiveaccomplishmentsanddefeatoftheSpanish
anarchistsintheSpanishRevolutionandCivilWar(1936-1939).VolumeTwo,
subtitledTheEmergenceoftheNewAnarchism(1939-1977),dealswiththere-
markable resurgence of anarchist ideas and movements following the Second
WorldWar,particularlyduringthe1960s.Thisfinalvolumecanvassesthemany
differentcurrentsinanarchistthoughtfromthe1970stothepresentdayandan-
otherremarkableresurgenceinanarchistideasandactionwithinthecontextof
globaljusticemovementsagainstneoliberalism.
These movements against neoliberalism are commonly grouped under the
rubricofanti-globalization,aninaccuratedescriptionforthereasonssetforthby
DavidGraeberinSelection1.Whileanarchistsandassortedleftlibertariansop-
pose the global dominance of corporate capitalism, they remain committed in-
ternationalists, seeking justice, freedom and equality for all. Anarchists have
always been critics of capitalist exploitation and continue to emphasize the
interconnections between capitalism, the state, imperialism and domination
(Selections2,17,19,69andChapter9).
Anarchists have been at the forefront of transnational and transclass libera-
tionmovements(Chapter11),seekingtodevelopnewandimaginativewaysof
achievingsocialliberation,fromcreating“temporaryautonomouszones”(Selec-
tion 11) to antiauthoritarian forms of direct democracy (Selections 5, 10 and
Chapter 2). Anarchists have continued to champion various forms of direct
actionasmeansofself-empowerment(Chapter3),adaptinganarchisttacticsto
avarietyofsituationsandcircumstancesaroundtheglobe(Chapter11).
Anarchists have sought to uncover the origins of domination, in patriarchal
societies and incipient state forms with self-reinforcing and interlocking hierar-
chies of power (Selections 17 & 32), exploring the interrelationships between
