Text of a talk given at an open meeting at the Anarchist Bookfair,
18th October 1997 at Conway Hall, London, England
First Part – Introduction and the Role of the Revolutionary Organisation
We’re used to changes in welfare benefits happening so slowly and quietly you’d hardly notice them. So unless you’re getting benefit yourself, you might be forgiven for not even knowing that unemployment benefit and income support were put together as the Job Seekers Allowance in October 1996. Then there was Project Work, a Conservative experiment being tried out in 30 towns from last April onwards, continuing under the Labour government up to the present day.
This is an electronic mail message sent to the Anarchist Commuinist Federation, containing some interesting views concerning the EU and work,including Euromarch. They are interested in discussion with as many groups as possible.
Introduction to the religion discussion at ACF conference, Glasgow, August 1996.
Note – this intro quotes freely from Bakunin’s God and the State in places, which is why the language is sometimes a bit old-fashioned. BAKUNIN, GOD AND THE STATE
One of the linchpins of traditional anarchist thought is an opposition to religion, which finds its basis in materialism. By this we mean that our material existence as humans is solely due to our development from animals.
With an introduction by the AF, we reproduce two important texts on libertarian organisation from the 1970’s & 80’s, The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo Freeman and a reply to it The Tyranny of Tyranny by Cathy Levine. The two texts were previously published together as Untying the Knot: Feminism, Anarchism and Organisation (Rebel Press, 1984) and we have kept this title. Those who may tend more towards anti-organisational currents in anarchism but also those who may unwittingly verge towards centralised structures in a desire to become more organised, will find much to think about in these two texts.
JOBS MASSACRE(Workers pay for bosses crisis), Photographing cops, Public sector pay, Sex work, continuing Gaza occupations, Navy sub crash, hostel residents’ fightback, refinery wildcats, BNP wakeup call, and more.
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Complete with a new introduction this important document in the history of anarchist theory from the 1920s refutes the common misinterpretation of anarchism as mindless destruction while restating the need for revolution to create a free and equal society.
A Stormy Petrel pamphlet, produced by the Anarchist Federation (London group), this text tells the story of the factory councils in Italy between 1920-21. It examines their practice and the role of the anarchists in their lives.
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