Books on Anarchy

[The Man]

Can you guys recommend any books on how Anarcho-Communism would work?

[Veg_Athei_Socialist]

Kropotkin's The Conquest of Bread I've heard is a good book about it.

[Widerstand]

Alexander Berkman's ABC of Anarchism, also called ABC of Anarcho-Communism, What Is Communist Anarchism? and a great many other names. Available here: http://theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Alexander_Berkman__What_Is_Communist_Anarchism_.ht ml

Other than that, supposedly good reads are anything by Peter Kropotkin (Mutual Aid (http://libcom.org/library/mutual-aid-peter-kropotkin), The Conquest Of Bread (http://libcom.org/library/the-conquest-of-bread-peter-kropotkin)), Errico Malatesta (Anarchism and Organisation (http://libcom.org/library/anarchism-and-organisation-malatesta)), or Emma Goldman (Anarchism And Other Essays (http://theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Emma_Goldman__Anarchism_and_Other_Essays.html)).

And of course the Anarchist FAQ (http://www.infoshop.org/page/AnAnarchistFAQ).

[Diello]

I've heard the difference between anarchism and communism summed up as that communists want to achieve classless, stateless, etc.ness by using the state, whereas anarchists want to do it by abolishing the state. What, then, is anarcho-communism, in a nutshell?

[Widerstand]

I've heard the difference between anarchism and communism summed up as that communists want to achieve classless, stateless, etc.ness by using the state, whereas anarchists want to do it by abolishing the state. What, then, is anarcho-communism, in a nutshell?

It's mostly used to differentiate from Individualist Anarchism, the (now dead) Anarcho-Collectivism (of which I know almost nothing about), and Anarcho-Syndicalism, the latter which greatly emphasizes on the role of trade unions both in revolution and the social organisation ("a federation of federations") after the revolution.

[Diello]

It's mostly used to differentiate from Individualist Anarchism, the (now dead) Anarcho-Collectivism (of which I know almost nothing about), and Anarcho-Syndicalism, the latter which greatly emphasizes on the role of trade unions both in revolution and the social organisation ("a federation of federations") after the revolution.

What kind of anarchism, if any, is parecon most closely associated with?

In other news, the light in my room keeps going out.

[Widerstand]

What kind of anarchism, if any, is parecon most closely associated with?

In other news, the light in my room keeps going out.

From my limited knowledge of parecon it could work with both AnCom and AnSyn. Not sure about collectivism, and nothing really works with Individualism.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

I would say "The Conquest of Bread" by Kropotkin is your best bet. An incredibly smart book, while easy to read and quite short.

[Acostak3]

What kind of anarchism, if any, is parecon most closely associated with?

In other news, the light in my room keeps going out.

Not anarchist-communism because in parecon there is remuneration based on effort while anarchist-communism it is "each according to his needs". It would make sense with anarchist collectivism because there is still remuneration, but like someone else in the thread had said, anarchist-collectivism is dead, so most people who take an interest in parecon are probably anarchist-communists.

[Acostak3]

Anarchist Communism: It's Basis and Principles by Kropotkin is about 20 pages and is a good introduction to AnCom. Pretty much anything by Kropotkin is good; The Conquest of Bread, Mutual Aid, and Fields, Factories, and Workshops.

[Political_Chucky]

Chomsky on Anarchism