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[Student of kropotkin]

Hello Revleft.

I am new to political thought in general and have only recently starter to look into different theories. As you can tell i have read some of kropotkin's work due to being recommended him by a fellow anarchist friend. I must say that mutual aid had a profound influence upon my thought and has altered my views. I am still a student and hoping to learn from members here. Also, if anybody has any recommendations of books i should read to further my knowledge it would be much appreciated :)

[ellipsis]

Welcome! check out the Mutual aid/DIY forum, its one of my favorites.

[FreeEire]

Welcome! You'll find plenty of interesting things on this forum

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Kropotkin rules.

If you want to delve into some other classic anarchist texts, I would recommend:
"ABC of Anarchism" - Alexander Berkman
"Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice" - Rudolph Rocker
"Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism" - Lucien van der Walt and Michael Schmidt (not a "classic" but important for knowing the history and theory of anarchism)

Welcome to the board :)

[Student of kropotkin]

Thanks all. I shall definitely check out the Mutual aid/DIY forum and delve into some of the books you have recommended

[revolution inaction]

Kropotkin rules.

If you want to delve into some other classic anarchist texts, I would recommend:
"ABC of Anarchism" - Alexander Berkman
"Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice" - Rudolph Rocker
"Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism" - Lucien van der Walt and Michael Schmidt (not a "classic" but important for knowing the history and theory of anarchism)

Welcome to the board :)

i haven't read it, but a load of people have said that black flame has lots of inaccuracies and tries to claim a load of none anarchists as anarchists, that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it, but you need to be critical if you do.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

i haven't read it, but a load of people have said that black flame has lots of inaccuracies and tries to claim a load of none anarchists as anarchists, that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it, but you need to be critical if you do.
I think it's easier to understand in the book, but here's my take on that from the book, which I thought as well, even before reading the book:

They claim a few people, such as Daniel DeLeon, are in the broad anarchist movement. DeLeon identified as a Marxist; However, he was a very unorthdox one at that. They try to show how he, compared to others who are called "anarchists" such as (Max) Stirner, (Leo) Tolstoy, and (Pierre-Joesph) Proudhon, DeLeon is closer to (class-struggle) anarchism than those claimed anarchists. It's interesting: a Marxist closer to anarchist-thought than those usually called anarchists. However, I think it's true. Besides the role of the party, DeLeon had a rather anarcho-syndicalist approach:
Once the Socialist Labor Party takes power, parliament/congress shall be dissolved and power is handed off to the Socialist Industrial Unions (a term he coined to not be associated with "anarchist unions"). Once this step has been completed, his formula is basically syndicalism to the max.
DeLeon may have scoffed at the thought of "anarchists" as bomb-throwers and hooligans (he did live around the time when Propaganda of the Deed was still active in people's mind), he was closer to anarchism than he thought. He thought of the State as "the shield" and regarded the unions as "the sword." He did not want to use the state as a means to socialism.

Thus why I honestly think of him as a stone-throws away from an anarchist. But that's my take, and the general summary the book takes as well.

[Veg_Athei_Socialist]

Welcome to Revleft!:)

[Magón]

Welcome.

Another book you might want to look into is Anarchism and Its Aspirations by Cindy Milstein. I've read it, and browsed through it several dozen times after, and it's a fairly good read and browsing book. It's a modern day book, so you probably won't have a hard time reading it like you might with older Anarchist literature.

[Tablo]

A book I would recommend is Red Emma Speaks. It is loaded with essays from Emma Goldman, many of which are what originally brought me into anarchism. :)

[Diello]

Kropotkin rules.

If you want to delve into some other classic anarchist texts, I would recommend:
"ABC of Anarchism" - Alexander Berkman
"Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice" - Rudolph Rocker
"Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism" - Lucien van der Walt and Michael Schmidt (not a "classic" but important for knowing the history and theory of anarchism)

Welcome to the board :)

Hey, I was just looking around for a good list of classic anarchist texts...