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Nikolay
15th May 2012, 22:58
I'm starting to gain an interest in Anarchism, and have recently labelled myself as such. However, I want to learn more about. I am already in the process of buying some books, such as the ABC of Anarchism, Anarchist FAQ V.1 & V.2 (is the FAQ any good, btw?), and Conquest of Bread. And I am still looking for more books.
However, I'd also enjoy listening to lectures or even documentaries about Anarchist theories (I'm mostly interested in Anarchist-Communism and Anarchist-Syndicalism).
Thanks.
The Idler
15th May 2012, 23:07
There used to be a site called Audio Anarchy.
There is also a new radio show called The Circled A
The Circled A (http://thecircleda.com/)
Check also
http://eng.anarchopedia.org/list_of_left-wing_audio
I don't really know of any good lectures, but if you are still looking for books on anarchism, I'd recommend the following: Bakunin on Anarchism (best collection of Bakunin's writings in English that I've encountered); No Gods, No Masters (a collection of various texts by many authors on anarchism); and Anarchism: From Theory to Practice by Daniel Guerin, a good, short introduction to anarchism.
In addition, just read anything by the major anarchist thinkers, e.g., Bakunin, Kropotkin, Proudhon, Malatesta, Berkman, Goldman, etc. You can find a lot of major and minor texts by such thinkers for free at marxists.org.
Anarcho-Brocialist
15th May 2012, 23:22
Rudolf Rocker : Anarcho-Syndicalism : Theory and Practice. Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism. The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics .The Black Flag: Peter Kropotkin on Anarchism
Bronco
15th May 2012, 23:24
You can find quite a few interviews and lectures by Murray Bookchin on Youtube although a fair bit of it is from later in his life when he was becoming gradually disillusioned with Anarchism. I'd also say it might be better to focus on the classic writings by Kropotkin, Bakunin etc. first because with his criticisms of Marxism and his moving away from a traditional class analysis Bookchin might be considered quite controversial
The Black Flag: Peter Kropotkin on Anarchism
This is a good collection of Kropotkin's works, but there's one better called Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings (less commonly entitled Kropotkin's Revolutionary Pamphlets). Neither contain Kropotkin's larger, more major writings such as Mutual Aid, The Conquest of Bread, and Fields, Factories and Workshops.
Magón
16th May 2012, 04:00
Murray Bookchin's Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism is pretty good.
Errico Malatesta's Anarchy is good too.
Nestor Makhno's The Struggle Against The State and Other Essays, The Russian Revolution in Ukraine/Under the Blows of the Counterrevolution (his memoirs of during and after the Russian Revolution) are good.
Nikolay
16th May 2012, 21:53
Thank you Comrades for all the recommendations, it's greatly appreciated! x)
Btw, do any of you know of a reliable Anarchist book-selling site that accepts debit cards (Canadian ones to be precise (I don't have a credit card...))?
Thanks again, Comrades.
Trap Queen Voxxy
16th May 2012, 22:04
In addition to what others have mentioned I would also recommend pretty much anything by David Graeber (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_scat_283155_ln?rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Adavid +graeber&keywords=david+graeber&ie=UTF8&qid=1337201974&scn=283155&h=6349e90276579734b097f3d948ab734f997e0577). Also, Ak Press (http://www.akpress.org/) has loads of good books on varying subjects related to Anarchism and Anarchist thought. You should also check out the Anarchy Archives (http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/) which has a lot of free books and articles. The Marxist.org site is also pretty useful.
I also like this (http://anarchosyndicalism.net/index.php) site pretty well.
Brosa Luxemburg
16th May 2012, 22:09
The FAQ is a great resource.
EdinSumar
16th May 2012, 22:45
An Anarchist FAQ, I can not post links yet, but I am sure you will be able to find it with a quick google search, Comrade.
- Edin
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