Go for it
http://libcom.org/tags/david-adam
I'm reading his marx's critique of socialist labor-money schemes. So much for stalinsts and their wage-labour being socialist they're even a step below proudhonists. At least proudhonists wanted to abolish money and marx still called them utopian.
Marx, Bakunin, and the question of authoritarianism - David Adam http://libcom.org/library/marx-bakun...thoritarianism Quite an enjoyable read. "David Adam casts doubt on the traditional narrative regarding the question of authoritarianism in the Marx-Bakunin conflict. Historically, Bakunin’s criticism of Marx’s “authoritarian” aims has tended to overshadow Marx’s critique of Bakunin’s “authoritarian” aims. This is in large part due to the fact that mainstream anarchism and Marxism have been polarized over a myth—that of Marx’s authoritarian statism—which they both share. Thus, the conflict in the First International is directly identified with a disagreement over anti-authoritarian principles, and Marx’s hostility toward Bakunin is said to stem from his rejection of these principles, his vanguardism, etc. Anarchism, not without justification, posits itself as the “libertarian” alternative to the “authoritarianism” of mainstream Marxism. Because of this, nothing could be easier than to see the famous conflict between the pioneering theorists of these movements—Bakunin and Marx—as a conflict between absolute liberty and authoritarianism. This essay will bring this narrative into question. It will not do this by making grand pronouncements about Anarchism and Marxism in the abstract, but simply by assembling some often neglected evidence. Bakunin’s ideas about revolutionary organization lie at the heart of this investigation."
Yeah, the Bakunin and State articles were both good. As for the Stalinists, it's hilarious....absolutely hilarious how badly they pervert Marx.
What Must be Changed in Order to Transcend Capitalism
The good thing about this back to Marx approach and the ideas of Dunayevskay is that it provides a clear and articulate answer as to why anarchism, stalinism, and other reformist bourgeois ideologies are doomed to failure and utopianism.
