Jump straight into the deep end. Some suggestions:
Manual for Revolutionary Leaders – Fredy Perlman (it's satire)
Toward the Creative Nothing – Renzo Novatore
Capitalism and communism - Gilles...
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Jump straight into the deep end. Some...Jump straight into the deep end. Some suggestions:
Manual for Revolutionary Leaders – Fredy Perlman (it's satire)
Toward the Creative Nothing – Renzo Novatore
Capitalism and communism - Gilles...
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Letters of Insurgents by Fredy Perlman...Letters of Insurgents by Fredy Perlman (I think it's one of his best books.)
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What do two long dead Bolsheviks have to do with...What do two long dead Bolsheviks have to do with anarchists today? And can you give me examples of any “lifestylist” (the ones Bookchin railed against: Black, Zerzan, Clark, or Watson etc.) appealing...
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Are you asking if I have programmatic...Are you asking if I have programmatic specifications or favour a particular organisational from? No, I don’t.
I don’t think that the question of power is solved by one group exchanging it with...
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This is far too vague for me to articulate a...This is far too vague for me to articulate a suitable reply.
That’s nice. Neither do I.
I never did say I was a leftist or that we had much in common.
Of course you do. Bookchin too...
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Father Akshay deigns to grace us with his...Father Akshay deigns to grace us with his presence and his marvellous straw men. Perhaps, he could also preach one of his sermons on those insolent, privileged westerners?
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Are you really going to use the Bookchinist...Are you really going to use the Bookchinist tactic of equating any talk of existing, concrete individuals with bourgeois individualism and its abstractions? You would not differentiate between...
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Bookchin truly was gifted at whining. All I see...Bookchin truly was gifted at whining. All I see is a leftist throwing a tantrum because other people aren’t listening to him and doing it his way. In the end, the accusation of “lifestylism” (along...
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That is a good point. Yes, according to MD, the...That is a good point. Yes, according to MD, the workers will take control of production but they will do so non-consciously for they are incapable of consciousness!
Although they make valid and...
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Monsieur Dupont and the SI provided a starting...Monsieur Dupont and the SI provided a starting point for me as I looked to develop a coherent critique of the ‘revolutionary’ left.
I think you would find Jacques Camatte’s “On Organization” to...
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I always assumed that the common thread between...I always assumed that the common thread between nihilism and the SI was dada, but I admit to not knowing much about that (or letterism, or surrealism). And yes, I'm familiar with the article on...
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This is a strange comment from someone familiar...This is a strange comment from someone familiar with nihilist communism, particularly since Monsieur Dupont has some very interesting things to say about leftism.
The SI and situationist...
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The entire ‘communalism’ saga just seemed to be...The entire ‘communalism’ saga just seemed to be about him inventing his own movement just so he could have more control/be the figurehead. I recall reading an article by BoB Black where he reveals...
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It isn’t a matter of “moral revolutionary purity”...It isn’t a matter of “moral revolutionary purity” (which is a straw man); it’s about simple class analysis, i.e. applying a communist critique whereas you seem to prefer eschewing it in order to give...
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Perhaps I can help with this seeing as the...Perhaps I can help with this seeing as the Situationists have influenced me greatly.
The Situationists were not anarchists but were hugely influenced by Marx, had its origins in the avant-garde...
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It was all a matter of theoretical purity? What...It was all a matter of theoretical purity? What are you going on about now? Your ranting may be amusing but you need to brush up on your sophistry. Oh well, never mind, if engaging in collective...
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I do enjoy reading your rants. It’s like the...I do enjoy reading your rants. It’s like the previous century never happened. Do continue!
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One page of RIP commandante, RIP comrade, RIP...One page of RIP commandante, RIP comrade, RIP blah blah was itself far too much leftist wankery to begin with.
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Fuck yeah! Nationalisation, annihilating...Fuck yeah! Nationalisation, annihilating capitalist social relations since the 19th century!
I think I actually heard you climaxing as you...I think I actually heard you climaxing as you finishing typing this statement.
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I’m for the working class abolishing itself and...I’m for the working class abolishing itself and bringing an end to class society. I’m against imperialism because I support proletarian revolution – I don’t use the word “anti-imperialist” to...
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And here you've revealed the core of the bullshit...And here you've revealed the core of the bullshit that is leftist ‘anti’-imperialism.
You’re absolutely right; it’s just another state to be abolished. But if kissing the ass of every state...
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Sorry OP, but this is an irrelevant (and...Sorry OP, but this is an irrelevant (and misguided) call to unity to a left that is utterly irrelevant from a pro-revolutionary perspective.
All that remains of the Left that was annihilated many...
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What I learned from this thread was that Lenin...What I learned from this thread was that Lenin was the foremost authority on the ultra-left, and that his positions from 1920 should viewed akin to eternal principles easily applicable to the...
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There's this bit from an article by Loren Goldner...There's this bit from an article by Loren Goldner: