Volume 3 Number 4 October 2010

Introduction: Toward a More Unified Libertarian Left

In this introduction we briefly sketch out some of the similarities between Marxism and anarchism, particularly around the nexus often called “libertarian socialism”. We argue that two ...

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The (Anti-) Politics of Autonomy: Between Marxism and Anarchism

Marx famously said that the emancipation of the proletariat must be the work of the proletariat itself; almost ever since, there has been a persistent current of Marxism - that has, in ...

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Reconsidering the Marxist-Anarchist Controversy in and Through Radical Praxis...

This paper reflects on the Greek revolt of December 2008 and reexamines the dispute between Marxism and anarchism in and through the social unrest. It argues that their polemic and into...

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Reporting From the Realm of the Absurd: Rethinking Space in a Neoliberal World

Space is a central feature of contemporary society and capitalism is a uniquely spatial affair. As critical theories have tried to understand the implications of this reality over the p...

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Marx' Examination of the Circular Movements of Capital and the Economic Contr...

The paper offers an opening towards a discussion on rapprochement between anarchists, socialists and communists framed within an economic analysis of the features of the coming socialis...

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Book Review: Staughton Lynd and Andrej Grubacic. Wobblies and Zapatistas: Con...

Wobblies & Zapatistas by Staughton Lynd and Andrej Grubacic is a small book full of rich experiences that Lynd has lived over the course of what seems like a lifetime of militant organi...

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Book Review: Paul Butler. Let’s Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice. New Yo...

Music can unify and mobilize. It is passionate and evocative, yet accessible. It also embodies, and usually strongly, a particular cultural heritage. One doesn’t need an education or mo...

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Book Review: Stevphen Shukaitis. Imaginal Machines: Compositions of Autonomy ...

So what ever came of the calls for “power to the imagination” from the streets of Paris? In a world in which resistance movements are often commodified, neutralized or absorbed by an in...

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Book Review: Cynthia Enloe. Nimo’s War, Emma’s War: Making Feminist Sense of ...

Cynthis Enloe continues her work on exploring the subject of women and militarism in her book Nimo’s War, Emma’s War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War. Focusing on eight women, fou...

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