tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post1234557574606964758..comments2023-10-29T05:11:37.677-07:00Comments on Porcupine blog: THE STATE AND REVOLUTION - An Anarchist Viewpoint.Larry Gambonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04965037776214596919noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-48645281807852542602012-08-28T17:20:12.895-07:002012-08-28T17:20:12.895-07:00An enjoyable and well written article. Kodos!An enjoyable and well written article. Kodos!Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-18684783488175999612009-06-22T01:01:53.037-07:002009-06-22T01:01:53.037-07:00As someone mentioned, the Paris Commune is very im...As someone mentioned, the Paris Commune is very important -- both in terms of what happened and the conclusions anarchists and Marxists drew from it. I discuss it here in some detail:<br /><br /><a href="http://anarchism.pageabode.com/anarcho/the-paris-commune-marxism-and-anarchism" rel="nofollow">The Paris Commune, Marxism and Anarchism</a><br /><br />Suffice to say, by 1921 Trotsky was dismissing the Communards as being petit-bourgeois federalists who knew nothing, a change from Lenin's <b>State and Revolution</b> four years before! <br /><br />And I should also note that much of the Commune's actual ideas were obviously inspired by Proudhon, an awkward fact Marx (and Lenin!) did not bother to mention! I'm hoping, if there is space, to have an appendix on the Paris Commune in the <a href="http://anarchism.pageabode.com/anarcho/pierre-joseph-proudhon-reader" rel="nofollow">Proudhon Reader</a> I'm doing for AK Press!<br /><br />Iain<br /><a href="http://www.anarchistfaq.org.uk" rel="nofollow">An Anarchist FAQ</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-34070496565136122482009-06-20T12:06:16.090-07:002009-06-20T12:06:16.090-07:00The reds I have worked side by side with taught me...The reds I have worked side by side with taught me I am damn lucky not to be in the same part of the pasture as that part of the herd. Having a group do your thinking for you, ever, is treacherous.Mr. Beer N. Hockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184518909716677938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-31489842100414783982009-06-19T11:38:56.989-07:002009-06-19T11:38:56.989-07:00Ren. You are right that S and R is mostly about th...Ren. You are right that S and R is mostly about the Social Democrats and how they wished to use the existing state to achieved what they claimed was socialism. I am looking forward to Maria's book.<br /><br />Graeme, now you are suggesting another article! these subjects are too vast to discuss in a simple reply - to put it mildly. Wait, Graeme, I will respond in a few days.<br /><br />Iain, there I go "reinventing the wheel". The one part of the FAQ I never got around to reading and forgot about! Thanks for reminding me. Before I respond to Graeme's request, I WILL check with the FAQ!Larry Gambonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965037776214596919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-5027397304187659722009-06-19T07:31:21.720-07:002009-06-19T07:31:21.720-07:00May I point to these sections of An Anarchist FAQ:...May I point to these sections of An Anarchist FAQ:<br /><br /><a href="http://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/secH1.html#sech17" rel="nofollow">H.1.7 Haven't you read Lenin's "State and Revolution"?</a><br /><br />and:<br /><br /><a href="http://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/secH2.html#sech21" rel="nofollow">H.2.1 Do anarchists reject defending a revolution?</a><br /><br />And I should also note, that as well as totally misrepresenting anarchist ideas on the state, Lenin was distorted Marx and Engels as well:<br /><br /><a href="http://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/secH3.html#sech310" rel="nofollow">H.3.10 Has Marxism always supported the idea of workers' councils?</a><br /><br />Iain<br /><a href="http://www.anarchistfaq.org.uk" rel="nofollow">An Anarchist FAQ</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-84706999189720761052009-06-19T06:32:46.045-07:002009-06-19T06:32:46.045-07:00Very good Larry.
Now, the question becomes: how ...Very good Larry. <br /><br />Now, the question becomes: how do we take power? What are your thoughts on political parties?Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230080850680753260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-37427530638425434762009-06-19T00:37:23.942-07:002009-06-19T00:37:23.942-07:00I hope Graeme comments. He is very interested in ...I hope Graeme comments. He is very interested in this subject.<br /><br />I think you have to always go back to the Paris Commune, because it was accomplished in the real world. It wasn't a "historical project" or a utopian fantasy. I found <i>State and Revolution</i>, to be a document, uniting the two views, more than not. It was primarily a polemic against social democrats.<br /><br />Marie Trigona will be writing a book for AK, about workers control.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-41174026797188755112009-06-16T17:20:59.664-07:002009-06-16T17:20:59.664-07:00hey larry,
my name is byron, and ive been lookin...hey larry, <br /><br />my name is byron, and ive been looking all over the web for an article/zine i think you may have written a while ago, critiquing p.c. codes of conduct and the like.. i think. <br />i once asked you about it at the anarchist bookfair in montreal maybe in 2003? but whatever. im still looking for it now. is there any way of getting my hands on it?<br /><br />byron.<br /><br />byron@riseup.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com