Anarchism: From Theory to Practice

Contents......Page 2
Introduction by Noam Chomsky......Page 4
Preface......Page 12
1. The Basic Ideas of Anarchism......Page 15
A Matter of Words\r......Page 16
A Visceral Revolt\r......Page 17
Horror of the State\r......Page 18
Hostility to Bourgeois Democracy\r......Page 19
Critique of Authoritarian Socialism\r......Page 21
Sources of Inspiration: The Individual\r......Page 24
Sources of Inspiration: The Masses\r......Page 28
2.\rIn Search of a New Society......Page 30
Anarchism Is Not Utopian\r......Page 31
Self-Management\r......Page 32
The Bases of Exchange\r......Page 35
Competition\r......Page 37
Complete Socialization?\r......Page 38
The Communes\r......Page 39
How Should the Public Services Be Managed?\r......Page 41
Federalism\r......Page 42
Decolonization\r......Page 44
3. Anarchism in Revolutionary Practice......Page 46
Anarchism Becomes Isolated from the Working-Class Movement\r......Page 47
Social-Democratic Condemnation of Anarchism\r......Page 48
Anarchists in the Trade Unions\r......Page 49
A Libertarian Revolution\r......Page 52
An Authoritarian Revolution\r......Page 54
The Part Played By the Anarchists\r......Page 58
The Makhnovtchina\r......Page 60
Kronstadt\r......Page 62
Anarchism Living and Dead\r......Page 63
Anarchism in the Italian Factory Councils......Page 65
The Soviet Mirage\r......Page 68
The Anarchist Tradition in Spain\r......Page 70
Theory\r......Page 71
An \"Apolitical\" Revolution\r......Page 74
Anarchists in Government\r......Page 75
Self-Management in Agriculture\r......Page 76
Self-Management in Industry\r......Page 79
Self-Management Undermined\r......Page 80
By Way of Conclusion......Page 83
Postscript:\rMay 1968......Page 88
Bibliography......Page 91