For a Libertarian Communism

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By Daniel Guerin

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For a Libertarian Communism is a collection of writings by Daniel Guerin, produced from the 1950s to the 1980s and newly available in English for the first time. Guerin critiques the socialist and communist parties of his era while exploring crucial issues that all radicals must confront. He revisits key moments in revolutionary history—from the French Revolution through the clashes between anarchists and Marxists in the International Workingmen's Association, continuing to the Russian and Spanish revolutions, and culminating with the social upheavals of 1968—to draw enduring lessons for contemporary radical thought.
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This book is ideal for students and scholars of political theory and history, as well as activists and readers interested in radical politics, anarchism, Marxism, and revolutionary movements.

In this collection of essays, Guerin provides a critique of the socialist and communist parties of his day and analyses some of the most fundamental and pressing questions with which all radicals must engage.

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In this collection, written between the 1950s and 1980s and published for the first time in English, Guerin not only provides a critique of the socialist and communist parties of his day, he analyses some of the most fundamental and pressing questions with which all radicals must engage.

He does this by revisiting and attempting to draw lessons from the history of the revolutionary movement from the French Revolution, through the conflicts between anarchists and Marxists in the International Workingmen's Association and the Russian and Spanish revolutions, to the social revolution of 1968.

For a Libertarian Communism is a thought-provoking collection that delves into the complexities of revolutionary history and ideology.

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Michael Lowy, author of Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe, praises Guerin as the creator of a unique synthesis between Marxism and anarchism known as libertarian communism. He emphasises that Guerin’s reflections remain highly relevant for the challenges of the 21st century.

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ISBN: 9781629632360

Publisher: PM Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: PM Press

Contributors:

Edited by David Berry

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Daniel Guerin was a prominent member of the French left for half a century. He published The Brown Plague in 1933 and Fascism and Big Business in 1936. His controversial, libertarian Marxist interpretation of the French Revolution, Class Struggle in the First Republic, 1793-1797 was judged by his friend C.L.R. James to be "one of the great theoretical landmarks of our movement." Mitchell Abidor is the principal French translator for the Marxists Internet Archive. His translations include Anarchists Never Surrender, Voices of the Paris Commune, and Death to Bourgeois Society. David Berry is currently a senior lecturer in politics and history at Loughborough University, UK. His publications include A History of the French Anarchist Movement, 1917-1945, New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism, and Libertarian Socialism. He is currently preparing a biography of Guerin.