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# POLITICS

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## ANARCHISM

**FOR BEGINNERS**

["Anarchy", Errico Malatesta](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-anarchy)

["What Is Communist Anarchism?" Alexander Berkman](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alexander-berkman-what-is-communist-anarchism)

["Anarchy Works", Peter Gelderloos](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works)

["Anarchism and Other Essays", Emma Goldman](https://libcom.org/library/anarchism-other-essays) (The first chapter, "Anarchism: What it Really Stands For", is a brilliant foundational text.)

["The Conquest of Bread", Peter Kropotkin](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-the-conquest-of-bread)

**FURTHER READING**

["God and the State", Mikhail Bakunin](https://libcom.org/library/god-and-state-mikhail-bakunin)

["Marxism, Freedom and the State", Mikhail Bakunin](https://libcom.org/library/marxism-freedom-state-mikhail-bakunin) (Bakunin's case against the dictatorship of the proletariat)

["Anarchism: from theory to practice", Daniel Guerin](https://libcom.org/library/anarchism-daniel-guerin)

["Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism", Rudolf Rocker](https://libcom.org/library/anarchism-and-anarcho-syndicalism-rudolf-rocker)

["Fighting for ourselves: Anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle", Solidarity Federation](https://libcom.org/library/fighting-ourselves-anarcho-syndicalism-class-struggle-solidarity-federation) (A more contemporary introduction to anarcho-syndicalism)

["Mutual Aid", Peter Kropotkin](https://libcom.org/library/mutual-aid-peter-kropotkin)

["Organisational Platform of the Libertarian Communists", Dielo Truda (Workers’ Cause)](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/dielo-truda-workers-cause-organisational-platform-of-the-libertarian-communists) (Historical importance; platformism)

["The Anarchist Synthesis", Sébastien Faure](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sebastien-faure-the-anarchist-synthesis) (Historical importance; synthesis anarchism)  

["At Daggers Drawn with the Existent, its Defenders and its False Critics", Anonymous](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-at-daggers-drawn-with-the-existent-its-defenders-and-its-false-critics) (Compelling introduction to insurrectionism)

["Socialism, Anarchism And Feminism", Carol Ehrlich](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/carol-ehrlich-socialism-anarchism-and-feminism) 

["The Anarchist Ethic in the Age of the Anti-Globalization Movement", Anonymous](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-the-anarchist-ethic-in-the-age-of-the-anti-globalization-movement) (Insurrectionist classic)

["Listen, Marxist!", Murray Bookchin](https://libcom.org/library/listen-marxist-bookchin)

["The Abolition of Work", Bob Black](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/bob-black-the-abolition-of-work)

["The Negativity of Anarchism", David Wieck](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-wieck-the-negativity-of-anarchism) (Good basic analysis of what ties all variations of anarchism together)

["The Anarchist Tension", Alfredo M. Bonanno](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alfredo-m-bonanno-the-anarchist-tension) (Reevaluation of anarchism from insurrectionist perspective)

["From Democracy to Freedom", CrimethInc.](https://crimethinc.com/2012/04/29/feature-from-democracy-to-freedom) (Best overview of anarchist critique of democracy)

["Obsolete communism: The left wing alternative", Daniel and Gabriel Cohn-Bendit](https://libcom.org/history/obsolete-communism-left-wing-alternative) (An account of the May '68 uprising)

["Deserting the Digital Utopia", CrimethInc.](https://crimethinc.com/2013/10/04/feature-deserting-the-digital-utopia) (Important reality check in this digital age)

["What is Security Culture?", CrimethInc](https://crimethinc.com/2004/11/01/what-is-security-culture)

["Toward the Creative Nothing", Renzo Novatore](http://archive.elephanteditions.net/library/renzo-novatore-toward-the-creative-nothing)  

["The Kronstadt Uprising of 1921", Ida Mett](https://libcom.org/library/the-kronstadt-uprising-ida-mett)

["The End of Anarchism?", Luigi Galleani](http://archive.elephanteditions.net/library/luigi-galleani-the-end-of-anarchism)

["Postanarchism in a Nutshell", Jason Adams](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jason-adams-postanarchism-in-a-nutshell)

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## COMMUNISATION

["Communization and its Discontents, Benjamin Noys"](https://libcom.org/library/communization-its-discontents-contestation-critique-contemporary-struggles)

["The Coming Insurrection", Comité invisible](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/comite-invisible-the-coming-insurrection)

[Bring Out Your Dead](https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/8)

["When Insurrections Die", Gilles Dauvé](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-dauve-when-insurrections-die) (Brilliant critique from communisation tendency.)

["Eclipse and reemergence of the communist movement", Gilles Dauvé and François Martin](http://libcom.org/library/eclipse-re-emergence-communist-movement)

["Endnotes, issue 1"](https://endnotes.org.uk/issues/1) (a debate between GD and TC over the basis for the failure of the old workers movement)

["Insurrection and Production", Angry Workers World](https://angryworkersworld.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/insurrection-and-production/) 

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## COMMUNISM

["The Principles of Communism", Frederick Engels](https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm)

["The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx & Frederick Engels"](https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/)

["Karl Marx", Vladimir Lenin](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1914/granat/index.htm)

["Capitalism and Communism", Gilles Dauvé](https://libcom.org/library/capitalism-communism-gilles-dauve)

["The Reproduction of Everyday Life", Fredy Perlman](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/fredy-perlman-the-reproduction-of-daily-life) (Good intro to some Marxist concepts such as alienation, commodity fetishism, etc.) 

["An Introduction to the Situationists", Jan D. Matthews](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jan-d-matthews-an-introduction-to-the-situationists)  

["The Society of the Spectacle", Guy Debord](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/guy-debord-the-society-of-the-spectacle) (Foundational situ text)

["The State and Revolution", Vladimir Lenin](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/)

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## INSURRECTIONIST & ILLEGALISM

["Armed Joy", Alfredo Bonanno](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alfredo-m-bonanno-armed-joy)

["I Saw Fire: Reflections on Riots, Revolt & The Black Block, Doug Gilbert"](https://archive.org/details/ISawFireReflectionsOnRiotsRevoltAndTheBlackBloc)

["Some notes on Insurrectionary Anarchism", Sasha K](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sasha-k-some-notes-on-insurrectionary-anarchism)

["Why Insurrection?" Alfredo M. Bonanno](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alfredo-m-bonanno-why-insurrection)

["Civil Disobedience", Henry David Thoreau](https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/thoreau/civil-disobedience.htm) 

["The Illegalists”, Doug Imrie](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/doug-imrie-the-illegalists)

["Fire At Midnight Destruction At Dawn", Kasimere Bran](https://archive.org/details/FireAtMidnightDestructionAtDawn)

["At Daggers Drawn", Anonymous](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-at-daggers-drawn-with-the-existent-its-defenders-and-its-false-critics)

["Call", Anonymous](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-call)

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## POST-LEFT, POST-ANARCHISM & EGOISM

["The Unique & Its Property", Max Stirner](https://libcom.org/library/unique-its-property)

["Whatever You Do, Get Away with It" by Jason McQuinn](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jason-mcquinn-whatever-you-do-get-away-with-it)

["Leftism 101" by Lawrence Jarach](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lawrence-jarach-leftism-101)

["Anarchists, Don't let the Left(overs) Ruin your Appetite" by Lawrence Jarach](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lawrence-jarach-anarchists-don-t-let-the-left-overs-ruin-your-appetite)

["The Revolution of Everyday Life", Raoul Vaneigem](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/raoul-vaneigem-the-revolution-of-everyday-life)

["Critical Analysis of the Left: Lets Clean House" by Joaquin Cienfuegos](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/joaquin-cienfuegos-critical-analysis-of-the-left-lets-clean-house)

["Critical Thinking as an Anarchist Weapon" by Wolfi Landstreicher & Jason McQuinn](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/wolfi-landstreicher-critical-thinking-as-an-anarchist-weapon)

["Against Organizationalism: Anarchism as both Theory & Critique of Organization" by Jason McQuinn](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jason-mcquinn-against-organizationalism-anarchism-as-both-theory-and-critique-of-organization)

["Demoralizing Moralism: The Futility of Fetishized Values" by Jason McQuinn](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jason-mcquinn-demoralizing-moralism-the-futility-of-fetishized-values)

["From Politics to Life: Ridding anarchy of the leftist millstone" by Wolfi Landstreicher](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/wolfi-landstreicher-from-politics-to-life-ridding-anarchy-of-the-leftist-millstone) [(heavily critiqued by Lilith in "Gender Disobedience: Antifeminism & Insurrectionist Non-dialogue"](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lilith-gender-disobedience-antifeminism-and-insurrectionist-non-dialogue)

[Radical Theory: A Wrecking Ball for Ivory Towers" by Wolfi Landstreicher](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/feral-faun-essays#toc4)

["Against Mass Society" by Chris Wilson](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chris-wilson-against-mass-society)

["On Organization" by Jacques Camatte](http://www.marxists.org/archive/camatte/capcom/on-org.htm)

["Pilsen: Chicago’s Revolution of Everyday Life" by Silas Crane](http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/silas-crane-pilsen-chicago-s-revolution-of-everyday-life)

["Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs"](https://libcom.org/library/anarchy-age-dinosaurs)

["Days of War, Nights of Love" by CrimethInc](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Days_of_War,_Nights_of_Love/A)

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## SOCIALISM

["Socialism: Utopian and Scientific", Frederick Engels](https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm)

["The Soul of Man under Socialism", Oscar Wilde](https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/wilde-oscar/soul-man/) (The artists, and individualists, case for libertarian socialism)

["Discourse on Voluntary Servitude", Étienne De La Boétie](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/etienne-de-la-boetie-discourse-on-voluntary-servitude)