anarchist communism

Platformism Without Illusions: An Interview with the Workers Solidarity Movement (2003)

An interview with the Workers Solidarity Movement, conducted by the US-based Northeastern Federation of Anarchist Communists in 2003. This interview was reprinted by Freedom News to mark the group's dissolution.

[VIDEO] Meritocracy: Capitalism’s #1 Myth to Control You

Meritocracy: a sweet lie we’re told to make capitalism seem fair. But is this lie actually sweet? Is meritocracy something good to strive for, or is it trash?

https://youtu.be/ENsrf27uLJg

This video will:

1. Discuss how belief in meritocracy is used to manipulate us into supporting a system that’s against our interests

2. Present evidence that meritocracy is a myth

3. Argue that capitalists get rich not by merit but by owning assets, and profit gained from this is a form of theft

4. Make the case that meritocracy is not a desirable goal

5. Present a preferable alternative to meritocracy described by Kropotkin in The Conquest of Bread

Bakunin: Dispelling Misunderstandings

“Pure” Anarchists and “Neutral” Unions: Malatesta and the Social-Democratic Temptation

The Scientist, the State, and the Class Struggle

Carlo Cafiero- a brief life

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 28 2020 13:20

The following biography appears in the Anarchist Communist Group edition of Carlo Cafiero's Compendium of Capital, which has just been published.

Interview with Esther and Sam DoIgoff – Doug Richardson

An interview with longtime anarchists Esther and Sam Dolgoff on the anarchist movement in the United States from the 1920s to the 1970s, published in the Spring 1975 edition of the journal Black Rose.