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Revolutionary Perspectives #24, Summer/Autumn 2024

Internationalist Initiatives against War and Capitalism Journal of the Communist Workers’ Organisation Contents An “Age of Chaos” or of Deepening Capitalist Crisis? In Memory of Olivier Internationalist Initiatives Against War and Capitalism To the Internationalists Attending the Prague Week of Action Revolutionary Defeatism Today: Some Questions Answered Capitalism’s Economic Foundations (Part V) The Murder of […]

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The Mantle Struggle: A Biography of Black Revolutionary Rosie Douglas

Rosie Douglas, former prime minister of Dominica, had a life unlike any other modern politician. After leaving home to study agriculture in Canada, he became a member of the young Conservatives, under the Canadian prime minister’s guidance. However, after he moved to Montreal to study political science his politics started to shift. By the late […]

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Durruti in the Spanish Revolution

In this new and unabridged translation of the definitive biography of Spanish revolutionary and military strategist, Buenaventura Durruti, Abel Paz has given us much more than an account of a single man’s life. Durruti in the Spanish Revolution is as much the chronicle of an entire nation and of a tumultuous historical era. Paz seamlessly […]

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Street Rebellion: Revolution Beyond Violence And Non-Violence

In a style that bridges the divide between academia and activism, Street Rebellion develops a broader and more accurate understanding of how people struggle for liberation. We are living in a time of uprisings that routinely involve physical confrontation—burning vehicles, barricades, vandalism, and scuffles between protesters and authorities. Yet the Left has struggled to incorporate rioting into […]

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Abolition Revolution

George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis triggered abolitionist shockwaves. Calls to defund the police found receptive ears around the world. Shortly after, Sarah Everard’s murder by a serving police officer compounded these calls in Britain. But to abolish the interlocking systems of police, prison and border power, we must confront the legacy of Empire. Abolition Revolution […]

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The State – or Revolution: Selected Works of Camillo Berneri

In 1937 Camillo Berneri, one of the great anarchist theorists and journalists of his era, was assassinated in Barcelona by men wearing red armbands. It was a final expression of the fear and hatred he had inspired in the forces of authoritarianism throughout his life. Whether they be Mussolini’s blackshirts, Stalin’s thugs or Franco’s military […]

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The July Revolution Barcelona 1909

The “Tragic Week” in Spain, which took place in July 1909, began as anti-conscription riots, but soon evolved into a widespread uprising attacking the pillars of Spanish society: Church and State. It is known today mostly for its most famous martyr, Francisco Ferrer, the radical educator and founder of the Modern School who was executed […]

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The Forgotten Revolution – The 1919 Hungarian Republic of Councils

After the ravages of World War I and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Budapest was engulfed by revolution and marauding foreign armies in 1919. Factory workers, disillusioned ex-soldiers, landless peasants, artists, and intellectuals began forming grassroots councils to get the country back on its feet. This groundswell produced a unique cross-class alliance in pursuit […]

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