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Alexander Berkman on prisons and abolition

Posted on June 29, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

From Freedom News (28/06/2026) His arguments are no less salient in the face of contemporary threats Søren Hough We often think of Alexander Berkman as one of the preeminent anarchist communist thinkers of his time. After all, he did write Now and … Continue reading →

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Remembering Alexander Berkman

Posted on June 29, 2026 by Julius Gavroche

From Freedom News (28/06/2026) 90 years since the death of the great Russian-American anarchist Frank Jacob On 28 June, 1936, Alexander Berkman ended his life. Suffering from prostate cancer and financial hardship, he could no longer endure. Two weeks before … Continue reading →

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The Paris Commune: Alexander Berkman

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

Alexander Berkman sees in both the Paris Commune of 1871 and the Kronstadt Rebellion of 1921 a failure of foresight and nerve. In both cases, what was demanded was aggressive action against the State. And what occurred was passivity, lack … Continue reading →

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The Paris Commune

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

To arrive at the unknown through the disordering of all the senses, that’s the point. Arthur Rimbaud We share the words and sentiment of Mitchel Abidor, when he writes that the “Paris Commune of 1871 has been a blank screen … Continue reading →

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The russian revolution of 1917: Alexander Berkman

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

It has been asserted by some writers that Bolshevik accession to power in Russia was due to a coup de main, and doubt has been expressed regarding the social nature of the October change. Nothing could be further from the … Continue reading →

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