Tag Archives: Murray Bookchin

For Daniel Blanchard (1934-2024)

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

I think that radical, revolutionary critical theory is not a science; its purpose is not to provide a comprehensive, neutral account of reality. It is a political act carried out in order to transform the world and seeks to reveal … Continue reading →

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Thinking through May 68: Murray Bookchin

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

From Robert Graham’s Anarchist Weblog … Lately I have been focusing on recent events in France – the conclusion to the Tarnac trial and the police attack on the ZAD autonomous zone near Nantes. Now it is time to commemorate the 50th anniversary of … Continue reading →

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Anarchism, geography and the politics of space III: David Harvey and anarchist geography

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

… let radical geography be just that: radical geography, free of any particular “ism”, nothing more, nothing less. David Harvey We have little or no interest in polemics.  But differences of perception, thought, forms of life, when they happen or … Continue reading →

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Murray Bookchin: The Ghost of Anarcho-Syndicalism

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

In our series dedicated to anarcho-syndicalism, we share Murray Bookchin’s critical reflections on this tradition within anarchism, in the excellent essay, “The Ghost of Anarcho-Syndicalism”.  Whatever reservations we have regarding the direction of Bookchin’s anarchism towards a radically democratic municipalism, … Continue reading →

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The anarchist critique of democracy (9): CrimethInc.

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Julius Gavroche

The anarchist collective CrimethInc. initiated in the month of May a critical analysis and discussion of “democracy”, promising a series of reflections.  What follows is the ninth essay, by Uri Gordon, in which he discusses the attractions and risks of … Continue reading →

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Imagining the city: Murray Bookchin’s libertarian municipalism

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Julius Gavroche

Murray Bookchin’s libertarian municipalism challenges a variety of forms of anarchist activism and politics by insisting on the need to take and create political power and the institutions required for the government of freedom.  There are echoes here of Hannah … Continue reading →

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