"An Anarchist FAQ" in pdf format

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Introduction

Section A -- What is Anarchism?

Section B -- Why do anarchists oppose the current system?

Section C - What are the myths of capitalist economics?

Section D - How does statism and capitalism affect society?

Section E - What do anarchists think causes ecological problems?

Section F - Is "anarcho"-capitalism a type of anarchism?

Section G - Is individualist anarchism capitalistic?

Section H - Why do anarchists oppose state socialism?

Section I - What would an anarchist society look like?

Section J - What do anarchists do?

Appendices

    Anarchism and "Anarcho"-capitalism

    The Symbols of Anarchy

    Anarchism and Marxism

      1. Reply to errors and distortions in David McNally's pamphlet "Socialism from Below"
      2. Marxists and Spanish Anarchism
      3. Reply to errors and distortions in Phil Mitchinson's "Marxism and direct action"
      4. Reply to errors and distortions in the SWP's "Marxism and Anarchism"
      5. Reply to errors and distortions in John Fisher's "Why we must further Marxism and not Anarchism"

    The Russian Revolution

      1. What actually happened in Russia?
      2. What was the Kronstadt Rebellion?
      3. What caused the degeneration of the Russian Revolution?
      4. How did Bolshevik ideology contribute to the failure of the Revolution?
      5. Were any of the Bolshevik oppositions a real alternative?
      6. Why does the Makhnovist movement show there is an alternative to Bolshevism?

Bibliography

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