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This is Part 1 of 2 due to reddit's character limit. For Part 2: click here
Firstly here's a more general anarchist reading list: click here
This is just an exercise in creating a counter reading list of essays and books critiquing post-left anarchy from the perspective of desiring that those individualist anarchists who consider themselves post-left might come back to acknowledging the benefits of working on big tent leftist campaigns, as well as solely anarchist campaigns and direct actions.
If you're unaware of what post-left anarchy is, the main thing you need to know is that it's primarily a skepticism of the utility of mass-movements. Here's a post comparing & contrasting the different values in summary: click here
The post-left reading list is taken from this poster: click here
The essays in each section of each column offer a contrast to each other already, but I feel the need to make special mention of the issues with 4 types of listed items:
- Eco-extremists defend misanthropic and fascistic mass murder: click here
- Hakim Bay is an advocate of paedophilic rape: click here
- Dr. Bones was credibly accused of abusing a fan of his: click here
- One of the authors of Black Flame called Schmidt has since been outed as a racist. Although the main author of the book was Van der Walt, not Schmidt.
Finally, if you have any suggestions on additions and formatting please let me know and I'll continue to update this post.
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LEFT-ANARCHIST READING LIST | POST-LEFT ANARCHY READING LIST |
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The Regrettable Argument that Created the Post-Left | The Argument that Created the Post-Left |
(overly critical) -------> | 1996 Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm by Murray Bookchin (critical) |
(overly defensive) -------> | Anarchy After Leftism by Bob Black |
(overly defensive) -------> | Withered Anarchism by Bob Black |
(overly critical) -------> | Whither Anarchism? A Reply to Recent Anarchist Critics by Murray Bookchin (critical) |
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Left-Anarchist General | Post-Left General |
Click - Anarchists in Wonderland; Against post-left anarchism and for an anarchism that does not shed the left | Post-Left Anarchy: Leaving the Left Behind by Jason McQuinn |
Click - The Left-Overs: How Fascists Court the Post-Left | The Incredible Lameness of Left-Anarchism by Jason McQuinn |
Click - Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! by David Graeber | On the Radical Virtues of Being Left Alone; Deconstructing Staudenmaier by Lawrence Jarach |
Click - Exercise: What Would an Anarchist Program Look Like? by Crimethinc | Anarchists, Donât Let the Left(overs) Ruin Your Appetite by Lawrence Jarach |
Click - An Anarchist Programme by Errico Malatesta | Whatever You Do, Get Away With It by Jason McQuinn |
Click - Anarchy! by Errico Malatesta | Critical Analysis of the Left: Letâs Clean House by Joaquin Cienfuegos |
Click - At the Cafe by Errico Malatesta | From Politics to Life: Ridding Anarchy of the Leftist Millstone by Wolfi Landstreicher |
Anarchism and Its Aspirations by Cindy Milstein | Notes on âPost-Left Anarchismâ by Bob Black |
Click - No Gods, No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism by Daniel Guerin | Boloâbolo |
Click - Volumes 1-3 of Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas by Robert Graham | Abolish Work by Bob Black |
Debating Anarchism: A History of Action, Ideas and Movements by Mike Finn | Instead of Work by Bob Black |
Click - Anarcho-Syndicalism in the 20th Century by Vadim Damier | Defacing the Currency by Bob Black |
Click - Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism by Schmidt, Michael & Lucien Van der Walt Hirsch | Modern Slavery [journal] |
Click - Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World 1870-1940 by Steven and Lucian van der Walt | Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed [journal] |
Click - The Tyranny of Structurelessness | Click - The Tyranny of Tyranny |
Click - A Review of The âTyranny of Structurelessnessâ: An organizationalist repudiation of anarchism | |
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Saul Newman (Because itâs more valuable to spread modern theorists referencing present political realities) | Max Stirner |
Click - Saul Newman On Anarchism Today | The Unique and Itâs Property by Max Stirner |
Click - Stirner and the Politics of the Ego (Saul Newman) | Stirnerâs Critics by Max Stirner |
Click - The Politics of Post-Anarchism by Saul Newman | The False Principles of Our Education by Max Stirner |
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Social Anarchism (Not because individualism is bad, but because both are useful) | Anarcho-Individualism |
Click - Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism | The Anarchists by John Henry Mackay |
Click - Social Anarchism and Organization by Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janerio | Enemies of Society by various |
Click - The Formation of Local Councils by Omar Aziz | Disruptive Elements: The Extremes of French Anarchism by Vincent Stone |
Click - Role of the Revolutionary Organisation by Black Rose Anarchist Federation | Novatore by Renzo Novatore |
Click - Post Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin | The Rebelâs Dark Laughter: The Writings of Bruno Filippi |
Click - Fighting for Ourselves:Â Anarcho-Syndicalism and the Class Struggle by Solidarity Federation | Individualist Anarchism and Revolutionary Sexualism by Emile Armand |
Click - Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber | Anarchism & Violence: Severino Di Giovanni In Argentina, by Osvaldo Bayer |
Click - A Talk About Anarchist Communism Between Two Workers by Errico Malatesta | Alexandre Jacob: Sailor, Thief, Anarchist, Convict by Bernard Thomas |
Click - The Conquest of Bread by PĂ«tr Kropotkin | The Bonnot Gang: The Story of the French Illegalists by Richard Parry |
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Critical Thinking (Because why be pretentious about it) | Self-Theory |
-------> | Click - The Minimum Definition of Intelligence: Theses on the Construction of Oneâs Own Self-Theory by For Ourselfs |
-------> | Click - Critical Thinking as an Anarchist Weapon by Wolfi Landstreicher |
-------> | Click - Critical Self-Theory: Towards an Anarchist Critical Theory of the Self and Society by Jason McQuinn |
-------> | Click - Critical Self-Theory and the Non-Ideological Critique of Ideology by Jason McQuinn |
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Pragmatic Left-Anarchism (Not because insurrectionary anarchism is bad, but because a diversity of tactics are needed) | Insurrectionary Anarchism |
Click - On The Far-Left, Effective Activism & Violence | Armed Joy (1977) by Alfredo M. Bonanno |
Click - AFed statement on kneecapping of nuclear executive by Informal Anarchist Federation by The Anarchist Federation | The Insurrectional Project (1998) by Alfredo Bonanno |
Click - The Politics of Attack: CommuniquĂ©s and Insurrectionary Violence | Letâs Destroy Work, Letâs Destroy the Economy by Alfredo M. Bonanno |
Click - Say You Want an Insurrection by Crimethinc | A Critique of Syndicalist Methods by Alfredo M. Bonanno |
Direct Action: An Ethnography by David Graeber | Workerâs Autonomy by Alfredo M. Bonanno |
The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber | Some Notes on Insurrectionary Anarchism by Sasha K |
Click - Means and Ends: The Anarchist Critique of Seizing State Power by Zoe Baker | Feral Revolution by Feral Faun |
Click - Towards an Anarchism in the Philippine Archipelago by Simoun Magsalin | Willful Disobedience by Wolfi Landstreicher |
Whoâs Afraid of the Black Blocs? Anarchy in Action Around the World by Francis Dupuis-Deri | A Crime Called Freedom by Os Cangaceiros |
Killing King Abacus Anthology by various | |
âAnarchy â Civil or Subversive?â A Collection of Texts Against Civil Anarchism by Conspiracy of Cells of Fire | |
âThe Sun Still Risesâ by The Conspiracy Cells of Fire: Imprisoned Members Cell | |
Beyond Right and Wrong by Conspiracy Cells of Fire | |
LETâS BECOME DANGEROUS for the Diffusion of the Black International by Conspiracy Cells of Fire: Imprisoned Members Cell | |
Individuality and the Anarchist Group by Conspiracy Cells of Fire | |
A Conversation Between Anarchists by Conspiracy Cells of Fire: Imprisoned Members Cell and Mexican Anarchists | |
Never Again Unarmed by Harris Hatzimichelakis | |
Lone Wolves are Not Alone by Conspiracy Cells of Fire | |
Articles from âCaneneroâ by various | |
Itâs Time for Anarchists to Pick Up A Gun by Dr. Bones | |
Stop Protesting and Become a Revolutionary: How to Join the FAI by Dr. Bones | |
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Eco-Centrism (Because we can still carry out direct actions, just without the misanthropy and celebrating of fascist mass-murder) | Eco-Extremism |
Click - Why Ecocentrism Is Essential | Technological Slavery: The Collected Writings of Theodore j. Kaczynski a.k.a The Unabomber |
Click - A Quick and Dirty Critique of Primitivist & Anti-Civ Thought | The Flower Growing Out of The Underworld: An introduction to Eco-Extremism |
Click - A Conversation with John Zerzan on Direct Action, School Shootings, Authenticity, Veganism & More | Regresion Magazine [journal] |
Click - The Unabomberâs Ethics | ECO-EXTREMIST RELECTIONS |
Click - Thereâs Nothing Anarchist about Eco-Fascism: A Condemnation of ITS | Atassa 1 and 2 by various |
Click - Not Our Comrades: ITS Attacks on Anarchists | Toward Savagery |
Click - Eco-extremism and the indiscriminate attack â The Church of ITS Mexicoâ by L (UK) | INCORRECT: An Interview with Wild Reaction |
Click - Attacks and Wild Reactions: An Anti-Civ Anarchist Engages with ITS and Atassa, their Defenders and Their false Critics | The Calusa: A Savage Kingdom? |
Click - Eco-Extremism or Extinctionism by John Jacobi | ATLTLACHINOLLI: ECO-EXTREMIST DIALOGUES |
Click - The Philosophy of the Unabomber | Ash and Ruin (Subversive Nihilist Periodical) [journal] |
Click - A brother lost, a brotherhood found | MICTLANXOCHITL: THE FLOWER FROM THE UNDERWORLD THAT GREW IN OUR TIME |
Click - From the Unabomber to the Incels: Angry Young Men on Campus - Eileen Pollack Considers Their Rage and Our Responsibility | Collateral Damage: An Eco-Extremist Defense of Indiscriminate Violence |
Click - Unabomber has become an unlikely prophet to a new generation of acolytes. By John H. Richardson | The Anarchist Myth |
Click - The New Wave of Eco-Terrorism and Nihilist Militancy by Popular Front | âConfronting your Domesticationâ and âRewildingâ |
Wild Reaction: Some Answers About the Present and NOT About the Future | |
Mexico: Indirect Response from the Individualists Tending toward the Wild | |
Against the World-Builders: Eco-Extremists Respond to Critics | |
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Gender Existentialism | Gender Nihilism |
Click - The Masterâs Tools Will Never Dismantle the Masterâs House by Audre Lord | Toward the Queerest Insurrection by Unknown |
Click - The Revolution is Female by Abdullah Ăcalan | Gender Nihilism: An Anti-Manifesto by Alyson Escalante |
What is Gender Nihilism? A Reader by various | |
Baedan [journal] | |
Queer UltraViolence Bash Back! Anthology by Fray Baroque | |
Communization and the Abolition of Gender by Unknown | |
The Coloniality of Gender by Maria Lugones | |
The Gender Rift in Communisation by P. Valentine | |
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Afro-Pragmatism / Black-Existentialism | Afro-Pessimism / Black-Nihilism |
Click - Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Komâboa Ervin | Afro-Pessimism: An Introduction (Raked and Dispatched) |
Click - What is Pan-Africanism? by Saint Andrew | No Solves to Abolish: Afro-Pessimism, Anti-Politics and the End of the World by K. Aarons |
Click - Black Anarchism: A Reader by Black Rose Anarchist Federation | Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon |
Being or Nothingness: Indigeneity, Anti-Blackness, and the Settler Colonial Critique by Iyko Day | |
Black Nihilism and the Politics of Hope by Calvin Warren | |
Onticide: Afro-Pessimism, Queer Theory, and Ethics by Calvin Warren | |
âWeâre Trying to Destroy the Worldâ Anti-Blackness & Police Violence After Ferguson by Unknown | |
BLACKNESS BY HOSTIS | |
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Feminism | Feminism |
-------> | LIES: A Journal of Materialist Feminism [journal] |
Click - Gender Disobedience: Antifeminism and Insurrectionist Non-dialogue | BLOODLUST: A Feminist Journal Against Civilization [journal] |
-------> | Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation by Laboria Cuboniks |
-------> | The Intersection Between Feminism and Stirner Egoism by Abissonichilista |
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