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A Left-Anarchist Reading List - Critiquing Post-Left Anarchy
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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, Don’t 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: Let’s 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 “Post-Left Anarchism” by Bob Black
Click - No Gods, No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism by Daniel Guerin Bolo’bolo
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 “Tyranny of Structurelessness”: An organizationalist repudiation of anarchism
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Saul Newman (Because it’s more valuable to spread modern theorists referencing present political realities) Max Stirner
Click - Saul Newman On Anarchism Today The Unique and It’s Property by Max Stirner
Click - Stirner and the Politics of the Ego (Saul Newman) Stirner’s 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 Rebel’s Dark Laughter: The Writings of Bruno Filippi
Click - Fighting for Ourselves: 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 One’s 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 Let’s Destroy Work, Let’s 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 Worker’s 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
Who’s 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
‘Anarchy – Civil or Subversive?’ A Collection of Texts Against Civil Anarchism by Conspiracy of Cells of Fire
‘The Sun Still Rises’ by The Conspiracy Cells of Fire: Imprisoned Members Cell
Beyond Right and Wrong by Conspiracy Cells of Fire
LET’S 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 “Canenero” by various
It’s 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 Unabomber’s Ethics ECO-EXTREMIST RELECTIONS
Click - There’s 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 – The Church of ITS Mexico” 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 “Confronting your Domestication” and “Rewilding”
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 Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House by Audre Lord Toward the Queerest Insurrection by Unknown
Click - The Revolution is Female by Abdullah Öcalan 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 Kom’boa 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
“We’re Trying to Destroy the World” 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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