We were split down the middle between delving more into insurrectionary anarchist theory, and social, organizational anarchist theory. Therefore, we have decided to read both How to Start a Fire:
An Invitation by Anonymous, (2017) and Libertarian Municipalism: An Overview by Murray Bookchin (1991) congruently.
Both of these texts are available for free through the Anarchist Library:
How to Start a Fire: An Invitation by Anonymous (2017)
Libertarian Municipalism: An Overview by Murray Bookchin (1991)
As always, we are meeting at Camas Books, 2620 Quadra Street, on Lekwungen Territory. The next meeting is Sunday August 6th @ 6:30PM.
Last week’s discussion introduced us to Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish Worker’s party, who, after he was jailed indefinitely by the Turkish State, turned to a number of new sources to revisit his previous Marxist-Leninist nationalist ideology. He did a ‘180’ and turned to the writings of the anarchist social ecologist Murray Bookchin, and from there developed his own vision of anarchism, which he called “Democratic Confederalism.”
For our next meeting we are reading Murray Bookchin’s classic text “Listen Marxist!” from 1971. This historical text was a significant intervention in the cultural milieu of the Left. This was the time when Marxism was considered the supreme ideology and dominated radical spheres, except for the anarchists.