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Rebel Alliances offers an applied philosophical perspective on contemporary class-struggle anarchism in Britain. It identifies the main principles distinguishing this tradition from competing Leninist, liberal, and social-democratic groupings. From these key characteristics, Franks constructs a consistent anarchism, which both shares characteristics with politically-engaged post-structuralisms and has a distinctive ethic.

The theory and practice of contemporary groups are then assessed against this "ideal-type" of anarchism. Many of the central themes of anarchism are consequently subject to original scrutiny: the nature of the revolutionary subject; workplace and community organizing; violence and pacifism; the meaning of direct action; and propaganda by the word and deed.

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Language
English
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Subjects
Anarchism, Socialism, great britain
Places
Great Britain
Times
20th century, 21st century

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Page 8
Introduction Page 10
Chapter One: Histories of British Anarchism
Foreword Page 25
1. Problems in Writing Anarchist Histories Page 26
2. Origins Page 29
3. The Heroic Period: A history of British anarchism up to 1914 Page 30
4. Anarchism During the First World War, 1914–1918 Page 45
5. The Decline of Anarchism and the Rise of the Leninist Model, 1918–1936 Page 46
6. Decay of Working Class Organisations: The Spanih Civil War to the Hungarian Revolution, 1936–1956 Page 49
7. Spring and Fall of the New Left, 1956–1976 Page 54
8. Punk and DiY Culture, 1976–1984 Page 71
9. The Revival of Class struggle Anarchism: The Miners’ Strike to anti-capitalism, 1984–2004 Page 76
Chapter Two: The Anarchist Ethic Page 93
Part I: The Anarchist Ethical Framework
Introduction Page 94
1. Against Ethics Page 95
2. The Prefigurative Method Page 97
3. Ends-based Approaches Page 101
4. Means-Centred Approaches Page 106
Part II: Direct Action
Introduction Page 115
5. Direct Action: Means and Ends Page 116
6. Constitutional Proceedings Versus Direct Action Page 122
7. Symbolic Action and Direct Action Page 133
8. Direct Action and Violence Page 139
Chapter Three: Agents of Change
Introduction Page 153
1. The Anarchist Ideal: A concept of class agents Page 154
2. Leninist Model of Class Page 165
3. Gorz and the Non-Class Page 172
4. The Processed World Page 175
5. Extension of Class: The social factory Page 177
6. Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Page 182
7. Antagonisms and Solidarity Page 192
Chapter Four: Organisation
Introduction Page 196
1. Anti-Organisation Page 200
2. Formal Structures: Leninist organisation Page 212
3. Contemporary Anarchist Structures Page 219
4. Workplace Organisation Page 234
5. Community Organisation Page 247
6. Summation Page 258
Chapter Five: Anarchist Tactics
Introduction Page 260
1. Revolution Page 262
2. Industrial Activity Page 275
3. Methods of Propaganda Page 296
4. Community Sabotage and Criminality Page 321
5. Atypical Anarchist Tactics Page 338
6. Summation Page 346
Conclusion Page 348
Endnotes Page 354
Appendix One – Abbreviations and Acronyms Page 415
Appendix Two – Groups by Organisational Structure 1985–2002 Page 417
Bibliography Page 418
Index Page 462
Contacts List Page 475

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335.830941

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475p.
Number of pages
475
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8.2 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches
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1.6 pounds

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