Between Anarchism and Marxism: the beginnings and ends of the schism …

Franks, Benjamin

doi:10.1080/13569317.2012.676867

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“…syndicalism, mutualism and trade-unionism). As discussing these issues is beyond the scope of our paper, we refer to Levy (2004), Franks (2012 and Van der Walt (2017) for further overviews and discussions. 5.…”

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Class Warfare: Political Exclusion of the Poor and the Roots of Social-Revolutionary Terrorism, 1860-1950

Meierrieks

Krieger

Klotzbücher

2021

Defence and Peace Economics

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We examine the effect of class cleavages on terrorist activity by anarchist and leftist terrorist groups in 99 countries over the 1860-1950 period. We find that higher levels of political exclusion of the poor, our main measure of class conflict, were associated with higher levels of social-revolutionary terrorist activity during this time period. This finding is robust to an instrumental-variable approach and further robustness checks. We argue that class cleavages -in the form of the monopolization of political power by the rich -perpetuated and exacerbated the socio-economic ordeal of the poor, while simultaneously curtailing their means to effect relief in the ordinary political process. Consistent with our expectations, this provoked terrorist violence by groups whose ideological orientation highlighted concerns over class conflict, economic equality and the political participation of the poor. Indeed, our empirical analysis also shows that terrorist groups motivated by other ideologies (e.g. extreme nationalism) did not respond to political exclusion of the poor in the same manner, which further emphasizes the role of ideological inclinations in the terrorist response to class antagonisms.

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Class Warfare: Political Exclusion of the Poor and the Roots of Social-Revolutionary Terrorism, 1860-1950

Meierrieks

Krieger

Klotzbücher

2021

Defence and Peace Economics

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“…The most common way to distinguish anarchism from Marxism is to claim that while they share a mutual aim – a stateless and classless society – they diverge in their proposed means to that end. Anarchists reject the consequentialist claim that the end justifies the means and instead insist on a prefigurative politics in which the means prefigure the end: because they look to a non-hierarchical and decentralised future, they support non-hierarchical and decentralised strategies in the present (Franks 2012: 216, 220; Shannon et al 2012: 32; Schmidt & van der Walt 2009: 65). This difference is often framed in terms of strategy, as in the recent debate between the syndicalist anarchist Lucien van der Walt and the Marxist-Leninist Paul Blackledge, in which the issue of the state and the associated questions of political organisation and leadership came to the fore (Blackledge 2010; van der Walt 2011; Blackledge 2011).…”

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“…But this historical fact does not indicate a fundamental flaw within Marxism. In the first place, and as some anarchists recognise (Franks 2012), Marxism is not inherently authoritarian, and contemporary Marxism certainly cannot be reduced to Leninism. 2 There is a diversity of tactics and organisational forms within both anarchism and Marxism: neither can be defined or condemned according to their practical strategies.…”

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“…Making demands on the state does not necessarily entail an endorsement of the state, any more than the demands that are made by employees during a strike are an endorsement of the employer or of the system of wage-labour (Marx 1988). Anarchists themselves have at least implicitly recognised the efficacy of political engagement by occasionally supporting the policies of certain governments and even participating in elections (Engels 1988; Franks 2012: 216).…”

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Marxism and anarchism in an age of neoliberal crisis

Choat

2016

Capital & Class

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argues that the former contains superior resources with which to challenge the current dominance of neoliberalism. In order to elucidate the strengths of Marxism, it addresses three common anarchist criticisms of Marxism concerning: its authoritarian strategies; its economic reductionism; and its lack of moral or ethical perspective. It argues that each of these criticisms inadvertently highlight the advantages of Marxism over anarchism. The aim of the article is not render anarchism obsolete but to respond to claims of an anarchist turn and subsequent calls for left convergence by highlighting the continuing vitality and strength of Marxism and raising questions for those who advocate an anarchist politics.

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“…The Stalinists took this to be a paramount duty, making the anarchists the sworn enemy of the revolution, with murderous consequences. Understandably, then, the morphology of left-wing ideologies in the 20 th century must be understood against the rise and fall of the Soviet Union (Franks 2012). With its demise there has been a revival in Trotskyist and autonomous Marxisms, and in councillist and syndicalist movements that have sought a more unconventional path.…”

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Left-wing convergence: An introduction

Prichard

Worth

2016

Capital & Class

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In this article, we argue that despite there being little evidence of an ideological convergence between Marxism and anarchism, such a convergence is not only sorely needed, but also eminently possible. We propose an open discussion on the appropriate terms of such a convergence, the context in which it should take place, and the reasons why it should. We close by showing how our contributors to this special issue open this debate for us in promising ways.

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Between Anarchism and Marxism: the beginnings and ends of the schism …

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