Revolutionary Affinities

"A sweeping history of revolutionary struggle and unbreakable alliances, Revolutionary Affinities takes readers from the Paris Commune to the Occupy movement, and through the heart of bloody fratricidal struggles to paint a vivid picture of the greatest anarchist and Marxist figures who dared to join forces, from Louise Michel to Subcomandante Marcos, from Emma Goldman to Walter Benjamin. With the urgent need for a unified front against the far right, there has never been a better time for this inspiring story. 0Authors Olivier Besancenot and Michael Lè owy, two of the foremost voices in the French anti-authoritarian radical left, explore the promises? and challenges? of developing a fully sustainable, libertarian Marxist society by examining questions of political organization, economic policy, radical ecology, and more. Strikingly accessible, brilliantly illuminating, Besancenot and Lè owy have given readers more than a history book, they've created a road map for the future."--Provided by publisher.

Preface to the English Version
Translator’ s Acknowledgments
Translator’ s Note
Foreword

I. Points of Solidarity
      The First International and the Paris Commune (1871)
      May Day and the Haymarket Martyrs (1886)
      Revolutionary Trade Unionism and the Charter of Amiens (1906)
      The Spanish Revolution (1936– 1937)
      May 68
      From Alterglobalization to Occupy Wall Street
      Portraits
      Louise Michel
      Pierre Monatte
      Rosa Luxemburg
      Emma Goldman
      Buenaventura Durruti
      Benjamin Pé ret
      Subcomandante Marcos

II. Points of Conflict
      The Russian Revolution (1917– 1920)
October 1917
The Split between Red and Black
      Party and Soviets
      Revisiting the Kronstadt Tragedy
The Two Versions of the Conflict
A Sissenting View: Victor Serge
An Error and a Wrong
Makhno: Red and Black in Ukraine (1918– 1921)

III. A Few Libertarian Marxist Thinkers
      Walter Benjamin
      André Breton
      Daniel Gué rin

IV. Policy Issues
Individual and Collective
Making Revolution without Taking Power?
Autonomy and Federalism
Democratic Economic Planning and Self-management
Direct and Representative Democracy
Union and Party
Ecosocialism and Anarchist Ecology

Conclusion
Toward a Libertarian Marxism