Introduction

Preface

1. The Basic Ideas of Anarchism

A Matter of Words
A Visceral Revolt
Horror of the State
Hostility to Bourgeois Democracy
Critique of Authoritarian Socialism
Sources of Inspiration: the Individual
Sources of Inspiration: the Masses

2. In Search of a New Society

Anarchism is not Utopian
The Need for Organisation
Self-Management
The Bases of Exchange
Competition
Centralization and Planning
Complete Socialization?
Trade Unions
The Communes
The Disputed Term "State"
How Should the Public Services be Managed?
Federalism
Internationalism
Decolonization

1880-1914

Anarchism becomes Isolated from the Working-Class Movement
Social-Democratic Condemnation of Anarchism
Anarchists in the Trade Unions

Anarchism in the Russian Revolution

A Libertarian Revolution
An Authoritarian Revolution
The Part Played by the Anarchists
The Makhnovtchina
Kronstadt
Anarchism Living and Dead

Anarchism in the Italian Factory Councils

Anarchism in the Spanish Revolution

The Soviet Mirage
The Anarchist Tradition in Spain
Theory
An "Apolitical" Revolution
Anarchists in Government
Self-Management in Agriculuture
Self-Management in Industry
Self-Management Undermined

By Way of Conclusion
Footnotes