Read the full essays here:
http://nestormakhno.info/english/revdisc.htm
http://nestormakhno.info/english/struggle.htm
http://nestormakhno.info/english/newplatform/introduction.htm
Nestor Makhno (1888-1934) was a Ukrainian revolutionary anarchist, military leader, and writer. He led the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine during the Russian Revolution, which helped defeat the tsarist forces and establish the Ukrainian Free Territory (1917-1921). Because the anarchist project in Ukraine threatened the Bolsheviks' monopoly on power following the Russian Revolution, Lenin and Trotsky instructed the Red Army to destroy the Free Territory and murder or imprison anarchists. Makhno went into exile, eventually settling in Paris, France. He joined the Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad and published writings about anarchism and the Russian Revolution.
These three essays are glimpses of Makhno's theories on revolutionary praxis. Along with other members of the Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad, he developed platformism, the anarchist philosophy that says that revolutionaries should adopt unified ideologies, strategies, and tactics to ensure the success of anarchist revolutions. Makhno believed that the splintered anarchist movement ensured that anarchism of any stripe would never succeed. Instead, he proposed the Organizational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists to address the lack of unity between individual anarchists, national anarchist movements, and the international struggle against the state and capitalism. The platform suggests that anarchists must try to agree upon a united set of goals and principles to destroy the state, tactics to achieve those goals, and strategies to organize society after the state is abolished.
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 13 - Lenin
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 12- Sights and Views
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 11 - Bolshevik Activities
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 10 - A Visit to Peter Kropotkin
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 09 - The Club on the Tverskaya
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 08 - In the Moskkommune
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 07- The Market
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 06 - Tchicherin and Karakhan
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 05 - The Guest House
The Bolshevik Myth chapter 04 - Moscow
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 03 - In Petrograd
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 02 - On Soviet Soil
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 01 - The Log of the Transport “Buford”
The Bolshevik Myth, Preface
Deportation Its Meaning and Menace by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman; Part 02
Deportation Its Meaning and Menace by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman; Part 01
Deportation Its Meaning and Menace by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman; Introduction
Now Chapter 07 - For the Ones to Come
Now Chapter 06 - Everyone Hates the Police
Now Chapter 05 - End of Work, Magical Life
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