To explain the endurance and commitment to anarchism by many American radicals throughout the twentieth century, most contemporary historians, scholars, and even radicals have repeatedly emphasized the social, political, economic, or cultural factors. When combined, these factors have sustained the credibility of anarchism as a social theory, philosophy, and practice in the United States. Anarchism had nearly become an anachronism in the more advanced industrial nations of Western Europe, particularly following the defeat of the anarchists in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). What …

he amorphous movement that has appeared on the scene of late—in North America, after Seattle, and around the world several years prior—exhibits an astonishing diversity of tactics, goals, and political beliefs. At the same time, this resurgence of radical politics is united in an equally varied critique of one phenomenon: globalization. Whether understood economically, politically, ideologically, or culturally; as a form of communication or set of new technologies; as an overlapping configuration of these or other factors, globalization provides the umbrella under …

The Institute For Social Ecology publishes Harbinger, A Journal of Social Ecology. We would like to thank the following contributors that made this issue of Harbinger possible:
Harbinger Committee:

Claudia Bagiackas
Michael Caplan
Daniel Chodorkoff
Michael J. Cuba

Contributors:

Amaan – The Oromo and the Ethiopian Empire State
Murray Bookchin – Interview with Murray Bookchin
Michael Caplan – The Oromo and the Ethiopian Empire State
Kai Malloy – Towards a Historical Perspective of Libertarian and Anarchist Education
Cindy Milstein – What’s in a Name?
Andrea del Moral – Seeds in the City
Erin …

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“The Greening of Politics: Toward a New Kind of Political Practice,” by …

Left Green Perspectives (formerly Green Perspectives)
A Social Ecology Publication
The Social Ecology Project
With the emergence of a new millennium, it should not be surprising that old socialist ideologies–borne of the Industrial Revolution–are no longer adequate to encompass the sweeping social changes that have occurred over the past two centuries. As transnational capitalism, facilitated by radically new technological …

The Unity of Ideals and Practice
by Murray Bookchin
Recently I have begun to encounter, especially among young people, individuals who call themselves “leftists” but who have little or no awareness of the most basic features of the Left’s longstanding analysis of capitalism, or of the history of the revolutionary movements …

The Fallacy of “Neither Left nor Right”:
Militia Fever
by Janet Biehl
At a time when the political sands have shifted massively to the right nearly everywhere, when the right is riding high while the left languishes in debris, it is increasingly common to hear the cry “Neither left nor right!” Few …

ANNALS OF ANARCHISM
Terror Reigns in Manhattan
by Michael D. Weiss
Editors’ note: The following article singles out a real crisis that is emerging in anarchism, not only in the U.S. but in Europe as well: the steady degeneration of a left-libertarian radical theory and …

From Green Messiah to New Age Nazi
by Matthew Kalman and John Murray
Matthew Kalman and John Murray are editors of the eco-political investigative magazine Open Eye, which has been uncovering and exposing David Icke and “New Age Nazism.” Address: BM Open Eye, London WC1N 3XX. Issue 3 is available for £1.70.
It …

Is Russia on the Road to Dictatorship?
by Markus Mathyl
Editors’ note: This article explores the affiliations of self-styled Communist parties in Russia with parties of the nationalist and fascist right. These groups share a common opposition to the government and policies of Boris Yeltsin and together constitute the “national-patriotic opposition.” …