Shtakser reviewed Rebel Alliances by Benjamin Franks
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5 stars
This is an excellent book. While its focus is the contemporary British anarchist groups, it is much more than that. While the author discusses intellectual and organizational debates within these groups, he discusses debates relevant to anarchism everywhere. These include the question of non-hierarchical organization, of violence, of non-hierarchical ways of struggle, etc. All of these are debated intelligently and sympathetically. The author does not try to impose his point of view, but presents the debates fairly. I learned a lot about anarchist theories from this book.
The book is largely about battles of ideas, rather than about actual political struggles. I found this useful, since I was interested in reading something good about various anarchist theories.