Der Anarchismus und seine Ideale

I realized, to my considerable chagrin, that I hadn't read anything explicitly anarchist for far too long, and this seemed like a good place to get back into it. It's a pretty short book -- maybe 120 pages as a paperback -- and skates pretty quickly over the history of anarchism, spending more time talking about the street actions in Seattle and the lessons that can be learned for modern anarchist organizing. I'd say it serves better to (re)awaken enthusiasm, while providing pointers to further reading.

This book does a great job of introducing the ideas from which anarchism stems. It is passionate, clear and down to earth. It gets you excited and, most importantly, provides lots of footnotes to go deeper into any of the specific subjects it deals with. A great unassuming guide to the newbies and a wild eye opener to the possibilities of free association and the alternatives to our current power structures.

I will be recommending it to my friends, and also using it as a reference for future research.

I liked the book. It covered a lot of territory, almost too much territory. I'm not sure who it was meant for. Seemed like an intro, but flew by so fast I'm not sure a newbie would process it all.