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Erica Lagalisse: Occult Features of Anarchism (Paperback, 2019, PM Press) 4 stars

In the nineteenth century anarchists were accused of conspiracy by governments afraid of revolution, but …

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4 stars

Something like a Grand Theory of the state packed in a short book. Oh, and some great stuff about the early history of anarchism (not anarchy, the -ism), conspiracy theories, how class intersects with conspiracy theories, how anarchism intersects with true conspiracy theories (having been born literally as conspiracies) etc. etc. Lagalisse has a lot of great ideas and I hope to read more from her. The book is a bit messy, but it's a short read and it doesn't matter.