Anarchist & Radical Book Club discussion

What would you like to read and discuss as a group? What have you been excited to get started on? Conversely, what has you intimidated and needing a nudge or support to get through?

Suggest books until Sunday the 21st.
Vote/discuss until Sunday the 28th.
Commence reading & discussion for May Day!

Because of our international participation, it's helpful to suggest books that are online, or at least widely available.

I'd like to suggest some Volatairine de Cleyre: http://theanarchistlibrary.org/author...

and some Alfredo M. Bonanno: http://theanarchistlibrary.org/author...

Maybe several articles from each? (or a book, if it's there . . . )

I'm going to suggest What is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (http://www.marxists.org/reference/sub...)

I would like to read something by a woman, a person of color, and/or someone from the Global South, as most of our writers have been North American and European men so far, repping a pretty limited perspective.

The following have been suggested before, but I'm gonna go ahead and suggest again: African Anarchism: The History Of A Movement, Assata: An Autobiography, or Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide.

"This document, first published in Portuguese under the title Anarquismo Social e Organização and adopted at the first Congress of the Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro in August 2008, seeks to map out the FARJ’s theoretical conception of an organised, class struggle anarchism and, “More than a purely theoretical document, [...] reflects the conclusions realised after five years of practical application of anarchism in the social struggles of our people”.
In what is perhaps one of the most comprehensive elaborations on the Latin American concept of especifista anarchism now available in English, Social Anarchism and Organisation traces and outlines the theoretical and practical influences on the FARJ’s conception of anarchist organisation and its strategy for social transformation.

The first Congress of the FARJ was held with the principal objective of deepening our reflections on the question of organisation and formalising them into a programme. This debate has been happening within our organisation since 2003. We have produced theoretical materials, established our thinking, learned from the successes and mistakes of our political practice it was becoming increasingly necessary to further the debate and to formalise it, spreading this knowledge both internally and externally. The document “Social Anarchism and Organisation” formalises our positions after all these reflections. More than a purely theoretical document, it reflects the conclusions realised after five years of practical application of anarchism in the social struggles of our people. To read it, click the links in the “Summary” below. The document is divided into 16 parts. It has already been published in Portuguese in a book co-published between Faísca and the FARJ." -anarkismo.net

If people want something more contemporary/organizational.
http://anarkismo.net/article/22150
for the PDF:
http://zabalazabooks.files.wordpress....

I'm new to this group, so I don't know if this book has been discussed before, but I'd like to recommend Chomsky on Anarchism.

Any other ideas, folks?

I would like to read something about Buenaventura Durruti...

I don't know how common is Der kurze Sommer der Anarchie in English (the translation should be: The Short Summer of Anarchy: Life and Death of Buenaventura Durruti).

Or Durruti in the Spanish Revolution.

(sorry for my English!)

Hmmm, well if we wanted to go the decolonizing route, there is this Unsettling Minnesota sourcebook (available for purchase and as a PDF) which I keep on seeing around the internets: http://unsettlingminnesota.org

From their site: With this book we offer you, as a seed, a collection of readings about this land and the people who live upon it. We offer you this sourcebook in the hopes that it will serve as a guide in your own process of decolonization. We hope it will motivate and inspire you toward the necessary action for justice.

The sourcebook contains over two dozen essays about decolonization and the related themes of white supremacy, sexual violence, classism, heteropatriarchy, appropriation, restorative justice and more, spanning more than 200 pages

^@ Orientalism would we a better choice.

Oh! I would read that again!

Unsettling Minnesota sounds very interesting

Three books are leading the poll right now. Does anyone want to explain why they do or don't support reading these?

Chomsky On Anarchism
Alfredo Bonanno (we'd have to choose what book/readng)
African Anarchism: The History Of A Movement

Looks like Chomsky got the most votes. Shall we tackle Chomsky on Anarchism for the next couple months? I haven't found a full copy online yet, but searching for the essays in the table of contents has proved mostly fruitful.