Anarchist Studies: 17.2

The three articles by Tosstorff, Darlington and Morgan in this issue examine syndicalism from its origins in the nineteenth century through its encounter with Bolshevism to its current manifestations. They were originally presented as papers to a one-day conference at the University of Glamorgan in the autumn of 2007.

Table of Contents:
Editorial Guest editorial: Paul Chambers and Notty LaPorte FEATURES The syndicalist encounter with Bolshevism Reiner Tosstorff (translated by Norry LaPorte) Syndicalism and the influence of anarchism in France, Italy and Spain Ralph Darlington Herald of the future? Emma Goldman, Friedrich Nietzsche and the anarchist as superman Kevin Morgan The 'Herodotus of the CNT': Jose Peirats and La CNT en la revolucion espanola Chris Ealha REVIEW ARTICLES Searching for an anarchist sociology Dana Williams Anarchist theory and the pitfalls of the reductio ad politicum Nathan Jun REVIEWS Chris Carlsson, Nowtopia: How pirate programmers, outlaw bicyclists and vacant lot gardeners are inventing the future today! Reviewed by Lucy Sargisson Stuart Christie, We, the Anarchists! A Study of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927-1937 Reviewed by Richard Cleminson V.V. Damye, A Forgotten International: The International Anarcho-Syndicalist Movement Between the Wars - Volumes 1 and 2 Reviewed by Dmitri I. Roublev (transl Julia Goussev) Felix Feneon, Novels in Three Lines Reviewed by Judy Greenway Keith Flett (ed.), 1956 and All That Reviewed by David Goodway Wayne Price, The Abolition of the State: Anarchist and Marxist Perspectives Reviewed by Saku Pinta Mastaneh Shah-Shuja, Zones of Proletarian Development Reviewed by John Cromby Nicolas Walter (ed. David Goodway), The Anarchist Past and Other Essays Reviewed by Keith Hodgson Damian F. White, Bookchin: A Critical Appraisal Reviewed by Saku Pinta

About the Author :
Paul Chambers is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Glamorgan. He has published on various facets of religion including religion, politics and human rights. He is the author of Religion, Secularization and Social Change in Wales (University of Wales Press, 2005). He is currently engaged on research into recent Polish migration in Wales. Norman LaPorte is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Glamorgan. He works on communism and related topics. His publications include The German Communist Party in Saxony, 1924-1933 (Peter Lang, 2003). He is writing a biography of the German communist leader, Ernst Thalmann. Ralph Darlington is Professor of Employment Relations at Salford University. He has written extensively on trade union organisation and activity in both historical and contemporary contexts, and is the author of The Dynamics of Workplace Unionism (1994); The Political Trajectory of J.T. Murphy (1998); Glorious Summer: Class Struggle in Britain, 1972 (with Dave Lyddon); and Syndicalism and the Transition to Communism: An International Comparative Analysis (2008). He is an executive member of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association and Secretary of the Manchester Industrial Relations Society. Kevin Morgan is Professor of Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Manchester. He has published widely on the left in Britain and in comparative perspective, relating communism to broader social, cultural and political movements in Britain and Europe. Chris Ealham teaches history at the University of Saint Louis (Madrid Campus). He is the author of Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Barcelona, 1898-1937 (Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2010) and has published numerous articles on Spanish anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist movements. He is currently preparing a biography of Jose Peirats.