Rebel Alliances: The Means and Ends of Contemporary British Anarchisms

Concentrating on the class-struggle tradition within anarchism, as represented by current national federations in Britain, Benjamin Franks identifies the main principles that distinguish these movements from competing Leninist, liberal, and social democratic groupings. From these key characteristics, Franks then constructs an “ideal type” of anarchism—a distinctive anarchist ethic—against which he assesses the theory and practice of contemporary political groups. With this lens, the entire ...