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“We too aspire to communism as the most perfect achievement of human solidarity, but it must be anarchist communism, that is, freely desired and accepted, and the means by which the freedom of everyone is guaranteed and can expand; for these reasons we maintain that State communism, which is authoritarian and imposed, is the most hateful tyranny that has ever afflicted, tormented and handicapped mankind.”

Book:Errico Malatesta: His Life and Ideas

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Errico Malatesta: His Life and Ideas

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Errico Malatesta

Errico Malatesta was an Italian anarchist philosopher, writer, and activist. Born on December 14, 1853, in Recanati, Italy, he was a prominent figure in the anarchist movement. His work focused on the principles of anarchism, advocating for a society without authority and state. Malatesta was a key figure in the development of anarchist theory and practice, influencing many later anarchists. He passed away on July 22, 1932. more

“Bakunin's warnings about the "Red bureaucracy" that would institute "the worst of all despotic governments" were long before Lenin, and were directed against the followers of Mr. Marx. There were, in fact, followers of many different kinds; Pannekoek, Luxemburg, Mattick and others are very far from Lenin, and their views often converge with elements of anarcho-syndicaIism. Korsch and others wrote sympathetically of the anarchist revolution in Spain, in fact. There are continuities from Marx to Lenin, but there are also continuities to Marxists who were harshly critical of Lenin and Bolshevism. Teodor Shanin's work in the past years on Marx's later attitudes towards peasant revolution is also relevant here. I'm far from being a Marx scholar, and wouldn't venture any serious judgement on which of these continuities reflects the "real Marx," if there even can be an answer to that question.”

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Book:Chomsky On Anarchism

Source: Chomsky On Anarchism

“Wokeness is a cancer, and academia is the carcinogen.”

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Author:A.E. Samaan

“First love is not always happy. It can sometimes be like a terrible illness.”

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Book:Rebecca

Source: Rebecca

“Ella estaba allí. L a había tenido en sus brazos. Habían estado juntos de nuevos. Se habían besado y el había sentido algo que hubiera creído imposible llegar a sentir alguna vez. Y ahora tenia que irse y dejarla.”