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Articles about and by the Russian anarchist Michael Bakunin
Bakunin's ideas on revolutionary organisation
Date: Wed, 2002-05-01 22:57
The Russian revolutionary Micheal Bakunin is often presented as the 'founding father' of anarchism. He was a larger than life figure whose disputes with Marx in the 1st international form an essential role in the clarification of the role of the vanguard and of the state in the revolutionary process. Yet his concrete ideas on anarchist organisation are not so well knowm. Andrew N. Flood takes a closer look at them.
Did Bakunin advocate secret dictatorship?
Date: Thu, 1994-02-03 12:37
Bakunin is sometimes accused of being in favour of dictatorship. Indeed he often talks about secret dictatorships. However if you read what he actually said in detail it is quite obvious that what he was talking about was the classic anarchist position of a leadership of ideas.
