A sweeping history of revolutionary struggle and unbreakable alliances, Revolutionary Affinities takes readers from the Paris Commune to the Occupy movement, and through the heart of bloody fratricidal struggles to paint a vivid picture of the greatest anarchist and Marxist figures who dared to join forces, from Louise Michel to Subcomandante Marcos, from Emma Goldman to Walter Benjamin. With the urgent need for a unified front against the far right, there has never been a better time for this inspiring story.
Authors Olivier Besancenot and Michael Löwy, two of the foremost voices in the French anti-authoritarian radical left, explore the promises—and challenges—of developing a fully sustainable, libertarian Marxist society by examining questions of political organization, economic policy, radical ecology, and more. Strikingly accessible, brilliantly illuminating, Besancenot and Löwy have given readers more than a history book, they’ve created a road map for the future.
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David Campbell is a writer, translator, funeral director/embalmer, and former antifascist political prisoner. His writing has appeared in Slate, Huffington Post, CUNY Law Review’s Footnote Forum, and Hard Crackers, and his translations have appeared in Bateau, Post-[blank], and Barricade. Originally from Virginia, he lived in New York City for ten years before relocating to Paris to pursue a Master’s in translation in fall 2021.