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  • Against the State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava by James Stout book cover
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Against the State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava

by James Stout

Anarchist movements across three conflicts

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Anarchist movements across three conflicts

James Stout brings together contemporary organizing in Myanmar and Rojava with the workers’ struggle against capitalism and fascism during Spain’s 1936 Civil War and Revolution. The book examines nonhierarchical forms of organization associated with mutual aid and solidarity, while asking how movements confront state power. Its comparative frame also emphasizes that these movements change and develop over time, and foregrounds voices often overlooked in conflict studies or misunderstood by Western radical movements.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in anarchism and political ideologies
  • Those exploring revolutionary movements in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava
  • Readers interested in mutual aid, solidarity, and organizing beyond hierarchies

Themes

Anarchism and nonhierarchical organizationMutual aid and solidarityRevolution and state powerVoices overlooked in conflict studies

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Book overview

A book about those that cannot wait any longer for the world to change.

Young revolutionaries in Myanmar and Rojava, colloquially referred to by journalist James Stout as "anarchists" for their nonhierarchical forms of organization based on mutual aid and solidarity, face incredible danger to pursue their expression of freedom. Against the State seeks to understand these anarchists, to honor their struggles, and ask tough questions about confronting the state. Stout contrasts these contemporary movements with the Spanish Civil War and Revolution where workers in 1936 fought capitalism and fascism. Crucially, the book presents these movements as evolving and innovative, and centers the voices of those too often overlooked in conflict studies and misunderstood by Western radical movements.
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