Entry to Left Wing Anarchist Reading
Phase 1: Get Started!
  1. Anarchism 101 – An introduction to anarchism: https://libcom.org/article/anarchism-101
  2. Anarchist Analysis – A Modern Anarchism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCgr2g0cQ5Y
  3. Anarcho-syndicalism – an introduction: https://libcom.org/article/anarcho-syndicalism-introduction
  4. Cindy Milstein Anarchism and Its Aspirations: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/cindy-milstein-anarchism-and-its-aspirations.pdf
  5. Why We Don’t Vote — Urcuchillay: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/aotearoa-workers-solidarity-movement-why-we-don-t-vote.pdf
Phase 2: Real-World Anarchism — Examining Projects in Practice!
  1. The Anarchist Collectives Workers’ Self-Management in the Spanish Revolution: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sam-dolgoff-editor-the-anarchist-collectives.pdf
  2. Maintenance in Autonomy: Christiania’s Self-Managed Infrastructures: https://themaintainers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021update_TRAGANOU_CHRISTIANIA_MAINTENANCE_21_all.pdf
  3. Understanding Change in Non-State Armed Group Behaviour: Zapatista-Rebel Interactions in Mexico: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/13698249.2025.2481547
  4. A field study of the Zapatista educational projects in Chiapas: https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1482125/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Phase 3: Get Into Theory!
  1. Pëtr Kropotkin – Mutual Aid – A Factor of Evolution: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution.pdf
  2. Anarchism and Other Essays – Emma Goldman: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-anarchism-and-other-essays.pdf
  3. Rudolf Rocker – Anarcho-syndicalism: Theory and Practice: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/rudolf-rocker-anarchosyndicalism.pdf
  4. → The Role of the Trade Unions: Anarcho-Syndicalist View:
    https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/rocker-rudolf/misc/anarchism-anarcho-syndicalism.htm#s5
    → The Soviet System or the Dictatorship of the Proletariat?:
    https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/rudolf-rocker-the-soviet-system-or-the-dictatorship-of-the-proletariat.pdf
    → The Communist Party and the Idea of Dictatorship:
    https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/rudolf-rocker-the-communist-party-and-the-idea-of-dictatorship.pdf
  5. Nationalism and Culture by Rudolf Rocker: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/rudolf-rocker-nationalism-and-culture.pdf
  6. Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge: https://monoskop.org/images/7/7e/Feyerabend_Paul_Against_Method.pdf
Other Interesting Considerations:
  1. Origins and ideas of anarcho-syndicalism – Solidarity Federation: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/solidarity-federation-origins-and-ideas-of-anarcho-syndicalism.pdf
  2. Anarcho-Syndicalism – The Tactics and Vision for a New Workers Movement: https://syndicalism.org/texts/489/an-introduction-to-anarcho-syndicalism
  3. Fighting for Ourselves – Anarcho-syndicalism and the Class Struggle: https://syndicalism.org/texts/465/fighting-for-ourselves-anarcho-syndicalism-and-the-class-struggle
  4. Anarcho-Syndicalism: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know, But Were Too Afraid To Ask: https://classautonomy.info/anarcho-syndicalism-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask/