Albert Meltzer

The Love and Rage Federation was perhaps the most visible revolutionary anarchist organization in North America in the last few decades. This book keeps alive the many key political contributions Love and Rage made to debates surrounding anarchism and organization, race, white supremacy, and the national question, as well as documenting the rise and fall of an important political movement. (Source: [AK Press](

A short study of the origins and development of the revolutionary anarchist movement in Europe between 1945 and 1973, with particular reference to the First of May Group. The First of May Group, formed in 1966, were the next generation of (largely Spanish) anarchist militatants, who took up arms against Franco, and American imperialism. Includes some historical background, documents, communiques, and a fascinating chronology.

At the beginning of the 1930s British anarchism was barely clinging on as great movements happened elsewhere. By the mid-1960s however all that had changed. The movement was on the up, with hundreds of groups and dozens of publications to its name in a vibrant scene that would go on to make a major impact. This is a story of the in-between years. Of solidarity with the Spanish anarchists as they fought Franco, clashes with Mosley’s fascist blackshirts, internment by the British State as it sought to crush internal dissent, of repression in a febrile post-war environment, and the bubbling pot as public sentiment turned against militarism and war.

The floodgates holding back anarchy are constantly under strain. The liberal would ease the pressure by diverting some of the water; the conservative would shore up the dykes, the totalitarian would construct a stronger dam. But is anarchy a destructive force? The absence of government may alarm the authoritarian, but is a liberated people really its own worst enemy—or is the true enemy of mankind, as the anarchists claim, the means by which he is governed? Without government the world could manage to end exploitation and war. Anarchy should not be confused with weak, divided or manifold government. As Christie and Meltzer point out, only with the total abolition of government can society develop in freedom. (Source: [PM Press](