WORLD WORLDWIDE FRANCE News Journal Update - (en) France, UCL AL #340 - Culture, Read Enckell: "A little history of anarchism" (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

A refreshing book, a bucolic walk between anarchists in anarchism. It
feels good, far from the rhetoric rehashed by the media. Marianne Enckel
invites us into this little book which, although modest in terms of the
number of pages, is teeming with references and anecdotes to tell us the
story of anarchism. This story is above all "a very real story of men
and women in struggle, eager for knowledge and social change, culture
and ideals. In twelve chapters, the author invites us to "a walk through
anarchist movements around the world. ---- His point is not theoretical.
For her stroll, Marianne Enckel chooses an alert style, made up of
snippets, suggestions, sometimes just allusions, all embellished with
songs. His well-documented work does not traditionally follow a linear
chronology, but dawdles over social struggles. It deals with
internationalism, the social origins of anarchism, women's
anti-patriarchal struggles, direct action and de facto propaganda, trade
unionism and workers' organizations, utopia and achievements such as
those of revolutionary Spain, of May 68, etc.

This story begins with the organizational beginnings of the labor
movement. "To qualify movements or militants prior to this period as
anarchists is an anachronism. Marianne Enckel likes to remind us that
"the history of anarchism runs through the history of the organized
labor movement.»

In a chapter entitled "How to be an anarchist ? ", full of freshness,
she reminds us that "a revolution is first and foremost an explosion of
fraternity, joy and creativity. "Without a doubt, anarchism and
anarchists will continue to evolve, mutate, mutate. Whether it is
towards new forms of direct action unionism, through the construction of
rhizomic federations, in a thousand and one experiences and collective
achievements. Dreaming of overthrowing all the Vendôme columns. And
since this walk through time, people and continents must end, it is
better to end with songs.

Dominique Sureau (UCL Angers)

Marianne Enckell, A short history of anarchism, Nada, 125 pages, 2023,
10 euros.

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Lire-Enckell-Une-petite-histoire-de-l-anarchisme
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