It worked, and if it doesn't, neither did Leninism, since the USSR isn't around and every AES states are far away from communism.
also your reasoning is wrong because you're measuring success in terms of taking state power which anarchists are specifically against.
Revolutionary Catalunya isn't around anymore but until it was, it managed to defend itself against both the fascists and sectarian violence and it's decay - to big surprise - started when they decided to seize the government.
But if you insist to making a dick measuing contest out of this as most MLs tend to do, the book provides examples of anarchy woking that were formed well before the Russian Revolution, so that doesn't really stand either.
It worked, and if it doesn't, neither did Leninism, since the USSR isn't around and every AES states are far away from communism.
also your reasoning is wrong because you're measuring success in terms of taking state power which anarchists are specifically against.
Revolutionary Catalunya isn't around anymore but until it was, it managed to defend itself against both the fascists and sectarian violence and it's decay - to big surprise - started when they decided to seize the government.
But if you insist to making a dick measuing contest out of this as most MLs tend to do, the book provides examples of anarchy woking that were formed well before the Russian Revolution, so that doesn't really stand either.