Something sincerely nice, not icepick joke #328746279.

  • volkvulture [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Makhno’s “communes” were never very successful and few in the countryside ever participated

    Makhno destroyed trains & wrecked equipment that needed to be preserved

    this is largely why figures like Kropotkin advocated for the nascent Soviet states & criticized anarchists in their overzealous actions& lack of foresight

    Makhno's bandits also committed pogroms and sent runaway locomotives against oncoming trains & generally were a pain in the side of revolution. While they may have helped to hold back the Whites and Hetmanate in places, the anti-communism and sectarian nature of Makhno's approach ensured that chaos would continue longer than it should have in these areas

    • richietozier4 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      criticized anarchists in their overzealous actions& lack of foresight

      Source? Genuinely curious

      • volkvulture [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        “We anarchists have talked much about the revolution, but how many have ever taken pains to prepare for the actual work during & after the revolution? The Russian Revolution has demonstrated the imperativeness of such preparation of practical reconstructive work”

        https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/sections/britain/periodicals/communist_review/1922/04/emma_goldman.htm