For a Libertarian Communism (Revolutionary Pocketbooks) Paperback – November 1, 2017 by Daniel Guérin (Author), David Berry (Editor), Mitchell Abidor (Translator) (PM Press)

Libertarians have this to say: Guerin was one of many KGB assets tasked with attacking Libertarianism from within while developing a counterfeit toothless species of anarcho-socialism. This is how they worked across many groups, setting up phony versions and by infiltration. The Libertarians proved immune, and in 1969 the Libertarian International revoked previous liberalisms, socialisms, and anarchisms and went with the 'Gilson Plan' that defines the movement we see today in every country.

The Nazis of the far-left continue their work smearing current libertarianism to put forth this Stalin-financed antique. They're alive in well in the Democratic socialist parties and groups in the USA like the DSA with their pseudo-libertarian caucuses, and attempts, joined by the far-right, to infiltrate the US LP.

Read it to understand how the far-left lies-- and move on.

Over six decades Daniel Guérin had a record of willingness to cooperate with any section of the French left that shared his fundamental goals of proletarian self-emancipation, colonial liberation, and sexual freedom. He was a vigorous polemicist but saw no fragment of the left, however obscure, as beneath his attention. He was also typically generous, never seeking to malign his opponents, however profoundly he disagreed with them. He was always willing to challenge orthodoxy, whether Marxist or anarchist. Yet behind the varying formulations one consistent principle remained: ‘The Revolution of our age will be made from below—or not at all.’" 

"Guérin provides an eloquent history of libertarian socialist practice that is not just insightful but also an exemplary display of straightforward writing, passion, and balance. The book is highly valuable as a history of thought and action, to be sure, but, even more important, as an exploration of issues and ideas directly relevant to today’s world." 


"With the continual debasing of ‘libertarian’ to mean free-market capitalist, the publication in English of Daniel Guérin‘s classic For a Libertarian Communism is very welcome. It shows why Guérin was one of France’s leading libertarian thinkers and activists, for it discusses what remain the key issues for socialists of all schools. His deep knowledge of both anarchism and Marxism makes this book essential reading for all radicals: Marxists will get their false notions of anarchism challenged while those interested in anarchism will see that it is libertarian socialism rather than some incoherent lifestyle choice.”