Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair, Joint meeting with the Commune on "Revolution and the State"

Marxists and anarchist have always shared the view that the antithesis to capitalism is a classless, stateless society. What they have not shared is a clear outline of how this might come about. After the statist cul de sacs of social democracy, Stalinism and Trotskyism many marxists now recognise that the issue is not about replacing the state but destroying it. After the failure of the anarchists in Spain many anarchists recognise that revolution from below cannot just be a nice idea but has to have a deeper material basis. With capitalism now in obvious crisis is this not the time for a more fruitful exchange on revolution and the state than has been possible in the past? The Communist Workers' Organisation and the Commune independently proposed this discussion to the Bookfair committee and have happily accepted their invitation to hold it together. All welcome.

Saturday May 11 2013 Showroom and Workstation

15 Paternoster Row Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2BX