A number of my colleagues have helped me out with this one, since I didn't really know the answer (I'll leave your aside to Jenna for her to answer).
Theresa Tobin wrote:
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy has a concise entry on
Philosophical anarchism which would help a new reader to put
contemporary forms into their historical context. The book below, I
found in Philosophers Index and should lead the reader to something
fairly contemporary about today's anarchism.. at least from a
philosophical, rather than applied, perspective.
TITLE: Social Theory: A Bibliographic Series, No. 54--Anarchism:
Contemporary Theories: A Bibliography
AUTHOR: Nordquist,-Joan
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: Reference-and-Research : Santa Cruz, 1999
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER: 0892068079
ABSTRACT: The bibliography lists books, essays within books and
articles in journals about contemporary anarchist theory produced since
1960 and the work of five important anarchist theorists--Murray
Bookchin, Noam Chomsky, Paul Goodman, Colin Ward and George Woodcock.
(publisher, edited)
DESCRIPTORS: ANARCHY-; BIBLIOGRAPHY-; SOCIAL-PHIL; SOCIAL-THEORY
LANGUAGE: English
DOCUMENT TYPE: Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
UPDATE CODE: 342
ACCESSION NUMBER: 0301305
(these designations show you where in the NY area it can be found. if you aren't in New York, let me know, and i can probably help you find it near you - Abigail)
NY COLUMBIA UNIV ZCU
NY CORNELL UNIV COO
NY HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COL ZEM
NY NEW SCH UNIV, FOGELMAN LIBR UVY
NY NEW YORK UNIV ZYU
NY SUNY AT ALBANY NAM
NY SUNY AT STONY BROOK YSM
NY SYRACUSE UNIV SYB
A number of people suggested the web site Infoshop, which looks like a handy resource for finding out about current anarchist theory/practice. Monica Finn pointed out these specific pages:
WHY ANARCHISTS OPPOSE THE "WAR VS. TERRORISM"
http://www.infoshop.org/texts/antiwar_talking_points.html
This doc is 3 years old but I think it might give a good summary of
where anarchists (and others) are coming from in relation to the protests.
My protest experience is limited to Portland, OR, but I'd expect the
most visible representatives of anarachy to be the black blocs. Black
Blocs For Dummies FAQ http://www.infoshop.org/blackbloc_faq.html which was
updated in Jan '04.
An Anarchist FAQ http://www.infoshop.org/faq/index.html was last
updated this year. A view that works better for me is the site map for
infoshop.org, an "online anarchist community":
http://www.infoshop.org/sitemap_text.html I don't know a lot about
anarchy but just skimming the Pages section gives a good view of the spread
and includes topics like bell hooks, housing, unschooling, zines and
other DIY actions.
Making a point to read about Fake Anarchists
http://www.infoshop.org/fake.html would probably go a long way to cover
what is not currently meant by the term. This is more info than
requested but hopefully you can find something useful in it.
You might also want to take a look at the Open Directory Project's section on Anarchism (http://dmoz.org/Society/Politics/Anarchism/); If you browse through some of the sites their editors have chosen, you may get a broader look at the landscape of contemporary anarchism.
I hope that's helpful. If not, please let me know (libronaut@yahoo.com); I'm happy to work further on it.
