Here is a text by an anarchist activist from Berlin, Katja Einsfeld, on anarcho-communist planning, a subject which is essential if we want to think about how a libertarian society could be organised. Read by a reader who was born just after WWII and became an anarchist in the mid-60s, Katja Einsfeld’s text produces a twofold effect : a) The extreme satisfaction of seeing an important and complex question dealt with ; b) The impression that there is no continuity of thought in the anarchist movement and that each new generation is obliged to reinvent everything, which produces a real sense of annoyance.

Without falling into the habit of most Marxists who quote their canonical authors every five sentences, the anarchist and syndicalist movement has no shortage of authors who have dealt with the organisation of a society free from exploitation and oppression : these authors could have served as a basis for the reflection proposed by Katja.

Nathan Jun rightly says : “… all political-theoretical discussions of anarchism going forward should begin with a fresh appraisal of the actual content of anarchist political thought, based on a rigorous analysis of its political, social, and cultural history.”