Cartography of Revolutionary Anarchism is a 2013 book by Michael Schmidt (published by AK Press) that covers an 155 year history of anarchism from 1868 to 2013. It presents anarchism as occurring in 5 'waves', focusing on new unique issues in response to technological, geopolitical and cultural changes.
Summary
The First Wave, 1868–1894: The Rise of the Broad Anarchist/Syndicalist Movement in the Era of State and Capitalist Expansion
Events, ideas and organisations covered include the:
- French Revolution
- Enragés
- Revolutions of 1848
- International Workingmen's Association
- Russian Revolution (1905)
- Rise of Libertarian Marxism
- International Brotherhood
- International Alliance of Socialist Democracy
- Spanish Regional Federation
- Cantonalist Revolt
- Spanish Regional Labour Federation
- Spanish Regional Anarchist Organisation
- Pact of Union & Solidarity (Spain)
- National Confederation of Labour
- Proletarian Circle (Mexico)
- Grand Circle of Workers (Mexico)
- Grand Circle of Mexican Workers
- Grand Circle of Free Labour (Mexico)
- Mexican Revolution
- Regional Federation of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
- Worker’s Federation (Cuba)
- Artisan’s Central Council (Cuba)
- Labourer’s Circle (Cuba)
- Central Labor Union (Cuba)
- International Working Person’s Association
- Northern Workers’ Union (Russia)
- Cuban Revolution
- Tupamaros
- Narodniks
- Paris Commune
- Lyons Uprising
- Marseilles Uprising
- Central Labor Union (USA)
- Haymarket Massacre
- May Day
- Anarcho-Communist Party (Switzerland)
- Propaganda of the Deed
The Second Wave, 1895–1923: Consolidation of Syndicalism and Specific Anarchist Organisation in a Time of War and Reaction
Events, ideas and organisations covered include the:
- National Labour Secretariat (Netherlands)
- Federation of Freedom-loving Communists (Netherlands)
- General Confederation of Labour (France)
- Federation of Labour Exchanges (France)
- Macedonian Revolution (1903)
- Russian Revolution (1905)
- Anarchist Black Cross
- Industrial Workers of the World
- Propaganda of the Deed
- All-Japan Libertarian Federation of Labour Unions
- Libertarian Federal Council of Labour Unions of Japan
- Xinhai Revolution (China)
- Society of Anarchist Communist Comrades (China)
- Teahouse Labour Union (China)
- Guangzhou Commune (China)
- Confederation of Labour Associations (China)
- Hunan Workers’ Association (China)
- Wonsan General Trade Union (Korea)
- Free Trade Union (Korea)
- Shinmin Autonomous Region (Korea)
- International Anarchist Congress in Amsterdam
- Anarchist Communist Alliance (France)
- Anarchist Federation (France)
- Co-ordination of Anarchist Groups (France)
- Libertarian Communist Organisation (France)
- Libertarian Alternative (France)
- Argentine Regional Workers’ Federation
- Argentine Regional Workers’ Confederation
- Argentine Libertarian Alliance
- Anarcho-Communist Port-workers’ Group (Argentina)
- Resistance Society of the Port-workers of the Capital (Argentina)
- Uruguayan Regional Workers’ Organisation
- Uruguayan Anarchist Federation
- Brazilian Regional Workers’ Federation
- Brazilian Labour Confederation
- Workers’ Federation of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Local Federation of Labour of Santos (Brazil)
- Workers’ Federation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
- Workers’ Federation of São Paulo (Brazil)
- Chilean Labourers’ Federation
- Chilean Regional Workers’ Federation
- Paraguayan Regional Workers’ Organisation
- Paraguayan Regional Workers’ Centre
- Nationalist Revolutionary Alliance (Paraguay)
- Workers’ Trade Union Reorganisation Council (Paraguay)
- Havana Labour Federation (Cuba)
- Cuban Workers’ Confederation
- Cuban National Labour Confederation
- Mexican Regional Workers’ Organisation
- House of the World Worker (Mexico)
- General Confederation of Labour (Mexico)
- Venezuelan Regional Workers’ Federation
- Peruvian Regional Workers’ Federation
- Local Workers’ Federation of Lima (Peru)
- Colombian Workers’ Federation
- Local Workers’ Federation of La Paz (Bolivia)
- Feminine Workers’ Federation (Bolivia)
- Bolivian Regional Workers’ Confederation
- Guayas Workers’ Regional Federation (Ecuador)
- National Confederation of Labour (Spain)
- General Confederation of Labour (Portugal)
- Carnation Revolution
- Revolutionary League (Mozambique)
- Mexican Revolution
- Baja Commune (Mexico)
- Struggle (Mexico)
- Red Battalions (Mexico)
- Morelos Commune (Mexico)
- Liberation Army of the South (Mexico)
- National Agrarian Party (Mexico)
- Syndicalist Conference in London (1913)
- Industrial Syndicalist Education League (UK)
- Irish Transport & General Workers’ Union
- International Syndicalist Information Bureau
- International Workers' Association
- Federation of Anarchist-Communists of Bulgaria
- Vlassovden Confederation (Bulgaria)
- National Confederation of Labour (Bulgaria)
- Feburary Revolution (Russia)
- October Revolution (Russia)
- Ukrainian Revolution
- Revolutionary Insurgent Army of the Ukraine
- Anarcho-Communist Group (Ukraine)
- Nabat
- Donetz Syndicalists
- Free Territory of Ukraine
- Pan-Russian Insurgent Committee of Revolutionary Partisans (Russia)
- Anarchist Federation of the Altai
- Kuzbass Autonomous Industrial Commune
- All-Russian Confederation of Anarcho-Syndicalists
- Petrograd Anarchist Communist Federation (Russia)
- Union of Anarcho-Syndicalist Propaganda (Russia)
- Moscow Federation of Anarchist Groups (Russia)
- Black Guards (Russia)
- Villa Durnova Commune (Russia)
- Kronstadt Commune (Russia)
- Spanish Revolution
- Great Global Revolt
- German Revolution
- Munich Soviet Republic (Germany)
- Italian Syndicalist Union
- Free Workers’ Union of Germany
- Committee for the Defence of Revolutionary Syndicalism (France)
- General Confederation of Labour Unitaire (France)
- Dielo Truda
- Platformism
- Synthesis Anarchism
- Iberian Anarchist Federation
The Third Wave, 1924–1949: The Anarchist Revolutions Against Imperialism, Fascism, and Bolshevism
Events, ideas and organisations covered include the:
- Federation of Anarchist-Communist Groups of Poland and Lithuania
- Anarchist Federation of Poland
- General Workers’ Federation (Poland)
- Polish Syndicalist Union
- Warsaw Uprising (Poland)
- The movement became involved in localised insurrections in 1874 and 187
- Italian Workers’ Party (1882)
- Revolutionary Anarchist Socialist Party (Italy)
- Bienno Rosso
- Union of Communist Anarchists of Italy
- Italian Anarchist Union
- Free Association of German Trade Unions
- German Anarchist Federation
- Federation of Communist Anarchists of Germany
- Free Workers Union of Germany
- General Labour Union - Unity Organisation (Germany)
- East Asian Anarchist Federation
- Korean Anarchist Federation
- Korean Youth Federation in South China
- Continental Workingmen’s Association (USA)
- Shinmin Autonomous Region
- Korean Anarchist Communist Federation
- Korean Anarchist Federation in Manchuria
- Korean People’s Association in Manchuria
- Liberation Army of the South
- Chuan Yung People’s Training Centre
- Spanish Revolution
- National Confederation of Labour (Spain)
- Zaragoza Conference (1936)
- Iberian Anarchist Federation
- Libertarian Youth Federation of Iberia
- Durruti Column
- Nabat
- Kronstadt Accords (Ukraine)
- International Revolutionary Syndicalist Federation (France)
- National Confederation of Labour (France)
- Francophone Anarchist Federation
- Federation of Anarchist Communists of Bulgaria
- Federation of Italian Anarchist Communists
- Anarchist Federation of Britain
- Syndicalist Workers’ Federation (UK)
- Anarchist Communist Federation (UK)
- Japanese Anarchist Federation
- Federation of Free Labour Unions (Japan)
- Conference of Labour Unions (Japan)
- Japanese Anarchist Club
- Black Front Society (Japan)
- Libertarian Socialist Council (Japan)
- Workers’ Solidarity Movement (Japan)
- Anarchist Federation (Japan)
- Federation of Libertarian Socialists (Germany)
- Free Workers' Union (Germany)
- North African Libertarian Movement
- Independent League of Trade Unions (Netherlands)
- Free Union (Netherlands)
- General Delegation of the CNT (Mexico)
- Venezuelan Regional Workers’ Federation
- Federation of Free Society Builders (China)
- Korean Revolutionist Federation
- Anarchist International Relations Commission
- Continental Commission of Anarchist Relations
- Anarchist International Commission
- Iron Column
The Fourth Wave, 1950–1989: Rearguard Actions in the Shadow of the Cold War and Decolonisation in Africa and Asia
Events, ideas and organisations covered include the:
- Cuban Revolution
- Cuban Libertarian Alliance
- General Confederation of Labour (Cuba)
- Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden
- General Confederation of Labour (Chile)
- National Workers’ Unity Movement (Chile)
- Chilean Workers’ Central (Chile)
- Ship-building Workers’ Federation (Argentina)
- New Zealand Waterfront Strike (1951)
- Yunnan Resistance
- Bolivian Regional Workers’ Confederation
- Feminine Workers’ Federation (Bolivia)
- Industrial and Commercial Union of Southern Rhodesia
- Uruguayan Anarchist Federation
- Worker-Student Resistance (Uruguay)
- National Convention of Workers (Uruguay)
- Spanish Maquis
- Autonomous Workers’ League (South Korea)
- Autonomous Village Movement (South Korea)
- Prague Spring
- May 1968 Events in France
- Tlatelolco Massacre
- National Union of Senegalese Workers
- Federation of the Provincial Proletariat (China)
- Movement of the Revolutionary Left (Chile)
- Libertarian Communist Organisation (Chile)
- Revolutionary Popular Organisation (Uruguay)
- National Convention of Workers (Uruguay)
- Libertarian Resistance (Argentina)
- Workers’ Liberation Group (Iraq)
- The Scream of The People (Iran)
- Angry Brigade (UK)
- Direct Action (France)
- Direct Action (Canada)
- Autonomous Anticapitalist Commandos (Spain)
- First of May Group (Spain)
- Iberian Liberation Movement (Spain)
- Groups of International Revolutionary Action (Spain)
- Anarchist Black Cross
- International of Anarchist Federations
- Bulgarian Libertarian Union
- Cuban Libertarian Movement in Exile
- Iberian Anarchist Federation (Spain)
- Neutralist Tribune (Vietnam)
- Anarchist Federation (China)
- Uruguayan Libertarian Alliance
- International Workers' Association
- Marine Transport Workers’ Industrial Union (Sweden)
- National Confederation of Labour (Spain)
- Left Opposition (USSR)
- Movement of Revolutionary Communards (USSR)
- Free General Workers’ Union (USSR)
- Communist League of Anarchists (USSR)
- Polish Anarchist Federation
- Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (Czechoslovakia)
- Czech and Slovak Anarchist Federation
- Proletarian Action Anarchist Groups (Italy)
- Italian Anarchist Federation
- North African Libertarian Movement
- Libertarian Communist International
- Libertarian Communist Federation (France)
- Federation of Communist Anarchists (Italy)
- Union of Libertarian Communist Workers (France)
- Anarchist Revolutionary Organisation (France)
- Libertarian Communist Organisation (France and Belgium)
- Libertarian Alternative (France)
- Uruguayan Anarchist Federation
The Fifth Wave, 1990–Today: The Anarchist Movement’s Resurgence in the Era of Soviet Collapse and Neoliberal Hegemony
Events, ideas and organisations covered include the:
- Polish Anarchist Federation
- Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (Czechoslovakia)
- Confederation of Anarcho-Syndicalists (Russia)
- Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists (Russia)
- Autonomous Action (Russia)
- Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden
- Libertarians and Independent Syndicalists in Cuba
- Especifismo
- Uruguayan Anarchist Federation
- Zapatista Revolution (Mexico)
- Zapatista Communities (Mexico)
- Indigenous Popular Council of Oaxaca (Mexico)
- Anarchist Party for Individual Freedoms in the Republic (Senegal)
- Anarchist Workers’ and Students’ Group (Zambia)
- Wiyathi Collective (Kenya)
- Industrial Workers of the World
- Awareness League (Nigeria)
- Anarchist Resistance Movement (South Africa)
- Durban Anarchist Federation (South Africa)
- Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (South Africa)
- Battle of Seattle (USA)
- North-Eastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists (USA)
- International Workers' Association
- General Confederation of Labor (Spain)
- Siberian Confederation of Labour (Russia)
- National Confederation of Labour (France)
- Solidarity Unity Democracy (Switzerland)
- European Federation of Alternative Syndicalism
- International Libertarian Solidarity
- anarkismo
- Arab Spring
- Libertarian Socialist Movement (Egypt)
- Libertarian Alternative (France)
- Free Women's and Workers' Union (Germany)