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A Likewise book.Greg Graffin is frontman, singer and songwriter for the punk band Bad Religion. He also happens to have a Ph.D. in zoology and wrote his dissertation on evolution, atheism and naturalism. Preston Jones is a history professor at a Christian college and a fan of Bad Religion's music. One day, on a whim, Preston sent Greg an appreciative e-mail. That was the start of an extraordinary correspondence.For several months, Preston and Greg sent e-mails back and forth on big topics like God, religion, knowledge, evil, evolution, biology, destiny and the nature of reality. Preston believes in God; Greg sees insufficient evidence for God's existence. Over the course of their friendly debate, they tackle such cosmic questions as: Is religion rational or irrational? Does morality require belief in God? Do people only believe in God because they are genetically predisposed toward religion? How do we make sense of suffering in the world? Is this universe all there is? And what does it all matter?In this engaging book, Preston and Greg's actual e-mail correspondence is reproduced, along with bonus materials that provide additional background and context. Each makes his case for why he thinks his worldview is more compelling and explanatory. While they find some places to agree, neither one convinces the other. They can't both be right. So which worldview is more plausible? You decide.
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Entertaining, Enlightening, and just plain excellent.......2007-09-28
For me this was the literary version of the great movie `Dogma'. By that I mean that for those of us with questions about and major issues with God and organized religion it was an excellent source of information and entertainment. Both of the men involved make you think and both make excellent points for their beliefs. Although I found myself agreeing with Mr. Graffin a great deal more often than Mr. Jones, I found them both extremely intelligent and open minded. A great read for those with absolute faith and those with no faith.
Good stuff........2007-08-05
Cannons that constantly fire make for an exciting yet blinding time. The authors however, had grace enough to insert questions for discussion and personal reflection. this made the book easier to digest, however the book itself is a good read and you away feeling rather challenged and confident.
Really enjoyed it!.......2007-01-06
Really enjoyed reading this. I'm a big Bad Religion fan, and share many of the views expressed by Dr. Graffin. Many of the people in my life are very hardcore Christians and we frequently agree to disagree.
As both Graffin and Jones stated, "score keeping" misses the point of this book. It's fun to be a fly on the wall listening to two very intelligent men debate the topics. Again, as they both said some will declare a winner to the debate. If that makes 'em happy...so be it. Looking past winners and losers though, most will have an enlightening look at "the other side" of many issues that most are afraid to discuss.
In the end, Preston Jones didn't change my mind. I still believe what I believe. But I always enjoy stimulating thought from a different perspective.
Definately recommended for those with an open mind!
religion light.......2006-11-10
I found the book to be an easy read. It was clear that the punk rocker posed arguments much stronger than the history professor. If I based my belief on the arguments by the history professor, I might be swayed to join the punk rocker's approach. I enjoyed the punk rocker's logic but was disappointed by the responses of the history professor. I expected much stronger arguments from the history professor.
Judge Jones should read this book.......2006-10-22
This dialogue produced much insight into the effects of Darwinism on belief in God. Judge Jones ruled that there is no conflict between Darwinism and theism. Greg Graffin did his PhD in evolutionary biology at Cornell (which I have also read) on the religious beliefs of leading evolutionary biologists. He found that almost 99 percent were atheists, or at least atheists as far as a personal creative God taught by the Christian, Jewish and Moslem religions is concerned. In Graffin's words "in most evolutionary biologists' view, there is no conflict between evolution and religion on one important condition: that religion is essentially atheistic" (page 21-22). Graffin makes it clear from his excellent Cornell PhD dissertation (and in this book) that orthodox Neo-Darwinism (of which a central tenet is Naturalism), and theism are on opposite ends of the spectrum on all of the major world view questions. As Graffin stresses "naturalism is a young, new religion" which is dominant among Darwinists (page 38). Given this, Judge Jones has made one world view the state religion, and theistic religion illegal in state schools. On another topic, I feel that Professor Jones could have done a much better job defending his world view. Graffin brought up all the usual misconceptions and misunderstandings used to denigrate theism, such as the Inquisition (page 28), Galileo's putative conflicts with the Bible, and the incorrect belief that the churches taught that the Earth was flat up to the time of Columbus. A good place to begin is Henry Kamen's The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision published by Yale University Press. I suggested this reference because Graffin stated he "avoids anything written by Christian scholars generally. I am simply not interested in learning how modern knowledge can be reconciled with outdated theology" (page 25). Kamen is a leading Jewish scholar. Many more examples could be provided.
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Rudolf Rocker’s classic survey of anarcho-syndicalism was written during the Spanish Civil War to explain to the wider reading public the ideology which inspired the social revolution in Spain. It remains unsurpassed as a general introduction to anarchist thought and an authoritative account of the early history of international anarchism by one of the movement’s leading figures.
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Sounds great.......2006-02-28
Rocker writes lucidly and forcefully. He presents a clear alternative to political socialism, including Marxism. Anarcho-syndicalism seems well-grounded ethically and as if it would avoid the problems of concentrating power inherent in both capitalism and socialism.
But can it work? The biggest argument that it can seems to be CNT in Spain in the 1930's. As Rocker described it, they were highly effective and fully anarcho-syndicalist. They were defeated largely due to the involvement of powerful foreign powers. In the U.S. before World War I, the IWW (similar to the anarcho-syndicalists in Europe) grew in influence but were suppressed by the government.
Today in the U.S. the only sizable organized anarcho-syndicalist activity appears to a mucher smaller IWW. They continue to support unionization efforts and refrain from political activity.
If people can organize around trade unions, as Rocker describes and as the IWW does on a small scale, with sufficient involvement as to be able to run industries themselves, then anarcho-syndicalism as Rocker describes it seems wonderful. There would, however, many practical issues to work out. Rocker says that the CNT in Spain did that. However, if people prefer to be led, then anarcho-syndicalism won't work, as someone will undoubtedly step in to lead and, in doing so, enforce preferences for themselves.
For over 70 years, anarcho-syndicalism seems not to have been won over many people. Will conditions change so that people embrace it? Would educational efforts help revive it? Or has capitalism adapted and won? Is self-government just too much effort for most people? This work by Rocker seems about the best place to start in exploring such questions.
Insightful and Thought Provoking.......2004-06-19
This book was my introduction to anarchist principles and economics. I found it to be enlightening and inspiring. The Spanish were able to create an amazing society in Barcelona and many other villages and rural areas in the country. They created a federation of collectives which emphasized personal dignity and freedom and celebrated the community and solidarity. These values are in sharp contrast to the ones of our own rapacious state capatalism, which celebrates greed, selfishness, and the destruction of communal values. If you are looking for a better, brighter way to live that actually worked until it was destroyed by brute force, this is a book you should read.
Excellent Overview and History Lesson.......2003-08-25
This book is a classic. Rocker provides a concise but thorough history of the labor movement and how it has evolved into modern anarcho-sydicalism. He also delves into methods that may be used to implement an anarcho-syndicalist society in the modern world. It was written 60 years ago, but most of the content is still relevant today. If you're interested in the labor movement, socialism, anarchism, or any related topics, you won't regret picking up this book.
Articulating a "Third Way".......2002-06-29
Rocker's work is the finest marriage of classic political liberalism and economic equality. Rocker grounds the spirit and ideas of anarchism proposed by Bakunin in a concise social/political agenda. A far more lucid vision of a social order which is both economically socialist (or communist) and politically open, than any other theorist before or since.
Some may find it a bit dated. The sorts of labor organizations he refers to bear little resemblence to those found in contemporary societies. That is, not syndicalistic.
Still, I believe he is one of the most overlooked influences upon contemporary, Western, left-wing thought.
I also believe that the books first section 'Anarchism: Its Aims and Purposes' should be read by more social activists. It would help focus the often disparate voices of opposition, giving them a clearer vision of the road ahead and what needs to be done to travel upon it.
an amazing intellectual and politcal statement.......2000-06-01
"Anarcho-Syndicalism" provides readers with an engagiong account of an egalitarian political philosophy that has its roots in Enlightenment thought. Author Rudolph Rocker presents a systematic conception of the development of anarchist thought towards anarcho-syndicalism, writing that "anarchism is not a fixed, self-enclosed social system but rather a definite trend in the historic development of mankind, which, in contrast with the intellectual guardianship of all clerical and governmental institutions, strives for the free unhindered unfolding of all the individual and social forces in life. Even freedom is only a relative, not an absolute concept, since it tends constantly to become broader and to affect wider circles in more manifold ways. For the anarchist, freedom is not an abstract philosophical concept, but the vital concrete possibility for every human being to bring to full development all the powers, capacities, and talents with which nature has endowed him, and turn them to social account. The less this natural development of man is influenced by ecclesiastical or political guardianship, the more efficient and harmonious will human personality become, the more will it become the measure of the intellectual culture of the society in which it has grown." Rocker shows that there is value in studying "trend(s) in the historic development of mankind" that do not articulate a specific and detailed social theory. Although intellectuals and social commentators alike dismiss anarchism as utopian, formless, primitive, or otherwise incompatible with the realities of a complex society, Rocker states that at every stage of history our concern must be to dismantle those forms of authority and oppression that survive from an era when they might have been justified in terms of the need for security or survival or economic development, but that now contribute to -- rather than alleviate - material and cultural deficit. "Anarcho-Syndicalism" remains an amazing intellectual and politcal statement containing a message of egalitarian hope.
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Celebrity fitness trainer Debbie Rocker is one of the original developers of Spinning, the international fitness phenomenon, and a world record holder in cycling. In TRAINING FOR LIFE, Rocker shows readers how to use walking, the body's most natural form of exercise, to achieve total transformation in a mere two weeks. She presents her personalized fitness philosophy in a 14-day program that includes walking basics, dietary recommendations, and additional upper body workouts that tone muscles, build bone density, and speed weight loss. Readers will discover how they can build confidence, attain total fitness, and train their minds to think of exercise and eating right as fulflling, important parts of life.
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Training for Life.......2007-05-14
No quick fix, although I don't suppose anything is... It just seems unrealistic to me.
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A tour-de-force history of Jews, blues, and the birth of a new industry.
On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants—one a Jew born in Russia, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi—met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it. Soon Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry added a dose of pulsating rhythm, and Chess Records captured that, too. Rock & roll had arrived, and an industry was born.
In a book as vibrantly and exuberantly written as the music and people it portrays, Rich Cohen tells the engrossing story of how Leonard Chess, with the other record men, made this new sound into a multi-billion-dollar business—aggressively acquiring artists, hard-selling distributors, riding the crest of a wave that would crash over a whole generation. Full of absorbing lore and animated by a deep love for popular music, Machers and Rockers is a smash hit. 12 illustrations.
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Enterprise introduces a new genre—the business book as literature.
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Tries to write poetry, succeeds in slobbering.......2007-01-04
What looks like a history of Chess records is a bloated, unwieldy tome that deeply disappoints. While you hope to hear about Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and other Chess greats, you get Cohen's slobbering rambling.
Here's a typical sentence (speaking of a piece of art in the Metropolitan Museum, surely a necessary comparison for a book about a roots-oriented blues-and-rock record label in Chicago): "This man, as Avedon portrays him, is rough and angry, unsociable, clear-eyed, ancient and folkloric, a relic from another age, genetically no different than those who came later, yet touched by the residue of a great evil." HUH?
Fully half of the book is history of Chicago going as far back as the Civil War. This is a startlingly bad history that pretends to be about records and instead is a palette for palaver.
Author a fan, but not too accurate.......2006-03-24
Rich Cohen's heart is in the right place here, but he needs to get some facts straight, e.g., the band is J. Geils, not Jay Geils. I liked his previous effort, "Cooler by the Lake", but this needs some serious editing.
How Leonard Chess built one of America's truly great indie labels.......2005-07-13
These "record men" were a special breed. Men like Herman Lubsinky at Savoy in New Jersey, Sam Phillips at Sun in Memphis, Syd Nathan of King Records in Cincinnati and one Leonard Chess were the driving force in the evolution of the music we now call rock and roll. "Machers and Rockers" concentrates on Leonard Chess and tells the remarkable story of Chess Records. In the span of 20 years beginning in 1948, the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, would build Chess records into the second largest independent record company in America. No small achievement! More importantly, it was Leonard Chess who played a pivotal role in bringing the blues out of the fields and into America's cities. It was this development, perhaps more than any other, that would ultimately result in the emergence of what we now call rock & roll in the mid 1950's.
How did these guys do it? Why did these men succeed when so many others tried and failed? As author Rich Cohen points out there was really nothing terribly mysterious about it.
Leonard Chess was a savvy businessman who was determined to succeed in the record business. And God knows, he was not afraid of hard work. Successful "record men" would do whatever it took. Leonard Chess was actively involved in nearly every aspect of his business. He beat the bushes in search of talent. He signed the artists and produced the records. Then he would stuff thousands of records into the trunk of his car and hustle them all over the Midwest. For the indies like Chess there was little margin for error. A major miscalculation could doom a small record company.
"Machers and Rockers" is a revealing look into the underbelly of the recording industry in 1950's America. However, as other reviewers have pointed out there are several glaring errors in this book. Some pretty sloppy research if you ask me. The best I can muster is a lukewarm recommendation. Since there are a number of books devoted to the subject of Chess records you might want to check out one of those.
What A Mess.......2005-03-26
I've read a couple of Cohen's books and enjoyed his tough prose style...
In "Machers and Rockers", he lets the style get away from him. Reading like an out of control Nick Tosches or a less violent James Elroy, Cohen uses his tough guy style loose on a number of unrelated tangents that immediately doom this book.
Even worse for a book about Chess Records, Cohen commits a number of horrific blunders about the artists and their music. This suggests either a lack of familiarity with his subject matter, a lack of editing and/or fact checking at the publishers, or a lack of caring.
When the lyrics to Muddy Waters' seminal "Hoochie Coochie Man" are badly mangled near the start of the book, it sets a dagerous precedent. (Note - Cohen badly messes up the third line of the song) If he can't even get a simple lyric right, why should we believe anything else that he wants to tell us?
To use a yiddishism to describe this book - "feh"...
An excellent survey .......2005-01-04
Avid followers of popular music will readily understand the importance of Chess Records in the early to modern business of rock and roll production, and won't want to miss Rich Cohen's Machers And Rockers: Chess Records And The Business Of Rock & Roll, an excellent survey of the two immigrants who changed the course of musical history by recording such artists as Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry. Cohen's lively coverage tells how Chess rose to become a multi-billion-dollar business, aggressively marketing artists and riding the rock and roll wave.
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Something weird is going on!
Mr. Docker must be a mad scientist! He does nutty experiments and he has an evil, demented, cackling laugh. Plus he invented a car that runs onto potatoes. Mr. Docker is the weirdest science teacher ever! Is he trying to take over the world?
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Making Science FUN!.......2007-01-12
Another fantastic edition in the Weird School series. Perfect for BOYS in particular. This one is about the Science teacher. I loved how the character, as well as the entire story, inspires readers to enjoy science.
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As a first-generation British-born black, Don Letts quickly learned to assimilate aspects of Jamaican culture into inner-city urban London life. Leaving school, he gravitated to Chelsea's King's Road, inhabiting the fashion world alongside Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren.
As resident DJ at the fledgling punk club The Roxy, Letts pumped a roots-reggae soundtrack to a predominantly white audience that included members of The Clash and the Sex Pistols, forging a link between the two clashing cultures.
A chance meeting provided him with a Super-8 movie camera, the result of which was released as
The Punk Movie and set Letts on a career of influential videos featuring Sex Pistols, Pil, the Slits, The Clash, Bob Marley, and even the -platinum-selling Musical Youth. His feature films include
Dancehall Queen, the Grammy Award-winning
Westway to the World-his documentary on The Clash-and
Clash on Broadway. He has recently directed feature documentaries for the BBC on Sun Ra and Gil Scott-Heron.
Alongside The Clash's Mick Jones in Big Audio Dynamite, Letts pioneered dance culture and sampling techniques, hanging out with Africa Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, and the cream of the New York City hip-hop scene.
Admired by Fellini, a friend of Bob Marley and John Lydon, and a documentarian of The Clash, Don Letts has never pigeonholed himself. This book is a firsthand account, told in Letts' own words-it's highly visual, revelatory, irreverent, entertaining, and staunchly individual.
Customer Reviews:
NOT VERY WELL WRITTEN........2005-10-12
Taking a leaf out of the Billy James school of how not to write a biography (have you read the Michael Bruce book or Zoot Horn Rolo's?-i rest my case)I was looking forward to a good read about possibly my favourite genre of music-southern rock. Firstly it's not comprehensive. No point blank,mama's pride or raging slab for starters and i maintain that Black Oak are southern (they released the single 'hey y'all' for goodness sake)but what really irritates me is the way the author WILL NOT slag any band off! He sucks up to them all. No southern band every made a bad album in his opinion. There is good in all of them (no one can convince me that the latter Marshall Tucker without Toy Cadwell are any good or that 38 special issued some radio friendly dross) believe me i brought every southern rock album i could get my hands on (still do) and some went straight to the second hand shop they were so awful. This isn't conscrutive journalism, all this book is is a poorly written, badly edited book with some incredible trivia which i don't care about and frankly a waste of time. Please someone write a decent overview of this great music. Oh some other points the Allman brothers did NOT play the isle of Wight festival in 1970. The first time they played U.K was the 'wipe the windows' line up. Paul Kossoff was the guitarist in Free and Paul Rogers is the singer and thirdly as great as the Allmans 'filmore album' i'm sick of the John Coltrane comparisons in their jamming. even the most ardent Brothers fan must admit that there is absolutely no similarities!
Good overview but needs some editing.......2002-01-03
This is probably the only comprehensive overview of Southern rock available, however, there are some inaccuracies and some editing would help this book a bit. Brant has a tendency to switch gears suddenly and hasn't learned the art of the segue.
You can't fault her entirely and her writing demonstrates that she is a fan of the genre. Since the volume was written, Allen Woody of Gov't Mule and Leon Wilkeson have passed on (in 2000 and 2001 respectively, Wilkeson from emphysema) Lynyrd Skynyrd soldiers on in its 18th incarnation and will be touring in the spring of 2002. (Gary Rossington remains the only truly original member followed by Powell) A critical eye could have been focused on the interpersonal squabbles of the band (Jeff Carlisi correctly points out that Ed King was an integral part of their sound) and the acrimony and recrimination that surfaced in the post-1977 lineups. Her new volume on Skynyrd should address this and the factors that led up to these situations. The same could be said for the ABB, the sacking of Betts and their longtime roadie and their squabbles are fodder for several books. The exclusion of Molly Hatchett is somewhat questionable as it could be argued that Blackfoot was the "heavier" of the Southern Rockers (witness their popularity in the UK during the heavy metal boom). Overall though, the book provides a service by documenting the heyday of this style of rock which reigned supreme from the early 70's to the early 80's but is now somewhat a regional phenomenon.
Very Effective.......2001-09-02
Marley Brant's Southern Rockers is a pleasant easy to read bio of some of the great and lesser known bands hailing down below the Mason/Dixon Line. Brant really takes you inside the souls of many of these great recording artists. Much of the information on the Allman Brothers is similar to that of Midnight Riders. However, its refreshing to reading the inside scoop on Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels Band, and so many fo the other Southern Rockers. One can certainly understand the plusses and minuses of being a musician and the common bonds these recording acts faced. The passages on Ronnie Van Zandt and Lynyrd Skynyrd are extremely captivating. Ronnie certainly had a strong will. The descriptions on the playing styles of Toy and Tommy Caldwell are very informative especially to budding musicians.
A few mistakes here and there but the whole package is a good one. Anyone appreciating the great music of this region should give this one a read. You will not be dissappointed.
An Interesting History of American Music from the South.......2001-05-25
The book is interesting and well written and covers in general terms the formation of these bands from the south and how they fared through the decades until 1999. This is a book maybe best suited for those who are relatively new to this type of music and who wish to learn more about it - an historical overview from say 1964 to 1999. There are one or two inaccuracies regarding the Allman Brothers Band. Duane Allman died on the 29 October not the 21st. Mountain Jam is on the CD Eat a Peach and not on the Fillmore East CD, while Midnight Rider is on the Idlewild South CD and not Eat a Peach. I recommend the book to all who are interested in the music of these bands.
A Great Book about Southern Rock.......2000-09-06
The author covered just about every area in Southern Rock, both with detail and to the point. Not a paragraph of dull reading at all. I literally could not put it down and came away with a good background of Southern Rocks greatest. It also came across as a tribute to the many southern musicians who have tragically left us too soon.
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The mean and moody leather boy on a thundering bike is one of the strongest, most potent images of popular culture. Rejecting stereotyped bourgeois conformism, rockers crystallised a youth style. This book is about that epic style, evolving from a cross-fertilisation of influences, a love affair with bikes and speed, and a British interpretation of American 'glamour'. All this took on a new perspective with the eruption of rock'n'roll.
Streamlined drainpipe jeans and clean-cut leathers were tailored for the sleek, throbbing British 'iron' and the gutsy music. All were elements of the style, reflecting a raw edginess, a studied cook, a search for excitement, a hint of sex and even of violence. This style survived Mods and flower power, not even eclipsing before today's long-haired 'bikers'.
To explain the myth and magic, the author looks at dream machines, the original heroes and, above all, the ton-up boys themselves. Why the cult endures is encapsulated in the photographs. Rare and eye-catching they explain the enduring fascination of rocker culture.
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Cafe Rockers Unite!.......2007-05-29
Neat book about the lives of rockers and racers in the 60's. Basically a look at what was going on in europe during the greaser era in America.
Best book ever written on the subject.......2004-06-30
Rockers! is a great nostalgic ride that takes the reader through the history of British motorcycling at its finest hour.
If you are a fan of the days of the teddy boys (the precursor to today's rockabilly revival) and have a love for the mighty British bikes such as Triumph, BSA, and Norton, you will love this book.
Rockers! is also an excellent companion tome to Richard Barnes' Mods! (the definitive history of the great "opposing force" to the rockers in 60's England).
Rockers! is well-written, researched in minute detail and loaded with great photographs.
Makes me long for my old '67 Triumph Tiger . . .
Rockers! rock.......1999-11-25
Rocker! is a very interesting about the people who were the rockers. This is not a motorcycle book, per se, but a book about motorcyclists of the '60s who lived in a world devoted to motorcycles, a book about kids who wanted to have a good time without going over the edge in rebelliousness, but liked the power of the machine and image of "Bad Boy." I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the life style of the Ton-up boys.
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In 1937, at the behest of Emma Goldman, Rocker penned this political and philosophical masterpiece as an introduction to the ideals fueling the Spanish social revolution and resistance to capitalism the world over. Within, Rocker offers an introduction to anarchist ideas, a history of the international workers' movement, and an outline of the strategies and tactics embraced at the time (direct action, sabotage and the general strike). New introduction by Mike Davis, with a Preface by Noam Chomsky.
"[Rocker's] approach is far from 'utopian'; this is not an abstract discourse but a call to action."-Noam Chomsky
Rudolf Rocker (1873–1958) was a leading figure in the international anarchist movement for over 60 years.
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Good Overview.......2007-07-18
How can a society progress to a level of legitimate egalitarian communization without the creation of a hierarchical structure of leadership or vanguard? For anarchists, the answer often lies in anarcho-communism or anarcho-syndaclism. This text by Rudolph Rocker, is perhaps the definitive work on the latter theory. Anarcho-syndaclism eliminates the apparatus of the state as a means to socialism, whereas classical Marxist theory insists that the state will wither away once the proletarian has seized control of the means of production. Anarcho-syndaclism values the use of direct action as a means to control the forces of production, and the utility of unions and defederated workers councils as the proper structures for social planning. Rocker points to the syndaclists of the Spanish Revolution as the primary example of the theory in action, though there seem to be few cases in history of such socialization without centralized planning. Perhaps this mode of revolution is more legitimate and effective than classical Marxism or Marxist-Leninism, though I suspect that anarchism will always suffer from the fact of its inefficiency and inability to mobilize populations democratically. Nevertheless, Rocker's analysis and background history (aside from several cavalier uses of `human nature) is provocative alternative to state capitalism and state socialism.
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Cafe Racers: Rockers, Rock 'N' Roll and the Coffee-Bar Cult
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Fantasic historical account not just pictures..........1999-04-20
This is an amazing first hand account of the cafe racing scene from the 30's on. Great stories and bike information.
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