Why Do Anarchists Abstain From Elections? (A6)
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Publisher: Active Distribution
Author: Tommy Lawson
Publisher: Active Distribution
ISBN: 9781914567650
Published: 05/2025
Format: Pamphlet
Size: 4.1 x 5.8
Page count: 25
This is a slightly edited version of a talk given to a panel hosted by Socialist Unity and Geelong Anarchist Communists in March, 2022. The topic of the panel was ‘should socialists participate in elections,’ however the idea was first posited as to discuss why anarchists do not run in elections. As such the article attempts to cover both bases.
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