This month marks 90 years since the Spanish Civil War. This monumental struggle, alongside the more recent Rojava revolution was influenced by anarchist principles. Both were ultimately defeated. We must ask why, and we have dedicated a whole magazine to answering this.

Andrea Patane explains the differences between Marxism and anarchism, and how we can fight against our common enemy in the form of capitalism and the capitalist state.

We publish here the fourth part in a series by Alan Woods looking at the theoretical differences between Marxism and anarchism. In this fourth and final part, Alan discusses the question of revolutionary violence and looks at the inspiring example of the Russian Revolution as historical proof of the need for a workers’ state.