This article was first published in the Revolutionary Worker (August 17, 1997), and has been written by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA as part of a series highlighting the basic differences between Maoism and anarchism. The whole series can be access on the Revolution Website (www.revcom.us) under the Bob Avakian tab.
First of all, one important aspect of this question of MLM vs. anarchism is the point that Lenin made in his time about the growth of various trends similar to anarchism, various radical trends that are different from and in some important ways opposed to …