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About the Author

Zoe Baker is a libertarian socialist philosopher with a PhD on the history of anarchism. She is known for popularizing the theory and history of anarchism, feminism, and Marxism on her popular YouTube and Twitter platforms (@anarchopac).

Reviews

"[The] quality of Zoe Baker's debut work is fundamentally inescapable...there is very little doubt that Means and Ends will join my shortlist of must-read histories of anarchism and the anarchist movement."--Organise Magazine"An outstanding overview of the anarchist movement." --Workers Solidarity"This informed attempt at systematizing the history of anarchism has the notable merit of focusing on practices, rather than distant utopias, and of probing into the overlooked sophistication of the theory that underpins those practices."
--Davide Turcato, editor of The Complete Works of Malatesta

"In Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism, Zoe Baker draws from well-known and lesser-known anarchists to assemble a wide-ranging account of the strategies they have pursued to abolish capitalism and the state. Thoroughly researched, rich in detail, this book explores various ways in which anarchists have sought freedom within solidarity so that past experiences can inform present and future struggles."
--Kathy E. Ferguson, author of Emma Goldman: Political Thinking in the Streets