What caused the degeneration of the Russian Revolution?
A revision of the appendix What caused the degeneration of the Russian Revolution? refuting the various Leninist attempts to blame the failure of the Bolsheviks on "objective circumstances" (such as civil war, economic disruption, etc.) rather than their ideology and the social structures they favoured.

Marxists and Spanish Anarchism
A slight revision of the appendix Marxists and Spanish Anarchism which refutes various Marxist accounts of the Spanish Anarchist movement and key episodes in its history. The changes are mostly improving various references, indicating page numbers were possible of work previously referenced by URLs. However, a few new passages have been added here and there in anticipation of its full revision later.

Were any of the Bolshevik oppositions a real alternative?
A revision of the appendix Were any of the Bolshevik oppositions a real alternative? on various oppositional groups within Bolshevism and why they were no alternative to mainstream Leninism and Stalinism (in the case of the Left Opposition).

What was the Kronstadt Rebellion? -- Did the rebellion involve new sailors?
A slight revision of the sub-section of appendix What was the Kronstadt Rebellion? on whether the rebel sailors of 1921 had been there since 1917 or not. The data showing that they were is re-arranged and better organised.

Reply to errors and distortions in David McNally's pamphlet "Socialism from Below"
Complete revision and expansion of the appendix Reply to errors and distortions in David McNally's pamphlet "Socialism from Below". This is to include a significant expansion on refuting his account of Proudhon's ideas as well as more information on both anarchism and Bolshevism.

This revision is the first since the publication of the second volume of the FAQ.

Introduction to Volume 2
Introduction to Volume 2 of An Anarchist FAQ

This revision is done to indicate that volume 2 has been published. It does not signify a change of the main text of the work.

Section J.4
Revision of section on "What trends in society aid anarchist activity?" Various sub-sections have been merged and renamed, along with significant changes to content.

Section J.5
Substantial revision of section on "What alternative social organisations do anarchists create?". Lots of new material on anarchist community organising and industrial struggles as well as on co-operatives. There is some re-arranging of the material on mutual banking between sections, but no significant changes.

Section J.6
Revision of section on "What methods of child rearing do anarchists advocate?". Various sub-sections have been merged and renamed, along with significant changes to content.

Section J.7
Revision of section on "What do anarchists mean by social revolution?". One sub-section has been renamed, but no significant changes in content have been made.

Section J.2.8
Slight change to the sub-section on "J.2.8 Will abstentionism lead to the right winning elections?" to include a quote from the late, great, Howard Zinn.

This revision was made as part of getting the second volume of the FAQ ready for publication. That is now complete.

Section J
Revision of introduction to section J on "What do Anarchists do?"

Section J.1
Revision of section on "J.1 Are anarchists involved in social struggles?".

Section J.2
Revision of section on "What is direct action?".

Section J.3
Revision of section on "J.3 What kinds of organisation do anarchists build?".

This revision was made as part of getting the second volume of the FAQ ready for publication.

Section I.6
Revision of section on "What about the "Tragedy of the Commons"?"

section I.7
Revision of section on "Won't Libertarian Socialism destroy individuality?".

section I.8
Revision of section on "Does revolutionary Spain show that libertarian socialism can work in practice?".

This revision was made as part of getting the second volume of the FAQ ready for publication.

Section I.4
Signification revision of section on "How would an anarchist society function?"

section I.5
Signification revision of section on "What would the social structure of anarchy look like?". Some sub-sections have been merged (the old I.5.10 and I.5.11) and some have been substantially changed (the old I.5.13 and I.5.14 have been merged into the new I.5.11). Section I.5.3 has been renamed and its previous material included in I.5.2. The new section I.5.3 discusses the means by which delegates remain under control from below.

This revision was made as part of getting the second volume of the FAQ ready for publication.

Section I
Signification revision of the introduction and first three sub-sections ( I.1, I.2 and I.3) of section I on What would an anarchist society look like?

Section I.3.3
Complete revision of section I.3.3, which is now on What is socialisation?.

Section I.1.5
New section on Does capitalism efficiently allocate resources?, discussing why attempts to portray socialism as "impossible" downplay the allocative inefficiencies of the current system.

Appendix 3.1
Slight change to the appendix Reply to errors and distortions in David McNally's pamphlet "Socialism from Below". This is to include an introduction which notes that McNally has now distanced himself from this pamphlet as well as the addition of more quotes on party dictatorship by Trotsky to the section 15 (Did Trotsky keep alive Leninism's "democratic essence"?).

An Anarchist FAQ blog
An Anarchist FAQ now has an official blog. This is used to post news as well as extra material which cannot be included in the main body of the FAQ.

This revision was made as part of getting the second volume of the FAQ ready for publication.

An Anachist FAQ: Volume 1
An Anarchist FAQ, at long last, has now been published by AK Press. Volume 1 (introductions, sections A to F, plus the appendix on the symbols of Anarchy) is now available (ISBN: 978-1902593906)

Section H
Significant revision of the section on the anarchist critique of Marxism. Removing of section H.2.15 as this is covered elsewhere in section H as well as section H.2.16 (on the Spanish Revolution) as this is covered in section I.8.11.

Section H.6
New section on the Russian Revolution, including an expansion of what were sections H.3.15 and H.3.16 plus a new subsection on labour protest under Lenin (Section H.6.3).

This revision was made as part of getting the second volume of the FAQ ready for publication.

The Symbols of Anarchy
Significant revision and re-organisation of the appendix on the appendix on the Symbols of Anarchy. Adding some new information, clarifying the roots of the black and red-and-black flags in working class and generally improving it.

This revision was made as part of getting the first volume of the FAQ ready for publication and so is really part of release 12.0

Section G
Significant revision, re-organisation and expansion of the section on individualist anarchism. Expands in more depth why it is as anti-capitalist as other kinds of anarchism. Special thanks to individualist anarchist Shawn Wilbur for his comments and feedback on this revision.

The following revisions were made as part of getting the first volume of the FAQ ready for publication and so are really part of release 12.0

Section A.3.9
Revision of the section on primitivism to clarify a few issues.

Section F.2.2
The addition of a few quotes by leading "anarcho"-capitalist Walter Block on slave contracts. Which, in itself, shows how far that ideology is from genuine anarchism.

This is part of the process of getting the FAQ ready for being published by AK Press. Volume one (sections A to F, plus the introductions and appendix on the symbols of anarchy) is nearly ready for publication. We will announce the exact date later this year.

Section C.7
Revision of section C.7 on what causes the capitalist business cycle.

Section C.8
Revision of section C.8 on why state control of credit does not cause slumps and the limitations of Keynesianism.

Section C.9
Revision of section C.9 on what causes unemployment (and it is not high wages or unions) and why the NAIRU is class warfare by the rich.

Section F
Revision of section F. Why "anarcho"-capitalism is not a form of anarchism.

Section F.3.2
New section on why there cannot be harmony of interests in an unequal society.

Introduction
Slight changes to the original introduction.

Tenth Anniversary of An Anarchist FAQ!
Slight changes to the 10th Anniversay introduction.

Bibliography
Slight reorganisation of the bibliography to include a new section on works about anarchism and anarchists but written by non-libertarians.

This is part of the process of getting the FAQ ready for being published by AK Press. Volume one (sections A to F, plus the introductions and appendix on the symbols of anarchy) is now ready for publication. We will announce the exact date soon.