January 2007 - The Libertarian Labyrinth

individualist anarchism

1881 – the first three

January 29, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Ah, for the settled life of a scholar, where I could tackle my 1.104 issues of Liberty each day, and keep a regular schedule, rather than the constant fire-fighting and scrambling that goes with part-timing. […]

Eliphalet Kimball on Anarchy, part 2

January 29, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

Here’s the second half of Eliphalet Kimball’s essay “Civilization–Anarchy,” from the August 26, 1863 Boston Investigator. There is a great deal here that may seem naive, and out of step with the anarchist movement generally. […]

Eliphalet Kimball on Anarchy, 1863

January 27, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

Here’s another mid-19th-century anarchist, writing in the pages of the Boston Investigator (XXXIII, 15, Aug. 18, 1863, p. 114). I’ll post the second half soon, along with some additional material from Eliphalet Kimball. For the […]

Carnival of Anarchy #2

January 27, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

My contribution to the second Carnival of Anarchy, Old names and new positions, is now available on the Carnival blog.

Anarchist Church, Anarchist State. . . Anarchist Inquisition?

January 25, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

Related links: The Pantarchy [main page] Constitutions and Organic Bases of the Pantarchy and New Catholic Church (1860) Stephen Pearl Andrews, “Andrusius,” The Pantarch — The history of radical reform in the United States is […]

Armies that Overlap – Tucker on Anarchism and Socialism

January 25, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

Here’s another statement from Liberty on the relationship between anarchism and socialism (the topic of this weekend’s Carnival of Anarchy), which originally appeared in the issue of March 8, 1890 (p.4). Armies that Overlap. Of […]

Milo Hastings entry at Wikipedia

January 23, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

Congratulations are in order to the very busy editor who has been working on the Milo Hastings article on Wikipedia. I did a little work on it back in December, shortly after my post on […]

Ernest Lesigne on “The Two Socialisms”

January 23, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

The third Carnival of Anarchy, scheduled for the upcoming weekend, is on “Anarchism and Socialism.” I’ll probably be posted related items off and on all week. Here’s an important item from the pages of Liberty. […]

Josiah Warren – Letter to Louis Kossuth

January 17, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

[This is the first fruits of an expedition through the microfilm available to me of the Boston Investigator. I was particularly in search of the contributions of Lewis Masquerier, many of which ended up in […]

Another nice collection of primary documents

January 16, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur

American Historical Documents 1000-1904, at Google Books. From the discovery of “Vinland” to the Panama Canal treaty.

The Libertarian Labyrinth

Encounters with the Anarchist Idea / Tools for an Anarchist Entente

Month: January 2007