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But What About the Children? (A Note on Tutelage)

September 5, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

It’s a question again of “legitimate authority” and “justified hierarchy,” and specifically of the favorite example used by those who want to leave a space within anarchist theory for those things: the care of very […]

Mikhail Bakunin, “I believe neither in constitutions, nor in laws” (1848)

September 4, 2016 anarchisms_w4l2ii

[Max Nettlau has pointed to this letter as the first evidence of anarchist leanings in Bakunin’s writings.] [Early August, 1848] To Citizen George Herwegh. Paris. [Rue St. Augustins] 40 9 [r. sur Cirque] To George My dear friend, since the … Continue reading →

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Ernest Coeurderoy, “Demolish Authority!” (1850)

September 4, 2016 anarchisms_w4l2ii

From Days of Exile, Vol. 1: To make the Revolution pass, like a red-hot iron, across this century, one thing alone must be done: Demolish authority. This proposition has no need of demonstration.

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Mikhail Bakunin, “I believe neither in constitutions, nor in laws” (1848)

September 4, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Max Nettlau has pointed to this letter as the first evidence of anarchist leanings in Bakunin’s writings.] [Early August, 1848] To Citizen George Herwegh. Paris. [Rue St. Augustins] 40 9 [r. sur Cirque] To George […]

Ernest Coeurderoy, “Demolish Authority!” (1850)

September 4, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

[From Days of Exile, Vol. 1] To make the Revolution pass, like a red-hot iron, across this century, one thing alone must be done: Demolish authority. This proposition has no need of demonstration. Let each […]

Josiah Warren, “Manifesto” (1841)

September 3, 2016 anarchisms_w4l2ii

An impression has gone abroad that I am engaged in forming societies. This is a very great mistake, which I feel bound to correct. Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of … Continue reading →

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Josiah Warren, “Manifesto” (1841)

September 2, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

An impression has gone abroad that I am engaged in forming societies. This is a very great mistake, which I feel bound to correct. Those who have heard or read anything from me on the […]

P.-J. Proudhon, “The Third Form of Society” (1840)

September 2, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

[From Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, What is Property?] 3. Determination of the third social form. Conclusion Therefore, no government, no public economy, no administration is possible with property for a basis. Community seeks equality and law. Property, […]

Elisée Reclus, “The Development of Liberty in the World” (c. 1850)

September 2, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Development of Liberty in the World An Unpublished Study Elisée Reclus I. In past centuries, peoples only fought for their passions or their immediate interests; it was without remorse, it was even with gladness […]

Elisée Reclus in the Era of Anarchy

September 1, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

I’ve been splitting the formative period of the anarchist tradition into two eras: an Era of Anarchy, running roughly from 1840 to 1880, and then an Era of Anarchism, running on to around 1920, with […]

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Encounters with the Anarchist Idea / Tools for an Anarchist Entente

Year: 2016

But What About the Children? (A Note on Tutelage)

Mikhail Bakunin, “I believe neither in constitutions, nor in laws” (1848)

Ernest Coeurderoy, “Demolish Authority!” (1850)

Mikhail Bakunin, “I believe neither in constitutions, nor in laws” (1848)

Ernest Coeurderoy, “Demolish Authority!” (1850)

Josiah Warren, “Manifesto” (1841)

Josiah Warren, “Manifesto” (1841)

P.-J. Proudhon, “The Third Form of Society” (1840)

Elisée Reclus, “The Development of Liberty in the World” (c. 1850)

Elisée Reclus in the Era of Anarchy