November 2017 - The Libertarian Labyrinth

The Synthesist’s Consolation

November 25, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Posts in the series: “L’homme se trompe parce qu’il apprend.”—P.J. Proudhon One of the catalysts for the post on “Coming to Terms with the Anarchist Past,” and the particular kind of clarification it represents, has […]

Coming to Terms with the Anarchist Past

November 17, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Posts in the series: [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] As archives and projects converge, it seems like a good time to state or restate some the working hypotheses—or shall we […]

Fernand Planche, “To Be Anarchist” (1934)

November 10, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

To be anarchist is above all to be good; it is to think, to dream, to discuss without sectarianism.

It is to hate everything that causes suffering, tears, death.

It is to understand and explain things clearly, simply, without fear of the consequences, and also without hope of a profit.

It is to reject everything that is ugly, petty, inhuman, servile and submissive.

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P. R. Bennett, “The Anarchist” (1912)

November 7, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

[From P. R. Bennett, Ducdame; a book of verses. 1912.] The Anarchist [A critic in the New Age suggests that modern thought can submit no longer to the tyranny of rhyme and metre.] Ravachol Needham […]

“Anarchy and How To Overcome It” (1901)

November 7, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

ANARCHY AND HOW TO OVERCOME IT. Following the intense excitement that prevailed at the time of the death of the President, many theories have been advanced concerning the meaning of the term “anarchy,” and each […]

Solomon Something, “Some Account of Mr. Anything” (1840)

November 7, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

To the Editor of the Christian Observer. Should your observing eye, in the course of its comprehensive range, have lighted on any character in the religious world at all resembling the picture I am about […]

Anarchist Beginnings

The Libertarian Labyrinth

Encounters with the Anarchist Idea / Tools for an Anarchist Entente

Month: November 2017

The Synthesist’s Consolation

Coming to Terms with the Anarchist Past

Fernand Planche, “To Be Anarchist” (1934)

P. R. Bennett, “The Anarchist” (1912)

“Anarchy and How To Overcome It” (1901)

Solomon Something, “Some Account of Mr. Anything” (1840)

The Reference Shelf

Libertarian Socialism

Christian Anarchism

Philosophical Anarchism