Month: October 2018

fiction

Pierre Quiroule, “Sobre la Ruta de la Anarquía” (1912)

October 30, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Sobre la ruta de la anarquía, Buenos Aires, Fueyo, 1912 Pierre Quiroule, “Sobre la Ruta de la Anarquía,” Regeneración no. 99 (July 20, 1912): 3; no. 100 (July 27, 1912): 3; no. 101 (August 3, 1912): 3; no. 102 (August 10, 1912): 3; no. 103 (August 17, 1912): 3; no. 104 (August 24, 1912): 3; no. 113 (October 26, 1912): 3; no. 121 (December 21, 1912): 3, 4; no. 129 (February 22, 1913): 3; no. 130 (March 1, 1912): 3; no. 130 (March 13, 1912): 3. The text here is taken from the serialization in Regeneración. The copies available online had minor defects that […]
The Mundane System

The Hollow Earth theories of John Cleves Symmes

October 20, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
John Cleves Symmes’ 1818 declaration that the earth is “hollow, and habitable within” was just the start of a long and fascinating episode in the annals of fringe science. But most accounts of Symmes’ work simply stop with the declaration, or perhaps note a few of the early memoirs or the novel Symmesonia, neglecting Symmes’ own decade-long development of the work. When I began to search for the texts of those initial memoirs, I was surprised to find that—just in the case of Emperor Norton’s declarations—not only was there a much more substantial literature to be explored, but there was […]
Featured articles

Joseph Déjacque — clippings

October 20, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Déjacque came from Jersey to New York in the spring of 1854, so the help wanted listing would have been soon after he arrived. The conflict over “La question révolutionnaire” was in 1854. The Association Internationale was formed in 1855, the same year that Claude Pelletier arrived in New York. And then Déjacque was in New Orleans for much of the period 1855–58. Le Libertaire was launched in June, 1858. [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] “BOY WANTED—WHO SPEAKS FRENCH AND English, and is between twelve and fifteen years of age. Good wages. Apply immediately, to […]
From the Archives

C. L. James & Henry Cohen, “Anarchy’s Apostles” (1891–92)

October 14, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
An archive of this sort is necessarily full of marginal views and unusual perspectives on anarchism, so I assume that most readers will treat the accounts with appropriate caution. Under most circumstance, no specific disclaimer seems to be required. But C. L. James essays on “Anarchy’s Apostles” strike me as something of a special case, given James’ reputation within the movement during his lifetime as a serious scholar and given the number of truly idiosyncratic views expressed in them. I provide them here as fodder for historical research, but with the explicit caveat that there seems to be more that is wrong about James’ account than is right.

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Contr'un

Escheat and Anarchy

October 8, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
One of the difficulties in explaining the anarchist critique—and of distinguishing anarchist tendencies from those that propose only partial breaks with authority—has been the fact that the two fundamental critiques associated with anarchist thought—anti-capitalism and anti-governmentalism—have been difficult to unite, despite indications that they emerged together as part of a single critique in the work of Proudhon.

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From the Archives

Joshua King Ingalls in “Liberty” (1882–1896)

October 7, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] This entry includes J. K. Ingalls’ contribution to Liberty, as well as related contributions by Benjamin R. Tucker, Marx Edgeworth Lazarus and others. J. K. Ingalls, “Henry George Examined,” Liberty 2 no. 1 (October 14, 1882): Supplement, 1–2. J. Wood Porter & J. K. Ingalls, “Land Limitation and Taxation,” Liberty 2 no. 4 (November 25, 1882): 3. Edgeworth, “Economic Fallacies,” Liberty 3 no. 20 (December 26, 1885): 8. Edgeworth, “Land Nationalization,” Liberty 3 no. 22 (January 23, 1886): 8. Benjamin R. Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Liberty 4 no. 6 (July 17, 1886): 1. [William Rowe […]
bibliographies

Ricardo Mella — Chronological Bibliography

October 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
This project is very much in-progress. Entries in gray appear in secondary sources, but have not been confirmed. Ricardo Mella Cea (1861 – 1925) Main page Work page Articles 1880 R. Mella, “¿Donde esta la caridad cristiana?,” El Estudiante 2 no. 56 (14 Mayo 1880): 1–2. R. Mella, “El Verdugo,” El Estudiante 2 no. 65 (18 Junio 1880): 1; 2 no. 66 (23 Junio 1880): 1. R. Mella, “¡Alerta Esta!,” El Estudiante 2 no. 68 (30 Junio 1880): 1; 2 no. 69 (4 Julio 1880): 1. – “La verdad”, El Estudiante, no 97, (Pontevedra, 19 de outubro de 1880). 1881 […]
From the Archives

Joshua King Ingalls, “Work and Wealth” (1878)

October 5, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Joshua King Ingalls (1816 – 1898) [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] WORK AND WEALTH. I HAVE chosen the above terms in preference to Labor and Capital, because they convey more exact ideas. The word labor carries with it the impression of compulsory, or servile, toil. Capital is a word which economists themselves cannot satisfactorily define, and to which they apply only an arbitrary meaning. The things signified by work and wealth are subject to no equivocal interpretation, are understood by all, and stand to each other in the relation of a natural sequence. Speaking from […]
From the Archives

Joshua King Ingalls, “The Unrevealed Religion” (1891)

October 5, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] THE UNREVEALED RELIGION Delivered in Union Hall, Glenora, New York, January 1891. BY J. K. INGALLS 1891 It has been attempted, may times from this platform to show that all things in the realm of physical nature, in animal life or in human consciousness and volition, are under the domination of the law of growth and decay. Given moral and religious susceptibilities, however conspicuous or obscure, increase or diminution of such susceptibility must be attained through a change by minute gradations, as the mind becomes opened or closed to the reception […]
From the Archives

Joshua King Ingalls, “Periodical Business Crises” (1878)

October 5, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Joshua King Ingalls, Periodical Business Crises. New York : Liberator (Co-operative) Print. and Pub. Co., 1878. National Reform Association, Land and labor, their relations in nature how violated by monopoly, Princeton MA, 1877. Land and Labor, which is probably the text mentioned in the opening letter, has been appended to the text of Periodical Business Crises. It is frequently attributed to J. K. Ingalls and displays some turns of phrase that make that attribution seem very likely. [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] New York, August 26. 1872. HON. A. S. HEWITT, Chairman, etc. DEAR SIR: — […]