The first go-round of the Carnival of Anarchy took place this last weekend, on the topic of “Anarchist Blogs, Anarchist Blogging.” I contributed a piece called Getting Here: confessions of a mutualist blogger. Check it out!
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Ernest Lesigne on “The Two Socialisms”
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. Ernest Lesigne wrote a series of Socialistic letters for Le Radical, and Benjamin R. Tucker printed some in translation. This one is certainly on-topic this week. Socialistic Letter[Le Radical] There are two Socialisms. One is communistic, the other solidaritarian. One is dictatorial, the other libertarian. One is metaphysical, the other positive. One is dogmatic, the other scientific. One is emotional, the other reflective. One is […]
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Carnival of Anarchy #2
My contribution to the second Carnival of Anarchy, Old names and new positions, is now available on the Carnival blog.
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A low place to haunt, should you be so inclined…
Rand, McNally & Co.’s Handy Guide to Chicago and World’s Columbian Exposition (1893) contains the following entry among its sightseeing options: Socialists and Anarchists.—These gentry, who received such a salutary lesson in the execution of their leaders, may be found in some of the beer halls of the West Side—beer, anarchy, and socialism being seemingly inseparable companions. Longhaired, of alien birth, entirely innocent of honest work or any kind of bathing, they “haunt low places and herd with the ignorant, possessing just enough knowledge to be mischievous.” They met their Waterloo in the Haymarket Square on that memorable 4th of […]