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Unanimity.—Universal Consent (c. 1852)

October 30, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[“Economie,” manuscripts at Gallica] Unanimity.—Universal Consent P.-J. Proudhon There are things, in the moral order, about which the human race is unanimous; there are even many of them. So isn’t it possible that all the […]

P.-J. Proudhon, Theory of Taxation (1861)

October 29, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 10px”] THEORY OF TAXATION […] Relation of the State and Liberty, according to modern right. Modern right, by introducing itself in the place of the ancient right, has done one new […]

Anarchy and Anarchism, Insides and Outsides

October 7, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

“Dad blame anything a man can’t quit.”—Roger Miller Make a more or less angry break with the anarchist milieu. Settle down to write a book about anarchism. It might all seem a bit bizarre […]

Toward a General Theory of Archy

October 3, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

A lot of my frustrations with the anarchist milieu have less to do with the sorts of internal problems we face, which seem to me to be logical manifestations of the larger social environment, […]

Propositions for Discussion: The Scope of Anarchy

October 2, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Here is a rough outline for the second section of the “Propositions:] The Scope of Anarchy To claim that anarchy is sufficient as an anarchist goal or ideal is not, of course, to claim that […]

“Questions Eliminated…” and “Revolutionary Practice”

September 29, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[I’ve been working through the texts in Ms. 2867, part of Economie, looking for material to include in the forthcoming edition of The Philosophy of Progress, and I’ve been finding all sorts of interesting things. […]

New Propositions Demonstrated in the Practice Of Revolutions

September 28, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

NEW PROPOSITIONS DEMONSTRATED IN THE PRACTICE OF REVOLUTIONS 1 — The interests established by society are mobile, subject to a constant and fundamentally unstable shifting. 2 — Fixity, permanence or perpetuity in the relations of […]

Propositions for Discussion: The Idea of Anarchy

September 21, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

Anarchy is a simple, accessible notion, sufficient to provide the necessary glue for a real, diverse and evolving anarchism—the only anarchism worthy of the name.

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Max Nettlau, “Does Socialism Truly Want to Be International?” (1920s)

September 13, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[ezcol_1half] Does Socialism Truly Want to Be International? (MS 1951, Max Nettlau Papers, IISH) (no date, 1920s) This question would appear to be useless after a century of international socialist professions of faith, after the […]

Propositions for Discussion (on Anarchy and Anarchism) — I

September 7, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

Anarchy is a simple, accessible notion, sufficient to provide the necessary glue for a real anarchist current or movement. I’ve been struck by the number of times recently that I have encountered the argument that […]