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Charles Malato, “Some Anarchist Portraits” (September 1, 1894)

July 10, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

SOME ANARCHIST PORTRAITS. I AM an anarchist. I have known intimately most of those who have carried on the propaganda by word of mouth and by writing, and also by deed: and if I disallow […]

Pierre Quillard, “Conversation on the Life and Death of Ravachol” (1892)

July 10, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] CONVERSATION ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RAVACHOL I see only condemnation to death which distinguishes a man, thought Mathilde: it is the only thing which […]

Paul Adam, “Eulogy for Ravachol” (July 1892)

July 10, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] EULOGY FOR RAVACHOL Paul Adam In these times, miracles and saints seem set to disappear. We can easily believe that the souls of contemporaries lack […]

Letter to Constant Martin, April 11, 1892

July 10, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

A letter from Ravachol One of our colleagues publishes a letter from Ravachol, communicated to him by an anarchist, Mr. Constant Martin, to whom it had been addressed. Here is the text of that letter: […]

Letter to the Police Prefect

July 10, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

Paris, March 30, 1892 Monsieur Lozé I learn from the newspapers that you are sure of catching me. Well, let me tell you that you will not take me alive at least; dead, it […]

Looking forward (July 2015)

July 9, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[ezcol_2third] “Chaque commentateur de Bakounine fait un choix.” – Frank Mintz, Saint-Imier, 2012. It’s been a while since I’ve done an update on the publishing side of the Bakunin Library project. Work on the Bakunin […]

Letter to Ogarev and Ozerov (April 5, 1871)

July 5, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

Letter to Nikolay Platonovich Ogarev and Vladimir Michajlovich Ozerov April 5, 1871, Locarno 1. To Jean. Here is a letter to Varlin for you. I send it to you today in case, enflamed by our […]

Letter to Nikolay Ivanovich Zhukovsky (May 5, 1870)

July 5, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Letter to Nikolay Ivanovich Zhukovsky, in Russia] May 5, 1870. Locarno. Casa Pedrazzini. Dear Zhuk, The day after my arrival, I responded briefly to you few words. Now I want to discuss with […]

Fragment of a letter (c. 1835-1840)

July 5, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

True thought and feeling transmit harmony by means of chords, so if you want to know the truth, do not resort to deception. Deceit is vain; it disappears before the all-knowing eye like the wave […]

Text addressed to Aleksandra, Liubov, Tatiana and Varvara Aleksandrovna Bakunina (November, 1835)

July 5, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

Heaven is within us, and it is within ourselves that we must live—that two souls can meet is happiness; that they may not meet is not yet misfortune. The heaven that we have within us […]