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Looking forward to 2013
I spent last weekend in La Jolla, CA, at a Liberty Fund gathering devoted to the work of Gustave de Molinari, discussing a range of his writings with a small group including Roderick Long, Charles […]
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anarchist mutualism
Anarchism’s Ungovernability, and What it Means to Be a Mutualist
Some time back I posted an unexpectedly controversial post on “The Ungovernability of Anarchism.” My goal was to start to talk about how the things that we are in the process of learning about […]
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Gastrolatry / Gastronomy / Gastrosophy
These entries are from the Dictionary Of Phalansterian Sociology: GASTROLATRY. — Ignoble role of the man who only knows how to play with his jaw. — New Industrial World, 259. Theory of Universal Unity, 109. […]
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Louise Michel, “The Claque-Dents” (IV-VI)
THE CLAQUE-DENTS [continued] IV There are two little-known islands on the coast of Morbihan. From a distance, Hœdik has the appearance of a seahorse; some bits of land, one having the appearance of bagpipes, the […]
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Louise Michel and “the birds of the coming storm”
Here is a literal translation of Louise Michel’s “Les Corbeaux”, from Before the Commune, a posthumous collection of poems published in 1905. _____ THE CROWS Up there, on the fir trees, are some soft birds’ […]
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From Louise Michel’s “The Imperial Bastard”
I’ve been reading bits and pieces of Louise Michel’s novels, as part of a larger project to get a general sense of what’s out there, and naturally with some eye to what might be worth […]
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Here he comes, to save the day…
I’ve been reading bits and pieces of Louise Michel’s novels, as part of a larger project to get a general sense of what’s out there, and naturally with some eye to what might be worth […]
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A lighter side of Louise Michel
I’ve posted translations of “Old Chéchette,” a first story from Louise Michel’s Tales and Legends for the Children (1884), and “The Clavier of My Over-Dream,” an article/prose-poem contributed (under the name “Louis Michel) to Le […]
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Joseph Déjacque, “The Humanisphere” — Note on “The Extremes”
I’m working on completing Part I of The Humanisphere, but I decided to finish up this very interesting note before settling down to that task. There are tensions in the work which are pretty remarkable […]
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Joseph Déjacque, “The Humanisphere” (Part III)
[I’ve posted parts of The Humanisphere before, and talked a bit about the difficulties involved. Slowly, but surely, I’m working my way through the work, but not necessarily tackling the sections in order. This is […]