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Jean Grave, The Adventures of Nono — Chapter III

September 7, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE ADVENTURES OF NONO by JEAN GRAVE [continued from Chapter II] III WE LEARN BY TRAVELING The reflections of our little friend were not cheerful: In what country was he? Would he find something […]

“La propriété, c’est le viol” (1849)

September 3, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

I’ve just posted a really remarkable response to Proudhon, by “Henriette, artiste,” one of the signers of the Declaration of Principles of the Fraternal Association of Socialist Democrats of Both Sexes, along with Jeanne Deroin.

Henriette, artiste, “Letter to Proudhon” (1849)

September 3, 2012

[“En amour, la propriété c’est le viol.” One of the major voices in French feminist circles around the time of the 1848 Revolution signed her name as “Henriette, artiste,” and was probably Henriette Wild. She […]

Jean Grave, The Adventures of Nono — Chapter II

September 3, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

[I ended up neglecting The Adventures of Nono for longer than I had intended, while some other projects came together, but it’s time to return to our anarchist children’s novel.] THE ADVENTURES OF NONO by […]

1838: Property is theft (Jules Leroux)

August 30, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

EPISODES in another history of anarchism: In volume 4 of the Encyclopédie nouvelle, which appeared in 1838, Jules Leroux contributed a lengthy entry on Political Economy. There is a lot there that is of interest, […]

A Tale of Three Provisos

August 21, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Related: Some thoughts on Locke’s proviso Responses on Locke’s proviso “Must we say, with some who pretend to metaphysics, that property is the expression of individuality, of the personality, of the self? But possession largely […]

Stories by Voltairine de Cleyre and Lizzie Holmes

August 20, 2012

The anarchist tradition has always had a literary side. Even Proudhon was fond of inserting the occasional illustrative tale in his works. And the French tales of proletarian life which have been featured here had […]

“La Frondeuse” zine, Issues 3 & 4

August 20, 2012

The Black and Red Feminism zine has been reborn as La Frondeuse [The Troublemaker, or The Anti-Authoritarian.] The name is borrowed from one of Séverine’s collections. Issue 3 features works by Louise Michel, Paule Mink […]

Jeanne Marie, “Revelation” (1849)

August 20, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

[“Jeanne Marie” (probably Jeanne-Marie Monniot) also contributed this poem to l’Opinion des Femmes. A literal translation follows.] Révelation. Mère, comme il fait froid! la terre est toute blanche; Le mont, déjà trois fois, a roulé […]

Jeanne Marie, “On Woman” (1849)

August 19, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

[The articles by “Jeanne Marie” in l’Opinion des Femmes have been attributed to a number of people, including Jeanne Deroin and Jeanne-Marie-Fabienne Poinsard, aka Jenny d’Hericourt, but the most likely identification seems to be Jeanne-Marie […]