Anarchist Beginnings
Charles Theivon, “Etre anarchist / To Be an Anarchist” (1924)
Charles Thievon, “Etre anarchiste,” Le Libertaire 3e série, 30 no. 256 (30 Août 1924): 2. [Working translation by Shawn P. Wilbur]
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Anarchist Beginnings
Robert Dulud, “Etre Anarchiste / To Be an Anarchist” (1924)
To be an anarchist, it is not enough to scream at all the echoes that you are an anarchist, to go up to the rostrum, to utter a bunch of stupidities, to read the Libertaire more or less frequently.
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Albert Soubervielle, “Vivre / To Live” (1923)
Most people submit, blissfully follow the path that was laid out for them beforehand, disputing nothing and taking their place in the ranks assigned to them in the herd. They are perfect citizens, respectful of the catechisms taught and the laws imposed, but we could not see in them beings living according to nature and reason.
Working Translations
Four Tales by Brutus Mercereau (1925-1926)
Brutus Mercereau, “Les Corbeaux,” L’Insurgé 1 no. 30 (28 Novembre 1925): 3. Brutus Mercereau, “L’Ane,” L’Insurgé 1 no. 31 (5 Décembre 1925): 3. Brutus Mercereau, “Le petit chat,” L’Insurgé 1 no. 33 (19 Décembre 1925): […]
French texts
Jacques-Antoine Vila, “Les Mémoires d’un Forçat” (1898)
A Cayenne, quelques-uns de mes camarades de chaîne et moi, ceux dont l’énergie n’était pas atteinte et éteinte par le genre de vie cruelle du terrible pénitencier nous nous étions souvent jurés, si nous parvenions une bonne fois à nous évader, de faire connaître au monde civilisé, à l’univers entier, les horreurs épouvantables, les perpétuelles tortures subies par des êtres humains dans cet autre dit de justice.
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E.-L. Armand, “Letter from Switzerland” (1896)
This is the earliest explicitly anarchist writing I have found that clearly seems to be by Lucien-Ernest Juin, who was in Switzerland with the Salvation Army at the time. It seems to have been predated only by contributions to Christian publications.
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Hermann Sterne, “Tant pis poux eux! / Too Bad for Them!” (1912)
Hermann Sterne, “Tant pis pour eux!,” L’Anarchie 7 no. 356 (1 février 1912): 1. [Hermann Sterne was among the pseudonyms used by E. Armand.] [Working translation by Shawn P. Wilbur]
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Anarchism: The Formula Explored
Having established a formula for anarchism-in-general, we certainly haven’t established that all anarchisms are created equal. We have simply provided a means by which those anarchisms that take the form suggested by the formula can be rendered comparable. While the proposed formula leaves considerable space for variation among the anarchisms that it will recognize, it also sets a relatively high bar for consideration.
Corvus Editions
Constructing Anarchisms (drafts)
Becoming Anarchists, Constructing Anarchisms Preface [ARGUMENT] Becoming Anarchists — Embracing Anarchy Anarchism: A General Formula Anarchisms: An Exploratory Taxonomy A General Theory of Archy and Anarchy Encounters with Anarchism(s) Synthesis as a Theory of Anarchist […]
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Anarchism: A General Formula
We are proposing anarchism as something that we can make our own, meaning that, in a certain sense, we can each make our own anarchism. Thus, there will be anarchisms, in the plural, that we must learn to identify by their shared characteristics. Part of our task here will be to establish the elements that must be defined in order to present an anarchism. But, in order to be recognizable as an anarchism, each instance must present itself as not just logically or ideologically complete and consistent, but also as intelligible within patterns of historical development.