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P.-J. Proudhon, The Celebration of Sunday — I

December 9, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE CELEBRATION OF SUNDAY [continued] I It is rare that a law can be well understood and appreciated at its true value, if we limit ourselves to considering it separately, and independent of the system […]

P.-J. Proudhon, The Celebration of Sunday (continued)

December 9, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE CELEBRATION OF SUNDAY [Continued from Preface] _____ “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. “Six days shall thou labor, and do all thy work. “But the seventh day is the rest of the […]

P.-J. Proudhon, The Celebration of Sunday — Preface

December 9, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE CELEBRATION OF SUNDAY ______ PREFACE The celebrated Sir Francis Bacon was called the reformer of human reason for having replaced the syllogism with observation in the natural sciences; the philosophers, following his example, teach […]

The Exploits of Ravachol (in progress)

November 29, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE EXPLOITS OF RAVACHOL The Man with the Dynamite PART ONE THE CRIME OF CHAMBLES I THE INN OF THE GROTTO In these Exploits of Ravachol, the Man with the Dynamite, we will not write […]

Paul Brown, Gray Light, V-VIII (1825-1827)

November 24, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

GRAY LIGHT By “$” [Paul Brown] (From The New-Harmony Gazette, Dec. 21, 1825-Jan. 10, 1827) [Continued] GRAY LIGHT—No. V. Any irregularity of the passions is moral evil. According to movements of the passions, the outward […]

Paul Brown, Gray Light, I-IV (1825-1826)

November 23, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

GRAY LIGHT By “$” [Paul Brown] (From The New-Harmony Gazette, Dec. 21, 1825-Jan. 10, 1827) For the New-Harmony Gazette. GRAY LIGHT.—NO. I. The inception and first instance of any mode, when not immediately perceived, is […]

The Impact of the Cost Principle (and Archive Upgrades, VII)

November 17, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

It’s been sort of a hard week to stay on task, with constant new developments in the Occupy movement and multiple live streams to follow. I’ve also been approached, out of the blue, to collaborate […]

Archive upgrades, VI

November 9, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

Some days the archive work seems to go very slowly, despite the fact that I’m spending 40+ hours each week now doing very little but research, data entry, COinS generation and other tasks directly related […]

A low place to haunt, should you be so inclined…

November 8, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

Rand, McNally & Co.’s Handy Guide to Chicago and World’s Columbian Exposition (1893) contains the following entry among its sightseeing options: Socialists and Anarchists.—These gentry, who received such a salutary lesson in the execution of […]

Property and the Essence of Mutualism

November 5, 2011 Shawn P. Wilbur

[ezcol_2third] “My principle, which will appear astonishing to you, citizens, my principle is yours; it is property itself.”—P.-J. Proudhon In my writings on mutualist property theory, I have been attempting to supplement a somewhat strange […]