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Proudhon on Property (1846) – Part 1

May 15, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC CONTRADICTIONS CHAPTER XI EIGHTH EPOCH.—PROPERTY 1.—Property is inexplicable apart from the economic series.—Of the organization of common sense, or problem of certainty. The problem of property is, after that of human […]

On Enewetak (from The Distributive Passions)

May 15, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

This immediately follows the section I posted May 2. It originally appeared on the defunct Distributive Passions blog. Bradford Peck was the author of The World A Department Store, and prime mover, along with the […]

A point to ponder…

May 14, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

With her YuDu, and her Cricut, and her Sizzix BigShot and collection of embossing folders, has Mom beat us to the Homebrew Revolution? Are the scrapbookers the new vanguard?

Proudhon on possession, 1840

May 13, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

I see that Francois Tremblay has again raised the issue of the distinction between property and possession, citing db0 (citing Proudhon, and ultimately intervening in an old debate about Kevin Carson’s work on Roderick Long’s […]

John Beverley Robinson in “The Engineering Magazine” (1891–1896)

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

“JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON, who takes the radical position of opposition to all building legislation, is an active practising architect of New York, and one whose experience in contact with the intricacies of the New York […]

Corvus Editions, the First 150 (+)

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Corvus Editions catalog passed the 150-title mark sometime over the weekend. Here’s the current list: LeftLiberty 1: The Unfinished Business of Liberty LeftLiberty 2: The Gift Economy of Property Mutualist 1: Two-Gun Mutualism and […]

Transmutation of Virtues into Vices, Charles Erskine Scott Wood

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

Transmutation of Virtues into Vices Charles Erskine Scott Wood I believe a very tolerable essay could be written on the transmutation of virtues into vices—perhaps it has been done. There is no new thing under […]

Stephen Pearl Andrews’ “New Rendering of Ten Commandments”

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] New Rendering of Ten Commandments. BY STEPHEN PEARL ANDREWS. I. Thou shalt have no other gods than The Most High (that, whatever it is, that embodies, […]

To the Point! To Action!! (4 of 4)

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Part 1] – [Part 2] – [Part 3] XIX With governmental control, such as was held by fallen administrations and as we have preserved until the present time, we can boldly address a challenge to […]

To the Point! To Action!! (3 of 4)

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Part 1] – [Part 2] XIII But there are people who are still far from accepting this reasoning. The theoreticians, our masters, find ideas preferable to fact. And this doctrine that they maintain provides them […]