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James Guillaume on Federation

September 20, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

In the second issue of Solidarité, dated April 1871, James Guillaume contributed this piece on the federative principle, in the context of the Paris Commune. Note the use of Proudhon’s concept of “collective force.” I’m […]

Thomas and Maria L. Varney—The Other “Equitable Commerce” of 1846

September 19, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0″] Maria L. Varney, “Equitable Commerce, or, Association without Combination,” Boston Investigator 15 no. 48 (April 8, 1846): 1. [editorial notice], Boston Investigator 15 no. 48 (April 8, 1846): 6. Maria […]

Kevin Carson on Corvus, and an update

September 15, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

Kevin Carson’s latest post talks about my micropublishing project, Corvus Editions, as an example of “household and informal microenterprise.” It includes some details about operating costs and such, taken from a mailing list exchange, which […]

Instead of a Translation – Proudhon on the clubs

September 13, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

Some 19th century “translations” end up being little more than summaries, and some summaries end up being haphazard translations of bits and pieces. A number of the pieces that introduced Americans to Proudhon and Leroux […]

Mutualism is Approximate (from LeftLiberty 2)

September 11, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

Mutualism: The Anarchism of Approximations[continued from Part II]__________ Mutualism is approximate. Mutualism values justice, in the form of reciprocity. Mutualism is dialectical. (Or “trialectical.” Or serial.) Mutualism is individualism and socialism—or it is neither. Mutualism […]

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LeftLiberty 2 – The Gift Economy of Property

August 17, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

The second issue of LeftLiberty, “The Gift Economy of Property,” is now available. It’s 100 pages of mutualism, new and old, fiction and non-fiction. It feels to me like a considerable step forward from the […]

Anarchism

I would say “mark your calendars”…

August 13, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

…but some critical details are lacking. The Canadian Magazine, in 1902, included a short item on the origins of anarchism, which included these details: “The professional anarchist is a loafer and an idler, a gambler […]

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The Libertarian Labyrinth

Encounters with the Anarchist Idea / Tools for an Anarchist Entente