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Sidney H. Morse, “So the Railway Kings Itch for an Empire, Do They?” (1877)

July 4, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
Related links: The Radical Review [Google Books] pamphlet [Internet Archive] A page from Benjamin R. Tucker’s catalog, identifying Morse as “A Red-Hot Striker.” SO THE RAILWAY KINGS ITCH FOR AN EMPIRE, DO THEY? By “A RED-HOT STRIKER.” (Being a letter to Mr. W. M. Grosvenor, whose slander of working-people in the “International Review” has stirred me up mightily.) Scranton, Pa., September 15, 1877. COMPLIMENTS to Mr. Grosvenor. So you and Jay Gould want an Empire, do you? I’m glad you’ve shown your hand. It’s what I’ve been expecting that some of you fellows would do. You run up Tom Scott […]
Edward Carpenter

Edward Carpenter (1844-1929)

July 4, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
Essays by Edward Carpenter were staples in the early Corvus Editions catalog and my files are full of material related to his life and work, but the vagaries of multiple archive relocations have left the Libertarian Labyrinth surprisingly short of that work. This author page is a start at rectifying that problem. Related links: Edward Carpenter, “Non-Governmental Society” (1911)   BIOGRAPHICAL: Edward Carpenter and His Message THERE is no single feature in the literature of our times that is more profoundly significant and interesting than the revolt against modern society. A Tolstoi in Russia, a Zola in France, an Ibsen […]
James L. Walker

James L. Walker, aka “Tak Kak” (1845-1904)

July 3, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
Related links: The Philosophy of Egoism [AL] “Tak Kak” in “Liberty” (1885–1903) James L. Walker [tag feed] Bibliography: James L. Walker, “A Southern Journalist’s Opinion,” Liberty 3, no. 19 (December 12, 1885): 5. Tak Kak, “What is Justice?,” Liberty 3 no. 25 (March 6, 1886): 8. Tak Kak, “Killing Chinese,” Liberty 3 no. 25 (March 6, 1886): 8. Tak Kak, “Selfhood Terminates Blind Man’s Buff,” Liberty 4 no. 5 (July 3, 1886): 8. Tak Kak, “Egoism in Sexual Relations,” Liberty 4 no. 6 (July 17, 1886): 5. Tak Kak, “Regicides and Republicans,” Liberty 4 no. 11 (November 20, 1886): 5. […]
William Batchelder Greene

William Batchelder Greene (1819-1878)

July 3, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
Related links: Blazing Star Library [category list] “1848-1868: William B. Greene in “The Worcester Palladium“ WBG in “The Spirit of the Age” William Batchelder Greene Timeline & Miscellany “The Mutual Banking Writings of William Batchelder Greene“ “Lessons from the Worcester Palladium“ “An embarassment of riches, or, Auguste Ott tips the scales“ “Anarchy as a Beacon and as a Focus for Synthesis“ “Taking Proudhon (and controversy) out of ‘Mutual Banking’“ Pierre Leroux “De l’égalité” (1838) William Batchelder Greene [tag list]   POEMS: “Song of Espousal,” The Token, and Atlantic Souvenir, for 1841 (Boston: W. D. Ticknor, 1840): 190. ARTICLES: “First Principles.” […]
Charles Fourier

Charles Fourier (1772-1837)

July 2, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
Related links: Charles Fourier [tag feed] BY AND ABOUT CHARLES FOURIER: Bibliography of the works of Charles Fourier Charles Fourier in the “Phalange” (2nd series, 1836–1837) Edouard Silberling, Entries from the Dictionary Of Phalansterian Sociology Gabriel-Desire Laverdant, “Of Property” (1846) Unsigned Articles in the Journal de Lyon et Du Midi, perhaps written by Charles Fourier, 1801-1802 Theory of Egoism (pdf) Of Cheerfulness (pdf) Journal de Lyon, Nouvelles de la France et de l’étranger: (FR/EN) (pdf) On Empires That Have the Vapors Like Pretty Ladies (1803) Letter to Monsieur Délyror (1803) Invitation to the Echoes (1803) La Phalange Remedy for Various […]
Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman (1869-1940)

July 2, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
Related links: Anarchy and the Sex Question [collection] Poems about Emma Goldman Sketches of Emma: By Emma Goldman: Articles: Emma Goldman & John Most, “Anarchy Defended by Anarchists,” Metropolitan Magazine 4 no 3 (October, 1896). Emma Goldman, “The Effect of War on the Workers,” Freedom (London) 14 no. 146 (March-April, 1900): 11. EG and Max Baginski, “Mother Earth,” Mother Earth 1 no. 1 (March, 1906): 1-4. “The Tragedy of Woman’s Emancipation,” Mother Earth 1 no. 1 (March 1906): 9-18. “The Child and Its Enemies,” Mother Earth 1 no. 2 (April 1906): 7-14. EG and Max Baginski, “A Sentimental Journey – […]
fiction

Fragments from “The Distributive Passions”

June 28, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] The Distributive Passions is a fiction project that I’ve worked on from time to time, mostly as a way to explore problems in my study of anarchist history and theory in a novel context. These are simply fragments from the notebooks, which give some idea of the world in which the episodes are set. From “The Distributive Passions” (more fragments) [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] Gabriel Solly leads a quiet life in the tiny community of New Earth, Oregon Territories (Universal Code Union, Owenite-Orthodox), laboring in the Archives of the New Earth Institute, marking time […]
anarchist individualism

E. Armand — Bibliography: Articles

June 23, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
LINKS: E. Armand — Main Page Fleurs de Solitude (1923-1925) PERIODICALS EDITED BY E. ARMAND: L’Ère nouvelle (1901-1911) [Fragments] [Presse Anarchiste] [Bianco] Éditions de L’Ère nouvelle: [Bianco] Hors du troupeau (1911) [Bianco] Les Réfractaires (1912-1914) [Bianco] Pendant la Mêlée (1915-1916) [Bianco] Par-delà la Mêlée (1916-1918) [Bianco] L’En-Dehors (1922-1939) [La Contemporaine] [Presse Anarchiste] [Bianco] L’Unique (1945-1956) [Presse Anarchiste] [Bianco] E. Armand made contributions to: [listing in progress] Le Réveil de l’esclave (1902-1903) [Bianco] L’Ennemi du peuple (1903-1904) [Bianco] La Revue communiste (1903-1904) [Bianco] L’Anarchie (1905-1914) [Fragments] [Bianco] Éditions de L’Anarchie (1905-1914) [Bianco] L’Ordre: organe communiste-anarchiste (1905-1907) [Bianco] L’Éducateur: journal mensuel de […]
anarchist individualism

E. Armand — Bibliography: Books and Pamphlets

June 23, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
LINKS: E. Armand — Main Page E. ARMAND — BIBLIOGRAPHY: [SIGNED ARTICLES] BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, BROADSIDES: [1899] ✔ Emile Zola, Le Triomphe de la vérité : justifications des allégations contenues dans “J’accuse” par le débats de la Cour de Cassation, 1899 (seul œuvre signée sans pseudonyme) [pdf] Armand Juin, Propriétaires, locataires, concierges : leurs droits, leurs devoirs et leurs responsabilités (Paris: Librairie Parisienne, Arnaud et Cie., 1899). [c. 1900—translations for Collection A.L. Guyot] 517 — Edgar Allan Poe, Aventures extraordinaires de Gordon Pym 518/519 — Edgar Allan Poe, Contes extraordinaires 522 — Aventures californiennes. Prisonniers des neiges, par Bret-Harte. Traduction et […]
Working Translations

Benjamin R. Tucker on (both of) the French anarchists (1904)

June 19, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
— I have recently had the pleasure of paying a visit to the camarade Benj. R. Tucker, whose ideas have been made known to you through our study of the work of Mr. Paul Ghio. Benj. R. Tucker is a great admirer of Max Stirner and of Proudhon, no one will doubt it, and of Mr. Henry Maret. He does not give of himself lightly, so we can only congratulate ourselves on his cordiality, as well as the graciousness of Mme. Tucker. Benj. R. Tucker is not very affectionate toward the libertarians of this country and it was not without  a smile that he frankly declared to us that “there are not three anarchists in France.”

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