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Minor site maintenance

April 4, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

Approximately 100 posts, including some of the most actively used texts on the site, were removed as a result of some kind of glitch recently. I am in the process of restoring them. Unfortunately, that […]

Roads to Anarchism: Introduction

March 30, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

Max Nettlau’s work as a theorist of anarchist development, based in his extensive work as a historian of the movement, found expression in a long series of short articles (some of which are being assembled in a collection called New Fields, forthcoming from PM Press.) But he also produced three longer works addressing the question of anarchism’s progress, or lack thereof, and future prospects:

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William B. Greene in the Second Seminole War

March 26, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] “From Florida.—Captain Beall, of the second regiment of dragoons, captured four Indians on the 4th instant, one of them said to be Holatoochee, a sub-chief of […]

William Henry Van Ornum, “Why Government at All?” (1892)

March 23, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] Why Government at All? William Henry Van Ornum —– Charles H. Kerr & Co., 1892 issued without copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface PART I. REVIEWS. Introduction […]

“King Killing” (1795)

March 22, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] KING KILLING. —– Shall Kings alone claim an exemption from Law, an impunity of Wickedness? Shall our idolatrous and servile spirit set up for worship a […]

Mathieu Briancourt, “The Organization of Labor & Association” (1846)

March 22, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

Many good minds have long been persuaded that on the present generation must devolve the task of solving the formidable problem of the organization of labor, under penalty of being visited by a social revolution, the terrible consequences of which are incalculable. This belief gains ground every moment, and already this question of life and death for civilization is placed among the orders of the day by the most valuable organs of publication.

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Works by Sophie Kropotkin (La Frondeuse #6)

March 19, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] LA FRONDEUSE unruly writing by radical women No. 6 FEATURING WORKS BY SOPHIE KROPOTKIN CORVUS EDITIONS MARCH 2013 It is an unfortunately common experience to find, […]

Sylvain Maréchal, “The Desert Island” (1788)

March 19, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

In the opening pages of Sylvain Maréchal’s play, The Last Judgment of Kings, we find the following notice: [one_half padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] L’idée de cette pièce est prise dans l’Apologue suivant, faisant partie des […]

Sylvain Maréchal, “The Dwarf King” and “A Lesson in Architecture” (1788)

March 18, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

In those days, a young king was inclined to dissipation, even to villainy; it was a hereditary vice. The états-généraux, natural guardians of the sovereign, who had never been emancipated from them, assembled & agreed on a means of correcting the young prince.

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Sylvain Maréchal, “The Pig-Keeper King” (1788)

March 18, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

In those days, a young king was inclined to dissipation, even to villainy; it was a hereditary vice. The états-généraux, natural guardians of the sovereign, who had never been emancipated from them, assembled & agreed on a means of correcting the young prince. One day, when he had abandoned himself completely to his foul penchants, and was plunged into a deep sleep, they seized his royal person; from his palace, they transported him on a litter, still sleeping, to a stable.

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