anarchist synthesis

Anarchist Beginnings

Max Nettlau, “El buen acuerdo anarquista” (1928)

January 4, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur
EL BUEN ACUERDO ANARQUISTA Max Nettlau Desde hace largo tiempo el anarquismo militante no ha producido un documento más razonable y bienvenido que La Síntesis anarquista de Sebastián Faure (20 de febrero de 1929; suplemento del “Trait d’Union”, boletín mensual, Paris, 55, rue Pixerecourt, XX). La copa del aislamiento y del fanatismo estaba llena y se ha desbordado por fin; después de la “Plataforma” y el congreso de octubre de 1927 ha venido la repulsión, la vuelta al buen sentido, la necesidad de ver vivir las diversas corrientes anarquistas, principalmente el anarco-sindicalismo, el comunismo libertario y el individualismo anarquista, en […]
anarchist synthesis

Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924)

October 29, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur
  On Synthesis I. Legend maintains that Jesus Christ gave no response to the question of Pontius Pilate: “What is truth?” And it is very likely that in these tragic moments he hardly had the heart to concern himself with philosophical arguments. But even if he had had the time and the desire to engage in a controversy concerning the essence of truth, it would not have been easy for him to respond in a definitive manner. Many centuries have passed since then. Humanity has made more than one step toward knowledge of the world. The question of Pontius Pilate […]
Anarchist Beginnings

Voline, “Synthesis (Anarchist)”

September 28, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur
SYNTHESIS (ANARCHIST) We designate by the term “anarchist synthesis” a tendency existing presently in the heart of the libertarian movement, seeking to reconcile and then to “synthesize” the different currents of ideas that divide this movement into several fractions, more or less hostile to one another. It is a question, at base, of unifying, to a certain degree, anarchist theory and also the anarchist movement in a harmonious, organized, finished whole. I say “to a certain degree,” since, naturally, the anarchist idea could never, should never become rigid, immutable, stagnant. It must remain flexible, living, rich in varied ideas and […]
Anarchist Beginnings

Voline to Max Nettlau (1923)

September 27, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur
VII. 1923 Dear Comrade, I will write to you in French, for I write that language easily enough. So, you ask me for some explanations. Here they are. If, in my letter, I have alluded to certain [   ] and [   ], it was precisely because I supposed you in possession of No. 2-3 of the “Rab. Put” [Rabochii Put‘] where our group and I are attacked by the comrades A. Chapiro [Alexander M. Schapiro] and E[fim]. Yartschouk on the subject of the “affaire Rostchine [Rostchin, mentioned by Berkman as in “old anarchist” in The Bolshevik Myth].” (I do not […]