Catechisms and Dialogues

Catechisms and Dialogues

Adam Anarchist, “The Decalogue as Revised” (1894)

December 21, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] The Decalogue as Revised. I. Thou shalt have no gods save Liberty, Reason, and Justice. II. Thou shalt not take unto thee any legal image, for instance, a wife. III. Thou shalt pay no taxes, nor collect them. IV. The Sabbath exists for thee, not thou for it, therefore thou shalt on that as on all other days follow faithfully thy ego’s promptings. V. Honor render to all to whom it is due—mayhap to thy parents. But let not filial affection blind thee to the fact that the vast majority of […]
Catechisms and Dialogues

Vicente Carreras, “Acraciápolis” (1902)

July 26, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] This translation from Spanish has been sitting, complete except for a last few lines, for quite some time now, probably because I had forgotten quite how much of it I had finished (undoubtedly late one night, while I should have been digging up more Max Nettlau articles from La Revista Blanca.) It was an obvious, appealing choice for translation—so obvious, in fact, that I find Jesse Cohn has also included a translation in his essay, “Escape From Cretinolândia: Strategies of Displacement in Anarchist Fiction.” Anyway, here is my translation of a short interesting, anarchist utopian […]