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Notes on Proudhon’s changing notion of the state

January 18, 2013 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Contr’un Revisited: [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] I. The most incredible confusion is that between the government and the State. I am an anarchist, as Proudhon was, for like him […]

Jean Grave, The Adventures of Nono — Chapter XI

December 15, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE ADVENTURES OF NONO by JEAN GRAVE [continued from Chapter X] –> XI THE AFTERMATH OF A FIRST MISTAKE On returning to Autonomie, took little part in the conversation. He pondered what he had just […]

Charles Malato, “Some Anarchist Portraits” (1894)

December 12, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

–> FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW. No. CCCXXXIII. New Series.—September 1, 1894. SOME ANARCHIST PORTRAITS. I am an anarchist. I have known intimately most of those who have carried on the propaganda by word of mouth and by […]

The Paris Explosion

December 11, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE PARIS EXPLOSION. Paris, April 26.—To state that the explosion last night at the cafe of M. Very, at the corner of the Boulevard Magenta and Rue Sencey has caused a feeling of consternation in […]

Two-Gun Mutualism Rearmed extended outline

December 10, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

[I’ve sent this extended outline for the Two-Gun Mutualism book to a number of friends and colleagues for comment, and have been debating whether or not it made sense to post it here at this […]

Looking forward to 2013

December 8, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

I spent last weekend in La Jolla, CA, at a Liberty Fund gathering devoted to the work of Gustave de Molinari, discussing a range of his writings with a small group including Roderick Long, Charles […]

Anarchism’s Ungovernability, and What it Means to Be a Mutualist

November 15, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Some time back I posted an unexpectedly controversial post on “The Ungovernability of Anarchism.” My goal was to start to talk about how the things that we are in the process of learning about […]

Gastrolatry / Gastronomy / Gastrosophy

November 13, 2012

These entries are from the Dictionary Of Phalansterian Sociology: GASTROLATRY. — Ignoble role of the man who only knows how to play with his jaw. — New Industrial World, 259. Theory of Universal Unity, 109. […]

Louise Michel, “The Claque-Dents” (IV-VI)

November 13, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE CLAQUE-DENTS [continued] IV There are two little-known islands on the coast of Morbihan. From a distance, Hœdik has the appearance of a seahorse; some bits of land, one having the appearance of bagpipes, the […]

Louise Michel and “the birds of the coming storm”

November 8, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Here is a literal translation of Louise Michel’s “Les Corbeaux”, from Before the Commune, a posthumous collection of poems published in 1905. _____ THE CROWS Up there, on the fir trees, are some soft birds’ […]