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Proudhon on Property (1846) – Part 1

May 15, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC CONTRADICTIONS CHAPTER XI EIGHTH EPOCH.—PROPERTY 1.—Property is inexplicable apart from the economic series.—Of the organization of common sense, or problem of certainty. The problem of property is, after that of human […]

On Enewetak (from The Distributive Passions)

May 15, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

This immediately follows the section I posted May 2. It originally appeared on the defunct Distributive Passions blog. Bradford Peck was the author of The World A Department Store, and prime mover, along with the […]

A point to ponder…

May 14, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

With her YuDu, and her Cricut, and her Sizzix BigShot and collection of embossing folders, has Mom beat us to the Homebrew Revolution? Are the scrapbookers the new vanguard?

Proudhon on possession, 1840

May 13, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

I see that Francois Tremblay has again raised the issue of the distinction between property and possession, citing db0 (citing Proudhon, and ultimately intervening in an old debate about Kevin Carson’s work on Roderick Long’s […]

Corvus Editions, the First 150 (+)

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Corvus Editions catalog passed the 150-title mark sometime over the weekend. Here’s the current list: LeftLiberty 1: The Unfinished Business of Liberty LeftLiberty 2: The Gift Economy of Property Mutualist 1: Two-Gun Mutualism and […]

Transmutation of Virtues into Vices, Charles Erskine Scott Wood

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

Transmutation of Virtues into Vices Charles Erskine Scott Wood I believe a very tolerable essay could be written on the transmutation of virtues into vices—perhaps it has been done. There is no new thing under […]

To the Point! To Action!! (3 of 4)

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Part 1] – [Part 2] XIII But there are people who are still far from accepting this reasoning. The theoreticians, our masters, find ideas preferable to fact. And this doctrine that they maintain provides them […]

To the Point! To Action!! (2 of 4)

May 8, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

[Part 1] VII The representatives to the National Assembly were elected, let us not forget, to create a democratic constitution, to simplify the administration to allow a reduction in tax and respect for the individual; […]

To the Point! To Action!! (1 of 4)

May 8, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

To the Point! To Action!! AN INTERPRETATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC IDEA[Part 2] – [Part 3] – [Part 4] Anselme Bellegarrigue I am told that that I am governed for my own good. Now, since I […]

Mutual aid updates

April 29, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

A new project, Books for Anarchists Outside the West, has just been launched, in order to help provide materials to comrades with less ready access to such things. And the project with Kate Sharpley Library […]

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Proudhon on Property (1846) – Part 1

On Enewetak (from The Distributive Passions)

A point to ponder…

Proudhon on possession, 1840

Corvus Editions, the First 150 (+)

Transmutation of Virtues into Vices, Charles Erskine Scott Wood

To the Point! To Action!! (3 of 4)

To the Point! To Action!! (2 of 4)

To the Point! To Action!! (1 of 4)

Mutual aid updates