Anarchist Beginnings
Ricardo Mella, “The Bankruptcy of Beliefs” and “The Rising Anarchism” (1902-03)
[These articles present a very challenging vision of the development of a revolutionary anarchism. They continue Mella’s arguments for an anarchism “without adjectives,” but also connect that notion to the idea of an “anarchist synthesis,” long before Voline presented his account of anarchist development and the need for synthesis that emerges from the very nature of anarchism itself. The translation is perhaps a little rough around the edges, but I think the ideas are clear enough.] THE BANKRUPTCY OF BELIEFS To my brother J. Prat: Faith has had its moment; it has also had its noisy bankruptcy. There is nothing […]