Anarchist Beginnings
Charles Theivon, “Etre anarchist / To Be an Anarchist” (1924)
Charles Thievon, “Etre anarchiste,” Le Libertaire 3e série, 30 no. 256 (30 Août 1924): 2. [Working translation by Shawn P. Wilbur]
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Anarchist Beginnings
Robert Dulud, “Etre Anarchiste / To Be an Anarchist” (1924)
To be an anarchist, it is not enough to scream at all the echoes that you are an anarchist, to go up to the rostrum, to utter a bunch of stupidities, to read the Libertaire more or less frequently. […]
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Albert Soubervielle, “Vivre / To Live” (1923)
Most people submit, blissfully follow the path that was laid out for them beforehand, disputing nothing and taking their place in the ranks assigned to them in the herd. They are perfect citizens, respectful of the catechisms taught and the laws imposed, but we could not see in them beings living according to nature and reason. […]
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Four Tales by Brutus Mercereau (1925-1926)
Brutus Mercereau, “Les Corbeaux,” L’Insurgé 1 no. 30 (28 Novembre 1925): 3. Brutus Mercereau, “L’Ane,” L’Insurgé 1 no. 31 (5 Décembre 1925): 3. Brutus Mercereau, “Le petit chat,” L’Insurgé 1 no. 33 (19 Décembre 1925): […]
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E.-L. Armand, “Letter from Switzerland” (1896)
This is the earliest explicitly anarchist writing I have found that clearly seems to be by Lucien-Ernest Juin, who was in Switzerland with the Salvation Army at the time. It seems to have been predated only by contributions to Christian publications. […]
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Hermann Sterne, “Tant pis poux eux! / Too Bad for Them!” (1912)
Hermann Sterne, “Tant pis pour eux!,” L’Anarchie 7 no. 356 (1 février 1912): 1. [Hermann Sterne was among the pseudonyms used by E. Armand.] [Working translation by Shawn P. Wilbur]
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Henry La Bonne, “To the Cat” and “The Despised Dandelion”
[English adaptations by Shawn P. Wilbur.]
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Plucked from the fields of 1925
Scientific authoritarianism is as harmful as every form of authoritarianism. It is not scientific to be authoritarian. True science is not authoritarian. […]