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P.-J. Proudhon, “Psychology” (1838)

November 13, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

This is the most complete and exact map that has been drawn of the human soul to date; consequently, and if our title is true, it is the system of the world. Any man can grasp the whole of it, but no one has sounded its depths.

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Plucked from the fields of 1930

October 9, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

Vous avez à cœur la prospérité de L’EN DEHORS. Bravo ! Achetez-en donc deux numéros là où il est en vente, ou souscrivez à un abonnement de propagande, ou trouvez-nous d’ici six mois un nouvel […]

P.-J. Proudhon, Economy (Ms. 2863) — selected translations

October 2, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

It is this lack of definitions that establishes, as we will see, that Economy has been unable thus far to posit axioms, to demonstrate a method, to indicate its limits, and make known its object, that is to say to respond to that question, without which it cannot rank among the sciences: What is your name? Who are you?

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Jeanne Deroin, “A ceux qui nous méconnaissent / To Those Who Misunderstand Us” (1848)

September 16, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

A ceux qui nous méconnaissent. On nous nuit par excès de zèle, on nous accuse parce qu’on nous méconnaît, et de tous parts ce ne sont que clameurs comme si nous voulions renverser le monde […]

Nelly Roussel, “La force physique et l’autorité / Physical Force and Authority” (1901)

September 16, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

REPONSES La force physique et l’autorité Si la force musculaire constituait réellement une supériorité, ayant pour conséquence logique et nécessaire la domination, l’homme ne serait évidemment pas le roi de la création. Tant d’animaux la […]

E. Armand, The Anarchist Individualist Initiation — VI

September 14, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Anarchist Individualist Initiation E. ARMAND [ENGLISH TEXT ONLY] ☜ 5. Christianity and the Individualistes. The pagan turn of mind. 6. Anarchist individualism and Communism. The idea of value. Individualist demands in the economic domain. […]

E. Armand, The Anarchist Individualist Initiation — XVII

September 13, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

17. La réciprocité 179) Recherche d’une base individualiste anarchiste des rapports et accords entre les hommes. Sur quelle base asseoir les rapports entre les humains dès lors qu’en sont exclues l’obligation et la sanction ? […]

E. Armand, The Anarchist Individualist Initiation — V

September 12, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Anarchist Individualist Initiation E. ARMAND [ENGLISH TEXT ONLY] ☜ 4. Les individualistes et les réformateurs du milieu social. La loi du progrès continu. 6. L’Autorité, la Domination, l’Exploitation : Origine, Evolution, Aspects et Définitions. […]

P.-J. Proudhon, “Property is Theft” (manuscript)

August 27, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

The theory of indefinites explains how this proposition is an absolute truth, and how nevertheless [property] is an organic and social necessity.

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“Analysis of the Doctrine of Babeuf” (1796)

August 25, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

Nature has given to each man an equal right to the enjoyment of all goods. The aim of society is to defend that equality, often attacked by the strong and the mean in the state of nature, and to increase the common enjoyments through the cooperation of all.

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The Libertarian Labyrinth

Encounters with the Anarchist Idea / Tools for an Anarchist Entente

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