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Decadencia del anarquismo
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Working Translations
Ricardo Mella, “Beyond the Ideal” (1913)
Believe, fight and cling to the dead cult—all the believers do the same. It doesn’t matter whether the idol is made of clay, bronze or meat. It doesn’t matter whether it is dissolved in the mental haze or in the whirlwind of passion. For the ideal, first living and then dead, the inhuman law of sacrifice is fulfilled. … Do not strip away their illusion, their precious illusion. They will defend themselves like lions, tear at you like panthers, howl like hyenas. There is no animal more fierce than the believer. […]
anarchism without adjectives
Ricardo Mella, “Free Cooperation and Communities”
Things have been a little quiet on this front, while I finish the introduction to “Anarchies and Anarchisms: 1840-1920.” But part of the work on that project has allowed me to make some more progress […]
Spanish texts
Ricardo Mella, “Tolerancia e intransigencia” (1889)
Todas las escuelas, todas las doctrinas, todos los sistemas así políticos como religiosos han minados constantemente pardos tendencias bien opuestas, la tolerancia y la intransigencia. Generalmente el fanatismo por las ideas y ciertos temperamentos violentos han sido la base principal de la intransigencia. Las conciencias verdaderamente libres, la bondad de carácter han sido con frecuencia los acicates de la tolerancia. […]