1828

Working Translations

Four by Marius Jean (1927-1928)

June 9, 2020 Shawn P. Wilbur
Eux et nous L’individu ordinaire, partisan et soutien de la société actuelle, nous est hostile : nous sommes trop différents de lui. Il nous redoute : son esprit conformiste lui permet de s’adapter à toutes les situations et de subir tous les esclavages. Il veut avant tout vivre en paix. Nous sommes pour lui des fauteurs de troubles, des destructeurs de quiétude et d’autant plus nous sommes capables de révolte, d’autant plus il nous craint et nous haït. Il ne nous comprend pas : sa mentalité d’homme de troupeau qui accepte l’idée de l’exploitation, de l’iniquité, — mentalité qui détruit […]
equitable commerce

Equitable Commerce in 1828

August 2, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] TO THE PUBLIC. Cincinnati, April 20, 1828. Dear S— The perusal of your letter which I received about three weeks since, gave me great satisfaction. It affords me pleasure to find that you still feel such interest in the subject to which I am devoted. You inquire what progress has been made since you left here; to this I could reply more than the limits of a letter will permit, but I will endeavour to enable you to form some idea. I think you left before the cold weather commenced, and therefore have not witnessed […]
Anarchist Beginnings

Josiah Warren, “From ‘The March of Mind'” (1828)

July 20, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur
The acquisition of any new fact, always produces in my mind a feeling of pleasure, especially when I perceive that it will in any manner promote my future happiness; and the more does it increase my happiness if I can make it subservient to the happiness of others. This will be sufficient apology to the reader for my observations, when it is considered that they are not obtruded upon him as rules for his own conduct, but that they are here placed for his consideration, to be accepted or rejected as his own judgment shall determine. It is now about […]
Anarchist Beginnings

Josiah Warren and Cosmopolite, “To the Public” (1828)

July 20, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur
Cincinnati, April 20, 1828. Dear S— The perusal of your letter which I received about three weeks since, gave me great satisfaction. It affords me pleasure to find that you still feel such interest in the subject to which I am devoted. You inquire what progress has been made since you left here; to this I could reply more than the limits of a letter will permit, but I will endeavour to enable you to form some idea. I think you left before the cold weather commenced, and therefore have not witnessed the most important of our operations. As soon […]