1874

Emperor Norton Project

Proclamations for 1874

January 14, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] January 3, 1874 Proclamation. “A Happy New Year” to all true and loyal subjects of the Empire of Norton I. January 10, 1874 Proclamation. For the better protection of the health of all our citizens, We, Norton I, Dei Gracia Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, do hereby order and decree that a separate locality in the several cities, respectively, be appropriated by the City Councils of each city, to be termed the Chinese quarters, and the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco forthwith set apart […]
Anarchist Beginnings

Claude Pelletier, “Socialist Dictionary: Quarry” (1874)

September 28, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur
QUARRY. A location dug in the ground, where one extracts by means of shafts and galleries, or even from a single level, stone, coal and other minerals, such as lead, copper, gold, silver, etc… Today the quarries, which should belong to the nation, are abandoned to capitalists who exploit them for their own personal interests; and their private interest drives them to convert them into a monopoly in order to reap enormous profits, by augmenting, as it says in the entry for MONOPOLIZATION, the sale price of their product, and reducing the wages of their workers. It follows that they […]
Bakunin Library

Bakunin, “Mémoire justificatif” (1874)

February 21, 2014 Shawn P. Wilbur
“Mémoire justificatif” (July 28-29, 1874, Splügen, Switzerland) Supporting documents that I write principally for my poor Antonia. I beg Emilio to read it first, then to give it to Cafiero to read, who could give it to his wife to read, if he thinks it is a good idea, and only after he has read it and added his observations it he finds it necessary, to give it to Antonia, but to destroy it by common agreement, since it contains political facts that should never leave the circle of our most intimate friends. Emilio knows the beginning of the Baronata. […]
poetry

“Josiah Warren” (poem) (1874)

June 29, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”]     JOSIAH WARREN. Who gave the world the boldest thought, That ever has by man been taught, And set the pride of wealth at naught? Josiah Warren. Who gave the parlor lectures best, From glowing love in his own breast, Which is to be by nations blest? Josiah Warren. Who made the good of man his prayer, And did to all around declare, The glory of a millionaire? Josiah Warren. Who taught the best industrial law, Which wit or wisdom ever saw, That after him shall millions draw? Josiah Warren. Who set the usury […]