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L. M. S., “A Story of a Giant” (1887)

August 14, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

A STORY OF A GIANT. A Parable Not Laid Down in the Gospels, but Which Will Bear Careful Reflection. Is a Straight-Jacket the Best Remedy for the Contortions and Writhings of the Blind Samson of […]

Gustave Lefrançais, “Where Are the Anarchists Going?” (1887/8)

August 13, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

[ezcol_2third] Where Are the Anarchists Going? Gustave Lefrançais A Keen and Biting Criticism of the School of Communistic Anarchists as Represented by Kropotkin, Reclus, and Others. Translated for The Alarm, from the French of G. […]

Voltairine de Cleyre, “Secular Education” (1887)

August 7, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

There are four instruments which, wielded by dominant minds, bend and mold the sentiments of the masses to meet the form and spirit of the times: The force of early influence, the school, the platform, […]

Lizzie M. Swank, “What Are American Institutions?” (1887)

July 26, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

WHAT ARE “AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS”? I AM sending this across the ocean, to seek information I cannot gain in my own native land. I have enquired of leading journals and been quietly ignored; I have asked […]

Ricardo Mella, “La reacción en la Revolución” (1887-8)

December 18, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

LA REACCIÓN EN LA REVOLUCIÓN I Con frecuencia, no ya entre los ignorantes, sino entre los más ilustrados, suele ocurrir que la bondad de una idea se extravía y se pervierte por aquellos mismos que […]

Albert R. Parsons on Anarchy (1887)

August 29, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

“In the effort of the prosecution to hold up our opinions to public execration they lost sight of the charge of murder. Disloyalty to their class, and their boasted civilization is in their eyes a […]

Lucy E. Parsons on Anarchy (1887)

August 29, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

From Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Scientific Basis as Defined by Some of Its Apostles [We are frequently asked, ‘what is anarchy and what do the anarchists want?’ We are free to confess that in all […]

Dyer D. Lum, “On Anarchy” (1887)

August 29, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

I—WHAT IS ANARCHY. The statesman, intent on schemes to compromise principles and tide over clamorous demands for justice, says it is disorder and spoliation. New taxes are then levied to defend the state, to repress […]

Joseph Lane, “An Anti-Statist Communist Manifesto” (1887)

August 29, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

“In vain you tell me that Artificial Government is good, but that I fall out only with its abuse. The thing – the thing itself is the abuse !” – Burke GENERAL PRINCIPLES Human society […]

“Another beautiful nihilist…” (1887)

June 22, 2016 A Beautiful Nihilist

Persons and Personages. Another beautiful nihilist has been transported by Russian tyranny to Siberia. This sweet creature’s banishment is mourned by a large and interesting family of sixteen husbands. Omaha World-Herald 3 no. 63 (November […]