anarchism without adjectives

Anarchist Beginnings

Varieties of Anarchist Entente

November 6, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur
Proposals: Panarchy: Paul Emile de Puydt, Panarchy (1860) Anarquismo sin adjetivos / Anarchism without adjectives: Acracia: Mutual toleration: Anarchist synthesis: Sébastien Faure, “Propos Subversifs: Les Forces de Révolution” (1921) Voline, “On Synthesis” (1924) Debate in La Voix Libertaire on the Subject of the Anarchist Synthesis: (1928) (1929) including contributions by Sébastien Faure, Max Nettlau, etc. Entente libertaire: Entente anarchiste: E. Armand, “The Anarchist Entente—A Concrete Proposal” (1928) “Qu’est-ce que l’entente anarchiste ?,” L’en dehors 7 no. 144-145 (mi-Octobre 1928): 4. (Translation (FR/EN): “What is the Anarchist Entente?“) Short Statements on the Anarchist Entente (1928–1929) Liaison anarchiste: Fernand Fortin, “Anarchist Unity or […]
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Max Nettlau, pessimism and possibilities

January 14, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur
In 1901 and 1903, Max Nettlau, arguably the greatest of anarchism’s historians, wrote a series of documents intended for “friends and comrades,” though not for general publication, addressing what he took to be problems in anarchist practice. The first of these seems to have been “Some criticism of some current anarchist beliefs,” a 49-page text written in English, and this was followed by at least two drafts of a more formally structured French manuscript of nearly 200 pages. All can be read in the digitized portions of the Max Nettlau Papers at the IISH site. The linked text is a […]