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Benjamin R. Tucker
periodicals
Benjamin R. Tucker’s “Liberty” (1881-1908)
Benjamin R. Tucker’s Liberty was the most prominent periodical of individualist anarchism in the years 1881-1908, and probably of any period. And before July 22, 2007, you couldn’t access the full run — 403 issues, […]
Anarchist Beginnings
“Socialism and the Lexicographers” (1892)
Socialism and the Lexicographers. Liberty is informed that the Collectivists expect to prove their claim to a monopoly of the name Socialism by reference to the Century Dictionary as an indisputable authority. They will find […]
Anarchist Beginnings
George Schumm, “Benj. R. Tucker—A Brief Sketch Of His Life And Work” (1893)
BENJ. R. TUCKER—A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORK. ‘ By GEORGE SCHUMM. BENJ. R. TUCKER, whose portrait is the frontispiece of this issue of the Magazine, was born in South Dartmouth, near New […]
The Sex Question
Voltairine de Cleyre and Benjamin R. Tucker, “Some Questions and Criticisms” (1890)
Some Questions and Criticisms. To the Editor of Liberty: What is a nuisance? A nuisance. What is an encyclopædia? An encyclopædia. Will the Encyclopædia please inform the Nuisance by what peculiar system of contradictions he […]
The Sex Question
Voltairine de Cleyre and Benjamin R. Tucker, “Some Questions and Criticisms” (1890)
Some Questions and Criticisms. To the Editor of Liberty: What is a nuisance? A nuisance. What is an encyclopædia? An encyclopædia. Will the Encyclopædia please inform the Nuisance by what peculiar system of contradictions he […]
Anarchist Beginnings
Benjamin R. Tucker, “Why I Am an Anarchist” (1890)
Why am I an Anarchist? That is the question which the editor of the Twentieth Century has requested me to answer for his readers. I comply; but, to be frank, I find it a difficult […]
Contr'un
Transcribing Liberty
There is a new initiative to systematically transcribe the contents of Benjamin R. Tucker’s Liberty, a project near and dear to my heart, but one I’ve never found enough support for to pursue seriously and […]
Contr'un
Benjamin R. Tucker in Printers’ Ink, 1892
Here’s another letter from Benjamin R. Tucker relating to the publishing trade, which refers to his experiences publishing the Weekly Bulletin of Newspaper and Periodical Literature, one of three non-political papers he published—the others were […]
Contr'un
Tucker on “fake” translations
Here’s a bit of fun from the 1891 volume of The Bookseller and Newsman, where Benjamin R. Tucker got very actively involved in the debate about translations of Emile Zola’s “Money.” It’s classic Tucker. The […]