
Benjamin R. Tucker




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, […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]