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A Documentary History of the Movement for Equitable Commerce

August 1, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

Equitable Commerce was the name given to Josiah Warren’s social system, which combined the principles of individual autonomy and “cost the limit of price.” Warren’s approach attracted a fairly substantial following at various times and was influential among anarchists. The works collected here are either writings by Warren and his associates, elaborating the system, or outside accounts of the movement.

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Encuesta Del Grupo “Los Iconoclastas” De Steubenville, Ohio (1926)

June 11, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[This is a fairly extensive work-in-progress. While the Spanish texts are being transcribed, English machine translations will also be posted, so that more readers can begin to explore the material. These translations will then be corrected as time allows.] [one_half padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] La Encuesta de Steubenville Con esté número único quieren sus editores, el grupo “LOS ICONOCLASTAS” de Steubenville, Ohio, celebrar la encuesta por ellos iniciada a mediados de 1926 y terminada un año más tarde. Fue una consulta a que respondieron compañeros de diversos países y que puede afirmarse que no ha sido inútil; por lo menos […]

The Why I Ams

June 5, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE WHY I AMS Twentieth Century Van Buren Denslow, “Why I Am a Protectionist,” Twentieth Century 4 no. 17 (April 24, 1890): 7–8; 4 no. 18 (May 1, 1890): 6–8 William G. Sumner, “Why I Am a Free Trader,” Twentieth Century 4 no. 17 (April 24, 2890): 8–10. William Lloyd Garrison, “Why I Am a Single-Taxer,” Twentieth Century 4 no. 18 (May 1, 1890): 5–6. Laurence Gronlund, “Why I Am a Socialist,” Twentieth Century 4 no. 19 (May 8, 1890): 5–6. Burnette G. Haskell, “Why I Am a Nationalist,” Twentieth Century 4 no. 20 (May 15, 1890): 5–7. John […]

The Anarchist Encyclopedia

January 30, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

About the Anarchist Encyclopedia and the Œuvre Internationale des Editions anarchistes: “Aux Anarchistes de tous les pays,” La Revue anarchiste 3 no. 26 (Avril 1924): 16. [Translation: “To the Anarchists of all Nations”] “L’Œuvre Internationale des Editions anarchistes (ses buts, ses moyens),” La Revue anarchiste 3 no. 27 (Mai 1924): 31-32. [French text] “Fusion de ‘La Revue Anarchiste’ et de la Partie française de ‘La Revue Internationale Anarchiste Polyglotte’,” La Revue anarchiste 4 no. 34 (10 juillet 1925) : 6-7. [French text] “Une Consultation mondiale sur les tâches immédiates et futures de l’Anarchisme,” La Revue Internationale anarchiste 1 no. 1 […]

Welcome to the Libertarian Labyrinth

December 18, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

WELCOME TO THE LIBERTARIAN LABYRINTH: AN ARCHIVE OF ANARCHISTIC HISTORIES AND POSSIBILITIES; WRITINGS BY ANARCHISTS, SOCIALISTS, FEMINISTS AND DREAMERS! The LIBERTARIAN LABYRINTH is a collection of digital archives and blogs dedicated to radical history, with an emphasis on the history of the anarchist movement. Explore the Collections The heart of the collection is the works on ANARCHISM and the history of the anarchist tradition. ANARCHIST BEGINNINGS: A natural first stop in the exploration of anarchism, this collection features introductory texts drawn from the early phases of the tradition BAKUNIN LIBRARY: A new edition of the works of Mikhail Bakunin in […]

Welcome to Anarchist Beginnings

December 18, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

VOL. I — DECLARATIONS & PROFESSIONS OF FAITH Precursors & Related Tendencies: pre-1840 The Era of Anarchy: 1840—1880 The Era of Anarchism: 1881—1925 VOL. II — PROGRAMS & MANIFESTOS VOL. III — CATECHISMS, DIALOGUES, POEMS & STORIES VOL. IV — CRITIQUES & CARICATURES VOL. V — PROGRESS REPORTS & REASSESSMENTS 1850-1876 1877-1919 1920-1930 PROJECT PAGES: Anarchist Beginnings category feed The Why I Ams Beginnings The ANARCHIST BEGINNINGS project began as a series of pamphlets from my Corvus Editions project, simply titled “Anarchisms,” collecting a first assortment of the “Declarations & Professions of Faith,” together with some collective statements from the […]

Welcome to Mutualism.info

December 18, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

PROJECT PAGES: Contr’un blog (anarchist history and theory) Proudhon Library (commentary and translations) r/DebateAnarchism AMAs: 2014 and 2017 Mutualism: Ask Me Anything (transcript) What Mutualism Was Mutualism.info category feed ESSAYS: Shawn P. Wilbur, “Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: Self-Government and the Citizen-State“ Contr’un Collections: Toward an Ungovernable Anarchism Self-Government and the Citizen-State The Anarchic Encounter There & Back Again Ask Me Anything God and the State Anarchy and Democracy Mutualist Classics: Sidney H. Morse, “Liberty and Wealth” (1884) Sidney H. Morse, “Ethics of the Homestead Strike” (1892) Herman Kuehn, “The Problem of Worry” (1901) Proudhon’s Social Science The posts in this series will […]

Welcome to the Saint-Ravachol archive

December 18, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Saint-Ravachol: Ravachol spent his life as a sort of criminal jack-of-all-trades—smuggler, counterfeiter, grave-robber, murderer, bomber—and then, at the end of that career, was made a secular saint, “the violent Christ of anarchy.” And he was hardly the only one of the illegalists and attentateurs who was subsequently mythologized. Indeed, in the long war between anarchists and the agents of capitalism and the state, mythology has been a tool used on both sides. The items collected here are drawn from that war and are part of a literature in which history and myth are often inextricable. The collection includes items previously […]

Welcome to the Working Translations archive

December 17, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

PROJECT PAGES: List of Working Translations Bakunin Library translations Proudhon Library translations Working Translations category feed An Accidental Translator [July 5, 2016] “And I said to Colonel Greene: “Why don’t you translate ‘What is Property?’” His answer was: “Why don’t you?” A mere boy, the thought of my competency for such a task had never occurred to me. But, the suggestion thus deposited in my mind, I turned it over and over and enlarged upon it, until I reached a determination that I could spend my life in no worthier, more helpful, more congenial pursuit…” Benjamin R, Tucker, announcing the […]

Welcome to “Anarchy and the Sex Question”

December 17, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

PROJECT LINKS: Purchase Anarchy and the Sex Question Emma Goldman page Emma Goldman [tag feed] Voltairine de Cleyre page Lizzie M. Holmes page Louise Michel page The Sex Question category feed WORKING TRANSLATIONS: Jenny P. d’Hericourt, A Letter from America Jenny P. d’Hericourt, “The Valain Family” (1847) Jeanne Deroin, Letter to P.-J. Proudhon (January 28, 1849) Jeanne Deroin, Letter to the Associations on the Organization of Credit (1851) Jeanne Deroin, “The Mission of Women in the Present and in the Future” (first article) (1849) Jeanne Deroin, “Prospectus” of l’Opinion des Femmes (1848) Jeanne Deroin, “To the members of the commission […]