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Charles T. Fowler, “The Reorganization of Business” (1885)

January 2, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
IN a previous issue, we ascertained that the first principles of Co-operation were Liberty and Equity, We showed what they were and their mutual relations. We found that majority rule, in government, must give way to equal sovereignty, and profit, in commerce, give place to cost;—one the rule for properly minding one’s business, the other the basis of common honesty.

Now, these invisible laws, if such, are just as operative when disobeyed as when obeyed. The only part which we are asked to perform is to adapt ourselves to them in our organization. In examining the working, of the present profit-making system we shall see wherein they are violated, and how to apply the remedy.

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The Sex Question

Jenny P. d’Héricourt, “Woman Emancipated” — Volume I (1860)

January 1, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
[translation in progress] [one_half padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] LA FEMME AFFRANCHIE RÉPONSE A MM. MICHELET, PROUDHON, É. DE GIRARDIN, A. COMTE ET AUX AUTRES NOVATEURS MODERNES PAR Mme. JENNY P. D’HÉRICOURT TOME 1 1860 [/one_half][one_half_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] WOMAN EMANCIPATED RESPONSE TO MICHELET, PROUDHON, É. DE GIRARDIN, A. COMTE AND OTHER MODERN INNOVATORS BY Mme. JENNY P. D’HÉRICOURT VOLUME 1 1860 [/one_half_last] [one_half padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] A MES LECTEURS, A MES ADVERSAIRES, A MES AMIS A MES LECTEURS Lectrices et lecteurs, le but de cet ouvrage et les motifs qui me l’ont fait entreprendre, je vais vous les […]
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Anarchist History: A Mutualist’s-Eye-View

January 1, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur
My understanding of anarchist history is clearly—and quite consciously—the product of certain trajectories through the field of anarchist studies and through the sectarian landscape of the anarchist milieus. It is perhaps important to underline this fact, particular as it is such a central point of my analysis that the dominant narratives regarding anarchist history have a similar character—and that “anarchist history” might, through relatively small changes in the times and places where it was told, have looked very different and perhaps gone by different names.

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From the Archives

Charles T. Fowler, “Prohibition” (1885)

December 31, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
Now no one disputes the evil of intemperance, suppose we call it the greatest of evils. If government can or ought to suppress the greatest, then it should try its hand at the next in importance. If two pigs are tearing up the sward in your yard is there any reason why, while driving out the one that weighs one hundred pounds, you should leave the other, which counts ninety and nine? That would be a discrimination only against one pound of rooting!

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Clarence Lee Swartz, “The Practicability of Mutualism” (1926)

December 30, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
Mutualism is applicable to every human relations. Throughout the whole gamut of existence, from birth to death, mutuality—voluntary association for reciprocal action—is everywhere and at every moment waiting to solve every problem of social intercourse, to decide every issue that arises in commerce and industry. In order to practice mutualism, it is necessary to name only two conditions; that the non-invasive individual shall not be coerced, and that no part of the product of any one’s labor shall be taken from him without his consent. With those negative generalizations thus postulated, thereby affirming the sovereignty of the individual, therefrom flows naturally the positive and constructive corollary—reciprocity; which implies individual initiative, free contract, and voluntary association.

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John Beverley Robinson in “The Michigan Daily” (1916–1918)

December 27, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] “Engineering News,’” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 35 (November 11, 1916): 4. Tom P. Knockafellow, “Let’s Be a Soldier Boy?” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 93 (February 17, 1917): 5. John Beverley Robinson, “Don’t Be a Brown Bear,” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 94 (February 18, 1917): 5. Publius Croesus, “A Fly in the Ointment,” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 94 (February 18, 1917): 5. N. H. S., “Come to Rescue of Preparedness by Refuting ‘Brown Bear’ Letter,” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 95 (February 20, 1917): 4. E. D. A., “Come to Rescue of […]
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Max Nettlau in “Liberty”

December 26, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Benjamin R. Tucker, “The Literature of Anarchism,” Liberty 13 no. 3 (May, 1897): 4. Benjamin R. Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Liberty 15 no. 1 (February, 1906): 11. Max Nettlau, “Anarchism in England Fifty Years Ago,” Liberty 15 no. 1 (February, 1906): 44–51. [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] The Literature of Anarchism. A remarkable volume has recently been issued in the French language, valuable to all students of social questions and of especial interest to Anarchists. It is nothing less than a classified guide to the literature of Anarchism in all countries and tongues, including books, […]
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John Beverley Robinson, “The Economics of Liberty” (1916)

December 26, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] While this text is fairly widely available online, some key tables, which were folded in the back of the volume, are not. I do have a copy of the original and will take on the delicate task of scanning them at some point in the near future. The other two illustrations can be found at the end of the text. [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] The Economics of Liberty by John Beverley Robinson Herman Kuehn 31 Prince Street, Minneapolis 1916 This book is intended to be a brief and clear statement of the system of […]
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John Beverley Robinson in “The Architectural Record” (1896–1899)

December 25, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] John Beverley Robinson, “Authority in Architectural Design,” Architectural Record 6 no. 1 (July-September, 1896): 71-76. John Beverley Robinson, “Modern Vault Construction,” Architectural Record 6 no. 4 (April-June, 1897): 447-459. John Beverley Robinson, “Architects’ Houses,” Architectural Record [serial, starting in Vol. 3, p. 188] John Beverley Robinson, “Principles of Architectural Design,” Architectural Record 8 no. 1 (July–September, 1898): 1–25. John Beverley Robinson, “Principles of Architectural Design,” Architectural Record 8 no. 1 (October–December, 1898): 181–223. John Beverley Robinson, “Principles of Architectural Design,” Architectural Record 8 no. 3 (January–March, 1899): 297–331. [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] Authority in […]