poetry
E. Armand, “Un curieux songe / A Curious Dream” (1923)
In my prison, I had a curious dream, I dreamed that a great day had taken place: The day of those gnawed by suffering, Tracked and pursued by enemy fate… […]
Working Translations
poetry
E. Armand, “Regrets” (1922)
Ah! I would have liked to always show myself honestly;
But often, too often, I was afraid of the punishments that might be imposed.
I was afraid, and this fear, poisoning my days,
Was a heavy burden to bear: — a dreadful chain. […]
Working Translations
Gérard de Lacaze-Duthiers on labels (1923)
L’étiquetté « anarchiste » est comme toutes les étiquettes bien imparfaite. Aucune étiquette ne peut vraiment s’appliquer à l’homme libre, qui est au dessus de tous les partis, qui reste lui même, pas même celle […]
poetry
E. Armand, “Ma Muse / My Muse” (1922)
Ma Muse Ma muse n’est pas une pensionnaire qui tapote en mesure sur un piano de bonne marque ; C’est une Fille Sauvage, instinctive, primesautière, Qui ne s’accommode ni du mètre, ni de la rime, […]
anarchist individualism
l’en dehors: unsigned articles
l’en dehors 1 no. 1 May 31, 1922 l’en dehors veut être un journal vivant et vibrant, un journal de combat en même temps que de culture individuelle. Il se situera résolument à l’extrême gauche […]
poetry
E. Armand, “Les Négateurs de Maîtres” / “We Deny All Masters” (1922)
Les Négateurs de Maîtres Chanson 1 Qu’ils portent panache ou hermine, Devant les dirigeants, bien bas Ebloui’, la foule s’incline, Mais de la foul’ non, nous n’somm’s pas! Nous somm’s les Négateurs de maitres, Les […]
Working Translations
Charles-Auguste Bontemps, “The Sustainability of Anarchism” (1967)
I am reminded that some libertarian communists or socialists, who claim to be revolutionaries in the politico-social sense of the term, have renounced or demand that those of their tendency renounce what they call the anarchist label. That anarchist label, from their perspective, conceals a very questionable sort of anarchism. They are disturbed by it and disturb still more the propagation of a specifically anarchist philosophy. […]
Saint Ravachol
Georges Etiévant, “The Hare and the Hunter” (1897)
When one is found, among the little phalanx of those who carry themselves bravely, among those whom the idea of liberty has touched with its wing, who, thanks to individual circumstances, feels, at some moment, the sentiments of human dignity stir powerfully within them, rebelling against the cowardice imposed by society on the individual; when, rid of age-old prejudices arising from a contemptible education, which teach men to idolize strength and success, one of them rises up to threaten power and wealth; when, finally weary of being a tacit accomplice in injustices, he strikes at the head or at the belly of the social body; and when, separating from those who perform or support these iniquities, he haughtily hurls himself, like a bloody challenge, head-first at society, then the careless, spineless crowd, forced to think, bays stupidly. […]
Proudhon Library
Proudhon on Socialism (“Theory of Property” manuscripts)
Socialisme.—Tout mot et sujet a plusieurs acceptations. Si Théorie de la société, ou Science sociale ;—je l’affirmes. Si parti qui affirme une science sociale, la nécessité de réformer la société conformément à la science : […]
encyclopedia entries
Claude Pelletier, “Atercracy” (Socialist Dictionary) (1874)
ATERCRACY. Name drawn from two Greek words: ater, without, and cratos, government. An Atercrat is thus a citizen who is in no way governed and who considers all the cracies, whether theo, auto, aristo, demo or of some other variety, as political machines for the creation of misery and oppression. […]