Twentieth Century Archives - The Libertarian Labyrinth

King C. Gillette, “The Human Drift” (1895)

January 16, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] The recent Gillette ad is little more than “woke” capitalism—the familiar process of “turning rebellion into money”—but there are certainly worse messages out there. And it offers an opportunity to […]

Dyer D. Lum, “The Two Paths” (1890)

September 24, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] THE TWO PATHS. BY DYER D. LUM. Progress has no meaning outside of social relations. Nature records but changes in terms of evolution or devolution; man’s […]

Rev. W. D. P. Bliss, “Why Am I a Christian Socialist?” (1890)

June 15, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0″][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] WHY AM I A CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST? BY W. D. P. BLISS. Because I was made a Christian by Karl Marx and a Socialist by Jesus Christ. […]

Frank Q. Stuart, “Why I Am an Individualist” (1890)

June 11, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] WHY I AM AN INDIVIDUALIST. BY F. Q. STUART. Some months ago the editor requested me to write an article on this subject, but not until […]

Dyer D. Lum, “Why I Am a Social Revolutionist” (1890)

June 8, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] WHY I AM A SOCIAL REVOLUTIONIST. BY DYER D. LUM Before answering the inquiry propounded to me, it were well to first define terms. In one sense whoever desires a […]

Burnette G. Haskell, “Why I Am a Nationalist” (1890)

June 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] WHY I AM A NATIONALIST. BY BURNETTE G. HASKELL. Five hundred thousand years ago the man-monkey skulked through the primeval forests, hungry and cold, starting at every breaking twig, chattering […]

Laurence Gronlund, “Why I Am a Socialist” (1890)

June 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] WHY I AM A SOCIALIST. BY LAURENCE GRONLUND. I have three reasons to give, but the all-sufficient one, indeed, is my first: that I could not help myself. I do […]

Anarchism defined (“Twentieth Century,” 1890)

June 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Anarchism does not mean no government. It means no government by physical force. It does not mean each for himself independently of all. It means voluntary cooperation. Anarchism is Socialism […]

William Lloyd Garrison, “Why I Am a Single-Taxer” (1890)

June 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] WHY I AM A SINGLE-TAXER. BY WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. I am an advocate of the Single-tax because it stands for a fundamental reform based on a moral principle. The name […]

William G. Sumner, “Why I Am a Free Trader” (1890)

June 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] WHY I AM A FREE TRADER. BY PROF. W. G. SUMNER. 1. As a student of political economy: By free trade I mean anti-protectionism. At the present time, in the […]