- LIBERTARIAN: ITS ORIGINS, USE AND (ATTEMPTED) ARROGATION (Iain McKay)
- On the Male and Female Human-Being – Letter to P.J. Proudhon (Joseph Déjacque)
- Exchange (Joseph Déjacque)
- The Federative Principle and the need to reconstitute the party of the revolution (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon)
- Anarchy (César de Paepe)
- Communism and Property (André Léo)
- Report of the Brussels section (International Workers’ Association)
- Resolution on Collective Ownership (International Workers’ Association)
- Resolution on War (International Workers’ Association)
- Woman and Morals: Freedom or Monarchy (André Léo)
- The Present Institutions of the International in Relation to the Future (César De Paepe)
- Organisation and General Strike (Michael Bakunin)
- Programme (L’Alliance internationale de la démocratie socialiste)
- Policy of the International (Michael Bakunin)
- Resolution and Discussion on Resistance Societies (International Workers’ Association)
- The Presidency of Mutual Assistance Societies (Eugène Varlin)
- Manifesto (Parisian Sections of the International Workers’ Association)
- Workers Societies (Eugène Varlin)
- Letter to Albert Richard (Michael Bakunin)
- To the worker of the countryside (André Léo)
- Declaration to the French People (Commune de Paris)
- The Programme of the Commune (André Léo)
- Federalism (James Guillaume)
- Revolution without Women (André Léo)
- The Internationale (Eugène Pottier)
- Protest of the Alliance (Michael Bakunin)
- Circular to all the Federations of the International Workers’ Association (Fédération jurassienne)
- Statement before the Military Tribunal (Louise Michel)
- Manifesto (Federación Regional Española de la A.I.T.)
- Resolutions of the Saint-Imier Congress (International Workers’ Association)
- Work and Wealth (Joshua King Ingalls)
- Anarchy and Communism (Carlo Cafiero)
- Political Rights (Peter Kropotkin)
- Karl Marx as Friend and Foe (Benjamin Tucker)
- Defence Statement (Louise Michel)
- Manifesto (International Working People’s Association)
- A Factory as it Might Be (William Morris)
- Socialism: What It Is (Benjamin R. Tucker)
- An Open Letter to the Moral Education Society (Lizzie M. Swank)
- Chattel and Wage Slavery (Albert R. Parsons)
- The International (Albert Parsons)
- Haymarket Speech (August Spies)
- Parsons’ Plea for Anarchy (Albert Parson)
- Freedom (Charlotte Wilson)
- I am an anarchist (Lucy Parsons)
- Autobiography of August Spies (August Spies)
- Lucy E. Parsons on Anarchy (Lucy E. Parsons)
- Socialist Letters (Ernest Lesigne)
- Work and Organisation (Francesco Saverio Merlino)
- Why are we Anarchists? (Élisée Reclus)
- Anarchistic Socialism (Victor Yarros)
- Anarchy versus Social Democracy (John Turner)
- The Slavery of Our Times (Leo Tolstoy)
- Why I am a Communist (John Most)
- Anti-Parliamentary (William Morris)
- Sex Slavery (Voltairine de Cleyre)
- The Soul of Man under Socialism (Oscar Wilde)
- Woman’s Emancipation (Lizzie M. Holmes)
- Mutualism (Dyer D. Lum)
- The First Of May (Errico Malatesta)
- The Effects of Persecution (Peter Kropotkin)
- Why I am an Anarchist (Louise Michel)
- Appeal of 1st May 1896 (Fédération des Bourses du travail de France et des colonies)
- The Forthcoming Congress (F. Domela Nieuwenhuis)
- Social Democracy in Germany(Gustav Landauer)
- Let Us Be Just: Open Letter to Liebknecht (Warlaam Tcherkesoff)
- Anarchy Defended by Anarchists (John Most and Emma Goldman)
- Anarchism and Violence (Louisa Sarah Bevington)
A Libertarian Reader
Fighting for Freedom, 1857-2016
160 Years of Fighting for FreedomEdited by Iain McKay Libertarian was first coined in 1857 to summarise opposition to the authoritarian relations generated by the state, capitalism and patriarchy – and the desire to end them. This anthology brings together libertarian writings from the next 160 years, all united by a love of freedom and seeking to change the world to allow every individual to flourish. Articles by thinkers and activists from all libertarian schools are included: anarchists, council communists, situationists, autonomists, guild socialists and revolutionary syndicalists raise their voices in fighting for freedom. These writings will aid today’s struggles against every hierarchy – whether political, economic, or social – and bring a free socialist society closer. In four volumes Volume 1 (1857-1896) Volume 2 (1897-1936) Volume 3 (1937-1976) Volume 4 (1977-2016) |
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- Organisation (Errico Malatesta)
- Sabotage (Émile Pouget)
- Freedom through Education: The Libertarian School (E. Reclus, L. Michel, P. Kropotkin, L. Tolstoy and others)
- Libertarian or Anarchist? (Henry Glasse)
- November Eleventh (Voltairine de Cleyre)
- Toward Anarchy (Errico Malatesta)
- Speeches at the I.W.W.’s founding Convention (Lucy E. Parsons)
- Direct Action and the General Strike in Russia (Peter Kropotkin)
- The Charter of Amiens (Confédération générale du travail)
- Stirner: The Ego and His Own (Max Baginski)
- Anarchists and Unions (Peter Kropotkin)
- Resolutions (International Anarchist Congress)
- A Beautiful Ideal: Anarchy and what it stands for (Emma Goldman)
- Preamble to the Constitution of the Industrial Workers of the World (Industrial Workers of the World)
- A New Declaration of Independence (Emma Goldman)
- Working-Class Socialism (E. J. B. Allen)
- Cranky Notions (Joseph A. Labadie)
- Anarchy and the Labour War (George Barrett)
- Manifesto of 23 September 1911 (Partido Liberal Mexicano)
- Mary Wollstonecraft, Her Tragic Life and Her Passionate Struggle for Freedom (Emma Goldman)
- The Commune is Risen (Voltairine de Cleyre)
- Syndicalism at Work (Tom Mann)
- There is Power in a Union (Joe Hill)
- Syndicalism and the State (Tom Mann)
- Without Bosses (Ricardo Flores Magón)
- Solidarity Forever (Ralph Chaplin)
- International Anarchist Manifesto on the War (A. Berkman, E. Goldman, E. Malatesta, F. Domela Nieuwenhuis and others)
- Come, Workers, Let Us Take Counsel Together (Alexander Berkman)
- Towards Industrial Freedom (Edward Carpenter)
- Self-Government in Industry (G.D.H Cole)
- The Deadly Parallel (Industrial Workers of the World)
- Editorial [on the Bolsheviks and the Constituent Assembly] (Golos Truda)
- Justice for the Negro (Industrial Workers of the World)
- Why I am a Guildsman (Bertrand Russell)
- Guild Socialism Restated (G.D.H. Cole)
- To All Peasants and Workers of the Ukraine (The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of the Ukraine (Makhnovists))
- An Anarchist Programm (Unione Anarchica Italiana)
- A letter from Kropotkin (Peter Kropotkin)
- Report from Moscow (Otto Rühle)
- Revolution and Dictatorship: On one anarchist who has forgotten his principles (Luigi Fabbri)
- Forces of Revolution (Sébastian Faure)
- The Goals for Which We Fight (Kronstadt Izvestia)
- Class Struggle or Class Hatred? (Errico Malatesta)
- Principles of Revolutionary Syndicalism (International Workers’ Association)
- What is behind the label? A plea for clearness (Sylvia Pankhurst)
- Reflections on the General Strike (Emma Goldman)
- The True Nature of the State (Rudolf Rocker)
- The Struggle Against the State (Nestor Makhno)
- Letter (Bartolomeo Vanzetti)
- Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism (Alexander Berkman)
- Statement of Principles (Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias)
- Nationalism and Culture (Rudolf Rocker)
- My Social Credo (G.P. Maximoff)
- Reflections on War (Simone Weil)
- There is no Communism in Russia (Emma Goldman)
- For an Anarchist Policy in the Trade Unions (Sam Dolgoff)
- Colonies – a Short Cut to Freedom? (Sidney Solomon)
- A Warning Voice (National Committee, Confederación Nacional del Trabajo)
- The Confederal Concept of Libertarian Communism (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo)
- The Working Class in Struggle (J. Ribeyron)
- From the collective contract to worker control (N. Faucier)
- Interview with the Toronto Star (Buenaventura Durruti)
- The Party and the Working Class (Anton Pannekoek)
- The State and Classes (Camillo Berneri)
- Solidarity (Emma Goldman)
- The Place of Women in Society (Emma Goldman)
- The Volunteer Ban (Ethel MacDonald)
- Francisco Ferrer (Marie-Louise Berneri)
- A Long Cherished Dream (Emma Goldman)
- Anarcho-Syndicalism and Anarchism (Pierre Besnard)
- The Meaning of Anarchism (Jack White)
- Collectivisation and Socialisation (Gaston Leval)
- Leaflet (Mujeres Libres)
- The ‘Hero’ of Kronstadt Writes History (Paul Mattick)
- Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice (Rudolf Rocker)
- Against Terrorism in the Workers’ Struggle (Guy Aldred)
- The Next War and The Workers (Ethel Mannin)
- Review of George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia (Ethel Mannin)
- The Kronstadt Uprising and the fate of the Russian Revolution (Ante Ciliga)
- War and Democracy (Ethel Mannin)
- General Remarks on the Question of Organisation (Anton Pannekoek)
- For Libertarian Action (R.W.)
- Collectivisation in Spain (Karl Korsch)
- Unemployment is Hell! (Tom Brown)
- The Problems of Unofficial Strikes (Tom Brown)
- Principles and Tactics (Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation)
- A Constructive Policy (Marie-Louise Berneri)
- “National Independence” (Albert Meltzer)
- Italy After 1918 (Marie-Louise Berneri)
- Platform (Federation of Anarchist Communists of Bulgaria)
- Freedom: Is it a Crime? Two Speeches (Herbert Read)
- Sexuality and Freedom (Marie Louise Berneri)
- Aims and Principles (Union of Anarchist Groups)
- The Unknown Revolution (Voline)
- Theses on the Fight of the Working Class Against Capitalism (Anton Pannekoek)
- Control or Ownership? (P.S.)
- Ten Theses on Marxism Today (Karl Korsch)
- Remark on Equality (Anton Pannekoek)
- Workers’ Control and the Wage System (Albert Meltzer)
- Bread and Freedom (Albert Camus)
- Manifesto of Libertarian Communism (Fédération Communiste Libertaire)
- What We Stand For (Libertarian League)
- For a Constructive Libertarian Movement (Gaston Leval)
- Three Problems of the Revolution (Daniel Guérin)
- A Marxian Oddity (Paul Mattick)
- What is Important? (Cornelius Castoriadis)
- Anarchism: A ‘Revisionist’ Approach (Nicolas Walter)
- Reflections on the Steel Strike Settlement (Sam Dolgoff)
- Declaration of Principles (Asociación Libertaria de Cuba)
- Socialism and Capitalism (Cornelius Castoriadis)
- Revolution and Counter-Revolution (Cuban Anarchists)
- Anarchism: Contracting Other Relationships (Geoffrey Ostergaard)
- Direct Action for Houses: the story of the squatters (Colin Ward)
- Ecology and Revolutionary Thought (Murray Bookchin)
- Notes For Those About To Be Double-X Ed (Vernon Richards)
- Some Prima Facie Objections to Decentralism (Paul Goodman)
- As We See It (Solidarity)
- Minimum Definition of Revolutionary Organisations (Situationist International)
- Interview (Gabriel Cohn-Bendit)
- The May-June Events in France: Excerpts from a Letter (Murray Bookchin)
- An Open Letter to I.S. Comrades (Solidarity)
- Capitalism and Socialism (Maurice Brinton)
- Anarchy and Organisation: A Letter to the Left (Murray Bookchin)
- Notice to the Civilised Concerning Generalised Self-Management (Raoul Vaneigem)
- Bertrand Russell and the anarchists (Vivian Harper)
- Who we are: An Anarcho-Feminist Manifesto (Chicago Anarcho-Feminists)
- Anarchy in Action (Colin Ward)
- Letter to Soil of Liberty (Esther J. Dolgoff)
- The Relevance of Anarchism to Modern Society (Sam Dolgoff)
- The Floodgates of Anarchy (Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer)
- Anarchy Still Reigns, Claims CBI Chief (P.S.)
- Banalities (Bureau of Public Secrets)
- The Power to Create, The Power to Destroy (Murray Bookchin)
- Suddenly this Summer (Maurice Brinton)
- Anarchism and Marxism (Daniel Guérin)
- A Touch of Anarchism (Gaia)
- Anarchafeminist Manifesto (Anarchist Federation of Norway)
- The Libertarian as Conservative (Bob Black)
- Erich Fromm: The Radical Humanist (Brian Morris)
- The Soviet Union Versus Socialism (Noam Chomsky)
- Anarchism is about individuals (Donald Rooum)
- The Price We Pay (Direct Action Movement)
- It’s deep, but is it broad? An eco-feminist looks at deep ecology (Janet Biehl)
- Marx today: the tragicomical paradox (Cornelius Castoriadis)
- Preface to Rudolf Rocker’s Anarcho-Syndicalism (Noam Chomsky)
- The Role of Contract in Anarchist Ideology (Robert Graham)
- Death of a Small Planet: It’s growth that’s killing us (Murray Bookchin)
- Do It Yourself (Robert Lynn)
- The role of the revolutionary organisation (Anarchist Communist Federation)
- The War and the Spectacle (Bureau of Public Secrets)
- Unfinished Business: The Politics of Class War (Class War Federation)
- Kropotkin, Self-valorisation and the Crisis of Marxism (Harry Cleaver)
- Anarchism and the Black Revolution (Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin)
- Pit sense versus the State: a history of militant miners in the Doncaster area (David John Douglass)
- Anarcho-Syndicalism in Puerto Real: from shipyard resistance to direct democracy and community control (Solidarity Federation)
- The Class Struggle and Anarchism (Nicolas Walter)
- Anarchism: Arguments for and against (Albert Meltzer)
- The Welfare Road We Failed To Take (Colin Ward)
- Eight Questions on Anarchism (Noam Chomsky)
- Libertarian Socialism (Dave Lamb)
- What We Believe (Members of Love and Rage)
- The Zapatistas, Anarchism and ‘Direct democracy’ (Andrew Flood)
- Something Did Start in Quebec City: North America’s Revolutionary Anti-Capitalist Movement (Cindy Milstein)
- My Granny Made me an Anarchist: The Christie File: Part 1, 1946-1964 (Stuart Christie)
- Twelve Theses on Changing the World without taking Power (John Holloway)
- Anarcha-Feminism in Bolivia (Mujeres Creando)
- Talking Anarchy (Colin Ward)
- Rebels Against Tyranny: An Interview with Howard Zinn on Anarchism (Howard Zinn)
- What is Libertarian History? (Liz Willis)
- Move Over, Lawrence O’Donnell (Kevin Carson)
- Occupy Is Dead. Now What? (Black Rose Anarchist Federation)
- The (anarchist) idea of communism (Brian Morris)
- The Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What’s Wrong with Libertarians (Noam Chomsky)
- On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant (David Graeber)
- Workers’ Self-Directed Enterprises: A Revolutionary Programme (Wayne Price)
- Why May Day? An African Working-Class Perspective (Leroy Maisiri)
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (Iain McKay)