The two anarchisms - legalism and illegalism in the libertarian movement in late nineteenth century Spain - Miguel Amorós
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Dec 29 2014 01:38
A review of the vicissitudes of Spanish anarchism between 1873 and 1897, with special emphasis on the anti-organizational, terrorist (“propaganda of the deed”), and individualist currents within the libertarian movement, and their disastrous consequences for the development of anarchism in Spain.
The great anger: Ultra-revolutionary writing in France from the atheist priest to the Bonnot Gang
In this unique volume, Mitchell Abidor presents the key writings of a series of revolutionaries from the late 17th-early 18th century priest Jean Meslier and the Enlightenment radical Baron d’Holbach...
The plot to assassinate Franco from the air, 1948 - Antonio Tellez
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 31 2014 18:34
The incredible story of the ultimately unsuccessful attempt by Spanish anarchists to assassinate military dictator General Franco from the air in 1948.
Trunk, Johann Sebastian, 1850-1933
Submitted by kropotcorn on Sep 20 2013 05:21
Short biography of transnational anarchist Johann Sebastian Trunk, by Jared Davidson.
Ravachol - Octave Mirbeau
Octave Mirbeau on the conviction of French revolutionary terrorist, Ravachol. Translated and introduced by Robert Helms.
The Tragedy at Buffalo - Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman's defense of Leon Czolgosz, the anarchist who shot William McKinley.
Ravachol’s forbidden defence speech
On trial for murder after a series of bombings, the revolutionary terrorist Ravachol attempted to give the following speech, not to deny his guilt, but to accept and explain it. According to contemporary accounts, he was cut off after a few words, and the speech was never delivered. He was guillotined shortly afterwards.
The Bonnot Gang: The story of the French illegalists - Richard Parry
Submitted by wojtek on Apr 22 2012 05:43
This is the story of the infamous Bonnot Gang: the most notorious French anarchists ever, and the inventors of the motorized get-away. It is the story of how the anarchist taste for illegality developed into illegalism - the theory that theft is liberating. And how a number of young anarchists met in Paris in the years before the first world war, determined to live their lives to the full, regardless of the inevitable - and tragic - consequences.
Review: Prison memoirs of an anarchist
A review of Alexander Berkman's Prison memoirs of an anarchist by the Infantile Disorder blog.
Dimitris Matsalis and individual terrorism - Liopetas-Agallopoulos case
Submitted by Ed on Jun 13 2011 22:29
Article on the use of individual terrorism by anarchists in 1890s Greece, focusing on the life of Dimitris Matsalis, a sandal-maker and anarchist who killed a banker and the Liopetas-Agallopoulos case.
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