Guerin’s classic anthology of anarchism translated and reprinted, available for the first time in a single volume. It brings together a vast array of unpublished documents, letters, debates, manifestos reports, impassioned calls-to-arms and reasoned analysis; the history, organisation and practice of the movement – its theorists, advocates and activists; the great names and the obscure, towering legends and unsung heroes. This definitive collection portrays anarchism as a sophisticated ideology whose nuances and complexities highlight the natural desire for freedom in us all.
I was a “Friend of AK Press” way back when they actually published anarchist books, so I got this as soon as they released it. My copy was quickly made almost unreadable by all my dog-earing, highlighting, underlining and margin notes, and it is still one of my favorite compilations despite my qualms with syndicalism (which unsurprisingly dominates this anthology).
