Oh!… Why wasn’t I born on a pirate ship, lost on the endless ocean, in the midst of a handful of rugged, brave men who furiously climbed aboard, singing the wild song of destruction and death? Why wasn’t I born in the boundless grasslands of South America, among free, fierce gauchos, who tame the fiery colt with the “lasso” and fearlessly attack the terrible jaguar?… Why? Why? The children of the night, my brothers, impatient with every law and all control, would have included me.
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Centralismo e Anarchismo
LE CAROGNE
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Centralismo e Anarchismo
MENTRE LA BUFERA INFURIA…
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Domingos Passos – the Brazilian Bakunin
We do not know the precise year of Passos’s birth (it was probably towards the end of the 19th century), but, from the books of Edgar Rodrigues, we know that he was born in Rio de Janeiro state. We find his first appearance in social struggles of the time as a UOCC delegate at the 3rd Brazilian Workers’ Congress (1920) at which he was elected as travel secretary for the Brazilian Workers’ Confederation (COB). Passos had been selected for that post because he stood out in the ranks of the organised proletariat on account of his intellect and oratorical gifts which he had honed in the day to day struggles of his trade.
A Renzo Novatore
Novant’anni fa, il 29 novembre 1922, in un conflitto a fuoco con i Regi Carabinieri veniva ucciso a Teglia (Ge) l’anarchico individualista Abele Ricieri Ferrari, più noto come Renzo Novatore. Giovane iconoclasta al tempo delle proteste contro la persecuzione di Francisco Ferrer, antimilitarista condannato a morte per diserzione durante la prima guerra mondiale, ladro e rapinatore, assalitore di polveriere durante il «biennio rosso», attentatore di fascisti e dinamitardo delle loro sedi, Novatore non si rassegnò mai ad «un mondo in cui l’azione non è sorella del sogno». Autore di moltissimi testi, la sua opera ha sempre fatto storcere il naso sia ai militanti della prassi politica che ai cultori del cicisbeo letterario.
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Atamansha – The life of Marusya Nikiforova
Malcolm Archibald
Introduction
The Ukrainian anarchist Maria Nikiforova (1887–1919) has sometimes been compared to Joan of Arc. Like Joan she started from humble origins and, improbably, became a ferocious military commander who was captured and executed by her sworn enemies. And, like Joan, she was a fanatic who pursued her goals in a violent, ruthless fashion.
[Libro] Malatesta. Pensamiento y acción revolucionarios
Durante casi sesenta años Malatesta desarrolló actividades dentro del movimiento anarquista como agitador y propagandista. Basta con dar una ojeada a los archivos de la prensa anarquista para percibir que fue uno de los miembros más respetados del movimiento, así como siguió siendo hasta el final uno de los más controvertidos.
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NOONTIME SONGS
Renzo Novatore
I
“Verily, there is yet a future for evil too. And the hottest noon has not yet been
discovered for man.”—F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra[1]
I am alone, I am alone! Alone and distant…
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