Tag Archives: Errico Malatesta

‘Colonization’ in the Cronaca Sovversiva

From The Transmetropolitan Review (18/03/2026) In the interests of fostering physical media, the text of ‘Colonization’ is print only. A decade before Vladimir Lenin wrote his Imperialism and years before Rosa Luxemburg wrote her Accumulation of Capital, an Italian anarchist named Antonio Calavazzi wrote a … Continue reading

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Zoe Baker: Anarchism as a Way of Life

In 1925 the Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta wrote that, Anarchy is a form of living together in society; a society in which people live as brothers and sisters without being able to oppress or exploit others and in which everyone … Continue reading

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Do Anarchists Support Democracy?

Do Anarchists Support Democracy?  The Opinions of Errico Malatesta Wayne Price (Source: Anarcho-Syndicalist Review, 24/06/2025) In the current U.S.political crisis it is vital for anarchists and other radicals to be clear about their view of democracy. To this end, I … Continue reading

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The law and its political limits

I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business … Continue reading

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Errico Malatesta: Lessons for Anarchists Considering the Ukrainian War

We share below an article by Wayne Price reading the war in Ukraine through the work of Errico Malatesta, published in the last issue of Black Flag Anarchist Review and posted at the Anarchist Library website. Malatesta on War and … Continue reading

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Against War: Errico Malatesta

The War and the Anarchists (1912) There is no nefarious deed, no criminal passion that interested parties do not try to excuse, justify, and even glorify by means of noble reasons. This is, in essence, a source of comfort, for … Continue reading

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The Paris Commune: Errico Malatesta

Writing of the Paris Commune in 1900, Errico Malatesta sought to disarm the myth of the Commune as a revolution – it was neither a socialist nor an anarchist revolution – and bring to the fore what in fact it … Continue reading

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Anarchists in pandemics past

As a compliment to our last post reflecting on current mutual aid initiatives in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for its own sake, we share an excellent piece published by the CrimethInc. collective on anarchist mutual aid practices … Continue reading

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Malatesta: Revolution in practice

Woe betide us and the future of our ideas if we shouldered the responsibility of a senseless destruction that compromised the continuity of life! Errico Malatesta Revolutions do not happen at the behest of revolutionary organisations. As events – and … Continue reading

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Viva Bresci!

Remembering Gaetano Bresci, with the Crimethinc. collective …

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