New Anarchist Library: No. 1 in a Series

These anthologies of classical and contemporary anarchist thought present all the key historical philosophers in representative selections: William Godwin, Max Stirner, Mikhail Bakunin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Peter Kropotkin, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and many others through to the present day.  Two of the more recent collections are especially notable for the breadth of their selections that illuminate the variety and underlying unity of anarchist traditions:

Daniel Guérin's monumental anthology, NO GODS NO MASTERS (1980), now available as a single volume in English, details a vast array of unpublished documents, letters, debates, manifestos, reports, impassioned calls-to-arms and reasoned analysis; the history, organization and practice of the movement — its theorists, advocates and activists; the great names and the obscure, towering legends and unsung heroes.  It portrays anarchism as a sophisticated ideology whose nuances and complexities highlight the natural desire for freedom in all of us.

Robert Graham's 3-volume ANARCHISM: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF LIBERTARIAN IDEAS (2004-13) is a comprehensive collection of anarchist writings from ancient China to the present day.  Volume 1, covering the classical era to 1939, deals with the positive ideas and proposals the anarchists tried to put into practice and with their critiques of the authoritarian theories and practices confronting them.  Volume 2 documents anarchist ideas since the Spanish Civil War, covering topics including anti-capitalism and global justice movements, opposition to war, ecology, libertarian communism, personal and sexual liberation, participatory democracy, resistance and revolution, and philosophical anarchism.  Volume 3 concludes with the developments in anarchist theory since the reemergence of social movements in the 1960s and 1970s.  In his afterword, Graham surveys the many currents in anarchist thought, discussing the continuity and changes in anarchist ideas as they have evolved in their historical context and the importance of these ideas for the future.

Together, these volumes illustrate the diversity, depth and continuing relevance of anarchist thought.


The following books are in PDF format unless otherwise noted:

* Anarchism: A Documentary History [3 vols.] (Black Rose, 2005-13). R. Graham, ed.
   — Volume 1: From Anarchy to Anarchism (300 CE To 1939)
   — Volume 2: The Emergence of the New Anarchism (1939-1977)
   — Volume 3: The New Anarchism (1974-2012)
* Anarchist Reader, The (Fontana, 1977).  G. Woodcock, ed.
* Disruptive Elements (Ardent Press, 2014). V. Stone, trans.
* Down with the Law (AK, 2019). M. Abidor, ed. — ePUB
* Essential Works of Anarchism (Quadrangle, 1972). M. Shatz, ed.
* No Gods No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism (AK, 2005). D. Guérin, ed.
* Patterns of Anarchy (Anchor, 1966). Krimerman & Perry, eds. (PDF by @pharmakate)
* Quotations from the Anarchists (Praeger, 1972).  P. Berman, ed.

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