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I. What the Anarchist Wants 5
_Suggestions of the beginnings of anarchistic philosophy and
of the history of the development of anarchy—The contemporary
French Encyclopedists, Pierre Kropotkine, Elisée Reclus, and
Jean Grave—The introductory chapter of Jean Grave’s_
L’Anarchie: son But, ses Moyens, _selected as the best
exposition of the French anarchistic doctrine—Current
misconceptions of anarchy—The rational bases of anarchy—The
reasons for its opposition to laws and to governments—The
anarchistic ideal_ “l’individu libre dans l’humanité
libre.”—_Development of the physical, intellectual, and moral
nature of the individual necessary to attain this
ideal—Freedom to satisfy all physical, intellectual, and moral
needs a necessity—The freedom of the soil the first
prerequisite, after that the freedom of the domain of
knowledge and art—Anarchy frankly international—Its demands
for absolute liberty in the domain of thought as in that of
deeds—Its utopianism denied._
II. The Oral Propaganda of Anarchy 25
_The simplest, most natural form of propaganda, telling
one’s faith to one’s neighbours—The group the unit of
public oral propaganda—Characteristics of the group, its
meetings, its statistics, its autonomy—Federations and
congresses—Communication between groups—Union meetings
of groups—Anarchist mass-meetings_—Punchs-conférences
and soupes-conférences—Ballades de propagande—Déjeuners
végétariens—_Amateur theatricals—The_ Maison du Peuple—Soirée
familiale—_The_ trimardeur—_The_ chanson _as a means of
propaganda, with examples of revolutionary chansons._
III. The Written Propaganda of Anarchy 61
_The anarchist press,_ Le Journal du Peuple, Les Plébéiennes,
Le Libertaire—_Jean Grave and_ Les Temps Nouveaux—_The press
as a means of intercommunication between the_ camarades, _the_
trimardeurs, _and the groups_—L’Education Libertaire—_Amateur
papers—Ephemeral character of the anarchist press_—Le Père
Peinard _and its editors—Anarchist almanacks—Financial
difficulties of the anarchist press and methods of raising
funds—Difficulties encountered in publication and
circulation_—“Les Lois Scélérates”—_Placards and fliers—Paul
Robin and his system of_ éducation intégrale—Le Collège
Libertaire—_The study of the masters and of their forerunners
and disciples—Popular editions of great writers who tend
towards anarchy—Violent brochures._
IV. The Propaganda of Anarchy by Example 91
_Thoreau and Garrison as precursors of the anarchistic
attitude—Tolstoy on the propaganda by example—Its
importance—Practicable and impracticable acts of this
form of propaganda—Octave Mirbeau on depopulation—Pierre
Lavroff on propaganda by example—Anarchist
experiment stations and reasons for their failure—The
attitude of anarchists towards trade-unionism_—La grève
universelle—_The attitude of anarchists towards
co-operation_—La pan-coopération.
V. The Propaganda of Anarchy _par le Fait_ 105
_Lack of unanimity among French anarchists regarding this
method of propaganda—The emergence into public prominence of
the insurrectional idea—César de Paepe’s speech at the Geneva
Peace Congress of 1867—Declaration of the_ Fédération
Italienne—_Insurrections at Letino and San Galo,
Italy—Utterances at the Congresses of Fribourg and of the_
Fédération Jurasienne—_Distinction between the individual
overt act when directed against an official of the state and
when directed against an individual member of the_
bourgeoisie—_The latter acts disapproved by the majority of
anarchists—Elisée Reclus on this subject
