Anarchist Manifesto

"Anarchist Manifesto" (or "The World's First Anarchist Manifesto") is a work by Anselme Bellegarrigue, notable for being the first manifesto of anarchism. [Introduction of the 2002 Kate Sharpley Library edition by Sharif Gemie, editor of "Anarchist Studies".] It was written in 1850, ten years after Pierre-Joseph Proudhon became history's first self-proclaimed anarchist with the publication of his seminal "What Is Property?". [Nettlau, Max (1996). "A Short History of Anarchism", trans. Ida Pilat Isca, ed. Heiner M. Becker (London: Freedom Press). [http://praxeology.net/MN-AB.htm Excerpt] from the Molinari Institute.] It was translated into English by Paul Sharkey and republished in 2002 as a 42 page political pamphlet by the Kate Sharpley Library with an introduction placing the manifesto in historical context by "Anarchist Studies" editor Sharif Gemie.

See also

* The Communist Manifesto

References

Publication history

*Anselme Bellegarrigue, [http://www.panarchy.org/bellegarrigue/manifesto.html Manifeste de l'Anarchie] , "L'Anarchie, Journal de l'Ordre", Issue 1, April 1850.
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