Voltairine de Cleyre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Voltairine de Cleyre (November 17, 1866 - June 20, 1912) was an American anarchist and sexual equality activist. She was a prolific writer and speaker, opposing the state, marriage, and the domination of religion in sexuality and women's lives. A proponent of the freethought movement, de Cleyre was initially drawn to individualist anarchism but later called herself only an anarchist, shunning doctrinal fractiousness. She was a colleague of Emma Goldman, with whom she maintained a relationship of respectful disagreement on many issues. ..."
Writings
Anarchism, Free Society, 13 Oct 1901
Related Topic: Anarchism
Examines various economic propositions for anarchism (socialist, communist, individualist and mutualist) and opines that all could be tried out
"There are two spirits abroad in the world, - the spirit of Caution, the spirit of Dare, the spirit of Quiescence, the spirit of Unrest; the spirit of Immobility, the spirit of Change ... Anarchism ... is a theory of the relations due to man and comes as an offered solution to the societary problems arising from the existence of these two tendencies of which I have spoken."
Related Topic: Anarchism
Examines various economic propositions for anarchism (socialist, communist, individualist and mutualist) and opines that all could be tried out
"There are two spirits abroad in the world, - the spirit of Caution, the spirit of Dare, the spirit of Quiescence, the spirit of Unrest; the spirit of Immobility, the spirit of Change ... Anarchism ... is a theory of the relations due to man and comes as an offered solution to the societary problems arising from the existence of these two tendencies of which I have spoken."