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Book SynopsisIn the 19th and 20th centuries, dozens of anarchist publications appeared throughout the United States despite limited financial resources, a pestering and censorial postal department, and persistent harassment, arrest, and imprisonment by the State. Such works energetically advocated a stateless society built upon individual liberty and voluntary cooperation. In Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United States (1833-1955): An Annotated Guide, Ernesto A. Longa provides a glimpse into the doctrines of these publications.This volume highlights the articles, reports, manifestos, and creative works of anarchists and left libertarians who were dedicated to propagandizing against authoritarianism, sham democracy, wage and sex slavery, and race prejudice. In the survey are nearly 100 newspapers produced throughout North America. For each entry, the following information is provided: title, issues examined, subtitle, editor, publication information, including location and freque
Trade ReviewA thoroughly competent guide to American anarchist periodicals, and also a useful, engrossing introduction to anarchist thinking, transcending continental bounds. University researchers, teachers, and students of politics, philosophy, economics, and American history will welcome this pioneering, exemplary work of reference. Warmly recommended. * s *
Ernesto A. Longa, assistant professor of law librarianship at the University of New Mexico School of Law at Albuquerque, uncovers the forgotten - to some, probably unsuspected - story of anarchist thought and action in the USA, as evidenced in well over a century of periodical publishing. Besides his academic expertise, Ernesto A. Longa has a distinguished pedigree as a civil rights activist: "Mr Longa founded Citizens for Police Review, co-founded the free Gainesville collective, worked as a volunteer with the Civic Media Center and the National lawyers Guild, interred with the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund and has participated in countless environmental, labor, and anti-capitalist marches and demonstrations". A thoroughly competent guide to American anarchist periodicals, and also a useful, engrossing introduction to anarchist thinking, transcending continental bounds. University researchers, teachers, and students of politics, philosophy, economics, and American history will welcome this pioneering, exemplary work of reference. Warmly recommended. * s *
