Revolution and Other Writings A Political Reader

by Landauer, Gustav; Kuhn, Gabriel; Day, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781604860542
• ISBN10: 1604860545
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: PM Press

Summary

The first comprehensive collection of Gustav Landauer's writings in English, this valuable addition to the history of anarchism in the early 20th century gathers more than 40 influential works by one of Germany's most prominent radical agitators. The readings presented here cover Landauer's entire political biography, from his early anarchism of the 1890s and his philosophical reflections at the turn of the century to the subsequent establishment of the Socialist Bund and his tireless agitation against the coming Great War. Additional chapters on war and nationalism, the United States and Mexico, and opinion pieces and personal letters reveal the further scope of Landauer's thinking with pieces on corporate capital, education, language, and Judaism.

Author Biography

Gustav Landauer was one of the key figures of German anarchism who influenced many prominent authors, including Martin Buber, Walter Benjamin, and Hermann Hesse. Gabriel Kuhn is the author of Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics and Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger. Richard J.F. Day is an autonomy-oriented theorist and practitioner, whose work focuses on creating non-statist, non-capitalist, post-colonial, sustainable alternatives to the dominant global order. He works and teaches at Queen's University, and is a founding member of the AKA Autonomous Social Centre, both in Kingston Ontario.

Table of Contents

Preface: Landauer Today - Richard J.F. Day	p. 6
Editor's Note - Gabriel Kuhn	p. 10
Introduction - Gabriel Kuhn with Siegbert Wolf	p. 18
Childhood and Youth
Twenty-five Years Later: On the Jubilee of Wilhelm II	p. 62
Early Anarchism
Anarchism - Socialism	p. 70
An Anarchist's Response to the Kaiser's Speech	p. 75
A Few Words on Anarchism	p. 79
Anarchic Thoughts on Anarchism	p. 84
Through Separation to Community
Through Separation to Community	p. 94
Revolution
Revolution	p. 110
Socialist Hopes
What Does the Socialist Bund Want?	p. 188
The Socialist Way	p. 191
The Settlement	p. 196
Socialist Beginning	p. 201
The Party	p. 206
Weak Statesmen, Weaker People!	p. 213
The Twelve Articles of the Socialist Bund, Second Version	p. 215
On War and Nationalism
The Free Workers' Council	p. 218
The Abolition of War by the Self-Determination of the People: Questions to the German Workers	p. 222
Revolution, Nation, and War	p. 230
Peace Treaty and Peace Administration: A Letter to Woodrow Wilson	p. 234
On America
The 11th of November	p. 240
In Memory of Robert Reitzel	p. 245
Tucker's Revelation	p. 248
McNamara	p. 255
From Mexico	p. 261
Mexico	p. 264
Opinion and Journalism Pieces
The Petroleum World Monopoly	p. 272
Do Not Learn Esperanto!	p. 276
May 1	p. 280
Ferrer	p. 286
Japan	p. 291
The Beilis Trial	p. 295
Letters
Letter to Paul Eltzbacher (1900)	p. 302
Letter to Julius Bab (1904)	p. 304
Letter to Erich Mühsam (1907)	p. 307
Letter to Max Nettlau (1911)	p. 309
Letter to Bernhard Kampffmeyer (1912)	p. 312
Letter to Ludwig Berndl (1915)	p. 314
Letter to Hugo Landauer (1917)	p. 316
Letter to Martin Buber (1918)	p. 319
Letter to Margarete Susman (1919)	p. 321
Postcard to Fritz Mauthner (1919)	p. 323
Letters and Telegrams to His Daughters (1919)	p. 324
Bibliography
German	p. 328
English	p. 339
Index	p. 342
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