Guerin's classic anthology of anarchism translated and reprinted, available for the first time in a single volume. It brings together a vast array of unpublished documents, letters, debates, manifestos reports, impassioned calls-to-arms and reasoned analysis; the history, organisation and practice of the movement - its theorists, advocates and activists; the great names and the obscure, towering legends and unsung heroes. This definitive collection portrays anarchism as a sophisticated ideology whose nuances and complexities highlight the natural desire for freedom in us all.

Contents:

Foreword by Daniel Guérin

NO GODS, NO MASTERS: VOLUME 1

MAX STIRNER

Max Stirner: Introduction

Max Stirner

The False Principles of Our Education

The Ego and His Own

The Ego and His Own (1843)

Counter-Criticism

PIERRE-JOSEPH PROUDHON

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

A Self Portrait

Property is Theft

The System of Economic Contradictions

Proudhon in the 1848 Revolution

Peoples' Election Manifesto

The Authority Principle

Proudhon and Worker Candidates

Proudhon Against "Communism"

MIKHAIL BAKUNIN

The Revolution of February 1848, as Seen by Bakunin

Bakunin, as Seen by James Guillaume

Who Am I?

God and the State

The International Revolutionary Society or Brotherhood

An Internationalist Federalism

Church and State

Program and Object of the Secret Revolutionary Organization of the International Brethren

NO GODS, NO MASTERS: VOLUME 2

MIKHAIL BAKUNIN

Controversy with Marx

Bakunin and Marx on the Commune

On Worker Self-management

DIRECT ACTION AND LIBERTARIAN CONSTRUCTION FORESHADOWED

Direct Action and Libertarian Construction Foreshadowed

The Debate between César de Paepe and Adhemar Schwitzguebel

On the Organization of Public Services in the Society of the Future

The Question of Public Services Before the International

JAMES GUILLAUME

James Guillaume

Ideas on Social Organization

PETER KROPOTKIN

Peter Kropotkin

The Anarchist Idea

The 1880 Congress of the Jura Federation

Declaration of the Anarchists Arraigned Before the Criminal Court in Lyon

Paroles d'un Révolté

From the Medieval Commune to the Modem Commune

Revolutionary Govemment

Anarchy: Its Philosophy, Its Ideal

Kropotkin in the Russian Revolution

How Communism Should Not be Introduced

Vilkens' Last Visit to Kropotkin

Recollections of Kropotkin

NO GODS, NO MASTERS: VOLUME 3

ERRICO MALATESTA

Errico Malatesta

Revolution and Reaction

Anarchy

Malatesta and the Anarchists at the London Congress

Malatesta and the International Anarchist Congress in Amsterdam

Malatesta, the Anarchist International and War

A Prophetic Letter to Luigi Fabbri

ÉMILE HENRY

Émile Henry

Letter to the Governor of the Conciergerie Prison

THE FRENCH ANARCHISTS IN THE TRADE UNIONS

Introduction to The French Anarchists in the Trade Unions

FERNAND PELLOUTIER

Anarchism and the Workers' Union

ÉMILE POUGET

Émile Pouget's Life as an Activist

What is the Trade Union?

THE SPANISH COLLECTIVES

The Spanish Collectives

Collectivization in Spain

The Program of the Aragônese Federation of Collectives

Some Local Examples of Collectivization

In the Province of Levante

The Decree on Collectivization of the Catalan Economy

The Writings of Diego Abad de Santillin

VOLINE

The Unknown Revolution

Proceedings of Nabat

Third Congress of the Anarchist Organizations of the Ukraine

NO GODS, NO MASTERS: VOLUME 4

NESTOR MAKHNO

Nestor Makhno, Anarchist Guerrilla

Visit to the Kremlin

The Makhnovist Movement

Trotsky and the "Makhnovshchina"

Manifesto of the Insurgent Army of the Ukraine

Program/Manifesto of April 1920

Anarchism and the "Makhnovshchina"

KRONSTADT

Meeting with Trotsky

Memories of Kronstadt

Resolution Passed by the General Assembly of the 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the Baltic Fleet, Held in Kronstadt

The Official Journal of the Kronstadt Uprising

Petritchenko's Testimony

ANARCHISTS BEHIND BARS

Anarchists Behind Bars

ANARCHISM IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Anarchism in The Spanish Civil War

Anarchism in Spain from 1919 to 1936

The Spanish Revolution (1936) in Response to Fascism: A General Strike!

Antifascism in Power Guly 1936)

FAI Manifesto

DURRUTI AND LIBERTARIAN WARFARE

Buenaventura Durruti

The Spirit of Durruti

The Defense of Madrid

Durruti Is Not Dead

Durruti Speaks

Durruti's Message to the Russian Workers

Final Address

Militians, Yes! Soldiers, Never!

The Italian Section of the Ascaso Column Opposes Militarization

ANARCHO-SYNDICALISM IN GOVERNMENT

Anarcho-syndicalism in Government

The Uselessness of Government (A manifesto adopted by the CNT)

A Would-be Justification

The Contrary View-Open Letter to Federica Montseny

The CNT Taken to Task by its International

Federica Montseny Sets the Record Straight