In preparation for this week’s edition of The Well-Read Anarchist we talk to Shawn Wilbur, a bookbinder and independent scholar with a special interest in the writings of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. In this in-depth conversation, we go beyond his famous dictum that “property is theft” to examine Proudhon’s life, the social and political context of his era, his contributions to anarchist thought, and the criticisms that are leveled against him.

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Libertarian-Labyrinth.blogspot.com

Working translations by Shawn P. Wilbur

What’s Wrong With Postanarchism? by Shawn Wilbur and Jesse Cohn

Mutualism.info

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