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George Walford: Freedom in Freedom

August 27, 2012

Interest in theory grows with ideological development. The expedient group hardly attempts to justify its behaviour, while towards the eidodynamic end of the range attention becomes focused on theory, even to the point where practical application drops out of sight. Anarchists tend to place high value upon concepts, logically unassailable, which do nothing to help… read more »

Isaac Barr, S. E. Parker, Donald Rooum, George Walford: Letters

August 11, 2013

Sir, I think that all Stirner means is ‘That it is not a good thing to tell the truth all the time.’ I think Kant would agree with that. Yours etc. Isaac Barr Sir, I will accept your injunction not to discuss, for the time being, the issues raised so far in the debate on… read more »

George Walford: Review of ‘What is Anarchism? An Introduction’ by Donald Rooum

August 31, 2012

Let me start by declaring an interest. Donald is a friend of mine, and when reviewing Beyond Politics for Freedom he said some flattering things about it. This obliges me to be extra generous in reviewing his new pamphlet, since compliments will tend to be discounted while any hint of criticism will carry extra weight…. read more »

Alan Bula, Donald Rooum, John Rowan, Bob Black: Letters

September 1, 2012

TERMINOLOGICAL EXACTITUDE Sir, Having read Beyond Politics I agree with Zvi Lamm and Freedom that it is lucid, an invisible quality complemented by its almost stark black, white and yellow physical presence. All this, combined with the unfashionably theoretical nature of the subject, made the book a delight to read. Yet, as I neared the… read more »

S. E. Parker, Donald Rooum, Nicholas Albery, Adrian Williams, Joe Wright, John Murrell, Trevor Blake: Letters

August 27, 2014

ON MAX STIRNER Sir, Apropos your reply to the letter from Bob Black regarding Stirner. What you seem to me to be saying is that if someone tells you he has a ‘commitment to truth’ you will take any statement he makes as ‘true,’ whereas if someone says he has no such ‘commitment’ you will… read more »

George Walford: Editorial (58)

April 16, 2013

MEET S.I., on the inside front cover, undergoes constant revision; it now incorporates two changes made at the suggestion of Trevor Blake, a new reader. From the account of the revolution ideology the clause: ‘Attempts to impose Marxist communism but fails for lack of support’ has been deleted, not for any unsoundness but because it… read more »

Donald Rooum and Ernie Croswell: Letters

September 3, 2012

RATS FOR EVER! Sir, “The economic structure of the rat race makes people behave like rats” (Socialist Standard, quoted in IC 52). When food is put out in farmyards and, the stronger pigs, dogs, vultures, budgerigars, monkeys keep the weaker ones away from the supplies until they have eaten their fill. The stronger rats, on… read more »

George Walford: The Meaning of Freedom

September 5, 2012

Here is the ‘Wildcat’ cartoon from the anarchist journal, Freedom, for March 1987: “All I want is for everybody to be able to do what they like, so long as they don’t prevent others from doing the same.” It is a recognition that the claim sometimes made for anarchism, that it stands for freedom without… read more »