Frank Mintz has signed a (why the hell the term "movement", anyway?) History of anarchism
book whose first located in 1789, primarily due to the evocation of some pre-libertarian
sans-culottes as Jacques Roux and Marechal. The main strength of this work is its
international scope, offering a panorama from Europe to Asia through the Americas. An
ambition which, unfortunately, often forced to ellipse. An example about Bulgaria - well
known country of the author who, at one time signed Martin Zemliak: the first anarchists
in this country have participated in the years 1890-1900, the guerrillas to free Macedonia
Ottoman yoke. There are exciting things there to explore the link between social
revolution and national liberation struggle. In 1903, the revolutionaries seized even for
a few weeks, a territory they proclaimed independent, socialist, secular, and remained in
history as the "Republic of Stranja." Ten years later, the Balkan war reactivation
patriotic flame Bulgarian anarchists ... in the wrong direction this time, they swung in
sacred union with their own government. Even if he did not elaborate, this book distills
this kind of information, and many others.
Guillaume Davranche (AL Montreuil)
Frank Mintz, History of the anarchist movement (1789-2012) , ed. Black and Red, 2013, 336
pages, 18 euros.
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