Life and Ideas

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The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta

By Errico Malatesta

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Life and Ideas presents a selection of Errico Malatesta's writings, spanning a lifetime of revolutionary activism. This collection, edited and translated by Vernon Richards, brings together hundreds of articles from journals Malatesta edited or contributed to, illuminating the full breadth of his classical anarchist philosophy.
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Ideal for readers interested in political theory, anarchism, and the history of revolutionary movements. Suitable for students, activists, and scholars seeking a deeper understanding of practical anarchist thought.

"Edited, translated, and with a biographical sketch by Vernon Richards of Freedom Press"--Cover.

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With the timely reprinting of this selection of Malatesta's writings, first published in English in 1965 by Freedom Press, the full range of this great anarchist activist's ideas are once again in circulation. Life and Ideas gathers excerpts from Malatesta's writings over a lifetime of revolutionary activity.

The editor, Vernon Richards, has translated hundreds of articles by Malatesta, taken from the journals Malatesta either edited himself or contributed to. Through the selections, Malatesta's classical anarchism emerges.

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Cienfuegos Press Anarchist Review praises Malatesta's clarity and practicality, noting his anarchism was not utopian but a tangible, immediate pursuit. His approach sets him apart as a significant figure among anarchist theorists and advocates.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781629630328

Publisher: PM Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 April 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: PM Press

Contributors:

Edited by Vernon Richards
Introduction by Carl Levy

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 352g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Errico Malatesta was an Italian anarchist. He spent much of his life exiled from Italy and more than 10 years in prison. He wrote and edited a number of radical newspapers and was an enormously popular public speaker in his time, regularly speaking to crowds numbering in the tens of thousands. Vernon Richards was an anarchist writer, photographer, editor of the periodical Freedom, and publisher at Freedom Press. Carl Levy is a professor of politics at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has published extensively on anarchism, comparative history, and politics.