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Malatesta 1853-1932 anarchist
Errico Malatesta was an Italian anarchist propagandist, theorist and revolutionary socialist. He edited several radical newspapers and spent much of his life exiled and imprisoned, having been jailed and expelled from Italy, Britain, France, and Switzerland. Wikipedia
Errico Malatesta’s anarchism can be described as “pragmatic” because he emphasized practical, realistic approaches to achieving anarchist goals, including working within existing labor organizations to transform them into tools for attack, agitating from outside and against government, and recognizing the long-term nature of societal transformation.
His focus was not just on an ultimate stateless society but on the continuous struggle to empower the people and reduce government’s harmful power, a commitment evident in his sustained activism and editing of anarchist publications.
Key Aspects of Malatesta’s Pragmatic Anarchism:
Engagement with Existing Organizations:
Malatesta advocated for anarchists to remain within organizations like trade unions, not to gain power, but to push them towards revolutionary goals and transform them from defensive to offensive tools.
Anti-Government Agitation:
He stressed that anarchists must always operate from outside and against government, using street agitation to pressure authorities and achieve demands, rather than seeking legislative positions.
Focus on the People:
A core tenet of his pragmatism was to always be with the people, encouraging them to demand more, to understand their own power, and to reject any form of government or authority.
Propaganda by the Deed
Errico was a leading advocate of “propaganda of the deed,” the doctrine urged largely by Italian anarchists that revolutionary ideas could best be spread by armed insurrection, and joined a successful farmers uprising when still a teenager.
Recognizing Gradualism:
While a committed revolutionary, Malatesta also acknowledged that the full achievement of an anarchist society, with fully developed consciences and cooperation, might take a long time.
Balancing Goals and Reality:
His anarchism balanced the aspirational ideal of a classless, stateless society with the immediate need to mitigate the harms of existing governments and to continuously organize and educate people towards that ultimate goal.
Jailed, expelled, tortured, .. and supported worldwide
Errico was arrested at least 83 times, starting when he was just 14, he was sentenced to death 3 times and escaped or had to flee, to a dozen different countries helped by the anarchist movement.. there he inspired revolutionary movements against extreme Capitalist Oppression.
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Much more on Malatesta!
The Complete Works of Malatesta Vol. IV: “Towards Anarchy”
From the columns of Questione Sociale, he addressed the themes of organization, the anarchist program, freedom as a …
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Anarchism | Outside the Circle – Cindy Milstein
12 dic 2014 — Anarchism always “demands the impossible” even as it tries to also “realize the impossible.” Its idealism is thoroughly pragmatic.
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Anarchy & Democracy: Bookchin, Malatesta & Fabbri
In the following piece from 1924, Errico Malatesta, while agreeing that democracy is preferable to dictatorship, offers an anarchist critique .. Libcom.org
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The Method of Freedom: An Errico Malatesta Reader
In the Anarchy pamphlet, which we reprint in this volume, Malatesta defines anarchy in a single sentence: “Anarchy, in common with socialism, has as its basis, …
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28 sept 2013 — By anarchist spirit I mean that deeply human sentiment, which aims at the good of all, freedom and justice for all, solidarity and love …
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PDF Malatesta and the war interventionist debate 1914–17
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