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Translator, archivist, historian. Neo-Proudhonian mutualist. Anarchist synthesist. — Sound and visual collage. — http://libertarian-labyrinth.org @humanispherian@kolektiva.social

Ernest-Lucien Juin, aka: E. Armand, E. J. Armand, E.-L. Armand, Junius, J. Frank, Ernest Juin, Armand Juin, E.-L. Juin, E. Juin, El. J., Ni-Luge, E. A., Herman Sterne, Le Guépin, Amos, Un qui n’en vit pas…
WORKING TRANSLATIONS OMNIBUS No. 1 Gustave d’Eichthal and Ismayl Urbain, Letters on the Black Race and the White Race (1839) François Barrier, Sketch of an Analogy between Man and Humanity (1846) Emile Gautier, “Social Darwinism” (1877) Emile Gautier, Social Darwinism (1880) Louis Prat, Harmonism (1927)
PARIS, MAY 22. Hurrah! They are coming — the Cossacks! The Tsar’s prefects, on the verge of being driven out by the Peoples, have implored the support of their sovereign. The Tsar is setting his formidable hordes in motion. The Emperor of Austria, that generalissimo of the assassins of Italy, Hungary and Galicia, is opening the route through the Alps to the Cossacks. The King of Prussia, that ringleader of the German princes conspiring against the Fatherland, is opening the route to the Rhine to the Cossacks. They are coming — the Cossacks! They are crossing the Danube and the Vistula! The Habsburg introduces them into Vienna. The Hohenzollern delivers Posen to them. Revolutionaries of 89, the Cossacks are bringing back feudalism, both noble and clerical! Revolutionaries of 93, the Cossacks are bringing back hereditary monarchy! Revolutionaries of 1848, the Cossacks are coming to consolidate capitalist privilege! Patriots of all parties, the Cossacks are coming to dismember France and to subject her to ransom by the pretenders, the nobles, the bankers and the Jesuits! Revolutionaries of every era, patriots of every party: the Revolution is under threat — THE HOMELAND IS IN DANGER! Republicans, the time has come for the sword of France to be drawn from its scabbard to liberate Poland and Italy; the moment has arrived to unite our banners with those of Hungary and democratic Germany! To the Tsar’s defiance, arms, and arms alone, must provide the answer! The die is cast! God is with us: for equality against feudalism, for civilization against barbarism! They are coming — the Cossacks! So be it; we shall know how to dig them a vast grave in the bed of the Rhine! Let them come! France shall shatter the sword of war in the breast of the last king! Le Peuple no. 185 (May 23, 1849): 1. Working translation by Shawn P. Wilbur, last revised May 19, 2026.
The Origin of the Word Club. The meaning of the word club is not generally known. It means a heavy stick or bludgeon. The word was coined during the era of the Roundheads, when popular assemblies formed to overthrow the monarchy. No other word could better express the power of the people — a new Hercules destroying the hydra of privilege with blows from a club. Le Représentant du Peuple, April 14, 1848.
Rights and Duties. It would be difficult to hold a more misguided view than we have, in general, regarding the distribution of rights and duties. It would seem that everyone ought to accept, as an axiom of self-evident truth, that duties are proportional to each individual’s power; so that, just as people once used to say, albeit in vain, "Noblesse oblige,” we might equally assert that every gift, every favor bestowed by the nation or by society entails obligations strictly equivalent to those gifts and favors. It is possible that this principle elicits no protest; yet its application meets with no such docility. Moreover, and this is the crucial point, in practice, the maxim is quite simply inverted. It is to the man who has received neither the gift of physical strength, nor the benefits of education, nor the favors of fortune, that one invariably speaks of duties; and, fearing the consequences of his despair, one extols to him the sublimity of resignation. As for the man who possesses relative omnipotence, you never hear him speak of anything but his rights; and his peers, stupefied by prejudice, address him in no other language either. So much so that one might imagine there exist two distinct races within humanity: one powerless and paralyzed, upon whom all duties are heaped; the other omnipotent and free, upon whom all rights are conferred. Indeed, a socialist once remarked that we live in a world turned upside down; it is only logical, then, that in such a world, one should profess and practice a morality that is likewise inverted. Le Représentant du Peuple, April 12, 1848.
French poster for "Le Justicier Solitaire," aka "The Lone Ranger."
Unused feature-image sketch for "Two-Gun Mutualism," with Proudhon in cowboy attire, flanked by the "brace of rusty pistols" (individualism and socialism.)
DEFINITION. — INDEFINITION. Selections from Ms. 18255 — Économie. [BnF] P.J. Proudhon This manuscript includes material on a variety of subjects, but entries of particular interest to students of Proudhon’s work discuss the nature of the economic science, first philosophy and the problem of definition. This first selection is particularly focused on that third problem and Proudhon’s perhaps unusual response to it, which shapes his writings in various ways, some of which would be hard to account for without some specific understanding of this question and his answer. There are texts in Proudhon’s body of work — and perhaps War and Peace is one of the most interesting examples — where key concepts seem to develop in meaning over the course of the analysis. The results are vaguely unsettling and might suggest some fundamental problems with the framework of the analysis or lack of consistency on Proudhon’s part. But perhaps these texts — and others from the same sources — suggest other ways to account for a certain indefinition when it comes to key concepts. — Shawn P. Wilbur, translator and editor, 
New Proudhon Library
PROUDHON’S CORRESPONDENCE (LACROIX) 1832-1839 — 43,500 words 1840 — 21,000 1841 — 30,000 1842 — 16,500 1843 — 14,000 1844 — 16,500 1845 — 4,000 1846 — 11,500 1847 — 14,500 1848 — 24,500 1848 — 27,500 1850 — 72,500 1851 — 52,000 1852 — 71,000 1853 — 41,500 1854 — 40,000 1855 — 40,500 1856 — 36,500 1857 — 26,000 1858 — 82,000 1859 — 78,000 1860 — 74,500 1861 — 87,500 1862 — 74,500 1863 — 81,500 1864 — 55,000 1865 — 1,500
[Mock-up of title page] THE SOCIALIST SOIREES OF NEW YORK ATERCRACY Social liquidation is the order of the day. PRACTICAL SOLUTION OF SOCIALISM and of the FEDERATIONS CALLED TO FORM THE REPUBLIC OF PEOPLES BY EDUALC REITTELLEP ◈ CLAUDE PELLETIER A working translation by Shawn P. Wilbur, from the new edition: NEW-YORK 1873
[diagram of panopticon] bottom text: According to an administration spokesman, HUD's new high-density units for low-income families will address the crisis in [checks notes] lost pets.
Kitchen apron decorated with a graphic of Emile Henry and his trail declaration.
"Ladies, many of you do not realize how often men think about the Times New Roman Empire." — Marco Rubio, probably
J. Wellington Wimpy: The Art of the Deal. "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a bizarre capitulation today." Centrist Democrats: "DEAL!"
Goose meme. "Pretty much every public statement these days appealing to vague, but presumably shared American values." Goose: "Which values? Which values?!!!"
Title page from a translation of Bakunin's "Philosophical Considerations on the Divine Phantom, the Real World and Man."
Meme: USDA beef inspection image, w/ text "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful."
Tangled undergrowth
Early December: lichen-covered trees in a field
Portrait of Ravachol
General Idea of the Revolution in the 19th Century, by P.-J. Proudhon / New Translation by Shawn P. Wilbur