The Socialism of to-day

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Identifikator:: 835096955

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-28834

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Laveleye, Émile de

Title:: The Socialism of to-day

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Field & Tuer

Year of publication:: 1884

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIV, 331 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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BAKUNIN THE APOSTLE OF NIHILISM. 239 Ws ideas and views on the best r ^ethods of incendiarism, assas sination, poisoning, and in general on every means of injuring the bourgeois. Every member pays a subscription of five centimes a week for the costs of correspondence. Heavy disbursements are recovered by means of an assessment, and in the case of extraordinary expenses recourse is had to the federation. Punishment must only be inflicted at the propitious moment, and the member must know how to profit by favourable opportunities. Reprisals ought to be directed against property whenever it is impossible to reach persons. No one is bound ^o act in case of physical impossibility or personal incapacity ; ^^ut whoever accepts a particular duty must accomplish it under penalty of death. Whoever permanently abstains from acting declared to be “ fallen,” and is expelled from the Society, is placed under the strict supervision of the tribunal, and on the first sign of treachery incurs the penalty of death. No consideration of friendship or relationship can stay the putting ^0 death of a traitor. The life of a brother or a father, if it puts a considerable number of persons in danger, must on no Account be respected. Whenever the group of one locality cannot execute the sentence of death pronounced against a baitor, the members of other localities are charged with its execution. They surprise their victim and kill him without pity. 'i'he International penetrated into Portugal about 1872, and since then it has counted there a considerable number of lections and several organs, among others the Jornal do tra- f^alho, the Tribuna and O Rebate at Lisbon, the Clamor do poio and O Protesto at Oporto. Dr. Anthelo de Quental, revolutionary Socialist candidate of Circle 93, has recently (1880) published a manifesto adopting collectivism. The Portuguese Social ists assemble in congress every year. Their programme is anarchism ” of a mild kind, without any threats of expropria tion, massacre, or petroleum. Several causes explain this less aggressive attitude. The Portuguese are less violent than the Paniards, the economic situation of their country is better, and, finally, a very large measure of liberty has prevented c explosion of rage elsewhere exasperated by repression.

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