Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-08-18
ANTI AUTHORITY.
A HIGH PRIEST OF ANARCHY"
RISES TO EXPLAIN.
How the state Socialist, Practice De.
ception-Thc appropriation Of
Everything ENccpt Little
Farms and TcncmrntS.
Contingencies.

Contingencies.
Erection is the name Of monthly
paper published in London, Eng
land, calling itself "a Journal Of
anarchist socialism" ." Naturally one
seeks the meaning of it all, and in
looking it over We find IN article
by Mr.. kHpotkine, in which occurs
the following true jnwardness
You often hear socialists talking
about naturalization Of land, ma
uonalI2atlon of capital, and you
know that anything can be under
stood 10y these words, invented not
distinctly to So forth an idea, but to
conceal It's real meaning,
" Let us drop these words and
plainly say what we want what we
expect to obtain. ItwiII be the first
step towards understanding one
another better.
" We Anarchists, we use the word
eIWoTiatj0M. And by expropria-
ton we mean that as soon as pos
slbIe-and We hope it will be pos
slbIe soon-the nation, the territory,
or the commune, which have under
stood the necessity Of this action,
shall take possession Of all the soil,
the dWcIIng-houses, the manufact-
Urcs, the mines and the means of
communication, and organize them
selves in order to share in the most
equitable way all the riches accumu-
lated within the commune, the re-
glon, or the Lation by the work of
the past and present generations.
COZ course, when we see % tenant
who is in possession of just the
amount Of land he can cultivate, we
do not think it reasonable to turn
him of his little farm. He exploits
nobody, and nobody would have the
right to interfere with his work. But
if he possesses under the capitaist
law more than he can cultivate him
self, we consider that We must not
give him the right Of keeping that
soil for himself, leaving it unculti-
waited when it might be cultivated
by others, or Of making others cult
yate it for his benefit.
" Again, when we see a family |
lnhabltlng house which affords |
them just as much space as, under
present average conditions of life,
are considered necessary for that
number of people, why should we
interfere with that family and turn
them out Of their house, But when
we see palace inhabited by Mar
quis and a Marchioness, while thou
sands of honest workers live in
slums, we consider that the com
has right to interfere, and |
to see how far the palace may be
rendered habitabIe for those over
crowded honest workers"
Docs any one know now what "we
Anarchists want: We" use the
word appropriation, we do. The
nation, the territory or the commune
are to take possession Of everything
and to divide up "cquitabIy." And
then:
But hold A peasant with just
The amount Of land he can cultivate
would not be disturbed. OF course,
we can't exactly say just to what de-
gree we shall consider the word
g cultivate" Some farmers find all
hey can do to keep a garden patch
l-going, while others "cultlyate "
arge tracts. And then, who is to
lcclde between cultivation and cult
7ation;
Anarchists, of course, would have
10 authority over the individual, and
f the d" free individuals yoluntar-
ly combined to make a corner in
potatoes, who would object> Not
g we anarchist8.,' And then. the
armcr cyDiOits n0bOdv'