So some tasks for 2026 will also be different, with a return, for example, to the revision of Proudhon's "Justice" top of the list. But the big project that I had set myself—completion of work on the "Mélanges" and a deep dive into the mutual credit literature—are still on schedule.

Translation in 2025 took some unexpected turns: still well over a million words of new material from important texts, but with more emphasis on the contexts for Proudhon's work than anticipated. And, with a bit of luck, there are a couple of very good things still to come.

Or maybe no system persists if you fail to do basic upkeep.

Proudhon was the first great advocate of anarchist abstentionism, precisely because of his experiences in the nominally revolutionary government after the 1848 revolution. Déjacque himself proposed a transitional government and never seems to have been as radical in that sense as Proudhon.

When asked if these changes could be seen as, say, "potentially divisive," an administration spokesperson denied any knowledge of the US actually having a Coast Guard.

... — and the United States Life-Saving Service — which will be summarily shut down, since America doesn't do that woke lifesaving stuff anymore. The Cutter Service will randomly raid coastal settlements and generally interfere with ocean trade and navigation — as the founders intended.

What you think about the argument probably depends mostly on how you understand "synthesis." I probably lean toward a "pourquoi pas les deux?" position, recognizing multiple origins for anarchism. Socialism and liberalism were both themselves complex, developing and internally contested.

This was an influential work in the 19th century and excerpts appeared in English in “The Present” and “The Spirit of the Age” alongside the anarchistic works of the era. The previous volume, "Equality," and more from Leroux can be found here: www.libertarian-labyrinth.org/pierre-lerou...

That other collection is available here: www.amazon.com/Jesus-AntiCh...