We are Anarchists
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We are Anarchists

Essays on Anarchism, Pacifism, and the Indian Independence Movement, 1923–1953

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We are Anarchists

Essays on Anarchism, Pacifism, and the Indian Independence Movement, 1923–1953

About this book

M.P.T. Acharya (1887–1954) was a contemporary of Mohandas Gandhi during the Indian Independence Movement. Despite political differences with Gandhi, Acharya saw a tremendous anarchistic potential in the practice of non-violent direct action. We Are Anarchists: Essays on Anarchism, Pacifism, and the Indian Independence Movement is the first collection of essays by M. P. T. Acharya. A transnational and revolutionary figure, Acharya engaged in anticolonial activism across India, Europe, the United States, and Russia. He was also a prolific writer, whose essays are testimony to a tireless agitator and intellectual. Comprising fifty essays, the collection opens a window onto the global reach of anarchism in the interwar period and beyond, and enables a more nuanced understanding of Indian anticolonial struggles against oppressive state power, be it imperialist, Bolshevik, or capitalist. Ole Birk Laursen’s biographical introduction and notes in this collection set the essays in their historical and political context, and guide readers into Acharya’s life and thoughts.

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Table of contents

  1. Abbreviations
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. M. P. T. Acharya: A Revolutionary, an Agitator, a Writer
  4. 1. The “Communist” Program: A Critical Review
  5. 2. Communism in Its True Form
  6. 3. “Anarchist Manifesto”
  7. 4. The Mystery Behind the Chinese Trouble
  8. 5. In India
  9. 6. Disruption of Marxism
  10. 7. From a Bolshevik
  11. 8. Mother India
  12. 9. Principles of Non-Violent Economics
  13. 10. Unity—What For!
  14. 11. Why This Judicial Murder?
  15. 12. On Jealousy
  16. 13. Trusts and Democracy
  17. 14. Project: Intended to Wrest Small Industries from the Clutches of Capitalism
  18. 15. Gandhi and Non-Violence
  19. 16. The Problem of Exploitation and Its Elimination
  20. 17. Some Confusions Among Workers
  21. 18. Who Are Workers?
  22. 19. Is the Exchange Between the City and the Countryside Economical?
  23. 20. A Response to All “Economists”
  24. 21. The End of the Money System
  25. 22. Nationalism in India
  26. 23. On the Question of Race
  27. 24. Is the Present System Doomed?
  28. 25. A Belated Forecast for the Year 1934
  29. 26. Anarchy or Chaos?
  30. 27. The Case for Buddhism
  31. 28. Max Nettlau as Biographer and Historian: An Appreciation of His Style, Method, and System
  32. 29. Ethics and “Isms”
  33. 30. A Letter from India
  34. 31. Is War Inevitable? Psychological Desire Without Material Basis
  35. 32. Letter from India
  36. 33. Anarchy: From Philosophy to Economics
  37. 34. Labour Splits in India
  38. 35. What Is Anarchism?
  39. 36. A Libertarian Voice from India
  40. 37. Libertarian Thought in India: Why the Food Problem Cannot Be Solved
  41. 38. Money & Moral Values
  42. 39. Life of the Workers in India
  43. 40. Voice of India
  44. 41. The End of an Era: Echoes of Free India
  45. 42. Trade Unions in India—Pillars of Capitalism
  46. 43. An Indian Looks at “Independence”
  47. 44. Savarkar: A Criticism
  48. 45. How Long Can Capitalism Survive?
  49. 47. Confusion Between Communism and State Capitalism
  50. 46. Our Indian Correspondent on the Stuffed Dove of Peace at the Indian Peace Convention
  51. 48. Letters to the Editor, Thought (1950–1952)
  52. 49. Letter from India: Nehru and Korea
  53. 50. Indians in British Colonies
  54. Chronology of Events
  55. Index
  56. Copyright
  57. Friends of AK