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Five Timeless Essays

The following essays, some linked to elsewhere in this site, some presented only here, should be required high school reading. These essays, along with a course in critical thinking, would go a long way towards achieving a just and equitable society.

Etienne de la Boetie; The Politics of Obedience

Peter Kropotkin; Anarchism, 1910 Encyclopedia Britannica

Emma Goldman; Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty

Leo Tolstoy; The Slavery of Our Times

Lysander Spooner; No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority

 

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