screenshot of first two pages of my book.
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screenshot of first two pages of my book.
Proofs corrected and submitted. Slowly getting there ...
" ...Along these two paths I travel, and I claim that I should not be molested by the United States government because I cherish an ideal which teaches that the time will come when law is replaced by love, poverty by plenty, coercion by co-operation and superstition by science"
Lala Har Dayal around 1914.
Lala Har Dayal (1914):
"I hold that a man should try to excel both in thought and action. My contribution to thought will be a synthetic presentment of the ideal of freedom and development. My contribution to action has been, is, and will be organization of the Indian revolutionary movement ...."
Anarchist Militants in Latin America: Biographies, Historiographies, and Transnational Lives pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
Another image is from a German prisoner-of-war camp (Döberitz), where a group of Indian, Egyptian, Persian, Tatar, and Arab anti-colonialists visited in 1915 to persuade prisoners to defect and join the revolutionary cause.
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One of the cool images from my book is that of Bhupendra Nath Dutt's fake passport under the name 'Balthazar Dutt'.
screenshot of book cover
table of contents
Proofs are in for my next book "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905-1918: Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire".
Very interesting! Pratelle is a fascinating figure, also a strong supporter of the Indian revolutionary movement in the early 20th century
just an fyi weyerhaeuser destroyed much of the ancient forests in the midwest before moving on to the PNW
thetransmetropolitanreview.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/a...
One story that didn't make it into my book is that the Indian revolutionaries in Paris took part in the massive demonstrations across the city on 17 October 1909 after the execution of the Spanish anarchist educator Francisco Ferrer.
One story that didn't make it into my book is that the Indian revolutionaries in Paris took part in the massive demonstrations across the city on 17 October 1909 after the execution of the Spanish anarchist educator Francisco Ferrer.
Thanks you, I have nothing concrete planned in Berlin now, but will explore options closer to the publication date in August 2026.
Book cover for my next book entitled "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905-1918".
The final cover for my next book "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905-1918: Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire" (Liverpool UP, Aug 2026).
The Black Anti-Fascist Tradition Recognized Fascism Didn’t Begin in Europe truthout.org/articles/the...
Protest against British rule in India in London in 1928.
Protest against British rule in India, London, 1928.
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya in 1915.
Returning to writing a short piece on Indian anticolonialism, anarchism, and anti-militarism, starting with Virendranath Chattopadhyaya's attendance at the anarchy-syndicalist Freie Arbeiter-Union Deutschland's congress at Düsseldorf in October 1921. revolutionsnewsstand.com/tag/virendra...
Narayan Krishna in 1906.
Narayan Krishna (1875-1949) was the first at many things: the first Indian to meet Leo Tolstoy (in Aug 1903); the first Indian to meet Thomas Edison (in March 1915); the first Indian to join a socialist party (in Portland in Dec 1906).
excerpt from syndicalist workers federation of west africa deflation of aims and principles.
I came across the Syndicalist Workers Federation of West Africa from the 1930s-40s some years ago, but have never been able to find more.
Freedom seeks contributions to “Black Anarchism” issue
Editorial, Feb 18th
We invite essays and reflections, reports on actions and campaigns, personal accounts, and other non-fiction writing
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/18/f...
Creative anarchy poster.
Creative Anarchy: an event series exploring connections between anarchist thought, organising, and creative practice
February 5 2026: maydayrooms.org/event/creati...
Narayan Krishna in 1906.
Narayan Krishna (1875-1949) was the first at many things: the first Indian to meet Leo Tolstoy (in Aug 1903); the first Indian to meet Thomas Edison (in March 1915); the first Indian to join a socialist party (in Portland in Dec 1906).
Nice to see this article published in International Review of Social History @irsh-iisg.bsky.social. Written with my @irph.bsky.social colleague Rakesh Ankit. 'Anarchism and the "Fascination with Empire": George Woodcock in India, 1964-1985'.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 2026.
Rafael Serra: Grandfather of Cuban Anarchism www.blackrosefed.org/rafael-serra...
Another mock up that I probably prefer, with some small changes.
Mock up book cover for my next book.
It's getting real! Mock up book cover designs are in for my next book "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905-1918: Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire" (Liverpool UP, 2026)
"Anarkismens tid – en brevveksling mellem Peter Kropotkin og Georg Brandes" - ("The Age of Anarchism: Correspondence between Peter Kropotkin and Georg Brandes"), originally in French, is again available in Danish. detpoetiskebureau.dk/vare/lyhne-n...
How interesting! The Wikipedia page is full of mistakes, but it is true that Acharya and Mahendra Pratap travelled to Moscow to meet Lenin together. They fell out a bit there
a sketch of Narayan Krishna from 1909.
Narayan Krishna to Karl Kautsky (1909):
"The present revolt against England, the anarchy, and the general dissatisfaction in India and above all the economic discontent afford to we socialists a field in India to agitate and preach socialism".