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, notable for being the first

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. It was written in 1850, two years after his participation in the

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, and ten years after

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's seminal ''

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''. Nettlau, Max (1996). ''A Short History of Anarchism'', trans. Ida Pilat Isca, ed. Heiner M. Becker (London: Freedom Press)
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. It was translated into English by Paul Sharkey and republished in 2002 as a 42-page political

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by the

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with an introduction placing the manifesto in historical context by ''

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'' editor

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References

Publication history

*Anselme Bellegarrigue,
Manifeste de l'Anarchie
''L'Anarchie, Journal de l'Ordre'', Issue 1, April 1850. * *Solneman, KHZ (1977).
An Anarchist Manifesto
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