The May Pamphlet is a collection of six anarchist essays written and
published by Paul Goodman in 1945. He discusses the problems of living
in a society that represses individual instinct through coercion.
Goodman suggests for individuals to resist such conditions by reclaiming
their natural instincts and initiative, and by "drawing the line", an
ideological delineation beyond which an individual should refuse to
conform or cooperate with social convention. Themes from The May
Pamphlet—decentralization, peace, social psychology, and youth
liberation—would recur throughout Goodman's works. Originally
published piecemeal in small, New York anarchist journals (examples
pictured) during and after World War II, the essays were not well known
before Goodman's 1960 book Growing Up Absurd led a resurgence of
interest in his oeuvre. The May Pamphlet was Goodman's main contribution
to anarchist theory and a primary influence on Colin Ward, who later
dedicated Anarchy in Action to Goodman's memory.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_May_Pamphlet>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
The secret society known as the Order of Illuminati was founded
by Adam Weishaupt and Adolph Freiherr Knigge in Ingolstadt, Bavaria,
Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati>
1884:
Moses Fleetwood Walker, the last African American in Major
League Baseball until Jackie Robinson, played his first game for the
Toledo Blue Stockings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Fleetwood_Walker>
1947:
Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into
a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing
11 and wounding 33.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portella_della_Ginestra_massacre>
2016:
The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire
swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14
months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Fort_McMurray_wildfire>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
working stiff:
(originally US, informal) An ordinary person who works in a non-
management position, especially one who works for wages rather than a
salary.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/working_stiff>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We are doing everything to return normal life to the de-occupied
part of our Ukraine. … Of course, there is still a lot of work ahead.
The occupiers are still on our land and still do not recognize the
apparent failure of their so-called operation. We still need to fight
and direct all efforts to drive the occupiers out. And we will do it.
Ukraine will be free. … The Ukrainian flag will return wherever it
should be by right.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>