The Anarchist Past and Other Essays

Nicolas Walter helped create the surge of political dissent that came to Britain in the 1960s and 70s. For forty years he was a contributor to the anarchist press, principally Freedom and its companion periodicals Anarchy and The Raven. He was active in many groups including the "Spies for Peace" and the Rationalist Press Association, editing The New Humanist. This volume selects from his extensive writings on anarchist history and theory. This book is a virtual history of anarchism, reaching from its prehistory in the American Revolution to the work of Murray Bookchin and Colin Ward