Entre Camponeses

by Errico Malatesta, Plínio Augusto Coêlho (organização e tradução)

Entre camponeses reúne dois importantes textos do autor, publicados originalmente em um período em que anarquistas rompem com outros grupos socialistas por discordarem da eficácia da participação na vida parlamentar através de partidos políticos, e procuram formular estratégias coerentes com uma ação federalista, comuns a duas tendências anarquistas: comunistas e coletivistas.
Entre camponeses (1883), obra didática destinada ao trabalhador rural como agente legítimo da revolução, trata dos principais fundamentos que deveriam capacitar os revolucionários do campo em sua luta local, e portanto federativa. Período eleitoral (1897), por outro lado, discorre sobre os aspectos da tática abstencionista dos libertários, e contra a participação parlamentar, partidária e representativa proposta pela social democracia.

Genres: Politics, Italy, Philosophy, Nonfiction

107 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Errico Malatesta (December 14, 1853 – July 22, 1932) was an Italian anarchist. He spent much of his life exiled from Italy and in total spent more than ten years in prison. Malatesta wrote and edited a number of radical newspapers and was also a friend of Mikhail Bakunin. He was an enormously popular figure in his time. According to Brian Doherty, writer for Reason magazine, "Malatesta could get tens of thousands, sometimes more than 100,000, fans to show up whenever [he] arrived in town." (Wikipedia)

Reviews

[W :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a chat between peasant farmers about anarchy. Makes these huge topics super easy to understand. I loved the breakdown of the differences between communism, socialism, collectivism and anarchy. They were always very muddled in my brain until I read this. Simple and effective.

[Wu Shih · Rating 5 out of 5]

Opera divulgativa del più importante anarchico italiano. Non ai livelli de "L'anarchia" ma comunque chiara e ancora apprezzabile, pur se inizia ad essere datata.

[Lorién Gómez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una pequeña joya este libro. Todo un ejercicio de divulgación de las ideas-fuerza del comunismo libertario.

[ÆL · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good + too bad that the final idea in the book, that workers will organize transnationally and overthrow capitalistm in the near future (book published in 1884), is more than a century later far from reality. No reason to give up the struggle tho.

[Ylenia Taddia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una spiegazione chiarissima dei principi di base dell'anarchia, presentata come una scenetta tra due contadini. Come tutti i veri pensatori, Malatesta riesce a raccontare in modo facile anche quel che è complesso, coinvolge e aiuta a pensare che un altro mondo non sarebbe poi così impensabile.

[GusB18 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book defines basic Anarchist principles in an entertaining and conversational manner.

[Brandon B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall well written once again and found easy ways to explain his ideology and justify to the best of his abilities.

[Robyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think for it's length is pamphlet is probably the best intro to Anarchism you can read, Arguably more so than At the Cafe. A lot of complex aspects of theory are described in a fairly straightforward way and you get convinced alongside Bert, which speaks to Malatesta's strength as a writer (one of Anarchism's best alongside Bakunin). A lot of points likely derive from Kropotkin: A critique of property, a call to put land and tools in common for social use, the impossibility of determining payment (critique of collectivism), and an outline for a society based on free contract through federated communes. I'd argue what makes Malatesta a better writer than Kropotkin (not necessarily a better theorist, cool it) is his willingness to address objections to Anarchism (which he also does in At the Cafe). He is willing to correct misconceptions about overpopulation, "crime" under Anarchism, how will people work, and how anarchy will be organized. He also ends by giving straightforward explanations about the definition + differences between Socialism, Communism, Collectivism, and Solidarity (in a very cogent way). Once again, for it's length you can't get something as good as this (in Anarchist theory).

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Què necessari segueix sent llegir a Malatesta, 140 anys més tard i encara ressona tot el que escriu. A la meva edició, la de Descontrol, també hi havia l'escrit "En tiempo de elecciones" que és també estupendo. Visca l'Anarquia 🖤

[Black V. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Contundente, proselitista, altamente adaptable. Me dieron ganas de ver teatro nuevamente.

[Mauro Morellini · Rating 4 out of 5]

l'anarchia, il comunismo, il socialismo, il collettivismo spiegato ad un contadino in 37pagg. andrebbe distribuito nelle prime liceo, per cultura non per propaganda

[Erico Cantero · Rating 3 out of 5]

libro fácil de entender, explicación sencilla del anarquismo.

[Talia Effin Right · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm sure this is an old, old observation but there's always a tautology (I've never figured out if I'm using that word correctly but oh well) is writing like this. Which, like yeah, everything will change when everything changes. So true bestie. As each year comes a revolution is inevitable.

[Ronaldo]

Nestor Makhno was right about this guy, he was too idealist

[Ramon Mattos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entre Camponeses é um livro didático essencial para aqueles que estão se introduzindo aos ideais anarquistas e comunistas. A obra reúne dois dos mais importantes textos de Errico Malatesta, sendo um deles ''Entre Camponeses'', que exibe o diálogo entre dois indivíduos, Pedro e Tiago, sendo Pedro um comunista libertário e, Tiago, sendo um senhor perdidamente alienado pelos seus patrões. O diálogo provê dúvidas típicas quanto ao socialismo assim como os devidos argumentos, além da diferenciação e explicação dos termos ''socialista'', ''comunista'', ''coletivista'' e ''anarquista''. O texto que vem posteriormente é o ''Período Eleitoral'', no qual discorre um breve debate entre um anarcocomunista e um socialista.
É uma obra altamente instrutiva e acessível, portando uma escrita de fácil entendimento.