are not always dealt by revolutionists. It happens not infrequently that by the irony of events its own supporters may be compelled to attack some specific evil arising as a logical consequence from capitalistic methods, and in so doing lay bare to the public gaze the corruption

WE have seen in our la,t two papers that Christian theology and pessimist philosophy are agreed in condemning the nature of man as essentially evil, and therefore its spontaneous impulses as necessarily bad. But the two systems, united by this dismal belief in common, belong by

THE ANARCHIST every point of the struggle. We must not rely on people, ready to come into the streets, enthusiastic to fight and.to die for the cause : every one of them, if not imbued with Anarchist principles, can become a hindrance to progress, an enemy at the next moment. We

readers doubtless remember the spiriteil strike which broke out amongst the miners of the Borinage three years ago, its violent and brutal suppression, and the terrible facts as to the existents. of the mining population afterwanls published by the commission of enquiry. The fol

VOL. s.—No. 61. i t EQUAL FREEDOM. " ANARCHISM equal freedom " most truly writes the Newcastle correspondent, whose essay on "Anarchism and Trades " we print in another column. But can we ever reach equal freedom, as he to imply, by a system of limitations, by preaching Hands of

LON 1 'ON - Autoao,aie Mk 8, Windmill-st.,—Successful indoor meetings have been held every Wednesday evening. Jan. 25th, W. C. )wen gave a most interesting lecture on "The New American Revolution," which we hope will appear in Freedom soon.—On February Ist, Comrade Mowbray debate

much that I remember of the village in Bohemia where I was born. Much discussion goes on nowadays about Anarchist Communism, and many persons who are not Anarchists are ready to admit that its principle is just and honest. But they object that the people are too ignorant for it,

This is an old saw that still has some edge, and a tine example of it may be seen by those of our readers who study Free Life. Our contemporary professes to lead us by the right road to the land of liberty, and wastes a good deal of valuable time in au attempt to blend Anarchism