Anarchism and Esperanto are strongly linked because of their common ideals of social justice and equality. During the early Esperanto movement, anarchists enthusiastically publicized the language, and the two movements have much common history.
History
editAnarchists were among the first to publicize Esperanto. In 1905, the first Esperanto anarchist group was founded in Stockholm. Many others followed: in Bulgaria, China, and other countries. Anarchists and anarcho-syndicalists (who belonged to the largest group of proletarian Esperantists before World War I) founded Paco-Libereco (Peace-Freedom),[1] an international league which published the newspaper Internacia Socia Revuo (International Society Review). Paco-Libereco merged with another progressive association, Esperantista Laboristaro (Esperanto Workers). The new organization was called Liberiga Stelo (Freeing Star).[2] Until 1914, that organization published revolutionary literature in Esperanto, including anarchist literature.
In March of 1925, the Berlin Group of Anarcho-Syndicatist Esperantists ("Berlina Grupo de Anarki-Sindikatismaj Esperantistoj") met with the 2nd Congress of the International Labor Association (ILA) in Amsterdam. The Esperanto labor movement was particularly strong in Germany and the Soviet Union. In 1923, the International Scientific Anarchist Library of the International Language ("Internacian Sciencan Anarkiisman Bibliotekon de la Internacia Lingvo") was founded in Soviet Ukraine, publishing Peter Kropotkin's books in Esperanto, aimed for international reading.
After World War II, the Paris group was the first to restart organized labor. Starting in 1946, it published the newspaper Senŝtatano (person without a country).[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Esperanto Movement (Contributions to the Sociology of Language), Peter G. Forster, ISBN 9027933995, paĝo 190
- ^ Historio de S. A. T., 1921 1952,Paris, 1953, Eldoninto :SAT, 152 paĝoj
- ^ Javier Alcalde, "Eduardo Vivancos kaj la liberecana Esperanto", afterword to a bilingual edition of Eduardo Vivancos, Unu lingvo por ĉiuj: Esperanto, Calúmnia, 2019, p.77-91.
Bibliography
edit- Historio de Esperanto, Aleksander Korĵenkov, Kaliningrado, 2005, Chapter 9
- Esperanto & Anarchism. A universal language, Xavi Alcalde, Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018.
External links
edit- Informa Bulteno, website of esperantists anarchists
- Esperanto kaj Anarkiismo
- Ekrigardo al la anarkista partopreno en la esperantista movado
- STATUTOJ ILA (Internacia Laborista Asocio)
- AL LA BARICADOJ
- KIO ESTAS NKL ?
- KIO ESTAS LA ANARKI-SINDIKATISMO ?
- La lingvo de libereco - La voĉo de internaciismo Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine - Traduko de artikolo el "Organise!" No 55 - 2001 kun aldonitaj reagoj.
- Asocio de Verduloj Esperantistaj
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