Confessions of a Revolutionary

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English translation. Not published. Chapters III and XXI translated by James Bar Bowen.* Chapters VI, XIV, and XVIII translated by Martin Walker.* Chapter X translated by Ian Harvey.* Chapter XVII translated by Paul Sharkey.* Chapters I, II, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX, XI, XII from en.wikisource.org. Chapters XIII, XV, XVI, XIX, XX, Preface, and Post-Scriptum derived from fr.wikisource.org with Google Translate. These chapters likely have inaccuracies. * Sourced from Property is Theft! by Iain McKat

Author(s): Joseph-Pierre Proudhon

Language: English
Tags: politics, anarchism, socialism, Proudhon, history, February Revolution, English translation

Preface 2
I. Confiteor 8
II. Profession of Faith; Nature and Destination of Parties 11
III: Nature and Goal of Government 20
IV. 1789-1830: Government Acts 28
V. 1830-1848: Government Corruption 36
VI. 24 February: Provisional Government 45
VII. 17 March: Reaction of Louis Blanc 53
VIII. 16 April: Reaction of Ledru-Rollin 60
IX. 15 May: Reaction of Bastide and Marrast 66
X. 23–26 June: The Cavaignac Reaction 76
XI. Who Am I? 94
XII. 31 July: New Manifestation of Socialism 109
XIII. 17 September: Progress of Socialism; Conversion of the Mountain 121
XIV. 4 November: The Constitution 127
XV. People’s Bank 152
XVI. 10 December: Louis Bonaparte 170
XVII. 29 January 1849: Barrot-Falloux Reaction. Destruction of the Government 176
XVIII. 21 March: The Law on the Clubs; Legal Resistance 187
XIX. 16 April: Roman Expedition 196
XX. 13 May–13 June 1849: Constitutionality of the Democratic Socialist Party 208
XXI. 8 July 1849: Conclusion 221
Post Scriptum: Apotheosis of the Middle Class 230