In early 1919, Gustav Landauer was murdered by paramilitary thugs in Munich. He was a visionary, a philosopher, and a martyr for a world built on mutual aid rather than state violence. This month, as we grapple with the recent, echoing violence of paramilitary forces right here in our own country, Landauer’s life and thought feel less like history and more like a mirror. Landauer believed that the state is not a building or a border, but a mode of behavior—a way we treat one another. “We dest... Read more

In early 1919, Gustav Landauer was murdered by paramilitary thugs in Munich. He was a visionary, a philosopher, and a martyr for a world built on mutual aid rather than state violence. This month, as we grapple with the recent, echoing violence of paramilitary forces right here in our own country, Landauer’s life and thought feel less like history and more like a mirror. Landauer believed that the state is not a building or a border, but a mode of behavior—a way we treat one another. “We dest... Read more

In early 1919, Gustav Landauer was murdered by paramilitary thugs in Munich. He was a visionary, a philosopher, and a martyr for a world built on mutual aid rather than state violence. This month, as we grapple with the recent, echoing violence of paramilitary forces right here in our own country, Landauer’s life and thought feel less like history and more like a mirror. Landauer believed that the state is not a building or a border, but a mode of behavior—a way we treat one another. “We dest... Read more