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Red anarchy symbol, a capital letter A inside a circle, painted with rough brush strokes on a white background.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
William Godwin
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Engraving of William Wordsworth with arms crossed, wearing a dark jacket and cravat, looking slightly to his left against a shadowed background.
Portrait of German philosopher Karl Marx with a full white beard and hair, wearing a dark suit and white shirt, looking to the side.
Mikhail Bakunin
poster by Bauset
Cover of Mother Earth magazine, August 1914, features Man Ray's illustration of two beasts labeled Capitalism and Government pulling apart a figure labeled Humanity.
Emma Goldman
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Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
French philosopher
Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin
Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary
Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin
Russian anarchist
Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman
American anarchist
Reclus, Élisée
Élisée Reclus
French geographer
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Errico Malatesta
Italian revolutionary
Louise Michel
Louise Michel
French revolutionary
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold
British critic
Wendt, Alexander
Alexander Wendt
American political scientist and educator