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Introduction.
"Sturm" to the public, I was hailed by friendly voices as the "first singer of Anarchy."
I am proud of this name.
But I have come to the conviction that what is needed to-day is not so much to arouse enthusiasm for liberty as rather to convince people of the absolute necessity of economic independence, without which it will eternally remain the unsubstantial dream of visionaries.
In these days of the growing reaction, which will culminate in the victory of State Socialism, the call has become imperative upon me to be here also the first champion of the Anarchistic idea. I hope I have not yet broken my last lance for liberty.
John Henry Mackay.
Rome, in the spring, 1891.
