Tag Archives: Sophia Perovskaia

terrorism: salvational violence

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Dave

…In the more extreme anarchist circles there gradually developed a sect of what might almost literally be called dynamite worshipers. A song once popular in the ill-lighted, absinthe reeking Montmartre cabarets patronized by Bohemian intellectuals and authentic working-class anarchists expresses … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Albert Camus, Francois Ravachol, French Anarchism, Jules Bonnot, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mikhail Bakunin, Serge Nechaiev, Sophia Perovskaia | Leave a comment

terrorism: propaganda by deed

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Dave

The trial and execution of the Will of the People for the assassination of Alexander II in 1881, only intensified the reaction and repression, which in turn aggravated revolutionary violence. But it etched in the Russian mind the romantic image … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Albert Camus, Alexander II assassination 1881, Andrei Zhelyabov, Anthony Ingram director, extremist group Will of the People, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mikhail Bakunin, Sergei Nechaiev, Sophia Perovskaia, Turgenov | Leave a comment

terrorism: one fuse at a time

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Dave

…Though there was an attempt to kill the czar as early as 1866, the first generation of Russian terrorists generally confined their activities to executing traitors or police spies in their own ranks and to reprisals for the tortures, floggings, … Continue reading →