Political Writings 1830 – 1880 
 
Louis Auguste Blanqui. Edited by Philippe Le Goff & Peter Hallward. 
 
Verso: 2018. First edition. Hardcover in a jacket. Octavo. 348 pages. Near fine. 
 
We think all the key ideas have been published to death. Not so - Blanqui is just now here. After three revolutionary insurrections, jail time, opposition to Marx and Proudhon, death, and long disregard in the English reading world, in 2018 his many manuscripts, letters, and speeches were collected and edited by Blanqui experts Hallward and Le Goff and given the Verso treatment. Blanqui remained steadfast as agent and thinker in overcoming the coercive power of the state and remaining loyal to a revolutionary government that could not betray the principles that allow for mass support. The editors make an intelligent case for readers and reader-activists to think about Blanqui's legacy for the struggle now. 
 
"We do not believe in the fatality or inevitability of progress, that doctrine of emasculation and submission. Victory is an absolute necessity for right, on pain of no longer being right, on pain of becoming like Satan, as he writhes under the Archangel's talons."