The Clarion was an anarchist/egoist journal published by Polish born Abba Gordin (1887-1964) from 1932-1934. It features contributions from at least two of our UoE members: Benjamin DeCasseres and Malfew Seklew. This is different from the British publication titled “The Clarion” that was edited by Robert Blatchford. Blatchford launched that journal in 1891, the year after he opened the Manchester branch of the Fabian Society.
Prospectus
In the struggle of Capital against Labor, the Clarion takes the side of Labor. . . . Instead of organization, the Clarion advocates self-organization. . . . Instead of democracy, the Clarion advocates Egocracy. . . .This is the Clarion’s revolutionary formula: a) Expropriation of the expropriators; b) usurpation of the usurpers; c) disorganization of the disorganizers. . . . One cannot build an enduring house out of punk, therefore the Clarion’s endeavors will run along two lines: the advocacy of a revolutionary and evolutionary reconstruction of our social institutions, and the emphatic insistence upon the necessity of man’s self-cultivation, so that the Individual should rise to the dignity and full stature of a personality; for only then the inter-relationary designs woven by him will be more or less satisfactory and humane.
Masthead
Subtitle: A Monthly Publication, 1 (Sept. 1932)–11/12 (July–Aug. 1933)
Editors: Abba Gordin, 1 (Sept. 1932)–13 (Jan. 1934); Archie Turner, 1 (Sept. 1932)–2 (Oct. 1932)
Contributors: E. Armand, W. Beoby, E. Bertran, Warren E. Brokaw, Donald Crocker, Benjamin De Casseres, I. N. Hord, J. William Lloyd, A. G. Meyers, Malfew Seklew, Walter Siegmeister, Charles T. Sprading
Subjects: Egoism, Free Love, Poetry, State Socialism, National Socialism, Diet/Nutrition
Index of Issues
We currently only have a partial list of issues/contents.
The Clarion | Vol. 1, No. 1 | September 1932
Subtitle: A Monthly Publication
edited by: Abba Gordin; Archie Turner
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
UoE Notes
You’ll also note that there is a notation in pen on the cover of this issue that says “Successor to The Road to Freedom”. As another publication titled “Freedom” (1933-1934) is recognized as the actual successor, and I’m not sure why whomever wrote the note thought otherwise.
| EDITORIALS by A. Turner and A. Gordin | 1-5 |
| E. MALATESTA by F. Guandagni | 5 |
| THE IDEOLOGY OF THE ORGANIZERS by A. Gordin | 7 |
| THE FALL OF WOMAN by J. William Lloyd | 9 |
| GEMS OF THOUGHT by Malfew Seklew | 11 |
| SELF MASTERY by A. G. Myers | 12 |
| THE TASK OF MAN by W. Beoby | 14 |
| TO MY SKIN by I. N. Hord | 15 |
| INTERNATIONAL NOTES by Pat Quinlan | 15 |
The Clarion | Vol. 1, No. 2 | October 1932
Subtitle: A Monthly Publication
edited by: Abba Gordin; Archie Turner
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
UoE Notes
| INSTEAD OF A PROGRAM by A. G. | 1 |
| EDITORIALS: Hic Jacent – The angel that troubled the water | 3 |
| CLASS STRUGGLE by Abba Gordin | 5 |
| NEW IDEALS IN LOVE by J. William Lloyd | 8 |
| THE SPHINX OF PHILOSOPHY by W. Beoby | 10 |
| THE CULTURAL HEMISPHERES by A. G. Myers | 12 |
| NEW HUMANITY by B. L. Lang | 14 |
| CORRESPONDENCE | 15 |
| I’M IRRESPONSIBLE (Verse) by I. N. Hord | 15 |
| INTERNATIONAL FLASHES by P. L. Quinlan | 16 |
The Clarion | Vol. 1, No. 3 | November, 1932
Subtitle: A Monthly Publication
edited by: Abba Gordin
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
The Clarion | Vol. 1, No. 4 | December, 1932
Subtitle: A Monthly Publication
edited by: Abba Gordin
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
UoE Notes
| EDITORIALS: – | |
| THE PRESIDENT-ELECT 1 | 1 |
| WHAT WE STAND FOR 2 | 2 |
| SOCIAL MYTHOLOGY by Abba Gordin 3 | 3 |
| CHAOS and COSMOS by W. Beoby 6 | 6 |
| SEX and HEALTH by J. William Lloyd 8 | 8 |
| SELFHOOD by A. G. Myers 9 | 9 |
| THE TRINITY by R. G. Need 10 | 10 |
| WHAT’S THE IDEA ? by N. D. Rug 11 | 11 |
| THE BOMB WAS THROWN by Abba Gordin 12 | 12 |
| CORRESPONDENCE: Max Rosenbaum – | |
| Dr. Ben L. Reitman – Joe Radding – | |
| Edith McMahan – W. E. Brokaw – Lorenzi | |
| BALLAD TO BEGGARS (Verse) by Corrine M. Grayson 15 | 15 |
| I WANDER (Verse) by I. N. Hord 15 | 15 |
| LABOR IN EXTREMIS by Donald Croker 16 | 16 |
The Clarion | Vol. 1, No. 5 | January, 1933
Subtitle: A Monthly Publication
edited by: Abba Gordin
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
Cover Image
| EDITORIAL: Man Vers. Mammon 1 | X |
| SOCIALISM VULGAR AND SCIENTIFIC by Abba Gordin 2 | X |
| “NATIONAL SOCIALISM” by Max Nettlau 5 | X |
| CURRENT REFLECTIONS by Dr. J. A. Maryson 10 | X |
| DIET AND RADICALISM by Dr. Walter Ziegmeister 12 | X |
| WOMAN AND REVOLUTION by Edith McMahon 13 | X |
| ANENT THE CLARION’S ATTITUDE by W. E. Brokaw 14 | X |
| CORRESPONDENCE: | X |
| Dr. Walter Ziegmeister – J. Rudoms – 14 | X |
| Max Nettlau – L. Tucker – Dr. J. A. Maryson | X |
| TWENTY YEARS AGO (Verse) by I. N. Hord 15 | X |
| THE WOMAN’S CASTLE by J. William Lloyd 16 | X |
The Clarion | Vol. 1, No. 6 | February, 1933
Subtitle: A Monthly Publication
Edited by: Abba Gordin
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
The Clarion | Vol. 1, No. 7-8 | March-April, 1933
Subtitle: A Monthly Publication
Edited by: Abba Gordin
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
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| EDITORIAL: The Unholy Three 1 | X |
| EQUALITY by Abba Gordin 2 | X |
| TOLSTOY by I. N. Hord 7 | X |
| KEPT by Benjamin De Casseres 9 | X |
| CENTRAL AND SIDE LOVE by J. William Lloyd 10 | X |
| PEOPLES WITHOUT GOVERNMENT by Charles J. Eprading 11 | X |
| EGOTICS by A. G. Myers 13 | X |
| CORRESPONDENCE 15 | X |
| MY UNIVERSE (Verse) by I. N. Hord 15 | X |
| DARING by I. M. Morris 16 | X |
The Clarion | Vol. 1, No. 9-10 | May-June, 1933
Subtitle: A Monthly Publication
edited by: Abba Gordin
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
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| EDITORIAL: Knouto-German Empire1 | |
| SOCIALISM by Abba Gordin 2 | X |
| REAL and IDEAL by R. G. Need 7 | X |
| SEX and LOVE by J. William Lloyd 9 | X |
| EGOHOOD by A. G. Myers 10 | X |
| LYNCHING (memoirs) by Abba Gordin 12 | X |
| LAUGHTER by Malfew Seklew 13 | X |
| CORRESPONDENCE 14 | X |
| CONVALESCVENT INTERVAL, The Island (verse) by Cora Miller 14 | X |
| MY BOSS…MY ASTROPHYSICS (verse) by I. N. Hord 15 | X |
| WITHOUT GOVERNMENT by Charles T. Spranding 16 | 16 |
The Clarion | Vol. 2, No. 1 | July, 1933
edited by: Abba Gordin
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
The Clarion | Vol. 2, No. 2 | August, 1933
Subtitle:
edited by: Abba Gordin
size: x | pages: 16 | price: 10 cents
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| EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS 1 | X |
| AUTHORITY by Abba Gordin 2 | X |
| PRECURSORS OF ANARCHISM by E. Armand 5 | X |
| SELF-KNOWLEDGE by A. G. Myers 6 | X |
| EGO by Malfew Seklew 8 | X |
| A DATE (Verse) by I. N. Hord 8 | X |
| WORLD-INVENTION by W. Beoby 9 | X |
| THE VOICE OF BLOOD by Abba Gordin 11 | X |
| CORRESPONDENE [sic] 15 | X |
| STATE OF ART by I. N. Hord 16 | X |