Anarchy Explained to Children

Jose Antonio Emmanuel, Fabrica De Estampas, Imprenta Rescate , Piu Martinez

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Seven Stories Press,U.S.
21 October 2025

Children's & young adult: general non-fiction

Both an extraordinary 1930s text on anarchism in its original sense of liberatory principles of equality and mutual support, and short chapters with all-age-appropriate illustrations and explanations of each principle.

A gorgeous package with a new intro and original engravings will appeal to progressive parents and children alike.

Both an extraordinary 1930s text on anarchism in its original sense of liberatory principles of equality and mutual support, and short chapters with all-age-appropriate illustrations and explanations of each principle.

A gorgeous package with a new intro and original engravings will appeal to progressive parents and children alike.

Here is a modern book for progressive readers of all ages that includes the prescient 1931 pamphlet, ""Anarchy Explained to Children,"" by Jose Antonio Emmanuel writing under the pseudonym Max Bembo, a teacher and anarchist philanthropist who advocated for, among other things, freeing the education of children from the power of the Catholic Church. In the essay he offers to the children of working-class families a simple explanation of liberatory principles and how to put them into practice.

Following the essay, each of the principles he proposes is explained very simply in a double page spread accompanied by an engraving, which conveys the beauty of the world that Emmanuel envisioned. The engravings were newly created for the 2017 Argentine edition of this book.

Anarchy Explained to Children will appeal to parents and educators who are interested in sharing with a young reader the ideals of liberatory education, in which extremism and oppression are banished, and values of mutual support, equality between individuals, universal love and human solidarity are promoted.

""Help- To those who hesitate, give them encouragement- to those who despair of seeing victory far away, give them courage. Mutual help is a sacred and universal duty.""

By: Jose Antonio Emmanuel
Designed by: Imprenta Rescate
Illustrated by: Fabrica De Estampas
Afterword by: Piu Martinez
Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781644214497
ISBN 10: 1644214490
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 21 October 2025
Recommended Age: From 7 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jose Antonio Emmanuel is an alias of Jose Ruiz Rodriguez, a teacher and anarchist philanthropist, and first cousin of Pablo Ruiz Picasso. He also wrote under the pseudonym Max Bembo, who was the official author of the essays ""Bad Life in Barcelona- Abnormality, Misery and Vice"" and ""Anarchy Explained to Children."" Jose Antonio Emmanuel also collaborated with the International Committee of Schools in order to promote rationalist schools. At the same time, he promoted the International Anarchist Library (B. A. I.), a small publishing house in Barcelona, which was responsible for the ""International Library"" collection, small works of ideological propaganda that cost 20 cents and explained concepts such as the organization of the proletariat, union action and anarchy. New Intro by- Piu Martinez. Bio TK Fabrica de Estampas is an Argentine graphic collective and engraving workshop created by Delfina Estrada and Victoria Volpini. They make prints and handmade publications, and provide mobile printmaking workshops in communities, museums, galleries, and schools, with the ideal that graphics can bring art to the world and be a bridge to connect worlds.