A Living Anthology
of Polemical Literature
In this series of publications, we provide basic editions of polemical texts. Massively polemical texts inherently pose specific risks to scholarly work, not only because they may be subjected to censorship, but also because they may pose liminal-case problems to methodology and are often poorly edited. We provide quotable editions of historically important texts, including an introduction and contextual sources.
We are currently updating our anthology. Check back soon for Version 2.0, which will include a direct-download option for our edited texts.
Emile Zola: “J’Accuse…!” A Bilingual Edition
Edited by Pierre-Héli Monot
Available here.
“Let them dare, then, to bring me before a court of law and investigate in the full light of day!”
Mesut Özil: “I/III”, “II/III”, “III/III”. Declaration of his Resignation from the German National Football Team, Twitter, July 22, 2018. A Critical Edition.
Edited by David Bebnowski
Available here.
“That is not why I play football, and I will not sit back and do nothing about it. Racism should never, ever be accepted.”
Collective: “A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01”. A Critical Edition with Contextual Sources
Edited by Pierre-Héli Monot
Available Here
“A feminist server tries hard not to apologize when she is sometimes not available.”
Thomas Paine: The American Crisis (No. 1). A Critical Edition
Edited by Gregory Jones-Katz
Available here.
“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as A, B, C, hold up truth to your eyes.”
“Collective: The Manifesto of the 121: Declaration on the Right to Insubordination in the War in Algeria.”
Edited by David Bebnowski
Available here.
“The cause of the Algerian people, which contributes decisively to the ruin of the colonial system, is the cause of all free men and women.”
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale: “What We Want Now!, What We Believe. The Black Panther Ten-Point Platform and Program”. A Critical Edition of the Black Panthers’ Original Pamphlet.
Edited by Gregory Jones-Katz
Available here.
“We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, and peace.”
Collective: The Trail of Broken Treaties 20-Point Position Paper: An Indian Manifesto”. A Critical Edition with Contextual Sources.
Edited by Pierre-Héli Monot
Available here.
“For our part, in words and deeds of coming days, we propose to produce a rational, reasoned manifesto for construction of an Indian future in America.”
Mozi: “墨子 — The Book of Mozi, Chapter 39: Against the Confucians (Fei Ru Xia)”. A Critical Edition with Contextual Sources.
Edited by Pierre-Héli Monot
Available here.
“When his superior is good, he should praise him, when his superior is at fault, he should reprimand him.”
James Buchanan, John Y. mason, and Pierre Soulé: “The Ostend Manifesto”. A Critical Edition Including a Facsimile of Buchanan, Mason, and Soulé’s Original Pamphlet.
Edited by Gregory Jones-Katz
Available here.
“We fear that the course and current of events are rapidly tending toward such a catastrophe. We, however, hope for the best, though we ought certainly to be prepared for the worst.”
Kathleen Hanna: “The Riot Grrrl Manifesto”. A Critical Edition
Edited by David Bebnowsky and Gregory Jones-Katz
Available here.
“BECAUSE we must take over the means of production in order to create our own meanings.”
John Winthrop: “A Model of Christian Charity, Written on Board the Arbella, On the Atlantic Ocean”. A Critical Edition.
Edited by Gregory Jones-Katz
Available here.
“For this end, we must be knit together, in this work, as one man.”
Queer Nation: “Queers read This: The Queer Nation Manifesto”.
A Critical Edition of the Original Pamphlet.
Edited by Pierre-Héli Monot
Available here.
“Be proud.”
Aristophanes: “ “The Clouds”. A Critical Edition with Contextual Sources.
Translated by Ian Johnston. Edited by Pierre-Héli Monot
Available here.
“You see how useful learning is?
Pheidippides, there’s no such thing as Zeus.”
Council for Public Safety: “Welcome to Fear City: A Survival Guide for Visitors to the City of New York”. A Critical Edition with a facsimile Copy of the Original Pamphlet”.
Edited by Sakina Shakil Gröppmaier
Available here.
“Good luck.”
Katharina Motyl: “A Comentary on ‘Capitalism plus Dope Equals Genocide’ by Michael ‘Cetewayo’ Taylor”
Edited by Katharina Motyl
Available here.
“Capitalist exploitation and racial oppression are the main contributing factors to drug addiction in regard to Black people.”
Collective: “The Humanist Manifestos I-III”
Edited by Florian Zappe
Available here.
“At the present juncture of history, commitment to all humankind is the highest commitment of which we are capable; it transcends the narrow allegiances of church, state, party, class, or race in moving toward a wider vision of human potentiality.”
Collective: “What We Want: An Open Letter to Pius X. from a Group of Priests”
Edited by Gregory Jones-Katz
Available here.