Au cafe

While Malatesta was hiding from the police he regularly went to a cafe in

Ancona, Italy. He had shaved off his usual beard but he was still taking a

risk. Especially as this wasn't an anarchist cafe, but had a variety of

customers including the local policeman. The conversations he had in this cafe

became the basis for the dialogues that make up this book.

For the first time in English, Malatesta, in his usual commonsense and matter-

of-fact style, sets out and critically analyses the arguments for and against

anarchism. Translated by Paul Nursey-Bray, this is a classic defence of

anarchism that anticipates the rise of nationalism, fascism and communism.