Saluton! I thought it would be cool to discuss some of the revolutionary history of Esperanto, as well as its revolutionary potential. How can it be used in a revolutionary way in contemporary politics? What areas would it be most useful? Who would most benefit from learning and using Esperanto? I know that one of the first uses for Esperanto was among anarchists in Asia who used it to communicate with their European counterparts. Malatesta supported Esperanto and supported a motion to adopt it as the official language of the International with which he was a part. Also, the SAT has been around quite a while. There are some excerpts from SAT documents (translated to English) at the Marxists Internet Archive. Here is a paper by the Communist Party of Great Britain titled, "Communism and an International Language." Here is the Eugene Lanti archive at the Marxist Internet Archive (Eugene Lanti founded the SAT): http://www.marxists.org/archive/lanti/index.htm Here is what the Marxist Internet Archive has that is written in Esperanto: http://www.marxists.org/esperanto/index.htm Here is information on the SAT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sennacieca_Asocio_Tutmonda, http://satesperanto.org/, and http://home.arcor.de/gmickle/leag/t_workers.html And here are the minutes of the International Anarchist Congress of August 26-31, 1907 where Errico Malatesta voices his support for Esperanto: http://www.fdca.it/fdcaen/historical/amsterdam07/7.htm What does everyone think?
Oops. "Communism and an International Language:" http://www.marxists.org/archive/star...2/language.htm
