Anarchism

Traditions Anarcha-feminism Anarchist communism Anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-syndicalism Christian anarchism Eco-anarchism Individualist anarchism Mutualism Nihilism Direct Democracy Anarchism originated as a term of abuse first used against the working class sans-culottes during the French Revolution. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Anarchism Anarchy Individualist anarchism Libertarianism Anarcho-Communism Libertarian socialism The Angry Brigade Haymarket Riot Anarcho-syndicalism Anarchist law Anarcho-punk List of creative works about anarchism Spanish Revolution Freedom Press Confederación Nacional del Trabajo Primitivism Green anarchism WOMBLES Squamish Five... Anarcha-feminism combines anarchism with feminism. ... Anarchist communism, also known as Communist anarchism, Anarcho-communism, or Libertarian communism, is a political ideology related to Libertarian socialism. ... Green and black flag of Anarcho-Primitivism. ... Anarcho-syndicalism is a branch of anarchism which focuses on the labor movement, hence the syndicalism qualification. ... Christian anarchism (also known as Christian libertarianism) is the belief that the only source of authority to which Christians are ultimately answerable is God, embodied in the teachings of Jesus. ... Eco-anarchism argues that small eco-villages (of no more than a few hundred people) are a scale of human living preferable to civilization, and that infrastructure and political systems should be re-organized to ensure that these are created. ... Individualist anarchism is a philosophical tradition that opposes collectivism and has a particularly strong emphasis on the supremacy and autonomy of the individual. ... Mutualism is an economic theory or system based on a labor theory of value that advocates that equal amounts of labor should receive equal pay. ... This article is about the Russian cultural and political movement. ... Direct democracy comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein sovereignty was lodged in the assembly of all citizens. ... Anarchism in culture Anarchism and religion Anarchism and society Anarchism and the arts Anarcho-punk Anarchists have traditionally been skeptical and opposed to organized religion. ... This article discusses the anarchist critiques of society and proposed solutions from the anarchist perspective. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The anarchy symbol commonly used by anarcho-punks Anarcho-punk (sometimes known as peace-punk) is a subgenre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist ideas. ... Anarchist theory Anarchist economics Anarchism and capitalism Anarchism and Marxism Anarchist law Anarchist symbolism Anarchism without adjectives Post-left anarchy Anarchist economics entails theory and praxis relating to economic activity within the philosophical outlines of anarchism. ... Though the libertarian socialist critique of capitalism is rooted in socialist theory, there are certain key distinctions in their critiques, which this article attempts to elucidate. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Anarchist law refers to a concept about the law to use in anarchies, although some people define anarchies as communities without any law. ... This article discusses various anarchist symbols, including the circle-A and the black flag. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Post-left anarchy is a recent current in anarchist thought that seeks to distance itself from the traditional left and to escape the confines of ideology in general. ... Relevant lists Anarchists Books Communities Concepts Creative works Musicians Organizations Websites The following is a list of individuals who have been regarded as anarchists by themselves or others, arranged by surname. ... Frederic Bastiat, The Law Radical classical liberalism Davidson & Rees-Mogg, The Sovereign Individual Historians look at technology & implications David Friedman, The Machinery of Freedom Classic utilitarian defense of anarchism Auberon Herbert, The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy the State Oppenheimers thesis... This is a list of past and present anarchist communities. ... // Visual Art Freddie Baer André Breton Carlo Carrà Flavio Constantini Mike Flugennock Clifford Harper Jay Kinney (Anarchy Comics) Arthur Moyse Latuff Laura Norder Donald Rooum (Wildcat Comics, see Freedom newspaper) Mark Rothko Winston Smith Seth Tobocman Camille Pissarro Gee Vaucher John Yates Donald Judd Music A Silver Mt. ... The following is a list of notable anarchist musicians. ... This list uses the word organization in its loosest sense. ... Political philosophies descibed as anarchist show overwhelming diversity. ...

These are concepts which, although not exclusive to anarchism, are significant in historical and/or modern anarchist circles. (It should be noted that the anarchist mileu is philosophically heterogeneous and there is disagreement over which of these concepts should play a role in anarchism.) Anarchism originated as a term of abuse first used against the working class sans-culottes during the French Revolution. ... Look up Heterogeneous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A heterogeneous compound, mixture, or other such object is one that consists of many different items, which are often not easily sorted or separated, though they are clearly distinct. ...

An affinity group is a small group of activists (usually from 3-20) who work together on direct action. ... Anarchist economics entails theory and praxis relating to economic activity within the philosophical outlines of anarchism. ... Anti-authoritarianism is opposition to authoritarianism, which is defined as concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people or the doctrine that advocates such absolutism in rule, as in autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, and totalitarianism. ... An anti-capitalist poster printed by the Industrial Workers of the World in 1911. ... Anti-statism refers to all philosophies that in some degree reject or oppose the establishment of a state, or territorial national governments. ... Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ... This article is about the organisation and newspaper Class War. ... A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project(s) to achieve a common objective. ... Consensus decision-making is a decision process that not only seeks the agreement of most participants, but also to resolve or mitigate the objections of the minority to achieve the most agreeable decision. ... Co-operation refers to the practice of people or greater entities working in common with commonly agreed-upon goals and possibly methods, instead of working separately in competition. ... During the 1960s the term underground acquired a new meaning in that it referred to members of the so-called counterculture, i. ... Deep ecology is a recent philosophy or ecosophy based on a shift away from the anthropocentric bias of established environmental and green movements. ... Decentralisation (American: decentralization) is any of various means of more widely distributing decision-making to bring it closer to the point of service or action. ... For the Canadian urban guerilla group Direct Action see Squamish Five Direct action is a method and a theory of stopping objectionable practices or creating more favorable conditions using immediately available means. ... Direct democracy comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein sovereignty was lodged in the assembly of all citizens. ... Dual power is a concept first articulated in an article by Lenin, The Dual Power, (dvoevlastie) which described a situation in the wake of the February Revolution in which two powers, the workers councils (or Soviets, particularly the Petrograd Soviet) and the official state apparatus of the Provisional Government coexisted... Freedom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Freedom of association is the right enjoyed by free adults to mutually choose their associates for whatever purposes they see fit. ... A gift economy is an economic system in which the prevalent mode of exchange is for goods and services to be given without explicit agreement upon a quid pro quo. ... A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ... An infoshop is a storefront or community space that serves as a node for the distribution of anarchist information, typically in the form of books, zines, stickers and posters. ... Intellectual worker (brain worker or knowledge worker) is a term used in various anarchist, communist, and socialist writings. ... Liberation theology is an important and controversial school in the theology of the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council. ... Liberty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In economics, a local currency, in its common usage, is a currency not backed by a national government (and not legal tender), and intended to trade only in a small area. ... Media Democracy promotes a mass media system that informs and empowers all members of society. ... In emergency services, mutual aid is a formal agreement among emergency responders to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries when required; either by an emergency that exceeds local resources or a disaster. ... Webers Thesis is a political concept formalized by the sociologist Max Weber in his 1918 speech Politik als Beruf (Politics as a Vocation). ... Nonviolent resistance (or nonviolent action) comprises the practice of applying power to achieve socio-political goals through symbolic protests, economic or political noncooperation, civil disobedience and other methods, without the use of physical violence. ... Participatory economics, or parecon, a participatory economics system proposed as an alternative to other systems such as capitalism and coordinatorism, emerged from the work of the radical theorist Michael Albert and of the radical economist Robin Hahnel, beginning in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Propaganda of the Deed was an anarchist doctrine that promoted the decisive action of individuals to inspire further action by others. ... A post-scarcity economy is a hypothetical form of economy or society, often explored in science fiction, in which valuable things (material, energy or information) are free or practically free, creating abundance. ... Precarity is a term used to refer to either intermittent work or, more generally, a confluence of intermittent work and precarious existence. ... It has been suggested that Revolutionary be merged into this article or section. ... Sarvodaya (Sanskrit and Hindi: सर्वोदय) is a term meaning universal uplift or progress of all. It was coined by the Indian nonviolent activist Vinoba Bhave to refer to the struggle of post-independence Gandhians to ensure that self-determination and equality reached the masses and the downtrodden. ... Self defense refers to actions taken by a person to defend onself, ones property or ones home. ... Self-Management is the process by which computer systems shall manage their own operation without human intervention. ... Social ecology is, in the words of its leading exponents, a coherent radical critique of current social, political, and anti-ecological trends as well as a reconstructive, ecological, communitarian, and ethical approach to society. Social Ecology is a radical view of ecology and of social/political systems. ... Solidarity (Polish: Solidarność; full name: Independent Self-governing Trade Union Solidarity — Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the Gdańsk Shipyards, and originally led by Lech Wałęsa. ... Sovereignty of the individual is the political and philosophical viewpoint that a person has complete authority only over him or herself and his/her own life. ... A collection of affinity groups and clusters (a collection of affinity groups), who meet together for a common purpose, often civil disobedience. ... The Swadeshi Movement, part of the Indian independence movement, was a successful economic strategy to remove the British Empire from power and improve economic conditions in India through following priciples of swadeshi (self-sufficiency). ... This article is about primitivism. ... Syndicalism refers to a set of ideas, movements and tendencies which share the avowed aim of transforming capitalist society through action by the working class on the industrial front. ... A tax resister resists or refuses payment of a tax because of opposition to the institution collecting the tax. ... The Temporary Autonomous Zone is Hakim Beys most famous work. ... A voluntary association (also sometimes called just an association) is a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose. ... Kevin Carson is a contemporary American individualist anarchist and author. ... Wage slavery is a condition in which a person is legally (de jure) voluntarily employed but practically (de facto) a slave. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ...

ISMs

The following list is a collection of "-isms" embraced by segments of the anarchist mileu:

Anarcha-feminism combines anarchism with feminism. ... Anti-authoritarianism is the belief that communities should have the right to govern themselves and not be ruled by an outside force. ... An anti-capitalist poster printed by the Industrial Workers of the World in 1911. ... Although highly controversial at various points in history, representative democracy (and electoral systems in general) have become the modern civics global-standard. ... Anti-fascism is the opposition to facist ideology, organization, or government, on all levels. ... Anti-globalization (anti-globalisation) is a political stance of opposition to the perceived negative aspects of globalization. ... Anti-statism refers to all philosophies that in some degree reject or oppose the establishment of a state, or territorial national governments. ... Autonomism can refer to: Autonomism may refer to a bundle of left-wing movements historically bound-up with Italian Autonomist marxism. ... Collectivism, in general, is a term used to describe any doctrine that stresses the importance of a collective, rather than the importance of the individual. ... Ecofeminism is a social and political movement which believes that a relationship exists between the oppression of women and the degradation of nature. ... Egoism may refer to any of the following: psychological egoism - the doctrine that holds that individuals are motivated by self-interest. ... Federalism is the idea of a group or body of members that are bound together (latin: foedus, covenant) with a governing representative head. ... Freeganism (also spelled freganism) is commonly understood as the practice of abstaining from the consumption of foods that contain animal products, except in those cases where the food is obtained for free. ... Horizontalism (Spanish: horizontalidad) is a concept that implies the striving for nonhierarchical power structures and relationships. ... Illegalism is an anarchist philosophy which developed primarily in France in the early 1900s parallel to anarchist individualism. ... Individualism is a moral, political, and social philosophy, which emphasizes individual liberty, belief in the primary importance of the individual, and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence. Individualism embraces opposition to authority, and to all manner of controls over the individual, especially when exercised by the political... Insurrectionary anarchism is a practice and a tendency within the anarchist movement that ultimately aims towards causing an insurrection. ... Anarcho-Communism, or Libertarian Communism, is a political ideology related to Libertarian socialism. ... Libertarian socialism is any one of a group of political philosophies dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, in particular the institutions of capitalism and the State. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Post-left anarchy is a recent current in anarchist thought that seeks to distance itself from the traditional left and to escape the confines of ideology in general. ... Radical (from Latin rādīx, rādīc-, root) in radical feminism is used as an adjective meaning the root; radical feminists locate the root cause of womens oppression in patriarchal gender relations, as opposed to legal systems (liberal feminism) or class conflict (socialist feminism). ... The Situationist International (SI), an international political and artistic movement, originated in the Italian village of Cosio dArroscia on 28 July 1957 with the fusion of several extremely small artistic tendencies: the Lettrist International, the International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus, and the London Psychogeographical Association. ... Syndicalism refers to a set of ideas, movements and tendencies which share the avowed aim of transforming capitalist society through action by the working class on the industrial front. ... The logo of the worlds first Vegan Society, registered in 1944 [1] Veganism is a strict form of vegetarianism, consisting of abstention from the consumption or use of all animal products, including eggs and dairy products, as well as articles made of bone, leather, feathers, mother of pearl or...

See also

• List of anarchists
• List of anarchist organizations
• List of creative works about anarchism