Anarchism Anarchism An affinity group is a small group of activists (usually from 3-20) who work together on direct action. It is a non-hierarchical group, usually made up of trusted friends and other like-minded people. It is a highly effective method of organization, as many actions may require a number of people working on it in different areas. Use of an affinity group also serves to keep information within the group (rather than, say, police infiltrators). ...more on Wikipedia about "Affinity group"
Sam Mbah and I. E. Igariwey in "African Anarchism: The History of a Movement" make a claim that ...more on Wikipedia about "African anarchism"
Agorism is a radical libertarian political philosophy popularized by Samuel Edward Konkin III, who defined an agorist as a conscious practitioner of counter-economics (peaceful black markets and grey markets). ...more on Wikipedia about "Agorism"
AK Press is a collectively owned and operated independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical and anarchist literature. It operates online through http://www.akpress.org in the United States, and http://www.akuk.org in Europe. In the USA its bookmobile travels around the country (to protests, activist conferences, etc; mostly by request). In the UK, they run stalls at similar events. Its books - on topics including anarchism, globalization, and animal rights, among others - are often difficult to find through mainstream outlets. Works published by AK Press include reprints of radical classics as well as original works (see list below). ...more on Wikipedia about "AK Press"
The alternative information centres were a feature of the anarcho-pacifist attempt at social engineering from the bottom up which took place from the late 1960s to the mid- 1970s and which was referred to as the alternative society. One of these centres was in West London and was called Bit, a name which came from the computer usage of the term. Another centre was in east London and was called simply East. The one in Manchester was called M.A.G.I.C. ( Manchester Alternative General Information Centre) and there was also one in Glastonbury, Somerset. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alternative information centre"
The Amakasu Incident occurred on September 16, 1923, in the chaos immediately following the Great Kantō earthquake. Fearing that anarchists would take advantage of the disaster to overthrow the government, a squad of military police led by Lieutenant Amakasu Masahiko arrested Osugi Sakae, Ito Noe and his six year old nephew. They were later beaten to death and their bodies thrown into a well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amakasu Incident"
Individualist anarchism, while being advocated among some European philosophers in various forms, has a distinctive flavor in The United States of America. American individualist anarchism is sometimes regarded as a form of "liberal-anarchism" by those who see it is a radicalized version of classical liberalism ( American Liberal-Anarchism ), while a few collectivist and individualist anarchists refer to classical individualism as a form of socialism ** ** , although, it is not socialism in the sense of collective ownership of the means of production as is commonly defined today ** . The most famous individualist anarchist, Benjamin Tucker refers to his philosophy as "unterrified Jeffersonianism." The individualists adhere to a labor theory of value and therefore find profit in trade to be exploitation that is made possible by coercive "monopolies," backed or created by the state, which reduce competition. Despite the rejection of capitalism (in the sense of a profit-making system) by classical individualists, anarcho-capitalists who adopt the subjective theory of value have no such opposition to profit. Some anarcho-capitalists, such as Wendy McElroy, refer to themselves simply as "individualist anarchists." However, the term is usually used in reference to the classical individualists, and its use by anarcho-capitalists is highly contentious. Most of the radical American individualists oppose the initiation of coercion and fraud, believing that force should be reserved for defense. ...more on Wikipedia about "American individualist anarchism" If you like you could tell us your opinion about http://www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
Amparo Poch y Gascón was a Spanish anarchist, doctor, and activist in the years leading up to and during the Spanish Civil War, was one of the founding members of the Mujeres Libres and was appointed director of social assistance at the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance by Federica Montseny. She was responsible for organizing the Mujeres Libres in Barcelona and used her government position to promote the establishment of liberatorios de prostitución (liberation homes for prostitutes, where prostitutes could receive health care, psychotherapy and professional training to enable them to acquire economic independence through socially acceptable means). While she sought to address the economic conditions that drove women into prostitution, her attitude towards prostitutes was paternalistic, viewing them as individuals to be saved, and this view was reflected in the program of the liberatorios. She worked to promote awareness about women's sexuality and advocated for sexual freedom and against monogamy and the sexual double standard. Unlike her co-founders in the Mujeres Libres, Lucía Sánchez Saornil and Mercedes Comaposada, she had been a member of the reformist treintista CNT before the war. She held a more essentialist view of women's nature, appealing to women as mothers and embracing motherhood as a natural, feminine state. She wrote extensively on the topic of motherhood, promoting an anarchist approach to child rearing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amparo Poch y Gascón"
Anarcha-feminism combines anarchism with feminism. The term was coined, and the philosophy originated, during second-wave feminism in the 1960s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarcha-feminism"
Anarchism derives from the Greek αναρχία ("without archons (ruler, chief, king)"). Thus anarchism, in its most general meaning, is the belief that rulers are unnecessary and should be abolished. Anarchism refers to various political philosophies and related social movements that advocate the elimination of authoritarian institutions, particularly the state. Most anarchists also oppose capitalism, though some theorists have espoused anarcho-capitalism. In place of authoritarian political structures and coercive economic institutions, anarchists advocate social relations they claim to be based upon voluntary association of autonomous individuals, mutual aid, and self-governance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism"
The terminological confusion is illustrated by individualist anarchist Larry Gambone, who says that when the classical anarchists use the term "capitalism," they are referring to those who have "gained wealth from the use of governmental power or from privileges granted by government." Likewise, Wendy McElroy says that when traditional individualist anarchists refered to "capitalism" they "meant state capitalism the alliance of government and business." This is something that anarcho-capitalists also oppose. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism and anarcho-capitalism"
Thus, anarchists contend that capitalist profits (as well as rent and interest payments) are in essence unpaid labour, and hence capitalism is based on exploitation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism and capitalism"
* Barker, John H. Individualism and Community: The State in Marx and Early Anarchism. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. ISBN: 031324706. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism and Marxism"
Anarchists traditionally have been skeptical and opposed to organized religion. Most organized religions are hierarchical in nature and, more often than not, aligned with contemporary power structures like state and capital. This does not mean that anarchists are in opposition to personal faith, only to the perceived authoritarian nature of organized religion. Anti-authoritarianism is a central theme in some religious sects and some variants of mainstream religions. Many notable anarchists have been religious. Some anarchists, like Leo Tolstoy and Ammon Hennacy, were firm believers in Christian anarchist principles and nonviolence. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism and religion"
This article discusses the anarchist critiques of society and proposed solutions from the anarchist perspective. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism and society"
Anarchism has long had an association with the creative arts, particularly in music and literature. It shares these traits with other radical political movements, such as socialism, communism and even fascism. Some of this art, like punk rock, would become partially co-opted by capitalist industry (a process called "recuperation" by the situationists). ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism and the arts"
An important event in these years was the Congress of 1870 in Barcelona, where delegates from 150 workers' associations met, along with thousands of common workers observing ("occupying every seat, filling the hallways, and spilling out beyond the entrance," according to Murray Bookchin). The Spanish section of the International was here renamed the Spanish Regional Federation (also known as simply the Spanish Federation), and outlines for future organization were discussed. The Congress had a clear anarchist flavor despite the presence of non-anarchist members of the International from other European nations. It was looked upon with disdain by the mainstream press and the existing political parties, for the Congress openly attacked the political process as a legitimate means of change and foreshadowed the future power of syndicalist trade unions such as the CNT. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism in Spain"
Like much of the rest of Europe, Medieval England was ruled by a limited monarch in coalition with a parliament of wealthy aristocrats and landowners. Unlike continental Europe, the parliament of the rich maintained its rights and privileges. When the English monarchy sought to establish absolute monarchy, the English parliament rebelled. During this civil war dissenting protestants and rural workers began forming utopian communities based on common ownership of the tools of production. This revolts can be distinguished from medieval revolts like Wat Tyler's on the basis that they occurred inside a commodified production system. (See Christopher Hill, Century of Revolution). As a result of this Civil War, the English aristocratic and capitalist ruling classes united behind Parliament. The Civil War, however, established many civil liberties. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism in the English tradition"
Anarchism without adjectives in the words of historian George Richard Esenwein, "referred to an unhyphenated form of anarchism, that is, a doctrine without any qualifying labels such as communist, collectivist, mutualist, or individualist. For others, . . . [it] was simply understood as an attitude that tolerated the coexistence of different anarchist schools." [Anarchist Ideology and the Working Class Movement in Spain, 1868-1898, p. 135] ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism without adjectives"
(Anarchism/historical) Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of all forms of social hierarchy. In place of centralized political structures, private ownership of the means of production, and exploitative economic institutions such as rent and profit, these movements favor social relations based upon voluntary interaction and self-management, and aspire to a society characterised by autonomy and freedom. These philosophies use anarchy to mean a society based on voluntary interaction of free individuals, and the idea that communities and individuals have a say in decisions to the degree that they are affected by their outcomes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchism/historical"
Anarchist communism, also known as Communist anarchism, Anarcho-communism, or Libertarian communism, is a political ideology related to Libertarian socialism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchist communism"
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Anarchist economics entails theory and practice relating to economic activity within the philosophical outlines of anarchism. Anarchists primarily oppose capitalism because its characteristic institutions including hierarchical production relations, collecting rents from private property, taking a profit in exchanges, and collecting interest on loans, promote and reproduce various forms of oppression. The goal of anarchist economics is therefore to create or spread economic ideas and systems that foster their vision of responsible human freedom in diversity. Anarchist economics differs from some forms of Marxism in that anarchists tend to see the state as an inherently oppressive social structure that cannot be reformed. They therefore tend to disavow most strategies that advocate popular seizure of the machinery of the state as a stepping stone towards the realization of a just society. According to the anarchists, the achievement of a sustainable, non-hierarchical society based upon cooperation that equitably harnesses the economy to foster the development of well-rounded individualities is to be achieved through grassroots action independent of institutions of domination and control, thereby maintaining an equitable, free and just society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchist economics"
Anarchist law refers to a concept about the law to use in anarchies, although some people define anarchies as communities without any law. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchist law"
(Anarchist symbolism) This character can be written as Unicode codepoint U+24B6. In addition, the "@" sign or "(A)" can be used to quickly represent the circle-A on a computer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchist symbolism"
Anarchist terrorism is the use of terrorism to further anarchist causes. Anarchists have often been portrayed as dangerous and violent, due partly to a number of high-profile violent acts including riots, assassinations, and insurrections attributed (sometimes falsely) to anarchists, mainly in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The other reason for such a portrayal is extensive state and private propaganda labeling anarchism as a terrorist philosophy and anarchists as terrorists. Some revolutionaries of the late 19th century encouraged acts of political violence, such as bombings and the assassinations of heads of state Such actions are usually called ' propaganda by the deed'. Due, among many other things, to the violent reactions on the part of governments to propaganda by the deed, very few anarchists support this notion today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarchist terrorism" Don't hesitate to contact stuff on www.shortopedia.com
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