Anarchism
Anarchism is a radically revolutionary idea that says no one should be forced into any kind of hierarchy. For example, anarchism says that the government is harmful and not needed. However, that does not mean no form of order should not exist. Municipalities and autonomy are familiar terms in Anarchism[1][2] It also says that people's actions should never be forced by other people. Anarchism is also a philosophical movement and is called a libertarian type of socialism. It is not a political stance.
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The word "anarchism" is from the Greek word "αναρχία", which means "no rulers" or "no government". But that doesn't have to mean no rules at all. People often use the word "anarchy" to mean chaos and crime. But anarchists usually do not want this. They say anarchy is just a way of relations between people. They believe that, once put into place, these relations work on their own. Anarchists are usually opposed by the systems they wish to remove.
Principles
Individual freedom, voluntary association, and being against the state are important beliefs of anarchism. There are also big differences between anarchist philosophies on things like whether violence can be used to bring about anarchy; the best type of economy; the relationship between technology and hierarchy; the idea of equality; and the usefulness of some organization. The word "authority" is not clear, but anarchists are not against some types of authority (e.g. the authority of someone skilled in self-defence over someone that wants to learn self-defence), they are only against control by force.
Examples
Anarchists usually use the black bloc strategy when protesting or rioting.
U.S. President William McKinley was killed by an anarchist in 1901.[3]
An example of anarchist graffiti related to punk music. The "A" in the circle is the anarchist symbol.
Anarchists were part of the George Floyd protests in 2020 and 2021.
Anarchism Media
Wilhelm Weitling is an example of a writer who added to anarchist theory without using the exact term.[4]
Zeno of Citium (c. 334 – c. 262 BC), whose Republic inspired Peter Kropotkin[5]
Mikhail Bakunin opposed the Marxist aim of dictatorship of the proletariat and allied himself with the federalists in the First International before his expulsion by the Marxists.
Nestor Makhno seen with members of the anarchist Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Rojava's support efforts for workers to form cooperatives is exemplified in this sewing cooperative.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon is the primary proponent of mutualism and influenced many future individualist anarchist and social anarchist thinkers.[6]
Lawrence Jarach (left) and John Zerzan (right) are two prominent contemporary anarchist authors, with Zerzan being a prominent voice within anarcho-primitivism and Jarach a notable advocate of post-left anarchy.
Black bloc protesters parading anarcho-communism imagery such as the motto "No War but the Class War"
Anarchist protesters in Boston opposing state-waged war
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References
- ↑ Anarchism. The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2005. P. 14 "Anarchism is the view that a society without the state, or government, is both possible and desirable."
- ↑ Carl Slevin "anarchism" The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics. Ed. Iain McLean and Alistair McMillan. Oxford University Press, 2003.
- ↑ Miller, Scott (2011). The President and the Assassin. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6752-7.
- ↑ Carlson 1972, pp. 22–23.
- ↑ Marshall 1993, p. 70.
- ↑ Wilbur 2019, pp. 216–218.