Collectivist anarchism

Throughout the vast majority of human history, governments have provided a multitude of services, protection and guidance to their citizens. These services have come at some sort of cost to citizens, while others are given (seemingly) freely. However, these services and protections have not always been available to all of a state’s citizens. Much has changed over the years in governments. Most of this change has happened in the last 100 or so years for the United States government. Women’s…

As the new temporary editor of the June 1911 Mexican anarchist magazine Regeneracion, Rosa Mendez’s first order of business was to quickly state that “I am willing to help as far as my limited intelligence and duties as a woman with a family will allow me…” As she adopted this new role, Mendez felt the need to legitimize her new position by reassuring her readers that she identified herself primarily as a woman with a family. Mendez’s experience is similar to that of many anarchist women who…

The day has come to discuss what is the most free civic stance. At the start of this class I would not be able to answer this however. For the first essay I had to write for this class I used the quiz website to find my civic stance, it was Libertarianism. However as the class has gone by my opinion on what is a more free stance has shifted towards Anarchy. Although there are many stances out there, compared to all, I feel as though Anarchy lines up with what I can classify as genuine freedom…

support for his presidential campaign. This tactic is not new, in fact, the utilization of the narrative of foreign subversive is an insidious American tradition, which was first established during the late nineteenth century, when repression of anarchism became a national priority. It has since influenced Americans to adopt a new tradition: relinquishing constitutional freedoms from…

Strikes by industrial workers and unions were increasing rapidly in the United States during the 1880s. This was a time when working conditions often were dangerous and physically exhausting while wages were extremely low. The American labor movement during the industrial age included a mixture of socialists, communists and anarchists who believed the capitalist system should be changed. The capitalist society oppressed and exploited the working class, which had essentially built America. Since…

Anarchy is a political system rooted in strong idealism and deep seated beliefs. Despite this however it has a bad reputation, Anarchy is something that is usually considered to be for ‘edgy’ teenagers and naïve radicles. When people hear the word anarchy most people immediately start imaging a chaotic world in flames, where people do whatever there evil heart’s desire. This is partially due to the way it portrayed in the media and popular history as well as in society. However the reality is…

for Modern Success, interviewed Noam Chomsky on the topic. Chomsky is a prominent American academic, most noted for his work in anarchism. However, Mr. Chomsky is also cited by many libertarians for his ideas. Interestingly, this illustrates the close connection between ideas of libertarians and anarchists, though they might be vastly different. According to him “ anarchism is, in my view basically a kind of tendency in human thought which shows up in different forms in different circumstances……

There are numerous offshoots of anarchism that stretch from one end of the political spectrum to the other. The different sects and offshoots of anarchy, as I have found them, are as follows: Anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarcho-capitalism, anarcho-communism, anarcha-feminism, eco-anarchism, mutualistic anarchism, individualism, Christian anarchy, literary anarchy, Collectivism, anarcho-primitivist, and surely the list…

The jury was made up of businessmen, clerks and relatives of the deceased policemen. One witness of the bomb being thrown said he saw Spies light the fuse of the bomb and threw it at police, while another said that he was just lighting his pipe (Salt Lake Herald). August 20, 1886 the jury decided that seven out of the eight men would get the death penalty, while the Neebe, the last one of the tried men, got life in jail. The government didn’t allow for freedom of speech, freedom of press,…

People thought, “well if FDR was able to dig us out of that hole, maybe the federal government is not really all that bad.” From the 1930’s in FDR’s presidency to the 1960’s during Johnson’s presidency, we saw a massive growth in the central government, and the individualistic America was very much okay with it because it was getting the job done. The citizens were happy to see the government able to step in and begin to help solve their problems, but that wasn’t the only reason why FDR’s…