Individualist anarchism

“What is the Grounding for the Law’s Jurisdiction Over Us?” Imagine a house fire starting and your neighbor having to watch all of his memories, possessions, and his house burn down because there are no laws existing to provide services and responders. There would be no taxes collected to fund fire departments, police departments or hospitals. There would be no help. This anarchy would exist because the citizens would not accept the law’s jurisdiction over them. To have peace and prosperity we…

In 1910 Ricardo Flores Magon, a prolific Mexican anarchist, foretold the coming of the social revolution in his article titled “A La Mujer”. “She [the revolution] carries death on her breast… Her fists are the invincible fists of a people in rebellion. She does not offer roses or caresses; she offers an axe and a torch.” Magon 's prediction was published in his magazine Renegeracion less than a month before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. He used this platform to educate women on their…

disposable, and their coming together demands justice, a release from procarity and the possibility of a livable life” (p.413) In Text reading “the Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street Author John Hammond states occupies anarchism focuses attention of the movement and occupation as a movant as opposed to effecting transformation that people endorsing anarchism principals aspired and consists of five tenets. Horisontalsim, Preconfiguration, Autonomy, mutual aid, and defiance each of which posse…

In the 1960’s many social movements came about which included the Civil Rights Movement, the Student Movement, the Gay Rights Movement and the Women’s Movement. Contrary to what many believe, the Civil Rights Movement did not end in 1968 but shifted into a new phase of ideologies which laid the foundation for feminism. Both the Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Rights Movement had similar goals in mind which were to create opportunities for their minority groups that were just as equal and…

Jonathan Edwards, one of the most influential leaders for the puritan religion, delivered a speech on July 8th, 1741 titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” which informed his audience that God is the only thing holding them up over the pits of Hell. While on the other hand, Martin Luther King Jr, an American civil rights activist and author, writes a letter, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” while held prisoner in Birmingham City Jail addressing eight Clergyman who condemned his protests…

Discovering Individuality To think that being stripped of one’s individuality is a possibility can be unfathomable to some. It can even be difficult for people in society to find individuality. If someone loses the right to individuality how could a person have a sense creativity or self worth. Without anything that makes someone an individual what are we? In Ayn Rand's Anthem we find Equality 7-2521 who struggles to find individuality in a society that excludes individualism. Although…

1. Life can change quite quickly for those in a time of great technological advancement. Perhaps, in no time was this more apparent than during the Technological Revolution. From 1870 to 1920, the miles of rail line increased by seven and a half times in the US.This massive increase railroad mileage made a national market, and thus corporate entities, possible for the first time. We see this in the fact that though land used for farming grew from around 4,219 square miles to roughly 10,000,…

Individualism is a characteristic that each system, being, and society possess. It is an aspect that can only be achieved by the particular system or being transcending from itself to experience something from the third person perspective. Each system, being, or society must look from the outside and observe the needs that are specific to it and try fulfilling them even if those needs aren’t the same as some other system. This system-specific need is what makes it a system, such as the ant…

1. The definition of anarchism is the belief in the abolition of all forms of government. Goldman saw marriage as repressive for men and women because a form a government such as a judge, minister, court, or body of people are basically declaring that two people are in love and can love one another legally. Goldman also saw marriage as repressive for women because the woman normally give up her last name when married, which is a sign of submission to a men. 2. Being legally married would be…

After a night of rain, in the early morning, a man exits his humble abode. He stretches in the light and begins to walk into his large yard where an equally large garden resides. The man produces his own fruits and vegetables that he feeds his family with. He collects rainwater for his family to use, and he even owns a cow. He lives in a neighborhood created by the people, and those people work with each other. His children go to a school created by the people, and others have volunteered to…