Anarchy 101

Raddle's anarchism wiki hopes to answer all your questions about anarchy and anarchists.

Introduction

  1. Anarchy

  2. Archy

  3. Autonomy

  4. Mutual Aid

  5. Direct Action

  6. Praxis

  7. Leftism

  8. Libertarian Socialism

  9. Democracy

  10. Elections

  11. Human Rights

  12. Free Speech

  13. Capitalism

  14. Types of Anarchy

    1. Applied Anarchy

      1. "Individualist" Anarchy

      2. Post-Left Anarchy

      3. Green Anarchism

    2. Theoretical Anarchist Currents

      1. Social Anarchism

      2. Collectivist Anarchism

      3. Anarcho-Communism

      4. Social Ecology

    3. Crossover Currents

      1. Mutualism

      2. Anarcho-Syndicalism

Anarchy

What is Anarchy?

Archy

What is Archy?

Autonomy

What is Autonomy?

Mutual Aid

What is Mutual Aid?

Direct Action

What is Direct Action?

Praxis

What is Praxis?

Leftism

What is Leftism and How Does it Relate to Anarchy?

Libertarian Socialism

Are Libertarian Socialists the Same as Anarchists?

Democracy

Do Anarchists Support Democracy?

Anarchists Against Democracy: In Their Own Words

Elections

Do Anarchists Vote in State Elections?

Human Rights

Do Anarchists Support "Rights"?

Free Speech

Do Anarchists Support "Free Speech"?

Capitalism

Can Anarchists Support Capitalism?

Types of Anarchy

There are dozens of schools of anarchy to explore, so to make the various currents easier to understand and categorize, I'll make a distinction between "applied anarchy" and "theoretical anarchy" and group each school of thought in one of these two sections. This isn't a perfect way to organize them as there's a lot of crossover between the applied and theoretical schools, but it'll do for the purposes of this wiki.

Applied Anarchy

These are anarchist currents that can be applied in the here and now without necessarily requiring a revolution or an overthrow of the current order. They can be manifested in various ways, including communal living, self sufficiency, squatting, direct action, helping people in need, art projects and civil disobedience.

"Individualist" Anarchy

Post-Left Anarchy

Green Anarchism

Theoretical Anarchist Currents

These anarchist currents revolve around economic theories that would require a revolutionary overthrow of the current world order to enact. They're effectively blueprints for structuring civilization around anarchist principles.

Social Anarchism

Collectivist Anarchism

Anarcho-Communism

Social Ecology

Crossover Currents

This section houses anarchist currents that can be described as both applied and theoretical. They utilize components that can be applied right now in a capitalist society, in order to stoke a future socialist revolution.

Mutualism

Anarcho-Syndicalism