Introduction to AnSyn Blog

Introduction to AnSyn Blog

“To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be place under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality."
General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century, translated by John Beverly Robinson (London: Freedom Press, 1923), pp. 293-294.”
― Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Anarchism is most easily defined as the belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion. Anarchism opposes fascism, capitalism, and in fact challenges all forms of social hierarchy. As an anarchist, any claim of authority should be questioned, and the burden of proof falls on the authoritative claimant, to prove his valid authority in every situation. They must prove this to the individual’s satisfaction and that of the collective society. If they cannot, than their authority is illegitimate and should be dismantled.

Over the course of this blog I will be covering many anarchist subjects as well as socialism, and opposing ideologies. On occasion I may post articles completely unrelated to the subject, to either lighten the mood or to tangent about an unrelated subject which equally catches my attention.

I hope you enjoy and learn some things you may not have known.

I’ll begin this with an outline which will cover the anarchist subjects I intend to cover.

Anarchism Outline

I)        Glossary

II)      History

1)      Origins

2)      First International and the Paris Commune

3)      Organized Labour

4)      Propaganda of the deed and illegalism

5)      Russian Revolution and other uprisings of the 1910s

6)      Conflicts with European fascist regimes

7)      Spanish Revolution

8)      Post-Wars years

9)      Contemporary anarchism

III)    Anarchist Schools of Thought

A)     Classical Schools of Anarchist Thought

1)      Mutualism

2)      Individualist Anarchism

3)      Social Anarchism

a)      Collectivist Anarchism

b)      Anarcho-Communism

c)       Anarcho-Syndicalism

B)      Post-Classical Schools of Thought

IV)   Internal Issues and Debate

V)     Topics of Interest

A)     Free Love

B)      Libertarian Education and Freethought

VI)   Criticisms