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Anarchist communism

Anarchist communism[a] is a political philosophy and anarchist school of thought that advocates communism. It calls for the abolition of private property but retention of personal property and collectively-owned items, goods, and services.[7] It supports social ownership of property[8][9] and the distribution of resources "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs".[10]

Anarchist communism was first formulated as such in the Italian section of the International Workingmen's Association.[11] The theoretical work of Peter Kropotkin took importance later as it expanded and developed pro-organizationalist and insurrectionary anti-organizationalist section.[12] Examples of anarchist communist societies are the anarchist territories of the Makhnovshchina during the Russian Revolution,[13] and those of the Spanish Revolution, most notably revolutionary Catalonia.[14]

History[edit]

Forerunners[edit]

The modern current of communism was founded by the Neo-Babouvists of the journal L'Humanitaire, who drew from the "anti-political and anarchist ideas" of Sylvain Maréchal. The foundations of anarcho-communism were laid by Théodore Dézamy in his 1843 work Code de la Communauté, which was formulated as a critique of Étienne Cabet's utopian socialism. In his Code, Dézamy advocated the abolition of money, the division of labour and the state, and the introduction of common ownership of property and the distribution of resources "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs". In anticipation of anarchist communism, Dézamy rejected the need for a transitional stage between capitalism and communism, instead calling for immediate communisation through the direct cessation of commerce.[15]

The belief in equality for all people

The use of patriotism to

subjugate the working class

The association between patriotism and

militarism

The use of patriotism to encourage loyalty to the state

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(1977). Poole, David (ed.). Land and liberty: anarchist influences in the Mexican revolution. Montreal: Black Rose Books. ISBN 0-919-61830-8. OCLC 4916961.

Flores Magón, Ricardo

(1982) [1925]. The End of Anarchism?. Translated by Sartin, Max; D’Attilio, Robert. Orkney: Cienfuegos Press. OCLC 10323698.

Galleani, Luigi

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(1970a) [1927]. "Anarchist Communism: Its Basis and Principles". In Baldwin, Roger Nash (ed.). Kropotkin's Revolutionary Pamphlets. New York: Dover Publications. pp. 44–78. LCCN 77-111606. OCLC 943046641.

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(2014). Turcato, David (ed.). The Method of Freedom. Translated by Sharkey, Paul. Edinburgh: AK Press. ISBN 978-1849351447. OCLC 859185688.

Malatesta, Errico

(2016). Turcato, David (ed.). The Complete Works of Errico Malatesta. Translated by Sharkey, Paul. Edinburgh: AK Press. ISBN 978-1849352581. OCLC 974145362.

Malatesta, Errico

Nappalos, Scott (2012). "Ditching Class: The Praxis of Anarchist Communist Economics". In Shannon, Deric; Nocella, Anthony J.; Asimakopoulos, John (eds.). The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics. . pp. 291–312. ISBN 978-1-84935-094-5. LCCN 2011936250.

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Puente, Isaac

Ramnath, Maia (2019). "Non-Western Anarchisms and Postcolonialism". In Adams, Matthew S.; Levy, Carl (eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 677–695. :10.1007/978-3-319-75620-2_38. ISBN 978-3319756196. S2CID 150357033.

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Anarchocommunism texts at The Anarchist Library

– short documentary to introduce the idea of anarcho-communism in Peter Kropotkin's own words

Kropotkin: The Coming Revolution