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"An Anarchist FAQ" is an indepth introduction to anarchist ideas, ideals and history. It explains why anarchism is anti-hierarchy, anti-state and anti-capitalist. It discusses why anarchists oppose the current system, how we plan to change it and what kind of society we want. "An Anarchist FAQ" can be found at: (the last webpage is the old "main" site. If you link to that, could you please change it to www.anarchistfaq.org Thanks!) "An Anarchist FAQ" links page has over 700 links to anarchist webpages, organisations, books, publishers and much more, it is one of the best places to find out about the on-line anarchist community. "An Anarchist FAQ" links page can be found at: So What's New in the FAQ?Version 11.10Section C.7Revision of section C.7 on what causes the capitalist business cycle.Section C.8Revision of section C.8 on why state control of credit does not cause slumps and the limitations of Keynesianism.Section C.9Revision of section C.9 on what causes unemployment (and it is not high wages or unions) and why the NAIRU is class warfare by the rich.Section FRevision of section F. Why "anarcho"-capitalism is not a form of anarchism.Section F.3.2New section on why there cannot be harmony of interests in an unequal society.IntroductionSlight changes to the original introduction.Tenth Anniversary of An Anarchist FAQ!Slight changes to the 10th Anniversay introduction.BibliographySlight reorganisation of the bibliography to include a new section on works about anarchism and anarchists but written by non-libertarians.This is part of the process of getting the FAQ ready for being published by AK Press. Volume one (sections A to F, plus the introductions and appendix on the symbols of anarchy) is now ready for publication and is in the hands of AK Press being typeset for publication later this year. We will announce the exact date soon. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3Some people are hard to perceive a clear whole world structure. Thus, they may tackle few main subject without recognizing the contradictions between the specific solutions.
For instance, The FAQ describe a nice multi level world direct democracy... but fail to integrate into it the economic system. Thus, it present a syndicalist system that is "independent" from the world commune of grass roots communities.
According to it, the delegating of workers to workplaces is not the prerogative of the assemblies of grass root communities but of the work places syndicates....
Another inconsistency is the option of "independent workers". If some workers are not part of the system - how can they get their life needs they do not produce themselves in society with no market and money?
How they will give their share to the social consumption of infrastructure and social consumption of health and education?
In addition, the reluctance/inability to take the challenge of the describing the possible ways of the revolution, a non specific transitional period of few years is presented.
As if the revolution can continue in modern times in parallel to state for more than few weeks before the defeating and abolishing of state capitalism and money in the areas the revolution occurred.
(For sure it is possible that the revolution will overthrow the capitalist system in one continent while the struggle in the rest of the world still continue. However, if the authoritarian system will not be abolished within these area immediately - the return of class society will return soon.)
It seems that part of the reason for the failure of the FAQ is the obsession with production and inability to see the economic system as provider of all social and individual needs.
"Therefore, an anarchist society would abolish work by ensuring that those who do the work actually control it."
For sure in libertarian communist society every person will be delegated to tasks to do them in an autonomous way. However, in such society there will be only one kind of "control" (power) - that of the assemblies of members of grass roots communities.
The title for the above comment has been slightly edited in that it is in our editorial guidelines not to name people without their consent, as the title of the comment initially did, and so the name was removed.
I know that the FAQ gets criticism from many sources, usually from those who do not read it. This seems to be the case with Ilan -- the FAQ presents lots of anarchist visions, including a syndicalist one and one more communal in nature among others.
It presents the range of anarchist opinions, not the one true way which Ilan represents. Strange as it may seem to him, a free society will have different systems based on what people want and objective conditions.
That some people have problems with this says more about their politics than the FAQ's. Luckily, an anarchist society will be created by all -- even people who do not recognise that Ilan is the only person who really understands what anarchy is.