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Anarchy

Anarchism seems to be defined many ways by many different sources. Most dictionary definitions define anarchism as the absence of government. William Godwin was the first proclaimed anarchist in history and the first to write about anarchism (Calabrese 84). Godwin published a book called, Political Justice, in 1793 which first introduced his ideas about anarchism. Godwin was forgotten about, however, and after his death, Pierre Joseph Proudhon, became a leading anarchist figure in the world. His book, What is Property?, incorporated greater meaning to the word anarchism; “anarchism became not only a rejection of established authority but a theory opposing ownership of land and property as well” (Calabrese 96). Anarchism fully blossomed as a defined theory when Russian anarchists Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) and Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921) started to write and speak. Bakunin had a major influence in the world and introduced anarchism to many people. Kropotkin was one of the many people inspired by Bakunin. Kropotkin wrote many books on anarchism, including Fields Factories and Workshops, and The Conquest of Bread, and greatly aided in the evolution of the theory of anarchism (Bautista 283). As the 20th century emerged anarchism


So anarchists support diverse forms of democracy. In my thought, at the moment we live in a society in which there are two major classes - the bosses and the workers. The bosses own the factories, banks, shops, etc. Workers don't. All they have is their labor, which they use to make a living. Workers are compelled to sell their labor to the boss for a wage. The boss is interested in squeezing as much work out of the worker for as little wages as possible so that he/she can maintain high profits. Thus the more wages workers get, the less the bosses make. Their interests are in total opposition to each other. Production is not based on the needs of ordinary people. Production is for profit. Therefore although there is enough food in the world to feed everyone, people starve because profits come first. This is capitalism. There are other classes in society such as the self- employed and small farmers but fundamentally there are workers and bosses whose interests are in opposition to each other. For workers needs to be fully met we must get rid of the bosses. But this is no easy task. The bosses are organized. They have the media on their side. They also have the State and the force of the army and police that go with it. “The state (i.e. governments, armies, courts, police, etc.) is a direct result of the fact that we live in a class society. A society where about 7% of the people own, at least, 85% of the wealth. The state is there to protect the interests of this minority, if not by persuasion then by force. Laws are made not to protect us, but to protect those who own the property” (Bautista 293). Democracy is about putting numbers on a piece of paper every four years. We are given a choice all right, but between parties who all agree with the system of a tiny minority ruling the country.

began to peak and the definition of anarchism became concrete with the growth of new anarchist writers and movements. “The execution and imprisonment of eight anarchists in Chicago in 1886 sparked anarchism's growth in the United States. The "Haymarket Eight" flourished anarchists such as Voltairine de Cleyre and Lucy Parsons. Parsons was born into slavery

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