anarchism
Governance without rulers
Anarchism is a political philosophy that rejects centralized authority and advocates for voluntary cooperation without government.
It ranges from individualist strains emphasizing personal liberty to collectivist versions favoring worker-controlled communities.
Anarchism influenced labor movements in the early twentieth century.
The word often carries connotations of chaos or disorder, though adherents distinguish their philosophy from mere lawlessness.
Opposition to concentrated power
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- syndicalismUnion-led worker ownership theory
anarcho-communism · federalism · praxis · utopianism · nihilism · egoism · primitivism
Opposed to ruling authorities
- anti-oppressionCountering unjust control
- anti-militarismOpposition to armed forces
- anti-fascismOpposition to far-right authoritarianism
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
anti-colonialism · anti-clericalism · abolition · statelessness · expropriation · revolution · emancipation · liberation
Independent management of affairs
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-managementGoverning oneself independently
- consensusGeneral group agreement
non-hierarchical · commune · cooperative · federation · bottom-up · leaderless · participatory · prefigurative
Direct effort for reform
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- boycottOrganized economic protest
sit-in · occupation · insurrection · uprising · rebellion · resistance · agitation · squatting
Raw, fast rock genre
- anarcho-punkAntiauthoritarian subculture with distortion
- DIYAmateur home projects
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
zines · squat · freegan · dumpster-diving · anti-establishment · iconoclastic · subversive · radical
anti-authoritarianism
Opposition to concentrated power
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
syndicalism · anarcho-communism · federalism · praxis · utopianism · nihilism · egoism · primitivism
anti-government
Opposed to ruling authorities
- anti-oppressionCountering unjust control
- anti-militarismOpposition to armed forces
- anti-fascismOpposition to far-right authoritarianism
anti-imperialism · anti-colonialism · anti-clericalism · abolition · statelessness · expropriation · revolution · emancipation · liberation
self-governance
Independent management of affairs
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-managementGoverning oneself independently
consensus · non-hierarchical · commune · cooperative · federation · bottom-up · leaderless · participatory · prefigurative
activism
Direct effort for reform
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
boycott · sit-in · occupation · insurrection · uprising · rebellion · resistance · agitation · squatting · grassroots
punk
Raw, fast rock genre
- anarcho-punkAntiauthoritarian subculture with distortion
- DIYAmateur home projects
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
underground · zines · squat · freegan · dumpster-diving · anti-establishment · iconoclastic · subversive · radical
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Emblem of anti-government ideology
- Spanish AnarchismCatalonia, Barcelona, collectivization, syndicalism
- social systemspolitical systems, capitalism, feudalism, economic systems, socialism
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, racism, atheism
- social movementscivil rights movement, women's liberation, labor movement, feminist movement, suffrage movement
- Ideasidealism, materialism, empiricism, rationalism, liberalism
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, liberalism, liberal, libertarian
anarchismstatism
Doctrine of governmental dominance
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · centralism · monarchism · absolutism
anarchismorder
Methodical arrangement or request
hierarchy · organization · authoritarianism · despotism · autocracy
anarchismfascism
Ultranationalist dictatorial political system
totalitarianism · authoritarianism · statism · Stalinism · Nazism
- anarchist movementPolitical effort opposing hierarchy
anarchist, anarchic, anarchists, anarchistic, anarchical, anarchically