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NARCHISM PORTAL edit   Selected Anarchism-related content Anarchism (from Greek ἀν (without) + ἄρχειν (to rule) + ισμός (from stem -ιζειν), "without archons," "without rulers") is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support anarchy or the elimination of state, abolition of private property, and prefigurative politics (i.e. modes of organization that consciously resemble the world you want to create. Or, as an anarchist historian of the Spanish Revolution formulated, "an effort to think of not only the ideas but the facts of the future itself".) Though the terms "anarchist" and "anarchy" have been used to describe purported anti-statists and their positions since ancient times, political anarchism originates with Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the first self-declared anarchist, and his publication of What is Property? Or, an Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government in 1840. Proudhon's famous declaration that "Property is Theft!," along with his less famous declaration that "Property is Liberty", inspired different anarchist economic models throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. While political anarchism has its roots in the same 19th century social foment that produced Marxism, the two philosophies diverged sharply, beginning with a personal split between Karl Marx and anarchist Mikhail Bakunin. Anarchists were active in the abolition of slavery, and have continually been active in the labor movement, civil rights, women's liberation, anti-capitalism, the anti-war movement, LGBT rights, anti-globalization and alter-globalization, tax resistance, and other forms of anarchist activism. edit   Selected article I once believed it's too bad that there are a lot of people who work for government who are hard-working and honest people who will get hit (by Assassination Politics) and it's a shame…Well, I don't believe that any more. They are all either crooks or they tolerate crooks or they are aware of crooks among their numbers. Jim Bell in interview with Wired, on 2000-11-11. Jim Bell (born James Dalton Bell, 1958) is a contemporary American crypto-anarchist theorist and activist. Bell attracted wide attention in 1996 when he authored a notorious crypto-anarchist essay called "Assassination Politics", which detailed an elaborate assassination market in which anonymous benefactors could securely order assassinations of government officials via the Internet. Bell was targeted and identified by the Federal government of the United States as a "techno-terrorist" in 1997 and following an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, was arrested and subsequently jailed for 11 months on felony charges of harassment and using fraudulent Social Security numbers. While he was serving his sentence, two of Bell's acolytes succeeded in partially implementing his assassination market scheme and were also swiftly charged and jailed. After his release, Bell was subjected to heavy surveillance and was rearrested for harassment and stalking of federal agents, charged with intimidation and stalking and again imprisoned, this time for a decade-long sentence. Bell protested vociferously against the conduct of the trial, going so far as to file civil lawsuits against two judges, at least two prosecutors, his former probation officers and his defense attorneys, but ultimately to no avail. Bell was hailed by Wired in 2001 as "[o]ne of the Internet's most famous essayists" and "the world's most notorious crypto-convict". (read more...) More selected articles... edit   Selected image Engraving of the seven anarchists sentenced to death in the aftermath of the Haymarket affair, a bombing in Chicago, United States in 1886. The event was a significant milestone in the history of anarchism and of anarchism in the United States, and marked the beginning of the annual tradition of May Day labor movement protests. edit   Did you know? ...that just three years after it was founded, the Spanish labor union Solidaridad Obrera (pictured) morphed into the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo? ...that Paul Feyerabend's theory of epistemological anarchism in the philosophy of science led him to be labeled the "worst enemy of science" by his detractors? ...that Nationalism and Culture, the magnum opus of German anarchist Rudolf Rocker, was lauded by three Nobel Prize laureates? ...that during the Spanish Civil War Solidaridad Obrera, published by an anarchist labor union, was Spain's highest-circulation newspaper? ...that prior to the emergence of anarcho-pacifism at the outbreak of World War II, there was a general agreement among anarchists that violence was inevitable? edit   Anniversaries for January 30 1826 - Birth of French anarchist Gustave Lefrançais 1913 - Death of English individualist anarchist Wordsworth Donisthorpe 1948 - Death of self-proclaimed anarchist and founder of the modern Indian state Mahatma Gandhi (pictured) edit   Relevant lists Outline of anarchism Books Communities Movements by region Organizations Periodicals Terminology Musicians Anarcho-punk bands Poets Fictional characters Jewish anarchists Russian anarchists edit   Categories ▼ Anarchism ► Anarchism by continent ► Anarchism by country ► Anarchism by form ► Anarchism by region ► Anarchists ► Anti-anarchism ► Anarchist communities ► Anarchist culture ► History of anarchism ► Anarchism lists ► Anarchist movements ► Anarchist organizations ► Anarchist parties ► Anarchist publications ► Anarchist theory ► Anarchism stubs edit   Selected quote edit   Anarchism topics edit   Related portals Parent portals Economics Philosophy Politics Sociology Socio-political portals Social and political philosophy Communism Cooperatives Fascism Feminism Libertarianism Organized Labour Socialism edit   Related WikiProjects Parent projects Economics · Philosophy Politics · Sociology Socio-political projects Anarchism Cooperatives · Fascism Libertarianism · Marxism Gender Studies · LGBT studies Organized Labour · Socialism Social and political philosophy edit   Things you can do Thank you for your interest in improving the coverage of anarchism on Wikipedia! 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