List of anarchist communities
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This is a list of anarchist communities representing any society or portion thereof founded by anarchists that functions according to anarchist philosophy and principles. Anarchists have created and been involved in a plethora of community experiments since the 19th century. There are numerous instances in which a community organizes itself along philosophically anarchist lines to promote regional anarchist movements, counter-economics and countercultures. These have included intentional communities founded by anarchists as social experiments and community oriented projects, such as collective organizations and cooperative businesses. There are also several instances of mass society "anarchies" that have come about from explicitly anarchist revolutions, including Makhnovia in Ukraine,[2] Revolutionary Catalonia in Spain[3] and the Shinmin autonomous region in Manchuria.[4]
Mass societies
Active societies
Past societies
Intentional communities
Active communities:
- Stapleton Colony (1921–present)[47]
- Federation of Egalitarian Communities (1967–present)
- Twin Oaks Community, Virginia (1967–present)[48]
- ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes (1967–present)
- Black Bear Ranch (1968–present)
- Freetown Christiania (26 September 1971–present)[49][50]
- Longo Mai (1973–present)[51]
- The Farm (1973–present)
- East Wind Community (1973–present)
- Awra Amba (1980–present)[52]
- Kommune Niederkaufungen (1986–present)
- Acorn Community (1993–present)[53]
- Trumbullplex (1993–present)[1]
- Tenacious Unicorn Ranch (2018–present)
Past communities:
- The Diggers (1649-1650)
- Utopia (1847-1875)[54]
- Modern Times (21 March 1851–1864)[55]
- Cecília Colony (1890–1893)
- New Australia (28 September 1893–1905)[56]
- Home (1895)[57]
- Equality Colony (1897–1907)[57]
- Whiteway Colony[58] (1898)[59]
- Life and Labor Commune (1921)[60]
- Drop City (1965)
- Poole's Land (1988-2020)
Community projects
Active Projects
- The 1 in 12 Club (1981–present)
- ABC No Rio (1980–present)
- ACU (1976–present)
- Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh (1997–present)
- Blitz House (1982–present)
- Bluestockings (1999–present)
- The Brick House (1999–present)
- Camas Bookstore and Infoshop (2007–present)
- Can Masdeu (2001–present)
- Can Vies (1997–present)
- Cascina Torchiera (1992–present)
- Centre International de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme (1957–present)
- Ché Café (1980–present)
- Civic Media Center (1992–present)
- Coffee Strong (2008–present)
- Common Ground Collective (2005–present)
- Cowley Club (2003–present)
- CSOA Forte Prenestino (1 May 1986–present)
- C-Squat (1989–present)
- Dial House (1970–present)[61]
- DIY Space For London (2015–present)
- Eskalera Karakola (1996–present)
- Extrapool (1991–present)
- Firestorm Cafe & Books (May 2008–present)
- Forest Café (2000–present)
- Freedom Press (1886–present)
- Freedom Shop (1 May 1995–present)
- Grote Broek (1984–present)
- Hausmania (2000–present)
- Hirvitalo (2006–present)
- Jura Books (1977–present)
- Landbowbelang (6 April 2002–present)
- London Action Resource Centre (1999–present)
- Lucy Parsons Center (1992–present)
- Kafé 44 (1976–present)
- Metelkova (September 1993–present)[62]
- Noisebridge (2007–present)
- OCCII (1982–present)
- OT301 (1999–present)
- Poortgebouw (3 October 1980–present)
- Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse (November 2004–present)
- Rote Flora (1989–present)
- Rozbrat (1994–present)
- Slab City, California (c. 1961-present)
- Spartacus Books (1973–present)
- Sumac Centre (1984–present)
- The Old Market Autonomous Zone (1995–present)
- UFFA (1981–present)
- Warzone Collective (1984–present)
Past Projects
- 121 Centre (1981–1999)
- 491 Gallery (2001–2013)
- ADM (1997–2019)
- ASCII (1999–2006)
- Bank of Ideas (November 2011–January 2012)
- Binz (2006–2013)
- BIT (1968–1979)
- Bloomsbury Social Centre (23 November–22 December 2011)
- Boxcar Books (2001–2017)
- Brian MacKenzie Infoshop (1999–2008)
- Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (2020)
- Catalyst Infoshop (2004–2010)
- Centro 73 (September–December 2010)
- Centro Iberico (April–August 1982)
- Cream City Collectives (October 2006–31 October 2012)
- De Blauwe Aanslag (1980–2003)
- Factory Rog (2006-January 2021)
- Internationalist Books (1981–September 2016)
- Iron Rail Book Collective (2003–2012)
- Klinika (2014–2019)
- Kukutza (1996–2011)
- Kunsthaus Tacheles (1990–2011)
- Patio Maravillas (2007–2015)
- rampART (May 2004–15 October 2009)
- Really Free School (2011)
- Red and Black Cafe (2000–2015)
- RHINO (1988–2007)
- Salon Mazal
- Seomra Spraoi (2004–2015)
- Spike Surplus Scheme (1999–2009)
- Squat Milada (1997–2009)
- St Agnes Place (1 June 1969–30 November 2005
- Ungdomshuset (1982–2007)
- Villa Amalia (1990–2012)
- Vrijplaats Koppenhinksteeg (1968–2010)
- Wapping Autonomy Centre (1981–1982)
See also
- Lists of ungoverned communities
- List of socialist states
- Communist state
- List of stateless societies
- Permanent autonomous zone – a community that is autonomous from the generally recognized government or authority structure
- Zomia – the ungoverned highlands of Southeast Asia, held as an analogous anarchist society by professor James C. Scott
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Further reading
- Amster, Randall (2001). "Chasing Rainbows: Utopian Pragmatics and the Search for Anarchist Communities". Anarchist Studies. 9 (1): 29–52. Archived from the original on 2004-12-11.
- Amster, Randall (2003). "Restoring (Dis)Order: Sanctions, Resolutions, and "Social Control" in Anarchist Communities". Contemporary Justice Review. 6 (1): 9–24. doi:10.1080/1028258032000055612. S2CID 145108567.