Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anarchism

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Symbols

I would like to have the opinion of the people here on this discussion. I think and defend the idea that we should use the black flag as the primary symbol of anarcho-communism on the specific page instead of the red and black star, which is clearly a symbol retaken from the CNT/anarcho-syndicalists which permeates later on the broader anarcho-communist groups/moovement. I also think the page should be renamed 'Anarcho-communism' instead of 'Libertarian communism' which seems like a neologism underrepresented in the sources. I know that Gren and Czar know the issue of anarcho-communism very well, so I would like to have your opinion on the discussion/arguments/perspectives developed there, since I value your opinion and I feel your guidance and advice could be interesting.

Amically, Aristoxène (talk) 10:27, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

I have no opinion on what symbol to use, as I don't think articles like this should be represented by symbols; in my view, reducing a complex idea to a symbol is not helpful to most readers (and in my experience, the only people that care about such symbols are very online anarchists). As for what to name it, I would actually argue against renaming it to "anarcho-communism". In French, "communisme libertaire" and "communisme anarchiste" (the term used by François Dumartheray) have the most history and the former has been the most commonly used in sources since the turn of the 20th century (see French Ngrams data). When we discussed naming for the English Wikipedia article, we actually found that it was "anarcho-communism" that was the neologism, having only really taken off in the 21st century (see English Ngrams data). --Grnrchst (talk) 11:22, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

@Grnrchst Thanks for the informations, I think your stance on no iconography is probably best in that case, otherwise we could also chose other symbols, like the anti-authoritarian International symbols (Jura Federation etc) could be used also and it's difficult to specifically chose, in that case. Maybe putting iconography like books or faces or actions could be more interesting. For communisme libertaire, I didn't know from the sources you gave, I usually see communiste anarchiste or anarchiste communiste in the sources going from 1880 to 1920, something that was retaken officially by the FCA here, but it seems from what you sent that the term was used and is still massively so (probably due to the influence of the FAF on written sources I would assume) so in that case, keeping that title seems relevant for sure. Thanks for that ! Aristoxène (talk) 13:35, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Interesting to see the evolution of the libertaire word after the lois scélérates in your data, btw ^^ Aristoxène (talk) 13:37, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Just as an update, we decided to keep everything and to add one where all symbols were together. And I found communiste libertaire in the French anarchist press (Le Libertaire) on the Mexican Revolution and Zapata (1911-1914 or so) so for sure it's used. Anyways, thanks for your help @Grnrchst Aristoxène (talk) 23:58, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Anarchism project for JP Sartre

Seing the newly edits in the project, I can't do otherwise that remark that Jean-Paul Sartre is included in the project. I wonder if there is any good reason to that, given that he was a member of the Communist Party and what we would even call a 'tankie', so not someone whose links to anarchism (except maybe oppositional but by far) seem serious or warranting an inclusion into the project ? Aristoxène (talk) 21:43, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

According to the lead, He ... aligned himself at various times with Marxism, Maoism, and anarchism. -- asilvering (talk) 10:54, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Yes I agree but this is not sourced, the only source in the article is that he 'allowed to be called an anarchist', but this entails nothing. See how in FR:WP he is not in the anarchist project at all and this claim isn't sourced. What is true about him and remarked by Ionesco is that he is weak, in the sense of being pro Nazi in 1938-1939, pro-Communist after WW2 and then anti-communist during Budapest and then when Budapest is crushed he becomes Communist again. I think in that case it can be understood how he could have aligned himself w anarchists (at least in rhetoric) during 1968 but even then it's very dubious. I don't see why we don't have the anarcho-capitalists but we would have this guy because apparently you can just say 'I agree for people to call me an anarchist' to be in the anarchist project ? Even though your whole life and thought you did it for authoritarian stuff... Like idk this seems very insullting to anarchists in France overall, who is he friends with in the movement ? Like I truly feel it's a marginal source that is way overblown in the article, just because the guy said once that people could call him an anarchist he is in the project ? Then Pascal Praud also says he is an anarchist for example... Aristoxène (talk) 11:23, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

I sent the page and issue to an historian who himself was in the 68' circles and he says 'Nothing of anarchist in Sartre he was a Maoist' : https://prnt.sc/XCwea0bo8xyy Aristoxène (talk) 11:34, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

I don't know well the history of 1950-1970s French far left, but I must say that there are a lot of tendencies/school of thought that are specific, like in 68 you had the Daniel Cohn Bendit spontaneists, who are called anarchists in many English sources (I did it also in Carrara Congress page for example) but in reality is it's own specific movement ; like even saying 'Daniel Cohn Bendit was an anarchist' as I did in Carrara Congress is already a gross oversimplification of the affair, and for Sartre... He is well known here as one of the main figures of the ML(M) movement, whereas on the contrary the anarchist movement of the time was very anti-communist (kinda supported by the CIA I must say) with figures like Maurice Joyeux for example who held big power on the movement and were very opposed to the ML(M) for good (and bad) reasons. Aristoxène (talk) 11:50, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

You had after 68 maybe revolutionaries from Maoist/Spontaneists circles from La Gauche Prolétarienne who joined the anarchist movement, from my understanding. You see that a bit in the bio of Rolf Dupuy, where he mixed up w some former Maoist groups that were joining the anarchist movement at the time but those people became anarchist after 68 and having been Maoists, I don't think it's similar between those base-militant level dynamics after 68 and the Sartre case, given that he was a LEADER of the MLM and never manifested any desire to join the movement idk. Aristoxène (talk) 12:00, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Started a discussion: Talk:Jean-Paul Sartre#Anarchism. Generally these topics are best discussed on article talk pages as that's where future editors would expect to find that discussion, with cross-links to this page and elsewhere for visibility. czar 04:25, 1 January 2026 (UTC)