About AnarchismToday.org
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AnarchismToday.org is a website project started by Andy Rink on May 27th of 2007. The goals are to create a state-of-the-art community site for anarchists and activists interested in social-justice, to provide lots of educational political media in an accessible manner, and to provide a platform for the great voiceless masses to advocate their interests, in opposition to the elite interests that shape world policy.
Defining anarchism is destined to be an exercise in futility; There is, at least among more rationalist anarchists, no single, set, carved-in-stone doctrine of anarchism to which we must all subscribe. The form anarchism takes often has an inverse relationship to the forms of authority a given people are subject to. It could be called shapeless or Utopian, but it is not insubstantial. In a male dominated society, it can be the feminist movement. Under conditions of slavery, it can be the abolitionist movement. In an age of corporate tyranny it could be the labor movement and anti-capitalist activism. When a people's land is grabbed for the sake of empire, it can be the indigenous people's movement. When Mexican immigrants are being scapegoated, it can be the immigrant rights movement. In general, we side with the oppressed, and place the burden of justification on authority.
We ultimately believe in a world without borders, without haves and have-nots, and without wars and division. A world based on cooperation, participation, Mutual-Aid and solidarity. A world based on meeting the needs of the people it is composed of, rather than preserving the privilege of the few at great cost to the many.
What We are For:
Freedom: Not for a privileged few, but for all. Freedom that isn't equal is privilege, not freedom.
Solidarity: Among all people, including people of different races, sexes, nationalities, religions, sexual-orientations, etc.
Social-Justice: Greater economic equality. A more just society would not allow people to live in poverty or die without basic medical care while others own city blocks, planes, yachts, mansions and the keys to society.
Activism: Whether you prefer to participate, organize, or agitate, (or some combination of the three,) try to leave the world a more just place than it was when you entered it. Anarchism, Activism, and Democracy come alive when we involve ourselves.
What We Oppose:
Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism, Fascism, Nazism, Nationalism, Totalitarian-Communism, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, bigotry and prejudice.
Capitalism, Corporatism, and variants, including neo-liberalism or neo-liberal globalization, so-called "Anarcho-Capitalism", American Libertarian Party-style Libertarianism, so-called "free-market" capitalism or "market-anarchism." Many names for what is essentially economic fascism, greatly favoring the few at ruinous cost to the many. "Free-Market" is essentially a propaganda term, effectively favoring the owners by attempting to place them on par with the workers, and dismantling the relatively few protections workers have.
AnarchismToday.org's Original About by personman and the AnarchismToday.org community.
Notes on Anarchism by Noam Chomsky, From the book by Daniel Guérin, Anarchism: From Theory to Practice, 1970
Anarchism Today by Michael Albert, of Z magazine and ParEcon (The name is coincedental.)
An Anarchist FAQ Its aim is to present what anarchism really stands for and indicate why you should become an anarchist.
