Thank you for visiting this site.  Please read the following excerpt from Path 1, "Introduction to Anarchism"

There is probably more rubbish talked about anarchism than any other political idea. Actually, it has nothing to do with a belief in chaos, death and destruction. Anarchists do not normally carry bombs, nor do they ascribe any virtue to beating up old ladies.

It is no accident that the sinister image of the mad anarchist is so accepted.  The State, the press and all the assorted authoritarian types, use every means at their disposal to present anarchy as an unthinkable state of carnage and chaos.  They have to believe that authority and obedience are essential in order to justify their own crimes to themselves.  The TV, press and films all preach obedience, and when anarchy is mentioned at all, it is presented as mindless destruction.

The alleged necessity of authority is so firmly planted in the average mind that anarchy, which means simply no government is almost unthinkable to most people.  The same people, on the other hand, will admit that rules, regulations, taxes, officiousness and abuse of power (to name but a few) are irritating to say the least.  These things are usually thought to be worth suffering in silence because the alternative--no power, no authority, everybody doing what they pleased--would be horrible.  It would be anarchy.

Please read the three documents that I have on this site.  It they don't convert you to an anarchist, you will at least leave understanding a great amount more about the world than you did before.

This site is made up of three documents or "paths".  I recommend you read them in order.

Credit-
Path 1: Based on documents by Gustav Landauer and The Anarchist Media Group, Cardiff (UK)
Path 2: Based on a document by Brian Crabtree
Path 3: Based on a document by Routledge & Kegan Paul

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