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Anarchy 101

Introductions to anarchist ideas, up till now, have suffered from being one-dimensional, too lengthy, or too sectarian. The history, practice, and philosophy of anarchy has suffered for this lack. We haven't encouraged new generations to approach our ideas other than on mostly sectarian terms. Anarchy 101 is an edited crowd-sourced introduction to anarchist ideas. The content comes from the website http://anarchy101.org and represents the best responses from dozens of contributors to hundreds of questions about this thing called anarchy. Contents: Why are there so many definitions of anarchy? What are the main threads of anarchist thinking? Is there are anarchist definition of class? All else being equal, isn't violence antithetical to anarchy? How do anarchists define violence? Where do anarchists place scientists in society? What about technology? What is wrong with the concept of rights? Anarchy vs. Anarchism? How do you respond to people who think Somalian society is “Anarchy"? What are the advantages of anarchy for a society over any form of government? Why does capitalism rely on the State? How can private property be abolished without any authority to abolish it with? What d

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