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| − | The word '''''"anarchy"''''' is from the [[Greek language|Greek]], [[prefix]] '''an''' (or '''a'''), meaning ''"not," "the want of," "the absence of,"'' or ''"the lack of"'', plus '''archos''', meaning ''"a ruler," "director", "chief," "person in charge,"'' or ''"authority"''.
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| − | Or, as [[Peter Kropotkin]] put it, '''anarchy''' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words meaning '''"contrary to authority"'''. ['''Kropotkin's Revolutionary Pamphlets''', p. 284]
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| − | And, just to [[state]] the obvious, '''anarchy''' does not mean [[chaos]] nor do [[anarchist]]s seek to create [[chaos]] or [[disorder]]. Instead, we wish to create a [[society]] based upon communitarian unity and [[voluntary co-operation]]. In other words, order from the bottom up, not disorder imposed from the top down by authorities.
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| − | However, in anarchist philosophies, ''anarchy'' means an "anarchist society", that is, a society where individuals are free from coercion. Anarchists do not believe, as [[Jean-Francois Revel]] wrote in ''Democracy against Itself'', that "... anarchy leads to despotism ... despotism leads to anarchy ..." [http://www.modulaware.com/a/?m=select&id=0029263875] – that may or may not be true of "anarchy" in the sense of disorder, but [[anarchist]]s do not believe that it is true of "anarchy" in the sense of [[anarchism]].
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| − | Anarchist theories have a fundamental critique of government, a vision of a society without government, and a proposed method of reaching such a society. The details of the [[politics|political]], [[economics|economic]], and [[society|social]] organization of an anarchist society vary among different branches of anarchist political thought, as do the proposed means to achieve a society organized along those lines. However, there are certain principles shared by all anarchists, most notably the basic principle of ''non-hierarchy'' (in an anarchist society there cannot be any kind of social hierarchy) and its derivatives, such as the principle of ''equal decision-making power'' (all people must have equal decision-making power in an anarchist society; if some have more power than others, then a hierarchy is formed).
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[An Anarchist FAQ - What does "anarchy" mean?]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | ===World Wide Web links===
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| − | See also: [[list of anarchist web resources]]
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| − | * [http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931/ Anarchist FAQ] — large site includes many questions and answers on anarchy and anarchism.
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| − | * [http://www.anarkismo.net Anarkismo] - Anarchist News Forum
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| − | * [http://www.libcom.org/ Libcom] - Anarchist News and Forum
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| − | * [http://www.ainfos.ca/ A-Infos] - International Anarchist News Service
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| − | * [http://www.riotfolk.org Riot-Folk!] — resource for free anarchist music
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| − | * [http://www.rebelforums.org/forum/ Rebel Alliance Forum], also harbours a few communists and socialists.
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| − | * [http://www.anarchyzero.com AnarchyZERO.com] - a community based on anarchy
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| − | * [http://anarchy.byethost11.com Anarchy STRONG] - online anarchist community
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| − | * [http://www.theanarchistsabode.tk The Anarchists' Abode] - A new Anarchists' Forum, set up to replace the previous Anarchist forums that have closed down...
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| − | ===Freenet links===
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| − | * [http://localhost:8888/SSK@xTTbeFRcxoqNRw0Ta9qFS8odG1oPAgM/THE_PRIVATE_KEY_IS_LO1WVCXwCap~yOgRYJqZ0FGUZoQ/6// SSK Anarchy] Freesite allowing everybody to publish new editions.
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| − | * [http://localhost:8888/KSK@anarchy Anarchy] Freesite allowing everybody to edit the current edition.
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