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• Introductory essay on postanarchism
  ...ies. Still others sympathetic to such a project yet skeptical of the urge to move "beyond", explicitly reject the term "postanarchist" and argue that by ...n]], [[Wolfi Landstreicher]], [[Edson Passetti]], and [[John Zerzan]] just to name a few. Poststructuralist and other critical theorists that lean towa
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• Anarchism
  .... As such, anarchism should not be defined as a "social chaos" or a return to the "laws of the jungle." ...ll the fields of human activity would take a still greater extension so as to substitute themselves for the state in all its functions." [http://www.thea
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• Anarcho-Capitalism
  ...proactive physical coercion; their system has no metanormative opposition to voluntary communism or syndicalism. Others prefer that in an anarcho-capita ...ally justified, and that the traditional functions of the state thus ought to be provided by voluntary human interaction. Others, such as David Friedman,
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• Lysander Spooner
  ...study with an attorney for three years, while non-graduates were required to do so for five years. ...t such discrimination was "so monstrous a principle as that the rich ought to be protected by law from the competition of the poor." In [[1836]], the le
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• Emma Goldman
  ...man was imprisoned several times in the years that followed, for "inciting to riot" and illegally distributing information about [[birth control]]. In 19 ...After the outbreak of the [[Spanish Civil War]], she traveled to [[Spain]] to support the [[Spanish Revolution|anarchist revolution]] there. She died in
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• Christian anarchism
  ...rce, both proactive and reactive. They believe individuals seeking a path to freedom will only be guided by the grace of God if they display compassion ...w.kingdomnow.org/withinyou.html] ([[1894]]), read alongside the [[Bible]], to be the founding text for Christian anarchism. Tolstoy called for a society
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• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
  ...rs. He was a workingman, a printer, who taught himself to read Latin so as to print books in that language well. Proudhon is most famous for his assertio ...ed ''[[The Poverty of Philosophy]]''. Their dispute was one of the origins to the split between the anarchists and the [[Marxists]] in the [[Internationa
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• History of anarchism
  ...owever, there is debate over the [[anthropology|anthropological]] evidence to support this. to the philosophers of [[Ancient Greece]], such as
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• Origins of anarchism
  ...ical societies that anarchist ideas were formulated as a critical response to and rejection of coercive political institutions and hierarchical social re ...of Citium]], in opposition to [[Plato]], argued that reason should replace authority in guiding human affairs. In China, the Daoist sage Lao Zi ([[Lao Tzu]]) de
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• Kenya
  ...s build schools, clinics, and other facilities each year and collect funds to send students abroad. The six state universities enroll about 45,000 studen ...frequenting the Kenya coast around the first century AD. Kenya's proximity to the Arabian Peninsula invited colonization, and Arab and Persian settlement
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• pop punk
  ...rful force. Many musicians who started in pop punk bands would later go on to form more hard-edged sounds as the members grew older and more experienced. ...mselves would never have a number 1 hit, and never crossed over completely to mainstream culture, they would set the stage for the pop punk genre.
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• human rights in the United States
  ...g [[September 11]] and the ensuing [[War on Terror]], invasions of [[right to privacy|privacy]], intrusive inspections, and questionable detentions under ...the war on terror, fall under activities least open to public scrutiny due to their national security and military nature.
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• cool (African philosophy)
  ...African cultures. Cool crosses ethnic and tribal divisions and is integral to African spirituality, notions of proper comportment, standards of physical An authoritative dictionary is yet to include this definition of cool.
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• An Anarchist FAQ - What does "anarchy" mean?
  ...ropotkin put it, Anarchy comes from the Greek words meaning ''"contrary to authority."'' ['''Anarchism''', p. 284] ...t only capital, but also the main sources of the power of capitalism: law, authority, and the State."'' ['''Op. Cit.''', p. 150] For anarchists, anarchy means '
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• Uganda
  ...om [[Central Africa|central]] and [[West Africa|western Africa]], migrated to the southern parts of the country.<ref name="living_enc">[http://www.africa ...e Luo settling amid Bantu people in Eastern Uganda, with others proceeding to the western shores of [[Lake Victoria]] in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]. The
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• nihilism
  * No action is logically preferable to any other in regard to the moral value of one action over another. * Even if a higher ruler or creator exists, mankind has no moral obligation to worship them.
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• capitalism
  {{chomskytorrent|259|PBS Free to Choose 1990 Schwarzenegger Intro (Sample) (Documentary)}} In common usage '''capitalism''' refers to an economic system where the means of production are privately owned and op
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• tipsy
  ...such as [[homosexuality]], mental illness and suicide, 'Tipsy' has managed to provoke reaction across Teddington. James Baker- an original character, a drunken socialite prone to passionate rages;
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• Anarchism and religion
  ...not mean that anarchists are in opposition to personal ''[[faith]]'', only to the perceived [[authoritarian]] nature of '''organized''' religion. Further ...xpounds his philosophy of religion's place in history and its relationship to the modern political state. It was later published in [[English language|En
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• Anarchist symbolism
  ...e]] codepoint '''U+24B6'''. In addition, the "@" sign or "(A)" can be used to quickly represent the circle-A on a computer. ...nd last letters of the [[Greek language|Greek]] [[alphabet]]. This relates to the claim related in the [[Book of Revelation]] that [[Jesus]] was "the "Al
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• Hardline movement
  ...oactive drug|drugs]] or modern medicines. Instead Hardliners are expected to follow a strict dietary regimen. ...an Muttaqi]] of the band [[Vegan Reich]]. The Hardline philosophy was said to be rooted in '''one ethic''' (the sacredness of innocent life), but in real
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• Operation Gladio
  ...extent of its activities during the [[Cold War]] era, and its relationship to [[right-wing]] [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]] perpetrated in Italy during ...it is sometimes called "Super NATO". "Operation Gladio" was first brought to light in Italy, and became the informal name for the stay-behind organizati
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• anarchist round table
  opposition to the work-for-the-dole scheme when it was introduced but ultimately unsuccessful campaign to gain access for beneficiaries
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• libertarian municipalism
  ...patina when so-called "political parties" attempt, in various power plays, to occupy the offices that make state policy and execute it. This kind of "po ...-an excrescence of society that has no real roots in it, no responsiveness to it beyond the needs of faction, power, and mobilization.
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• falsifiability
  ...ical experiment that would show the assertion to be false. It is important to note that "falsifiable" does ''not'' mean false. Popper noticed that two types of statements are of particular value to [[Wikipedia:scientists]]:
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• Christian Anarchism
  ...esus]]. This has caused them to be critical of [[government]] and [[Church authority]]. Some believe all individuals can directly communicate with God, which ne ...Day]], [[Ammon Hennacy]], [[Leo Tolstoy]] and others constantly refer back to the words of Jesus in their social and political texts. For example, the ti
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• February 16
  discovers he needs to refine one of the recipes labor movement militant, imprisoned & exiled for his opposition
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• January 12
  [[1493]] — [[Sicily]]: Last day for all [[Jew]]s to leave. ...ing her away from Claire & the Shelley household. Some question lingers as to whether Byron or Shelley was the child's father.
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• Anarchism in China
  The origins of '''Chinese [[anarchism]]''' are traceable to the early [[Chinese Nationalist]] movement. The predominance in the late [ ...as promoted by groups like the [[Chinese Assassination Corps]] was similar to the widespread use of heroic self-sacrifice and assassination by Russian an
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• Thelema
  ...'': to will, wish, purpose. Early Christian writings use the word to refer to the will of God,<ref name="de sales">Pocetto, Alexander T. [http://www4.des ...e correctly called the Abbey of Saint Francis, by the way), but he claimed to have received the Law of Thelema ... from a Higher Intelligence which conta
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• An Anarchist FAQ - Is "anarcho"-capitalism a type of anarchism?
  ...reflect some kind of debate within anarchism, as many of these types like to pretend, but a debate between anarchism and its old enemy, capitalism. In m ...ity of the right "libertarians" have also tried to appropriate "anarchist" to describe their authoritarian politics is something almost all anarchists re
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• homosexuality
  ...ef> The exact proportion of the population that is homosexual is difficult to estimate reliably,<ref name="levay">LeVay, Simon (1996). ''Queer Science: T ...f being male or female), and [[gender role|social gender role]] (adherence to cultural norms defining feminine and masculine behavior)."<ref name="brief"
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• anarchism in Cuba
  ...esus Márquez, Saturnino Martínez (an [[Asturias|Asturian]] immigrant to Cuba) founded the periodical ''La Aurora'' in 1865. Directed at tobacco wor ...RE), following an "each to his contribution" line, as opposed to the "each to his need" line of the anarcho-communists.<ref name="Casanovas"/>
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• Sacco and Vanzetti
  The case continues to excite controversy today, on two fronts: * '''Conformance:''' the question of whether the trials were fair to Sacco and Vanzetti.
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• An Anarchist FAQ - Why do most anarchists support direct democracy?
  ...consensus an alternative to direct democracy?|Is consensus an alternative to direct democracy?]]|What does anarchism stand for?}} .... . to think that mere opposition to political control will in itself lead to an end of oppression." [John P. Clark, Max Stirner's Egoism, p. 93] Thus th
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• An Anarchist FAQ - What ethical views do anarchists hold?
  ...iderably, although all share a common belief in the need for an individual to develop within themselves their own sense of ethics. All anarchists agree w ...udes within society as well as within individuals. An anarchistic approach to ethics therefore shares the critical individual investigation implied in mo
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• An Anarchist FAQ - Does anarchism require "perfect" people to work?
  ...r a free society to work?|Aren't most people too stupid for a free society to work?]]|Why is voluntarism not enough?}} ...that human beings need to be "perfect" for anarchy to work. They only need to be free. Thus Christie and Meltzer:
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• Theses on Anarchism After Post-Modernism by Bob Black
  ...by social experience. Then again, they may be the self-serving dictates of authority, or once-useful formulations which, in changed circumstances, no longer ser ...why they want it, and why they want everybody to want it. In other words, to put our cards on the table.
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• Indonesia
  Constitutional guarantees of religious freedom apply to the six religions recognized by the state, namely Islam (86.1%), Protestant ...risen in eastern Java. Gadjah Mada, the empire's chief minister from 1331 to 1364, succeeded in gaining allegiance from most of what is now modern Indon
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• Nazi Germany
  ...a [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian]] [[dictatorship]] that existed from 1933 to 1945. As in the preceding [[Weimar Republic]] era, the state was officially ...dissidents in the [[genocide]] known as the [[Holocaust]]. The state came to an end in 1945, after the [[Allies of World War II|Allied Powers]] succeede
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• The Holocaust
  ...amp|Auschwitz]], May/June 1944. To be sent to the right meant slave labor; to the left, the [[gas chamber]]s. This image shows the arrival of Hungarian J ...aborators during World War II. The Germans called this "the final solution to the Jewish question."</ref>
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• Corrib gas project
  ...l Petroleum Hibernia Limited]] (18.5%). Reserves in the field are believed to be about 30 billion cubic metres (1 trillion ft³, 70% the volume of the ...he level of opposition to the current configuration of the project has led to the refinery building site at [[Bellanaboy]] being the most heavily-guarded
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• Corrib gas controversy
  ...he level of opposition to the current configuration of the project has led to the refinery building site at [[Bellanaboy]] being the most heavily-guarded ...al men]] were jailed for [[contempt of court]] after refusing Shell access to their lands.
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• The Federal Reserve
  ...f directors; (4) numerous other private U.S. member banks, which subscribe to required amounts of non-transferable [[stock]] in their regional Federal Re ...- 1860s|notes]], such that Pennsylvania's legislature repealed its charter to operate within the Commonwealth in 1785.
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• Post-Cold War covert regime change by the US
  ...usiness Plot]] of 1933 to overthrow the U.S. government, or the conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln and members of his cabinet). --> ...ited States of America]] government has forcibly overthrown, and attempted to overthrow, foreign [[government]]s perceived as hostile, and replaced them
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• Erich Muhsam
  ...e [[Weimar Republic]] for works which, before [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] came to power in 1933, condemned [[Nazism]] and [[Satire|satirized]] the future [[d ...in [[Berlin]] on [[6 April]] [[1878]]. Soon after, the family would move to the city of [[Lübeck]].
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• Freedom for all - Introduction to anarchism
  ===An introduction to anarchism=== ...tly proclaimed "anarchism: the idea that refuses to die," whilst SAPA, not to be outdone, blamed the anarchist "black bloc" for the disruption of the G8
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• WSM - The Paris Commune
  This is the notes for a talk given to a WSM meeting that was heavily based on The Communards of Paris, 1871: edit ...ational Guard. Thiers has only twelve thousand troops left after the truce to do this with against several hundred thousand national guards.
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• Pouget Emile - Direct action
  ...resented to their womenfolk. One 22-year old girl, said by the local press to be under the influence of Anarchist propaganda, having collected medals for ...m me. Especially she praised the young women of today: I wouldn't have had to take cover like I did if women of my day had any guts. she said. But she di
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• Kropotkin Peter - Anarchist Morality
  ..., with the result that he not only condemned such doctrine, but was moved to write the comrades this sermon. ...later developed in his _Ethics_. Here they are given special application to "right and wrong" in the business of social living. The job is done with f
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