Anarchists have always been a small minority on the Left.
Their history is littered with failures but their basic libertarian ideals are
enjoying a resurgence in social movements like Occupy Wall Street.
Anarchism has “largely taken the place of Marxism in the
social movements of the 1960s”, according to the American anthropologist David
Graeber, one of the intellectuals most quoted by the Occupy movement.
“Even those who do not consider themselves anarchists feel they have to define themselves in relation to it,” he wrote.
“Even those who do not consider themselves anarchists feel they have to define themselves in relation to it,” he wrote.
That may be wishful thinking on the part of a militant
anarchist, but classic libertarian thought is increasingly being picked up by
today’s social movements. For example, the principle of “self-management” where
decisions are based on consensus and hierarchies are rejected. (Read further: Source)
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