Anarchist Economic and Political Vision

This website is dedicated to providing information about anarchist/libertarian socialist ideas - specifically what an anarchist society could be like. Not all of the writings included are strictly speaking anarchist, but all of them share some common ground with anarchism. Also, check out my blog, and my Goodreads.com profile.

Introducing Anarchism

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Anarchy (But Were Afraid To Ask)
A.2.9 What sort of society do anarchists want? From An Anarchist FAQ
Anarchist Infopoint by the Anarchist Federation (Hereford)
Basic Principles of Anarchism from Question Everything
An Introduction to Anarchism by Liz Highleyman

Key Concepts

Horizontality / Anti-hierarchy
"Face-to-face" direct democracy
Confederation / council democracy
Workers' self-management
Industrial union

Economic Vision

Classic Texts

Workers Councils by Anton Pannekoek
Principles of Syndicalism by Tom Brown
One Big Union by the IWW
Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution by GIK
Ideas on Social Organisation by James Guillaume
Libertarian Communism by Isaac Puente
After the Revolution by Diego Abad de Santillán

Recent

Parecon: Life After Capitalism by Michael Albert and Robert Hahnel
Principles of Libertarian Economy by Abraham Guillen
Workers' Councils and the Economics of Self-Managed Society by Cornelius Castoriadis
I.3 What could the economic structure of an anarchist society look like? from An Anarchist FAQ
I.4 How would an anarchist economy function? from An Anarchist FAQ
The Economics of Freedom: An Anarcho-syndicalist alternative to capitalism by Solidarity Federation

Close to Anarchism

Economic Democracy by David Schweickart
The Democratic Firm by David Ellerman
Guild Socialism Reconsidered by Roger A McCain
Cooperative Socialism by Roger A McCain
What is Mutualism? by Clarence Lee Swartz
Mutualist Political Economy by Kevin Carson

Political Vision

I.5 What would the social structure of anarchy look like? from An Anarchist FAQ
ParPolity: Political Vision for a Good Society by Stephen R Shalom
Direct Democracy by Delegable Proxy by by James Green-Armytage
Demarchy: A Democratic Alternative to Electoral Politics by Brian Martin
The New England Town Meeting (Interview) by Frank M Bryan (Not an anarchist, but gives a good description of the town meeting system of self-government)
Full Democracy by Bryan Beedham
Alternatives: An Anarchist View of Prisons, Crime and Violence by Michael Lee