The following is a list of terms specific
to anarchists.
Anarchism is a political and social movement
which advocates voluntary association in opposition
to authoritarianism and hierarchy.
== A ==
Acracy
The negation of rule or "government by none".
While "anarchy" refers to the absence of a
hierarchical society-organizing power principle,
"acracy" refers to the absence of coercion;
the condition of acracy is one of voluntary
order.
Derived from the Greek α- [no] and κρατία
[system of government].Adhocracy
A form of organic organization according to
which different parts of an organization are
temporarily assembled to meet the requirements
of that particular point in time.Affinity
group
A small non-hierarchical collective of activists
who collaborate on direct action via consensus
decision-making.Anarch
Coined by Ernst Jünger, this refers to the
ruler (i.e. individual) in a state of anarchy
analogous to the monarch in a state of monarchy,
a conception influence by Max Stirner's notion
of the sovereign individual.Anarchy
Derived from the Ancient Greek ἀν (without)
+ ἄρχειν (to rule) "without archons,"
"without rulers".Anarchism without adjectives
A form of anarchism which does not declare
affiliation with any specify subtype of anarchism
(as may be suffixed to anarcho- or anarcha-),
instead positioning itself as pluralistic,
tolerant of all anarchist schools of thought.Ancap
Contraction of anarcho-capitalism and/or anarcho-capitalist
used in informal discourse, particularly in
blogs or other internet forums.Ancom
Informal contraction of anarcho-communism
often used online, much like ancap.Anomie
Social disorder and civil war in an absence
of government, used to separate anarchy as
in social order and absence of government.Ansoc
Contraction of anarcho-socialism and/or anarcho-socialist
used in informal discourse, particularly in
blogs or other internet forums.Anti-systemic
library
A library which is not organised hierarchically
and that has no catalogue.
The concept is influenced by the ideas of
the Situationists.Autonomism
A set of radical left-wing political movements
in Western Europe which emerged in the late
20th century.Archon
A Greek word meaning "ruler"; the absence
of archons and archy (rule) defines a state
of anarchy.
Derived from the Ancient Greek άρχων,
pl. άρχοντες.
== B ==
Biennio rosso
The "two red years" of political agitation,
strikes and land occupation by Italian workers
in 1919 and 1920.Black anarchism
A political philosophy primarily of African-Americans,
opposed to what it sees as the oppression
of people of colour by the white ruling class
through the power of the state.Black bloc
An affinity group, or cluster of affinity
groups that assembles during protests, demonstrations,
or other forms of direct action.
Black blocs are noted for the distinctive
all-black clothing worn by members to conceal
their identity and for their intentional defiance
of state property law.Bourse du Travail
A distinctively French form of working class
organization of the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, bourses du travail promoted
mutual aid, education, and self-organization
amongst their members.
== C ==
Consensus decision-making
A participatory decision making process for
collectives that seeks the resolution or mitigation
of minority objections (according to the principle
of inclusivity) as well as the agreement of
the majority of participants.Cost the limit
of price
A maxim coined by individualist anarchist
Josiah Warren (1798–1874) to express a normative
conception of the labor theory of value—that
is, that the price of a good or service should
never exceed its cost.Counter-economics
Abbreviation of "counter-establishment economics",
a concept in agorist theory of the use and
advocacy of black and grey markets and the
underground economy to erode the moral authority
of and the perceived necessity for the state.
== D ==
Dispute resolution organization (DRO)
A private (or possibly cooperative) organization
specialized in resolving disputes that would
arise in an anarchical society (similar to
a PDA).Dual power
The concept of revolution through the creation
of "counter-institutions" in place of and
in opposition to state power.
Used in anarcho-communist discourse, it distinct
from the earlier use of the phrase by non-anarchist
communists such as Vladimir Lenin.Dumpster
diving
Physically searching through the discarded
belongings in a dumpster or other trash receptacle,
with the intention of salvaging useful material
such as food or information.
== E ==
Epistemological anarchism
A theory in the philosophy of science advanced
by Paul Feyerabend which holds that there
are no useful and exception-free rules governing
the progress of science, and that the pragmatic
approach is a Dadaistic "anything goes" attitude
of methodological pluralism.
== F ==
Food rescue
The practice of retrieving edible food that
would otherwise go to waste and distributing
it to those in need.Free school
A decentralized network in which skills, information
and knowledge are shared with neither the
social hierarchy nor the institutional environment
of formal schooling.Freeganism
An anti-consumerist lifestyle according to
which participants attempt to restrict their
consumption of natural resources and participation
in the conventional economy to using salvaged
and discarded goods.Freigeld
A monetary system in the Freiwirtschaft theory,
according to which units of currency retain
their value or lose it at a certain rate,
making inflation and profiting from interest
impossible.
Freigeld is a German phrase with the literal
meaning "free money".
== G ==
Give-away shop
Second-hand stores where all goods are free.
An example of a gift economy.Guerrilla gardening
Nonviolent direct action whereby disused plots
are converted to gardens without seeking the
permission of the putative property owners.
Related: squatting.
== H ==
Hacklab
A laboratory for experimentations with freedom
of information and communication, associated
with the struggle for freedom of movement.Haymarket
Martyrs
The seven anarchists tried and executed for
the murder of a Chicago policeman during the
Haymarket affair.Haymarket Tragedy
See Haymarket MartyrsHierarchy
See social hierarchyHorizontalidad (also Horizontalism)
A form of non-hierarchical social organization
which utilises direct democracy and consensus
decision-making.
== I ==
Illegalism
A doctrine which rejects all moral obligations
and governmental law in favour of the satisfaction
of one's own desires.
Pioneered by the Bonnot Gang in France and
heavily influenced by the individualist anarchist
philosophy of Max Stirner.Immediatism
A philosophy which demands the embracing of
immediate social interactions with people
as a means of countering the antisocial consequences
of consumerist capitalism.Infoshop
A space (often a social center) that serves
as a node for anarchists involved with radical
movements and countercultures for trading
publications (typically books, zines, stickers
and posters), meeting and networking with
similar individuals and groups.
The primary directive of an infoshop is the
dissemination of information.
Related: zine library.Invisible dictatorship
A vanguardist organisation of revolutionaries
first proposed by Mikhail Bakunin.
== J ==
Jurisdictional arbitrage
Exploitation of differences in national laws
and regulations to maximise liberty.
Related: dynamic geography, panarchism.
== K ==
Kabouters
Dutch anarchists influenced by Peter Kropotkin
who sought to promote awareness of alternatives
to authoritarian and capitalist solutions
to social problems in 1960s Amsterdam.
== L ==
"Land and liberty"
A slogan expressing the desire of freedom
from landowners originally used by the revolutionary
leaders of the Mexican Revolution.
Spanish: Tierra y Libertad, Russian: Земля
и Воля Zemlya i Volya.Law of equal liberty
A doctrine asserting that each individual
has the right to assert their fullest liberty
to act so long as it does not extend them
greater liberty than any other individual.
Named by Herbert Spencer.Lois scélérates
A pejorative term for a set of French laws
passed during 1893–1894 restricting the
freedom of the anarchist press in the aftermath
of an outbreak of propaganda of the deed.
== M ==
Makhnovism
A series of political and economic concepts
developed by Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary
Nestor Makhno (1888–1934) and his followers,
and implemented in the Free Territory.
Central concepts include anarchist communism,
workers' self-management and—developed during
Makhno's exile in Paris, France—platformism.Modern
School
American schools formed in the early 20th
century based on the ideas of educator and
anarchist Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia and modelled
after his Escuela Moderna.Mutual aid
The voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources
and services for mutual benefit.
Related: gift economy, voluntarism.
== N ==
Netwar
Low-intensity social conflict employing a
network structure for organisational control
and communication.
Related: Security culture.Non-aggression Principle
(NAP, also Non-aggression Axiom)
A prohibition against the initiation of force,
or the threat of force, against persons or
property (usually referred to as aggression
or coercion).
Generally used to derive the ethics of right-libertarianism
and anarcho-capitalism.
== P ==
Panarchy
Participatory politics
Polycentric law
Popular assembly
Post-left
Prefigurative politics
Primitivist
Used interchangeably with anarcho-primitivist.Private
defense agency (PDA)
A term used by anarcho-capitalists to refer
to a private organization which fulfills some
or all of the roles associated with police
or military in a statist society.Propaganda
of the deed
Property is theft!
Provo
Punk house
== R ==
Radical cheerleading
Really Really Free Market
A free market based on the principle of gift
economics whereby participants bring gifts
and resources to share with one another, without
money being exchanged.
Related: participatory economics, voluntary
association.Refusal of work
Responsible autonomy
Revolutionary spontaneity
Rewilding
Reprise individuelle
== S ==
Seasteading
The creation of permanent dwellings on the
ocean, analogous to homesteading on land.
A seastead is a structure meant for permanent
occupation on the ocean.
Related to Permanent Autonomous Zones.Security
culture
A set of customs shared by an affinity group
which engages in illegal activities, the practice
of which minimizes the risk of such activities.
Related: direct action, netwarSocial center
Social ecology
Social hierarchy
Social revolution
Somatherapy
Spokescouncil
Spontaneous order
Street reclamation
Swaraj
== T ==
TANSTAAFL
Acronym coined by libertarian science fiction
writer Robert A. Heinlein in The Moon Is a
Harsh Mistress for "There Ain't No Such Thing
As A Free Lunch".
Used to express scepticism towards socialist
economics.Tragic Week
The name given to a series of violent confrontations
between the Spanish army and the anarchist-backed
working classes in Catalunyan cities from
July 25-August 2, 1909.Trial of the thirty
A show trial in 1894 in Paris, France, aimed
at legitimizing the lois scélérates passed
in 1893–1894 against the French anarchist
movement and at restricting press freedom
by proving the existence of an effective association
between anarchists.
French: Procès des trente
== V ==
Veganarchism
The 
political philosophy of veganism (more specifically
animal liberation) and anarchism, creating
a combined praxis as a means for social revolution.Voluntarism
The use of or reliance on voluntary action
to maintain an institution, carry out a policy,
or achieve an end.Voluntaryism
A political philosophy which advocates property
rights and voluntary association as the foundation
of society, and generally opposes coercion
and aggression.
== W ==
Wage slavery
A term which asserts a similarity between
slavery—the ownership and control of one
person by another—and wage labour.Workers'
self-management
A form of workplace decision-making in which
the workers rather than professional managers
decide on issues related to the operation
of the business.
== Z ==
Zenarchy
Compound of zen and "archy".
The social order which arises from meditation.
As a doctrine, zenarchism is the belief that
"universal enlightenment" is a prerequisite
to the abolition of the state.Zine
A low-circulation, non-commercial periodical
of original or appropriated texts and images.
Usually reproduced via photocopier on a variety
of colored paper stock.Zine library
A repository of zines and other associated
artifacts, such as small press books.
Zine libraries are typically run on a minimal
budget, and have a close association with
infoshops and other forms of DIY culture and
independent media.
== See also ==
List of basic anarchism topics
== References ==
