Anarchists (also known as libertarians or libertarian
socialists, in the original sense of socialism as worker-
ownership-and-control of the means of production)
oppose illegitimate authority and hierarchy, and therefore
oppose capitalism and the state; anarchists do not oppose
all organization: anarchists favor voluntary, non-
hierarchical, self-organization. Anarchists do not oppose
all rules and laws; anarchists oppose rules and laws
imposed involuntarily by illegitimate authorities, such
as the state, and favor voluntarily-agreed-upon rules and
laws.

Illegitimate organizations that anarchists oppose include
governments, corporations, IFIs (international financial
institutions, such as the World Bank, IMF, WTO, etc.),
and fundamentalist churches and cults.

Forms of voluntary self-organization that anarchists favor
affinity groups, direct action protest groups, militias,
networks, collectives, credit unions (cooperative/mutual
banks), labor unions, free skools, workers cooperatives,
intentional communities, mutual aid organizations, and so
forth, all on basis of voluntary membership and non-
hierarchical self-management, generally employing
direct democracy or consenus-based decision making.

"Anarchy 101", an excellent introduction to anarchism,
can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/2fq4d2

"An Anarchist FAQ", giving an in-depth treatment of
anarchism, can be found here: http://www.anarchistfaq.org/

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News & Views for Anarchists & Activists: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/