           Section I - What would an anarchist society look like?



[1]Introduction



[2]I.1 Isn't libertarian socialism an oxymoron?

    [3]I.1.1 Is socialism impossible?
       [4]I.1.2 Is libertarian communism impossible?
       [5]I.1.3 What is wrong with markets anyway?
       [6]I.1.4 If capitalism is exploitative, then isn't socialism as
       well?
       [7]I.1.5 Does capitalism efficiently allocate resources?

[8]I.2 Is this a blueprint for an anarchist society?

    [9]I.2.1 Why discuss what an anarchist society would be like at all?
       [10]I.2.2 Will it be possible to go straight to an anarchist
       society from capitalism?
       [11]I.2.3 How is the framework of an anarchist society created?

[12]I.3 What could the economic structure of an anarchist society look like?

    [13]I.3.1 What is a "syndicate"?
       [14]I.3.2 What is workers' self-management?
       [15]I.3.3 What does socialisation mean?
       [16]I.3.4 What relations exist between individual syndicates?
       [17]I.3.5 What would confederations of syndicates do?
       [18]I.3.6 What about competition between syndicates?
       [19]I.3.7 What about people who do not want to join a syndicate?
       [20]I.3.8 Do anarchists seek "small autonomous communities, devoted
       to small scale production"?

[21]I.4 How would an anarchist economy function?

    [22]I.4.1 What is the point of economic activity in anarchy?
       [23]I.4.2 Why do anarchists desire to abolish work?
       [24]I.4.3 How do anarchists intend to abolish work?
       [25]I.4.4 What economic decision making criteria could be used in
       anarchy?
       [26]I.4.5 What about "supply and demand"?
       [27]I.4.6 Surely communist-anarchism would just lead to demand
       exceeding supply?
       [28]I.4.7 What will stop producers ignoring consumers?
       [29]I.4.8 What about investment decisions?
       [30]I.4.9 Should technological advance be seen as anti-anarchistic?
       [31]I.4.10 What would be the advantage of a wide basis of surplus
       distribution?
       [32]I.4.11 If socialism eliminates the profit motive, won't
       performance suffer?
       [33]I.4.12 Won't there be a tendency for capitalism to reappear?
       [34]I.4.13 Who will do the dirty or unpleasant work?
       [35]I.4.14 What about the person who will not work?
       [36]I.4.15 What will the workplace of tomorrow look like?
       [37]I.4.16 Won't a libertarian communist society be inefficient?

[38]I.5 What would the social structure of anarchy look like?

    [39]I.5.1 What are participatory communities?
       [40]I.5.2 Why are confederations of participatory communities
       needed?
       [41]I.5.3 Would confederations produce bureaucrats and politicians?
       [42]I.5.4 How will anything ever be decided by all these meetings?
       [43]I.5.5 Are participatory communities and confederations not just
       new states?
       [44]I.5.6 Won't there be a danger of a "tyranny of the majority"
       under anarchism?
       [45]I.5.7 What if I don't want to join a commune?
       [46]I.5.8 What about crime?
       [47]I.5.9 What about Freedom of Speech under Anarchism?
       [48]I.5.10 What about political parties, interest groups and
       professional bodies?
       [49]I.5.11 How will an anarchist society defend itself the power
       hungry?
       [50]I.5.12 Would an anarchist society provide health care and other
       public services?

[51]I.6 What about the "Tragedy of the Commons"?

    [52]I.6.1 How can property "owned by everyone in the world" be used?
       [53]I.6.2 Doesn't communal ownership restrict individual liberty?

[54]I.7 Won't Libertarian Socialism destroy individuality?

    [55]I.7.1 Do tribal cultures indicate that communalism defends
       individuality?
       [56]I.7.2 Do anarchists worship the past or the "noble savage"?
       [57]I.7.3 Is the law required to protect individual rights?
       [58]I.7.4 Does capitalism protect individuality?

[59]I.8 Does revolutionary Spain show that libertarian socialism can work in
practice?

    [60]I.8.1 Is the Spanish Revolution inapplicable as a model for modern
       societies?
       [61]I.8.2 How were the anarchists able to obtain mass popular
       support in Spain?
       [62]I.8.3 How were Spanish industrial collectives organised?
       [63]I.8.4 How were the Spanish industrial collectives co-ordinated?
       [64]I.8.5 How were the Spanish agricultural co-operatives organised
       and co-ordinated?
       [65]I.8.6 What did the agricultural collectives accomplish?
       [66]I.8.7 Were the rural collectives were created by force?
       [67]I.8.8 But did the Spanish collectives innovate?
       [68]I.8.9 Why, if it was so good, did it not survive?
       [69]I.8.10 Why did the C.N.T. collaborate with the state?
       [70]I.8.11 Was the decision to collaborate a product of anarchist
       theory?
       [71]I.8.12 Was the decision to collaborate imposed on the CNT's
       membership?
       [72]I.8.13 What political lessons were learned from the revolution?
       [73]I.8.14 What economic lessons were learned from the revolution?

     * [74]I.0 Section I Introduction
     * [75]I.1 Isn't libertarian socialism an oxymoron?
     * [76]I.2 Is this a blueprint for an anarchist society?
     * [77]I.3 What could the economic structure of anarchy look like?
     * [78]I.4 How could an anarchist economy function?
     * [79]I.5 What could the social structure of anarchy look like?
     * [80]I.6 What about the "Tragedy of the Commons"?
     * [81]I.7 Won't Libertarian Socialism destroy individuality?
     * [82]I.8 Does revolutionary Spain show that libertarian socialism
       can work in practice?

   [83] H.6 Why did the Russian Revolution fail? [84]up [85]I.0 Section
   I Introduction 

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