Anarchist Cookbook FAQ

What is Anarchism?

"Real anarchists" tell me that the "Anarchist Cookbook" has nothing to do with anarchism, and would like to make it clear that anarchy is not about blowing things up. I am not an anarchist, but I am providing this page to let them set the record straight.

According to real anarchists, anarchism is a movement for a radicaly democratic and libertarian society. "Defining Anarchism" says:

I must tell you, first of all, what anarchism is not. It is not bombs, disorder, or chaos. It is not robbery or murder. It is not a war of each against all. It is not a return to barbarianism or to the wild state of man. Anarchism is the very opposite of all that.

More information on anarchism is available at http://flag.blackened.net/liberty/defanar.html and in the Anarchist FAQ at http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931

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Disclaimers

I have no connection with the Anarchist Cookbook other than writing this review. I support the right to read such books, but actually doing anything from them is stupid, dangerous, and illegal. More disclaimers here.

Ken Shirriff: shirriff@eng.sun.com

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Copyright 1998 Ken Shirriff. Last updated 12/21/98.