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Anarchy 101

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Introductions to anarchist ideas, up till now, have suffered from being one-dimensional, too lengthy, or too sectarian. The history, practice, and philosophy of anarchy has suffered for this lack. We haven't encouraged new generations to approach our ideas other than on mostly-sectarian terms. Anarchy 101 is an edited crowd-sourced introduction to anarchist ideas. The content comes from the website http://anarchy101.org and represents the best responses from dozens of contributors to hundreds of questions about the Beautiful Idea: this thing called anarchy.

A few of the questions responded to--
Why are there so many definitions of anarchy?
What are the main threads of anarchist thinking?
Is there are anarchist definition of class?
All else being equal, isn't violence antithetical to anarchy?
How do anarchists define violence?
Where do anarchists place scientists in society?
What about technology?
How can private property be abolished without any authority to abolish it with?
What does Nietzsche have to do with anarchism?
Are there any critiques of capital that emphasize the individual?

Here's some helpful info for making this book. Download the guts and cover files, and refer to guides below as needed.
Author
edited by Dot Matrix
Publisher
Little Black Cart
Guts file
2-up (588.4 KB)
Guts paper size
11x8.5" (grain short)
Guts paper weight
20 pounds
Cover file
anarchy101 cover (459.94 KB)
Cover page size
8.5x11"
Cover paper weight
80 pounds
Suggested book height
6.50 inches
Suggested book width
4.50 inches
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