Anarchist communism

Anarchist communism advocates abolishing the state and private property, organizing production cooperatively, and distributing resources according to need.

Anarchism: A political tradition that opposes coercive hierarchy, especially the state, and favors voluntary cooperation. Anarchist communism is one tradition within anarchism, sharing its opposition to state authority.
Communes: Locally organized communities that govern shared affairs through collective participation. Communes are proposed as basic units of voluntary self-organization.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: A French political thinker whose critiques of property and authority helped shape modern anarchism. His writings established arguments about property and decentralized social organization that later anarchists developed.
Marxism–Leninism: A political tradition that advocates a vanguard party and a socialist state as stages toward communism. Its state-centered transition directly conflicts with anarchist communism’s opposition to state power.
Paris Commune: A revolutionary municipal government that ruled Paris from March to May 1871. Anarchists later treated its self-governing institutions as a significant precedent, despite its short life.
Communism: A political and economic ideal of common ownership of productive resources and a classless society. Anarchist communism shares communism’s commitment to common ownership, while rejecting a transitional state.
Federation: A system in which autonomous groups coordinate through delegated, limited, and recallable representatives. Federation links local groups while preserving their autonomy.
Mikhail Bakunin: A Russian revolutionary and anarchist who opposed state socialism and advocated collective revolutionary action. His dispute with Marxists sharpened anarchist opposition to seizing state power.
Social democracy: A political tradition that pursues social equality and public welfare through democratic institutions and regulated markets. It seeks reform through the state rather than abolishing it.
Free Territory: A revolutionary territory in Ukraine organized by anarchist forces during the Russian Civil War. Its communes and insurgent administration are often examined as an attempt at anarchist social organization.

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