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Libertarian socialism is any one of a group of political philosophies dedicated to the abolition of property by restoring direct control of production and resources to the working class. While many varieties of socialism emphasize the role of the state or the party in promoting social justice, libertarian socialists place their hope in trade unions, workers' councils, local municipalities, or other non-bureaucratic, decentralized, means of action. Many libertarian socialists, indeed, advocate doing away with the state altogether, seeing it as a bulwark of capitalist class rule.
One of the best known libertarian socialist ideologies is anarchism, especially so the currents anarchist communism and anarcho-syndicalism. Other prominent libertarian socialist ideologies include mutualism, council communism, autonomist Marxism, and social ecology. The terms anarchist communism and libertarian communism should however not be considered synonyms for libertarian socialism.
Overview
In the United States, the term libertarian is usually associated with the pro-capitalist agenda of libertarianism (and of the United States Libertarian Party); the term libertarian socialism therefore strikes many as incongruous. The first person to describe himself as a libertarian, however, was Joseph DéjacqueDe l'être-humain mâle et femelle - Lettre à P.J. Proudhon par Joseph Déjacque (in French), an early French anarcho-communist. The word stems from the French word libertaire (synonymous to "anarchist"), and was used in order to evade the ban on anarchist publications, which were banned by law in FranceWikiquote, URL accessed on June 4, 2006. In the context of the European socialist movement, libertarian has conventionally been used to describe those like Mikhail Bakunin who opposed state socialism. More on [ Libertarian socialism ]
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"Businesses which do not comply with the new regulations will be taken over by the state"-THIS is the problem with Non-libertarian socialism
daremusik (daremusik) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:53:23 -0000
"Businesses which do not comply with the new regulations will be taken over by the state"-THIS is the problem with Non-libertarian socialism
That's Czary! RT @inertia186 @noor91 So there are no first principles with libertarian socialism?
RedScareBot (Robot J. McCarthy) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:48:25 -0000
That's Czary! RT @inertia186 @noor91 So there are no first principles with libertarian socialism?
@noor91 So there are no first principles with libertarian socialism?
inertia186 (Anthony Martin) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:44:10 -0000
@noor91 So there are no first principles with libertarian socialism?
RT @libertyideals: Senate Dems Block Citizenship Questions - From The US Census #libertarian http://bit.ly/4dxwE8 #welfarestate #socialism
repeater75 (Nick Schoeneberger) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:35:13 -0000
RT @libertyideals: Senate Dems Block Citizenship Questions - From The US Census #libertarian http://bit.ly/4dxwE8 #welfarestate #socialism
OK So i dont fit in the box. Im not a conservative. im a liberal re social issues ie gay rights, etc. but libertarian in i hate socialism
Scorpio4Change (Kinga) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:44:22 -0000
OK So i dont fit in the box. Im not a conservative. im a liberal re social issues ie gay rights, etc. but libertarian in i hate socialism
RT @solmc: Each advocate of socialism secretly imagines himself at the top of the hierarchy-to-come. #libertarian #tcot
infocyde (infocyde) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:18:04 -0000
RT @solmc: Each advocate of socialism secretly imagines himself at the top of the hierarchy-to-come. #libertarian #tcot
A People's Libertarian Index - A starting point for libertarian socialists to find out about theory, philosophy, and organizing.
Meta Description: [ A nexus of anarchist and libertarian
resources. A very good starting point for learning about anarchism! ]
amp; Black Notes - A libertarian socialist project based in Toronto. Has a lingering sympathy with those historical currents, such as council communism, which stressed the self mobilization of working people. Circulates information from a libertarian socialist perspective and provides a forum for discussion of those issues.
Class Against Class - A collection of left-communist and anarchist class struggle texts including essays by Toni Negri, Cornelius Castoriadis, Ante Ciliga, Herman Gorter, Alexandra Kollantai, Karl Korsch, Paul Mattick, Otto Ruhle and others.
Meta Description: [ anarchist,communist texts ]
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Class War - Revolutionary class struggle anarchists in Britain.
Endpage Text Archive - Archive consisting of libertarian Marxist, autonomist, anarchist, communist, situationist and other left anti-authoritarian materials.
International Libertarian Solidarity - Project open to anarchist, anarchosyndicalist, revolutionary syndicalist, and clearly anti-Statist, non-party aligned social organisations which run along libertarian principles.
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Libertarian Book Club - Books and reviews.
Libertarian Communism - Isaac Puente's classic introduction to anarchist ideas on a free society by the noted C.N.T. militant and activist who was shot by the fascists in 1936.
Libertarian Socialism - An article explaining and defining the concept of libertarian socialism..
Liberty for the People - Links to libertarian socialist resources: essays, history and webpages of organizations.
Linefeed - Libertarian communist collective in the San Francisco Bay area providing servers and technology support for relevant groups.
Socialist-Libertarian Political System - Renders socialist outcomes by applying libertarian (procedural) principles of ethics.
Meta Description: [ Socialist principles, rendered with
libertarian (i.e. procedural) ethics, are shown too be valid for
enviornmental politics. ]
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The Irrational in Politics - Full text of the 1970 essay by Maurice Brinton examining sexual repression and revolutionary politics via Freud, Reich, and the Russian Revolution.
The Voids Of Free Thought - Contains two short theses which argue the need for revolution from an existential point of view.
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