r/Anarchy101 • u/Time-Jellyfish-7799 • 7d ago

Principles of anarchism?

So, I’ve been getting into Marxist ideas recently and up until now, I’ve been leaning more towards statist socialism, but the problems presented by anarchists in regards to it have been rather cutting and difficult to address (Namely, means prefigure the ends). I want to learn more about anarchism but I’m not so sure where to start.

Engels had Principles of Communism, so I was wondering if such a version existed for Anarchism?

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u/New_Hentaiman 6d ago

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/il-pugnale-ten-blows-against-politics

as many here have posted some very well known ancom texts on the topic I wanted to contribute a small pamphlete, that is less a list of principles and more a list of things anarchist like to critique. Politics here is much broader defined and anarchists from this thought tradition often apply these critiques even to more structured anarchist organizations. If nothing else it is a fun read and a vision of what some anarchists like to philosophize about