A-Infos (en) US, OccupyWallStreet.org: The revolution continues worldwide! - Become an ANARCHIST...and be proud of it!

This content is user submitted and not an official statement ---- Anarchism, or 
Libertarian Socialism if you will, is just a logical and reasonable way to organize 
society. It is the ideas of Libertarian Socialism that we must base the new and 
sustainable society (which must be established at some point in the future) on. -- Let’s 
look at some of the core principles of Anarchism/Libertarian Socialism: ---- Building 
democracy from below. ---- That means a society where people have a right to a democratic 
say in the things they’re a part of and affected by, and that this democratic say is 
proportional to how much one is affected and part of things. And since the workplace and 
the community in which we live in is what we’re most involved in, and spend most of our 
time and energy, it logically follows that democracy should be organized from below thru 
democratically run workplaces and communities, cooperating in networks with other communities.

Focusing on both collective, as well as individual rights.
Meaning that individuals should be free to do what they want as long as they don’t harm 
others, but at the same time, when people organize and do things together, focus on the 
collective deciding things together based on consensus and democratic process.

Seeking to dismantle all illegitimate hierarchies and tyrannical systems.
That means opposing, not just state tyranny, but also private tyranny – capitalism and the 
concentration of private power and domination.

Anarchism doesn’t mean ”chaos” or ”lawlessness” or other such nonsense; that’s just 
propaganda. The word Anarchism actually means ”without rulers” and is about creating a 
highly organized society in which individuals have a right to participate in their 
community and workplace. It’s about dismantling the hierarchical structures which allows 
some individuals to control and dominate others, and replacing them with an egalitarian, 
solidaric society where all individuals are in control of their own lives.

This is just common sense if you think about it. There shouldn’t be anything controversial 
about these ideas. What’s controversial is the existing unsustainable society where the 
financial elite and the corporations have a huge control over our lives. The policies of 
the right and center-right who want to keep it this way; the policies of ultra 
right-wingers like Ron Paul and Paul Ryan who want to give corporations even more power, 
that’s what’s controversial.

So, the reasonable thing to do is working to create a free, just, solidaric and 
sustainable participatory democracy where the people are in control.

Anarchism/Libertarian Socialism:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxYth0ktPsY&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu8J_UKKa-c

Workers’ self management – a crucial factor in building a libertarian socialist society:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jRy5ZIYZok&feature=plcp
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