This is the text of a small leaflet explaing to people in the cafe or at events, why we do the anarchist teapot. The magic word anarchy summons up a host of demons in the public consciousness, from the idea of unmanageable chaos to violence.
Anarchy literally means a society without a state.
It is the call for the dismantling of the state and capitalism. Anarchist ideas include the replacement of industrial capitalism and farming by a small scale approach to production based on self-identified needs, not profits, cooperation, not competition, without the need for bosses, directors or corporations. Labour should be minimised to a few hours every week and the exploitative system of wage slavery abolished. The system in which we live is based upon oppression with many different faces - oppression based on gender, race, sexuality, species, nationality etc. Oppression through class structures and the organisation of mostly dull uninspiring exploitative work.