This is a set of definitions that are designed to briefly explain various political terms, with an emphasis on radical politics. This document is unfinished, and because of this, has many incomplete cross-references and still includes many unexplained terms. The author, Jason Truesdell , is aware of this, but has limited time and will add definitions and links as possible.
Anarchism is a critique of the state which denies the legitimacy of state authority.
The state is an essentially violent institution whose existence prevents liberty. Michael Bakunin was the first widely-known social anarchist. He rejected the Marxist transitional-state as another form of tyranny, and disagreed that it would naturally go away, arguing that it was an unalterable social law that the state would try to reproduce itself, and that the state by its very nature must have an opressive power over people. Later she worked as a propagandist during the anarchist revolution in Spain in the late 1930s, working both in Spain and England. See Manufacturing Consent with Edward Herman, The Chomsky Read abouter , Deterring Democracy .