List of anarchist achievements

A list of "achievements" by anarchists in transforming the world for the better. This can include the influence of anarchism on protest movements, achievements within anarchist societies and acts done by individual anarchists.

## 1880s

* 1886: Anarchists organise the first general strike in the history of Belgium, which also leads to the government adopting the first pro-worker laws and regulations in Belgium's modern history.

## 1900s

* 1902: The first national trade union federation (Filipino Democratic Workers Front) was established in the Philippines based off anarcho-syndicalist ideas, although its founder, Isabelo de los Reyes, was not an anarchist.
* 1903: An anarchist-led military detachment of 2,000 people in Bulgaria manages to defeat 10,000 troops of the Ottoman Empire.

## 1910s

* 1911: The Mexican Liberal Party capture the town of Mexicali.
* 1911: The Mexican Liberal Party with a force of 220 captures the town of Tijuana, defeating 200 government troops.
* 1912: Liu Shifu and other anarcho-syndicalists establish the first modern trade unions in China.
* 1915: Luisa Capetillo becomes the first woman in Puerto Rico to publicly wear pants.
* 1918: 30 Makhnovists manage to defeat a combined force of 700 German and Austrian imperialists in Ukraine.
* 1918: Anarchists lead the first industrial strike in Venezuela.
* 1919: 8,000 Makhnovists defeat a White Army force of 15,000 and halt their attempt to capture Moscow, with Lenin crediting this as "saving the Russian Revolution".

## 1930s

* 1936: Anarchists are credited with stopping fascist uprisings in numerous towns and cities across Spain, most notably Barcelona. While this tragically leads to the Spanish Civil War, it also allows an anarchist society to emerge across Spain.
* 1936: Anarchists are reported to have opened the largest chocolate factory in Spain.

## 1940s

* 1944: Anarchist soldiers are the first to enter Paris, France during its liberation.
* 1945: The anarchist partisan brigade Silvano Fedi is the first group of the Italian resistance to enter the city of Pistoia, raising the red and black flag over the bell tower of the city cathedral.
* 1945: The majority-anarchist partisan brigade Manrico Ducceschi in Italy has managed to capture around 8,000 Nazis and fascists despite only losing 300 of their own soldiers.

## 2020s

* 2022: The Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists is named as the "most subversive force" active in Russia since their invasion of Ukraine. Having staged multiple attacks on Russian military infrastructure.

## Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian\_strike\_of\_1886
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism\_in\_the\_Philippines#Anarchism\_in\_the\_national\_liberation\_movement
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strandzha\_Commune
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture\_of\_Mexicali
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First\_Battle\_of\_Tijuana
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisa\_Capetillo#Labor\_leader\_and\_women's\_rights\_activist
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle\_of\_Dibrivka
8. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism\_in\_Venezuela#Under\_the\_G%C3%B3mez\_dictatorship
9. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle\_of\_Peregonovka
10. ↑ Gaston Leval: Collectives in the Spanish Revolution - The Chocolate Cooperative of Torrente
11. ↑ https://libcom.org/article/anarchists-who-liberated-paris-and-why-they-did-it-robert-p-helms
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist\_brigades\_in\_the\_Italian\_Resistance#Pistoia\_and\_neighboring\_areas
13. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism\_in\_Russia#2022\_Russian\_invasion\_of\_Ukraine