IS ANARCHISM REALLY JUST ULTRA-SOCIALISM

Question 1

Biggest similarity with socialism and anarchism

Answer 1

Most anarchists and socialists reject capitalism as a system, reject private property in favour of collective ownership and have faith in a stateless society where equality and freedom for all will lead to a natural order

Question 2

Which key thinkers have links to marxism

Answer 2

Goldman, kropotkin and bakunin agree with marxism that a revolution is needed to change

Question 3

The anarchist tradition sees attempts to capture the state by revolution or the ballot box to gain socialism as what

Answer 3

Doomed to fail as the state is corrupting of human nature

Question 4

For anarchists, socialism can be achieved by what

Answer 4

The state

Question 5

How does socialism arise for anarchists

Answer 5

It can only emerge from free association and cooperation between individuals, workplaces and communities