anarcho-leftism

noun

A form of anarchism that emphasizes community and social equality as well as mutual responsibility.

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Meanings

nounanarcho-leftism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of anarchism that emphasizes community and social equality as well as mutual responsibility.

    But, more importantly in the long-term, in interring Bookchin's work it also performs the last rites over anarcho-leftism.

    1997, Anarchist Studies - Volumes 5-6, page 183
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    Yes, of course, all three filmmakers are working from different viewpoints: Vidor from a rural Populism, Disney from a somehow suburbanized eupepsia, and Chaplin from his anarcho-leftism.

    1988, Raymond Durgnat, Scott Simmon, King Vidor, American, →ISBN, page 160

    Type 1 refers to anarcho-leftism and type 2 to anarcho-capitalists, even though he is quick to dismiss them as unrepresentative of the anarchist tradition.

    2006, G. Curran, 21st Century Dissent: Anarchism, Anti-Globalization and Environmentalism, →ISBN

Origin

From anarcho- + leftism.

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