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Anarchism is the belief that people can voluntarily cooperate to meet everyone's needs, without bosses or rulers, and without sacrificing individual liberties. A common misunderstanding is that anarchism is the total absence of order; that it is chaos, or nihilism. There are even people who call themselves "anarchists" who have this misperception. Anarchists are opposed to order arbitrarily imposed and maintained through armed force or other forms of coercion. They struggle for the order that results from the consensual interaction of individuals, from voluntary association. If there is a need, anarchists believe that people are capable of organizing themselves to see that it is met.
-- Ed Stamm (in a pamphlet published early 1995 for Affinity Group of Evolutionary Anarchists).
[More information about AGEA can be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Ed Stamm, PO Box 1402, Lawrence KS, 66044-8402 USA.]
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