Anarchism is a generally far-left political philosophy and movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or hierarchy, primarily targeting the state, capitalism,
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon – the first political philosopher to call himself an anarchist
Zeno of Citium (c. 334 – c. 262 BC), whose Republic inspired Peter Kropotkin
The Paris Commune, one of the earliest experiments of anarchism
Nestor Makhno seen with members of the anarchist Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Leon Frank Czolgosz was an American wireworker and anarchist who assassinated United States president William McKinley in 1901. Czolgosz had lost his job during the economic Panic of 1893 and turned t
Anarchism
…array of approaches. Classical era The relationship between anarchism and violence is a controversial subject among anarchists as shown by anarchist Leon Czolgosz assassinating William McKinley. During the classical era, anarchists had a militant tendency. Not only did they confront state armed forces, as in Spain…
Drawing by T. Dart Walker depicting Czolgosz shooting McKinley
The revolver used to shoot McKinley
Czolgosz's police mugshot, September 7, 1901