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Title: Anarchy In Action by Colin Ward ISBN: 0-900384-20-4 Publisher: Freedom Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 January, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: what anarchism looks like
Comment: this is a valuable piece of anarchist literature. ward gives us real world examples of anarchy in action: societies with no central government, workers making the decisions themselves, "spontaneous order": people naturally organizing themselves with no help from outside forces, i.e. government. this is viewed as an introduction to anarchism, for people who have been led to believe common misconceptions about it. When I read this book, I was already somewhat familiar with anarchist theory, but I still enjoyed this book. This goes to show that there is nothing wrong with preaching to the choir once in a while.

Rating: 5
Summary: Anarchist classic?
Comment: This is one of the first books I read about anarchism. I must have re-read it at least 3 or 4 times. It's a to-the-point and highly entertaining introduction to practical anarchy. How do we move from here to there. It's a little out-dated though, being that it was written in the 70's but it still offers a lot of insight on building a free society. Mr. Ward discusses schooling, hospitals, crime, work, and many other urgent every-day concerns. He argues that anarchy already does exist, in the interstices of hierarchy and domination, in the everyday workings of people and their everyday interactions, in their neighborhoods. It's up to us to widen the spheres of liberty. He argues that many organizations are really quite decentralized (borrowing from the insights of systems theory and anthropology). He also borrows some ideas from Kropotkin; notably that many popular institutions today are run entirely through the voluntary cooperation of its members.

Rating: 5
Summary: A modern classic
Comment: Originally published in 1973 Colin Ward brings forth a masterwork of easy to understand political philosophy. Together with Daniel Guerin's _Anarchism_ these books are the perfect introductions to understanding contemporary anarchist/ autonomist philosophy. This work focuses on the practical (rather than exceeding revolutionary and idealistic) applications of anarchist activism.