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  Libertarian socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Libertarian socialism is any one of a group of political philosophies dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, in particular the institutions of capitalism and the state.
Libertarian socialists believe that all social bonds should be developed by individuals who have an equal amount of bargaining power, that an accumulation of economic power in the hands of a few and the centralization of political power both reduce the bargaining power—and thus the freedom—of the other individuals in society.
Libertarian socialists generally disagree that the division is specious, but agree that it is difficult; thus the decision cannot be trusted to the state (as most socialists propose), but can be made by the people involved in individual cases.
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 Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Libertarian socialism -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Libertarian socialists therefore believe in the abolition of private property in the means of production (communism) and abolition of the state as an unnecessary and harmful institution (anarchism/libertarianism).
Libertarian socialism should not be confused with Libertarianism either: the two philosophies are only alike in their professed love of liberty, hence the similarity in name.
The basic philosophy of libertarian socialism is summed up in the name: adherents believe that management of the common good (socialism) is necessary, but that this should be done in a manner that preserves individual liberty and avoids concentration of power or authority (libertarianism).
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 libertarian socialism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Libertarian socialism is a political philosophy dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, most famously the institutions of government and capitalism.
Libertarian socialists usually call themselves anarchists except when necessary to disambiguate or disassociate themselves with others, typically the anarcho-capitalists, who use the same term.
Further, libertarian socialists argue that even under such a dichotomy physical coercion is still endorsed by capitalists in the form of a series of physically coercive institutions that uphold property privilege.
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 LIBERTARIAN SOCIALISM FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Libertarian socialism is any one of a group of political philosophies dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social_hierarchy, in particular the institutions of capitalism and the state.
Libertarian socialists believe that all social bonds should be developed by individuals who have an equal amount of bargaining power, that an accumulation of economic power in the hands of a few and the centralization of political power both reduce the bargaining power—and thus the liberty of the other individuals in society.
Libertarian socialists in conjunction with Marxists dispute the notion that capitalist economic relations arise spontaneously in the absence of suppression, but in fact require active political suppression in the form of property_law that is enforced either by a state or by private force (see: Property_is_theft).
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 Talk:Libertarian socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Libertarian socialists advocate freedom while denying the legitimacy of private property, since private property, in the form of capital, leads to the exploitation of others with less economic means and thus infringes on the exploited class's individual freedoms.
Libertarian socialism is "libertarian" in that it desires to maximize freedom, and "socialist" in that it desires to maximize the freedom of everyone in society, not that of individuals considered in isolation.
It could be said that Libertarian Socialists commonly call themselves anarchists and are considered to be anarchists, but it is incorrect to say that Libertarian Socialism is a synonym to anarchism as the page at the very least implies.
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 Anarchism and private property - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
Libertarian socialists consider that private property is an illegitimate fiction enforced by the State, and that beyond "personal possession" of immediate goods no property should exist.
Libertarian socialists consider that employer-employee relationship is based on coercion by the employer.
Thus, socialist anarchists and anarcho-capitalists don't generally engage in any form of co-operation, despite what might appear to be a mutual goal: both groups want to get rid of the state, but they have opposite opinions of what characterizes the state.
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 Libertarian socialism Details, Meaning Libertarian socialism Article and Explanation Guide
Libertarian socialism is a political philosophy dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, most famously the institutions of capitalism and the state.
Libertarian socialism should not be confused with capitalist libertarianism, the philosophy associated with groups such as the United States Libertarian Party.
In this article, the terms libertarian socialism, libertarian communism, anarcho-communism and left-anarchism are used as synonyms, this leads to confusion in the minds of some non-political minded people as they don't reliese that these are the same things.
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 Libertarian Socialism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Libertarian Socialism recognizes that the concept of "property" (specifically, the means of production, factories, land used for profit, rented space) is theft and that in a truly libertarian society, the individual would be free of exploitation caused by the concentration of all means of wealth-making into the hands of an elite minority of capitalists.
Libertarian socialists understand that it is the workers who create and maintain everything in the world, and they do not need leaders to direct them in the affairs of their lives.
Libertarian socialists are against all forms of coercion, state and capitalist, and do not seek to regulate human behaviors by way of the state, including such issues as possession of firearms, drugs, sexual conduct between consenting individuals, and related issues.
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 Libertarian socialism biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Libertarian socialism is a political philosophy dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, in particular the institutions of capitalism and the state.
Libertarian socialists advocate freedom while denying, to a greater or lesser extent, the legitimacy of private property, since private property in the form of capital leads to the exploitation of others with lesser economic power, and thus infringes on the exploited class's individual freedoms.
They claim that far from spontaneously arising in the absence of suppression, capitalist economic relations actually require active political suppression in the form of property law that is enforced either by a state or (as in anarcho-capitalism) by a private enforcement agency.
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 Learn more about Libertarian socialism in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Libertarian socialists therefore believe in the abolition of privately held means of production and abolition of the state as an unnecessary and harmful institution (anarchism/libertarianism).
Libertarian socialism should not be confused with Libertarianism either: the two philosophies are only alike in their professed love of liberty and in their opposition to statism, hence the similarity in name.
However, there was certainly no coherent ideology that called itself "anarchism" until the nineteenth century, when anarchism -- then often referred to simply as "Revolutionary Socialism" -- emerged as the libertarian side of the growing socialist and communist movements of that period.
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 I.1 Isn't libertarian socialism an oxymoron?
Thus to be a true socialist requires you to be a libertarian, to be for individual liberty and opposed to inequalities of power which restrict that liberty.
Therefore, rather than being an oxymoron, "libertarian socialism" indicates that true socialism must be libertarian and that a libertarian who is not a socialist is a phoney.
As we have argued in the previous section and elsewhere, these countries were not socialist at all and did not even approximate the (libertarian) socialist idea (which is the only true form of socialism).
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 Directory - Society: Politics: Socialism: Libertarian Socialism
Libertarian Socialism  · cached · An article explaining and defining the concept of libertarian socialism..
Daniel Guerin  · cached · Short biographical note of and selected works by the French libertarian communist who was known not only for his prolific writings, but also as a long standing trade union militant of the CGT and cofounder of Mouvement communiste libertaire.
Libertarian Communism  · cached · Isaac Puente's classic introduction to anarchist ideas on a free society by the noted C.N.T. militant and activist who was shot by the fascists in 1936.
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 Libertarian socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Libertarian socialism should not be confused with libertarianism, which is the philosophy of the United States Libertarian Party.
This critique highlights the distinction between libertarian socialists and Libertarians: libertarian socialists advocate freedom while denying, to a greater or lesser extent, the legitimacy of private property, since private property in the form of capital leads to the exploitation of others with lesser economic power, and thus infringes on the exploited class's individual freedoms.
Libertarians, by contrast, believe that liberty is impossible without the enforced protection of private property.
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 Libertarian Socialism -- A Contradiction, or a Plausible Principle?
To many free market libertarians, the title “libertarian socialist” is an oxymoron but the first libertarians of the nineteenth century viewed the combination of these two words as consistent and principled.
Throughout the nineteenth century, the libertarian socialists found themselves increasingly at odds with the state socialists, especially the Marxists.
The libertarian socialists soon found themselves split into two camps: the individualists who remained true to Proudhonian mutualism and the collectivists represented by the anarcho-communists (Bakunin, Kropotkin, Malatesta, Goldman).
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 Open Directory - Society: Politics: Socialism: Libertarian Socialism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Daniel Guerin - Short biographical note of and selected works by the French libertarian communist who was known not only for his prolific writings, but also as a long standing trade union militant of the CGT and cofounder of Mouvement communiste libertaire.
Libertarian Communism - Isaac Puente's classic introduction to anarchist ideas on a free society by the noted C.N.T. militant and activist who was shot by the fascists in 1936.
Libertarian Socialism - An article explaining and defining the concept of libertarian socialism..
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 Libertarian Socialism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
as some workers of my acquaintance, for all that they are fed up with parliamentary socialism, are loath to confess their libertarian socialism, because, as...
A revolution is needed (the complete transformation of capitalism into libertarian socialism).
But the libertarian Marxists have been so traumatized by Leninism that they...
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 Musician Forums - What's the deal with Libertarian Socialists?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
I'll let the libertarian socialists clear this up for you, but basically, anarchists.
A Libertarian Socialist is, in a way, an Anarchist.
As I understand it, a libertarian socialist would be pro gun, pro gay marriage, and pro choice.
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 The Daily Bleed's Anarchist Timeline / Time Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
2- 21 -1919 -- In Munich, the socialist Kurt Eisner, principal in the Bavarian revolution & president of the Republic of Councils, is assassinated by extremists.
Faithful to the libertarian ideal, he opposed the "Manifeste des Seize" (Manifesto of the Sixteen issued by a small number of anarchists favoring the Allies during WWI), & signed, with Emma Goldman, Malatesta, etc, a proclamation opposing the war...
While the councilist program was supported by the anarchists, the Socialist Party & the unions succeeded in sabotaging the strike: when Turin was besieged by 20,000 soldiers & police, the party newspaper "Avanti" refused to print the appeal of the Turin socialist section.
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 NG BBS - Libertarian National Socialists?
Posted: 4/13/04 08:11 PM I remember reading an article about a year ago that said the Libertarians are targeting Idaho as a place to build up a good base.
Apparently they feel that the people of my home state all hold ideals that coincide with their position.
The Libertarian canidate for govonor got into a shootout with the police about a month after carrying 4% in the 2002 election.
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 Overthrow.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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Bill White is the leader of the Roanoke, VA unit of the National Socialist Movement.
The views published here do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Socialist Movement or its members.
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