Anarchism is one of the most misrepresented political ideologies of all time. Often confused with a rebellious and anti-social far-left movement, anarchist theory was born in books, developed through concrete experiences, and ended up finding no real place in the current nation-state system. Of course, you will say: anarchism rejects the state. Beyond that, however, there is so much more.
0:00 Intro: the ways of anarchism are endless
5:54 The philosophical origins of anarchism: Proudhon, Bakunin and Kropotkin
11:26 Can the state be abolished? The Paris Commune and Greenwich Village
15:24 The Haymarket Uprising, the rise of anarcho-syndicalism and the “propaganda of fact”: the assassination of Umberto I, King of Italy
18:11 The watershed of the Russian Revolution and the anarchist experience in Spain
22:00 Anarchism in Italy from Fascism to the strategy of tension: the Pinelli and Valpreda cases
24:52 Conclusions