{"product_id":"anarchy-in-action-9781629632384","title":"Anarchy in Action","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe argument of this book is that an anarchist society, a society which organizes itself without authority, is always in existence, like a seed beneath the snow, buried under the weight of the state and its bureaucracy, capitalism and its waste, privilege and its injustices, nationalism and its suicidal loyalties, religious differences and their superstitious separatism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnarchist ideas are so much at variance with ordinary political assumptions and the solutions anarchists offer so remote, that all too often people find it hard to take anarchism seriously. This classic text is an attempt to bridge the gap between the present reality and anarchist aspirations, \"between what is and what, according to the anarchists, might be.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough a wide-ranging analysis--drawing on examples from education, urban planning, welfare, housing, the environment, the workplace, and the family, to name but a few--Colin Ward demonstrates that the roots of anarchist practice are not so alien or quixotic as they might at first seem but lie precisely in the ways that people have always tended to organize themselves when left alone to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe result is both an accessible introduction for those new to anarchism and pause for thought for those who are too quick to dismiss it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor more than thirty years, in over thirty books, Colin Ward patiently explained anarchist solutions to everything from vandalism to climate change--and celebrated unofficial uses of the landscape as commons, from holiday camps to squatter communities. Ward was an anarchist journalist and editor for almost sixty years, most famously editing the journal \u003cem\u003eAnarchy\u003c\/em\u003e. He was also a columnist for \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Society\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFreedom\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTown and Country Planning\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-2010) was Britain's foremost anarchist writer. Editor of \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper and then \u003ci\u003eAnarchy\u003c\/i\u003e magazine from 1947 to 1970, he is the author or coauthor of over thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eAnarchy in Action\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTalking Anarchy, Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCotters and Squatters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Allotment\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eArcadia for All\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525042442514,"sku":"9781629632384","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_987a8b1d-d3b9-43eb-a0f5-a3af592d4dce.jpg?v=1731200546","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anarchy-in-action-9781629632384","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}