Fight Back
By Alexander Berkman

WHAT IS ANARCHY?
BEFORE I TELL YOU WHAT ANARCHISM IS I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT IT IS NOT.

1-IT IS NOT BOMBS, DISORDER, OR CHAOS
2-IT IS NOT ROBBERY OR MURDER
3-IT IS NOT A WAR OF EACH AGAINST ALL
4- IT IS NOT A RETURN TO BARBARISM OR TO THE WILD STATE OF MAN

anarchy is
IT MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO CHOOSE THE KIND OF LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE, AND LIVE IT WITHOUT ANYBODY INTERFERING. IT MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD BE FREE TO DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO; AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE COMPELLED TO DO WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO. IT MEANS THAT THE NEXT FELLOW SHOULD HAVE THE SAME FREEDOM AS YOU, THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES. IT MEANS THAT ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS, AND THAT THEY SHOULD LIVE LIKE BROTHERS, IN PEACE AND HARMONY. IT MEANS A CONDITION OF SOCIETY WHERE ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE FREE, AND WHERE ALL ENJOY EQUALLY THE BENIFITS OF AN ORDERED AND SENSIBLE LIFE. THAT IS TO SAY THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO WAR, NO VIOLENCE USED BY ONE SET OF MEN AGAINST ANOTHER, NO MONOPOLY AND NO POVERTY, NO OPPRESSION, NO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOUR FELLOWMAN.