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"Anarchism, then really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion, the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property, liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth, an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes and inclinations."
-Emma Goldman
"The radical feminist perspective is almost pure anarchism. The basic theory postulates the nuclear family as the basis for all authoritarian systems. The lesson the child learns, from father to teacher to boss to God, is to OBEY the great anonymous voice of Authority. To graduate from childhood to adulthood is become a full-fledged automaton, incapable of questioning or even thinking clearly. We pass into middle-America believing everything we are told and numbly accepting the destruction of life all around us."
"Anarchists don't deny the necessity of organization: they only claim that it must come from below, not above, from within rather than from without."
"When we say we are fighting the patriarchy, it isn't always clear to all of us that that means fighting all hierarchy, all leadership, all government, and the very idea of authority itself...Feminism doesn't mean female corporate power or a woman president, it means no corporate power and no presidents. The equal rights amendment will not transform society, it only gives women the "right" to plug into a hierarchical economy. Challenging sexism means challenging all hierarchy--economic, political and personal. And that means an anarcha-feminist revolution."
"The way we live and work changes the way we think and perceive (and vice versa) and when changes in consciousness become changes in action and behavior, the revolution has begun."
From "Anarchism: The feminist Connection" by Peggy Kornegger
-Emma Goldman
"The radical feminist perspective is almost pure anarchism. The basic theory postulates the nuclear family as the basis for all authoritarian systems. The lesson the child learns, from father to teacher to boss to God, is to OBEY the great anonymous voice of Authority. To graduate from childhood to adulthood is become a full-fledged automaton, incapable of questioning or even thinking clearly. We pass into middle-America believing everything we are told and numbly accepting the destruction of life all around us."
"Anarchists don't deny the necessity of organization: they only claim that it must come from below, not above, from within rather than from without."
"When we say we are fighting the patriarchy, it isn't always clear to all of us that that means fighting all hierarchy, all leadership, all government, and the very idea of authority itself...Feminism doesn't mean female corporate power or a woman president, it means no corporate power and no presidents. The equal rights amendment will not transform society, it only gives women the "right" to plug into a hierarchical economy. Challenging sexism means challenging all hierarchy--economic, political and personal. And that means an anarcha-feminist revolution."
"The way we live and work changes the way we think and perceive (and vice versa) and when changes in consciousness become changes in action and behavior, the revolution has begun."
From "Anarchism: The feminist Connection" by Peggy Kornegger