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Anarchism is a political philosophy that rejects any form of authoritarian relationship, involuntary hierarchy, or compulsory government (i.e. the "state"). Its proponents advocate individual liberty in equality of rights and power and free association, through various means such as voluntary cooperation, direct democracy, consensus decision making, polycentric law or self-management.

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CrimethInc. is a decentralized anarchist collective composed of multiple cells which act independently of one another. The collective emerged in the mid-1990s from its beginnings as the hardcore zine Inside Front, and began operating as a collective in 1996. It has since published widely-read propaganda for the anarchist movement, and expanded into nearly all areas of the contemporary anti-capitalist movement.

Several divisions of the group have published books, while others have released records or organized large-scale national campaigns against globalization and representative democracy in favor of radical community organizing. Less public splinter groups have carried out direct action (including arson and hacktivism), hosted international conventions and other events, maintained local chapters, sparked riots and toured with multimedia performance art and/or hardcore anarcho-punk musical ensembles. The collective has received national media and academic attention, as well as strong criticism and praise from other anarchists for its activities and philosophy.

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19th century interpretation of the Althing in the Icelandic Commonwealth by W.G. Collingwood. Anarcho-capitalists such as David Friedman and Roderick Long consider Medieval Iceland to exemplify some features of an anarchist society.

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Anniversaries for June 9

1858 - French revolutionary Joseph Déjacque publishes the first issue of Libertaire (a journal of the social movement), in New York City.
1908 - French anarchist Eugène Thennevin (1848-1908) dies.
1912 - Emma Goldman's June 9-20 lecture series in Seattle, Washington, is threatened by U.S. military veterans.
1912 - A mass protest in London's Trafalgar Square demanding the release of Errico Malatesta succeeds in preventing his deportation for criminal libel.
1917 - French anarchist Octave Jahn (1869-1917) dies in México City. Jahn founded, with Tortelier and others, the League of the Anti-Patriots in 1886.
1966 - German anarcho-syndicalist and theorist of federalism Helmut Rudiger (1903-1966) dies.

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May 23, 2008: Anarchist folk-singer Utah Philips died of congenital heart failure.
May 1, 2008: Hundreds of anarchist nationalists and far-left radicals clash in the worst riots in Hamburg, Germany in years
March 21-24 2008: Anarchist convergence held in Melbourne, Australia, to discuss the establishment of a Regional Anarchist Federation.
February 7, 2008: A Chilean anarchist group called the Severino Di Giovanni Antipatriotic Band claimed responsibility for the bombing of a police station in Providencia, Chile.
February 2, 2008: Anarchists in Athens, Greece attacked a demonstration by the neo-nazi organization Golden Dawn.
December 2007-January 2008: Spain's Confederación General del Trabajo declare's a strike of Barcelona's bus drivers, from 21-24 December, and 2-4 January.