Agrarian Anarchism
Anarchist branch centered on the countryside, defending autonomous rural communities, collective ownership of land, and peasant cooperation, rejecting the state and land concentration in favor of self-management.
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In one sentence
I want autonomous rural communities with collective land, without state or large estates, organized by peasant cooperation and self-management.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Very strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Very strong · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Free market
- Balanced
Religion
- Leaning · Traditionalist
Morality
- Very strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 93% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 38This ideology 95
Of all the topics, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Morality
On Morality, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 43This ideology 40
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Emiliano Zapata
A Mexican revolutionary, Zapata led peasants in the Mexican Revolution under the motto Land and Liberty, defending agrarian reform and the autonomy of rural communities against large landowners and the state.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyLeo TolstoyWriter97%
SociallyPier Paolo PasoliniWriter and filmmaker95%
EconomicallyAndré GorzPhilosopher100%
Other compatible profiles
ActivismBob MarleyMusician and reggae icon92%
ActivismMahatma GandhiPolitical leader92%
PoliticsAbdullah ÖcalanPolitical leader91%
PhilosophyGustav LandauerCommunitarian anarchist philosopher91%
Political theoryJohn ZerzanPhilosopher91%
ActivismJosé BovéActivist91%
ReligionLeonardo BoffTheologian90%
PhilosophyArne NæssPhilosopher90%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Anarchist Aragon and Catalonia
1936–1939During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
Other close countries
Zapatista Chiapas (Mexico)
Indigenous-communal autonomyZapatista territories in southern Mexico, self-governed since 1994 by mostly Maya communities through caracoles and Good Government Councils, rejecting political parties and the state, with cooperative agrarian economy and strong women's leadership.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism89%
SociallyVermont (United States)Progressive-communal region88%
EconomicallyZimbabweDominant party in crisis98%
The most distant
Free Territory (Makhnovshchina)
1918–1921During the Russian Revolution, Makhno's Free Territory was an anarchist experiment in Ukraine, with self-managed peasant communes and popular militias that rejected both the White state and Bolshevik power.
Also close, by dimension
- PoliticallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193988%
SociallyParis CommuneMarch–May 187182%
EconomicallyCárdenas's Mexico1934–194099%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Anarchist
- Anarchist
Zapatismo
Neo-Zapatista movement that emerged in 1994 in southern Mexico, combining indigenous autonomy, direct democracy through assemblies and caracoles, cooperative subsistence economy, and refusal to seize state power, summed up as 'lead by obeying'.
- Anarchist
Anarcho-primitivism
Current of John Zerzan and Ted Kaczynski that sees industrial civilization and agriculture itself as the root of domination, calling for the end of modern technology and a return to small stateless hunter-gatherer communities.
- Anarchist
Green Anarchism
Current that unites anarchism and radical ecology, defending decentralized, sustainable communities without a state or exploitation of nature, in harmony with ecological cycles and non-human life.
Closest in other spectrums
- Left
Indigenism
Current that values indigenous peoples and their rights, defending autonomy, territory, culture, and political participation, along with development models and a plurinational state that respect their traditions.
- Left
Deep Ecology
Current that attributes intrinsic value to all life and not only to human beings, defending a profound change of values, the reduction of human impact, and respect for the balance of the planet's ecosystems.
- Left
Syndicalism
Movement that places unions and workers' organization at the center of politics, defending collective bargaining, direct action, and labor control over production as the path to working-class emancipation.
The most distant ideology
Techno-MonarchismFar-Right28%