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Ukraine is a capital of freedom!

Anarchist communism- a history: where and how did it develop, where it grew around the world: ACG Online Public Meeting

The Beautiful Idea: why we need anarchist communism now

New Issue of London paper Rebel City out now!

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The Beautiful Idea: why we need anarchist communism now

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025Battlescarred

Norwich Public Meeting Wednesday 23rd April The Beautiful idea: why we need anarchist communism now Presentation and discussion led by Nick Heath – [...]

New Issue of London paper Rebel City out now!

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025Battlescarred

Issue 19 of London anarchist paper Rebel City is now out. It is produced by a collective that includes London Anarchist Communist Group. [...]

Ukraine is a capital of freedom!

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025Battlescarred

The following text by Yana Makova was published by Voice of Anarchists and translated by Thunderbird. It also appears on the libcom site [...]

Anarchist communism- a history: where and how did it develop, where it grew around the world: ACG Online Public Meeting

March 28, 2025April 6, 2025Battlescarred

Online educational meeting convened by Anarchist Communist Group. 7pm, May 7th Ideas about equality and freedom have always existed since the emergence of [...]

April Issue of ACG Supporters Bulletin is now out!

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025Battlescarred

Number 43 of our Supporters Bulletin is now out, giving news about the activities and publications of the ACG, including some forthcoming public [...]

Against Barbarism, for Libertarian Communism

March 23, 2025March 23, 2025Battlescarred

The coming to power of Trump in the United States signals a new period in the history of capitalism. The Trump regime has [...]

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Reform UK: No Friend of the Working Class

November 3, 2024November 3, 2024Battlescarred

Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, claims to speak for the underdog and the disenfranchised and aims to grab working class votes. But [...]

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Printed Matters

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024Battlescarred

“Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It’s the little pocket pamphlets that are to be feared.”— Voltaire. The Anarchist Communist Group publishes [...]

Stormy Petrel Number 6 is out!

September 11, 2024September 25, 2024

ACG Public Meeting The Beautiful Idea: Why we need anarchist communism now - At The Cafe

We are going through an unprecedented time of human history, in which even the future of the planet is at stake. This was not inevitable. It is the result of the systems that have been brutally imposed by a ruling elite, including colonial expansion and imperialism, which gave rise to global capitalism. This system as spread to every corner of the world, bringing with it exploitation, oppression, wars and environmental disaster. We believe that only anarchist communism can save the day. The ruling class is desperate to make us think that the serious issues we are facing can be resolved within capitalism, with continual growth and profits for a few. Too many in the trade unions, reformist parties and environmental believe the same. Demands for a ‘Just Transition’ or a ‘green economy’ are still all within the logic of capitalism. Other options are being put forward by Communists of the Leninist tradition. Though they call for revolution, theirs would be a top-down one, sacrificing our freedom in the process. Anarchism, without the communism, is also an inadequate solution. Focusing on individual freedom and being anti-authority does not address the big changes that need to take place in our economic and social systems. Instead we propose anarchist communism. As Malatesta said: “We too aspire to communism as the most perfect achievement of human solidarity, but it must be anarchist communism, that is, freely desired and accepted, and the means by which the freedom of everyone is guaranteed and can expand; for these reasons we maintain that State communism, which is authoritarian and imposed, is the most hateful tyranny that has ever afflicted, tormented and handicapped mankind.”