The aim of anarchist-socialism is the creation of political and economic spaces for the democratic and rational construction of an ecologically sustainable; economic, political, and social complex based on humanist principles. Anarchist-socialism aims at the establishment of a material basis for the autonomous development of all persons. As an ideal it can only be accomplished via the extension of democracy beyond the political into the economic and the social. The premises of socialist thinking are social-constructivist.
By ''ecologically sustainable'' , anarcho-socialists mean that the technical organisation of production and social organisation of labour that results from the applied model of democratic participation would not function in such a manner as to harm the integrity of the eco-sphere.
Ensuring that the free organisation of social and economic tasks works in such a way as to not harm the eco-sphere, does not imply the need for laws, bureaucracies or paramilitary institutions (i.e police) to ''enforce'' ecological sustainability. Being that social and economic arrangements would be based on the free and voluntary association of cooperative groups; compliance would derive from: (1) understanding that the maintenance of human life depends on the integrity of the eco-sphere, (2) a common social interest in maintaining quality of life, (3) a desire to legate an ecologically sound planet to future generations.
Anarchist-Socialists are not ''neo-primitivist''. They view the 'Industrial System' as a tool that could potentially be used for the advancement of socially progressive and democratic objectives.
Consumption is not negative per se - the problem is the capitalist model of distribution and consumption that encourages waste and produces banality.
Economic activity in an anarchist-socialist society would be organised around Cooperatives and Industrial Trade Unions. The long term goal of an anarchist-socialist economy would be the abolition of the need for money as a medium of exchange and the creation of conditions of abundance that guarantee the satisfaction of democratically defined human needs . Via the integration of innovative technologies, rational democratic planning at the point of production, and the expansion of industrial capassity as needed ( with due consideration for ecological concerns) the aim of the anarcho-socialist economy would be free supply on demand.
The concept of ''democratic construction'' implies the extension of participation to as many political actors as possible. Socialist Democracy implies both plurality and participation. Proportional representation and inclusion of the various social and economic groups that conform a society. The social basis of democracy in an anarchist-socialist society are the cooperative workplaces. The political basis of anarchist-socialist democracy are councils of periodically elected and recallable delegates (not premanent ''representatives'' or a ''professional'' political class). The political system is thus rooted in concrete economic organisation efforts. It responds primarily to the coordination needs derived from having to define action relative to technical organisation of production, social organisation of labour , distribution and ecological sustainability. The councils make no laws. There are no laws.
Democracy is plural in the sense that it seeks proportional representation in order to achieve a diversity of imputs in the participatory process. By participation is meant the process by which desicions about definite action would be made collectively after broad discussion. The primary goal would be to attempt the achievement of consensus - lacking consensus, then by majority vote with the proviso that minorities reserve the right to form an opposition. The society resulting from this model of affirmative representation would be concieved of as an organic entity composed of autonomous persons voluntarily associated into cooperatives in interaction with diverse economic, political and cultural processes. Freedom of speech, press and assembly is guaranteed to all in a context of economic security for all. What affects all is decided by all.
By ''ecologically sustainable'' , anarcho-socialists mean that the technical organisation of production and social organisation of labour that results from the applied model of democratic participation would not function in such a manner as to harm the integrity of the eco-sphere.
Ensuring that the free organisation of social and economic tasks works in such a way as to not harm the eco-sphere, does not imply the need for laws, bureaucracies or paramilitary institutions (i.e police) to ''enforce'' ecological sustainability. Being that social and economic arrangements would be based on the free and voluntary association of cooperative groups; compliance would derive from: (1) understanding that the maintenance of human life depends on the integrity of the eco-sphere, (2) a common social interest in maintaining quality of life, (3) a desire to legate an ecologically sound planet to future generations.
Anarchist-Socialists are not ''neo-primitivist''. They view the 'Industrial System' as a tool that could potentially be used for the advancement of socially progressive and democratic objectives.
Consumption is not negative per se - the problem is the capitalist model of distribution and consumption that encourages waste and produces banality.
Economic activity in an anarchist-socialist society would be organised around Cooperatives and Industrial Trade Unions. The long term goal of an anarchist-socialist economy would be the abolition of the need for money as a medium of exchange and the creation of conditions of abundance that guarantee the satisfaction of democratically defined human needs . Via the integration of innovative technologies, rational democratic planning at the point of production, and the expansion of industrial capassity as needed ( with due consideration for ecological concerns) the aim of the anarcho-socialist economy would be free supply on demand.
The concept of ''democratic construction'' implies the extension of participation to as many political actors as possible. Socialist Democracy implies both plurality and participation. Proportional representation and inclusion of the various social and economic groups that conform a society. The social basis of democracy in an anarchist-socialist society are the cooperative workplaces. The political basis of anarchist-socialist democracy are councils of periodically elected and recallable delegates (not premanent ''representatives'' or a ''professional'' political class). The political system is thus rooted in concrete economic organisation efforts. It responds primarily to the coordination needs derived from having to define action relative to technical organisation of production, social organisation of labour , distribution and ecological sustainability. The councils make no laws. There are no laws.
Democracy is plural in the sense that it seeks proportional representation in order to achieve a diversity of imputs in the participatory process. By participation is meant the process by which desicions about definite action would be made collectively after broad discussion. The primary goal would be to attempt the achievement of consensus - lacking consensus, then by majority vote with the proviso that minorities reserve the right to form an opposition. The society resulting from this model of affirmative representation would be concieved of as an organic entity composed of autonomous persons voluntarily associated into cooperatives in interaction with diverse economic, political and cultural processes. Freedom of speech, press and assembly is guaranteed to all in a context of economic security for all. What affects all is decided by all.
- I.C.
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