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The most immediate argument to the theory of anarchy is that it “will never work”. Well, that’s simply untrue. The fact is it can and HAS worked several times. These case studies in how anarchistic societies have actually functioned throughout history and even how a few are functioning today. Check your premises at the door and prepare for some good old fashion schoolin’…


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  1. Anarchy Case Study - Yurok Tribe of California
  2. Anarchy Case Study - Somalia, Pt. 2 of ?
  3. Anarchy Case Study - Somalia, Pt. 1 of ?
  4. Anarchy Case Study - Somalia, Pt. 3 of ?

Anarchy Case Study - Somalia, Pt. 3 of ?

Posted on December 10, 2007 - Filed Under Anarchy, Anarchy Case Studies | Leave a Comment

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Criminy! It’s been almost a month again since my last case study was posted. I will apologize again, but no promises of timeliness this go around. I’m still working my way through Michael van Notten’s The Law of the Somalis: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development in the Horn of Africa. In Part Two I covered the six major prinicples of Somali Law and this time we’ll take…

Anarchy Case Study - Somalia, Pt. 2 of ?

Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under Anarchy, Anarchy Case Studies, Military, Webmastering | Leave a Comment

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Wow, it’s been almost a month since I added to the Case Study of Somalia. I apologize for the delay. I’ve been slowly working my way through Michael van Notten’s The Law of the Somalis: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development in the Horn of Africa. Van Notten was born in the Netherlands and received his Law degree from Leiden University. He married into the…

Anarchy Case Study - Somalia, Pt. 1 of ?

Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under Anarchy, Anarchy Case Studies | 1 Comment

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I’ve been working on a case study of the anarchist “state” of Somalia for a couple of months now. But have been unable to work it all into a cohesive whole. There’s just too much data from too many sources to water it all down to a single post. At the same time, I don’t want to just give you a bunch of links to…

Anarchy Case Study - Yurok Tribe of California

Posted on September 15, 2007 - Filed Under Anarchy, Anarchy Case Studies, Books, Movies/TV | Leave a Comment

The first anarchistic society I’ll be sharing here is one near to me both philosophically and geographically: the Yurok Tribe of Northern California. While not what I’d call an anarchist utopia, they had no governing body of any sort before the Europeans arrived and invaded their territory.


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