Glossary of anarchism

Anarchism is a political and social movement which advocates voluntary association in opposition to authoritarianism and hierarchy.

…When a revolutionary situation develops, counter-institutions have the potential of functioning as a real alternative to the existing structure and reliance on them becomes as normal as reliance on the old authoritarian institutions.

Dual power is a state of affairs in which people have created institutions that fulfill all the useful functions formerly provided by the state.

The creation of a general state of dual power is a necessary requirement for a successful revolution… Samizdat—the production of literature banned by the former communist governments of eastern Europe; the term is a play on the term for the Soviet state press, and translates to "self-publishing."

Throughout the greater part of the twentieth century, the best literature, philosophy, and history in the Soviet Union and its satellite states was copied by photo-reproduction and distributed through underground channels—just as it is here in the United States today.