[3] The group sought to re-establish revolutionary anarchism for the 21st century as intersectional anarchist communism[2] based in coherent strategy and organizations.
Their newspaper opened each issue with a statement in support of replacing authoritarian social relations with cooperation, solidarity, and mutual aid.
[3] Love and Rage was one of several social anarchist organizations in its era, alongside Anti-Racist Action and the Black Autonomy Federation.
[3][7] The group and other revolutionary social anarchist organizations contributed to the re-establishment of the American left with intersectional politics across multiple traditions (anti-racism, anti-capitalism, anti-state, and feminist).
[4] The phrase "Love and Rage", popularized by the group, also had an undercurrent in the American punk rock band lyrics of Mischief Brew and Green Day.