What Kind of Anarchist Are You?

Anarchist Models (which is your favorite in each group cluster below?)

ECONOMICS + PROPERTY

Anarcho-Communist – Abolishes private property, markets, money, and wage labor; goods distributed by need. Collective decision-making and mutual aid are central. Collective ownership ONLY • NO private property (beyond personal stuff) • NO markets of any kind • Wage labor must be abolished • NO money • NO currency

Collectivist Anarchist – Collective ownership of productive property, wage labor abolished, labor-based compensation allowed via vouchers or hours. Transitional from capitalism. • Abolish capitalist private property • ALLOW markets inside collectives OR labor vouchers • Abolish wage labor • Labor-based compensation OK (vouchers, hours)

Mutualist – Private property allowed only for direct personal use; markets exist but capitalism is rejected. Labor-for-labor or mutual credit systems encouraged. Ownership by workers or by individuals who use the property • “Private property only if directly used” • Markets YES • Wage labor discouraged, but OK if non-exploitative

Individualist / Market Anarchist – Supports fully voluntary private property and markets; wage labor acceptable if non-coercive; individual freedom prioritized. Individual ownership • Private property acceptable • Markets essential • Wage labor OK if voluntary • Individual freedom > collective freedom

Anarcho-Capitalist – Advocates fully voluntary markets and private property with minimal or no state; rejects collective ownership; emphasizes private contracts, wage labor, and free-market economics. • Strong private property rights • Completely free markets • Wage labor fully acceptable if voluntary • Most services (security, courts, infrastructure) privatized • State replaced by voluntary contracts and private institutions

INDIVIDUAL vs COLLECTIVE ORIENTATION

Egoist (Stirnerite) – Individual autonomy is absolute; rejects moral obligations and fixed social identities. Cooperation occurs via voluntary “unions of egoists.” • Individual autonomy is absolute • No natural obligations • Prefer temporary, voluntary, non-institutional associations • Decisions via individual autonomy, not consensus

Mutualist – Balances individual and collective interests; voluntary cooperation; property is use-based.

Individualist / Market Anarchist – Individual freedom prioritized, voluntary contracts; markets and private property supported.

Post-Left Anarchist – Anti-organizational, anti-duty, playful, skeptical of leftist moralism; emphasizes autonomy and experimentation.

ORGANIZATION + STRATEGY

Anarcho-Syndicalist – Strong formal organization (unions/federations); direct action including strikes; violence only as self-defense; focuses on workplace struggle. • Social change via workplace organizing • Direct action OK • Violence only as last-resort self-defense • Strong formal organization (unions, federations)

Platformist / Especifista – Strong organization, shared ideology, strategic planning, long-term institutions accepted.  • Strong organization • Clear shared strategy, not just spontaneity • Long-term institutions OK • Change is strategic, organized

Anarchy Without Adjectives – Encourages anarchists with any goals to collaborate; rejects rigid ideological purism.  • Rejects rigid ideological labels (communist, mutualist, etc.) • Different economic systems may coexist in a free society • Emphasizes cooperation among anarchists despite differences • Focus on abolishing hierarchy rather than enforcing one economic model

Post-Left Anarchist – Minimal organization; spontaneous, anti-institutional, experimental. • Skepticism of organization • High autonomy, anti-duty • Anti-work, anti-institution, pluralist future

Insurrectionary Anarchist – Rejects formal structures; small affinity groups; direct action and sabotage are central; violence acceptable in resistance. Social change through uprising, not organization • Direct action including sabotage OK • Violence in resistance acceptable • NO long-term organization; prefer affinity groups

Anarcho-Nihilist – Emphasizes destruction of existing structures without necessarily proposing a replacement; may embrace chaos or rejection of meaning as tactic. Rejects long-term political programs or utopian plans • Focus on destroying oppressive systems rather than building new ones • Deep skepticism of ideology, morality, and institutions • Revolt and negation emphasized over structured movements

NONVIOLENCE / DIRECT ACTION

Anarcho-Pacifist – Nonviolence as moral principle; rejects sabotage and coercive action. • No sabotage • No violence, even in self-defense • Nonviolence is moral principle

Insurrectionary / Syndicalist / AnCom – Direct action, sabotage, and, in some cases, violence are acceptable tactics depending on context.

IDENTITY & OPPRESSION

Anarcha-Feminist – Gender and patriarchy are central oppressions; links liberation to abolition of hierarchy.  • Patriarchy is a core power structure • Gender liberation is central, not secondary • Emphasis on relational healing and anti-domination ethics

Queer Anarchist – Focuses on dismantling heteronormativity, binaries, and state control over bodies. • Heteronormativity & gender binaries seen as domination • Queer liberation central to anarchism • Emphasis on bodily autonomy + anti-normativity

Decolonial / Anti-Racist Anarchist – Race, colonialism, and empire are central oppressions; emphasizes restorative justice and Indigenous sovereignty. • Race/colonialism understood as primary domination • Anti-racism should be central • Restorative justice + community accountability

ECOLOGY + TECHNOLOGY

Green / Eco-Anarchist – Ecology central; technology used cautiously; localism emphasized. • Tech is potentially harmful and must be ecologically controlled • Prefer low or appropriate tech • Ecology is central to anarchism

Anarcho-Primitivist – Technology inherently oppressive; favors rewilding and low-tech tribal structures. • Technology is inherently oppressive • Prefer very low-tech or no tech • Ecology above all • Wants decentralized, tribal-scale future

Communalist / Social Ecology (Bookchin) – Ecology central; municipal assemblies; appropriate technology; federated municipalities.  • Tech is conditionally good • Mixed-tech is fine • Ecology central • Structured municipalities + assemblies

Anarcho-Transhumanist – Embraces technology for liberation; promotes enhancement, AI, biotech, and decentralized high-tech solutions compatible with anarchist principles. • Technology can expand freedom and human potential • Supports biotech, AI, and cybernetic enhancement • Favors decentralized technological access rather than corporate/state control • Sees advanced technology as compatible with anarchist liberation

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What Kind of Anarchist Are You? — Quiz #1 - Circle one answer for each question.

A. Economics

How should productive property be owned?  A. Collectively by everyone  B. Collectively by workers with compensation systems  C. Owned by users (use-based property)  D. Private property OK as long as voluntary

Should markets exist?  A. No — abolish all markets  B. Yes — limited exchange/labor vouchers  C. Yes — mutual exchange/anti-capitalist markets  D. Yes — free markets

Should money exist?  A. No  B. Labor vouchers  C. Mutual credit systems  D. Yes

B. Organization

How should anarchists organize?  A. Strong, disciplined federations  B. Strong workplace unions C. Loose networks; informal groups  D. Almost no organization

Decision-making should be:  A. Consensus  B. Direct democracy  C. Affinity groups  D. Individual autonomy

C. Strategy

How does change occur?  A. Strategic organizing  B. Workplace struggle + strikes  C. Uprisings/revolt  D. Cultural shift + autonomy

Is sabotage/direct action OK?  A. No  B. Only property destruction  C. Yes, fully  D. Only if consensual within groups

D. Individual vs Collective

Freedom means:  A. Primarily collective freedom  B. Balance  C. Individual freedom prioritized D. Individual freedom only

Obligations to others exist:  A. Naturally (mutual aid)  B. Voluntarily  C. Only if chosen  D. Not at all

E. Identity & Oppression

The core oppressive system is:  A. Patriarchy  B. Racism/colonialism  C. Heteronormativity  D. Economic/class capitalism  E. All equally

F. Ecology + Technology

Technology is:  A. Oppressive  B. Dangerous but salvageable  C. Neutral  D. Potentially liberatory

Future society should be:  A. Rewilded / primitive  B. Low-tech ecological  C. Mixed-tech ecological  D. Tech-enabled municipal democracy E. High-tech autonomous

Scoring Key

Participants tally their letters:

• Mostly A (Economics) → Anarcho-Communist

• Mix of A+B → Collectivist

• Mostly C (Economics) → Mutualist

• Mostly D (Economics) → Individualist

• Mostly A (Organization) → Platformist

• Mostly B → Syndicalist

• Mostly C → Insurrectionary

• Mostly D → Post-Left / Egoist

• If Q10 = A → Anarcho-Pacifist

• If Q10 = B/C → Revolutionary type (depends on economics)

• If Q11 = A → Primitivist

• If Q11 = B → Eco-Anarchist

• If Q11 = C/D → Communalist or Tech Anarchist

• If Q10 identifies patriarchy → Anarcha-Feminist

• If Q10 identifies race/colonialism → Decolonial

• If Q10 identifies heteronormativity → Queer Anarchist

WHAT KIND OF ANARCHIST ARE YOU? — QUIZ #2

SECTION 1 — ECONOMIC ORIENTATION

1. What should replace capitalism?

A. Markets should remain, but without bosses or the state. B. Cooperative worker-run production, communal distribution, no markets. C. Small-scale market exchange is fine, but capitalism must be abolished. D. Entirely voluntary gift-giving and mutual aid networks. E. Not sure / depends on the context.

• A → Market Anarchism / Agorism

• B → Anarcho-Communism / Anarcho-Collectivism

• C → Mutualism

• D → Anarchist Communalism / Gift Economy Anarchism

• E → Undetermined / Mixed

2. Should there be markets in a free society?

A. Yes—competitive markets without hierarchy or state interference.  B. Yes—only between cooperatives, not corporations or landlords.  C. Maybe—small-scale personal trade okay, but no large markets.  D. No—markets inherently create inequality and must be abolished.  E. Doesn’t matter—people can voluntarily choose whatever.

• A → Market Anarchism / Agorism

• B → Mutualism

• C → Communal-Mutualist hybrids

• D → Anarcho-Communism / Anarcho-Syndicalism

• E → Voluntaryist / Syncretic Anarchist

3. What should replace wage labor?

A. Nothing—people should be free to contract for wages if they want.  B. Cooperative production where no one hires or fires anyone.  C. Labor-for-labor exchange systems (labor notes, mutual credit).  D. Work done freely for the community based on ability and need.  E. Some combination depending on the group’s preference.

• A → Market Anarchism / Agorism

• B → Anarcho-Syndicalism / Collectivism

• C → Mutualism

• D → Anarcho-Communism

• E → Pluralist / Pan-Anarchist

4. How should goods be distributed?

A. Market exchange—voluntary trade sets value.  B. Worker cooperatives distribute based on labor contributed.  C. Mutual credit: individuals exchange according to hours worked.  D. "From each according to ability, to each according to need.”  E. Each community experiments to find what works.

• A → Market Anarchism

• B → Anarcho-Collectivism

• C → Mutualism

• D → Anarcho-Communism

• E → Communal pluralist / Pan-Anarchist

SECTION 2 — PROPERTY & OWNERSHIP

5. What kinds of property should exist?

A. All property (personal + productive) can be privately owned.  B. Personal property only—no private ownership of workplaces or land.  C. Small-scale private property is okay; large holdings become social.  D. No property; only use-based possession with communal stewardship.  E. Communities decide what property rules fit them.

• A → Market Anarchism / Individualist Anarchism

• B → Anarcho-Communism / Syndicalism

• C → Mutualism

• D → Communal Anarchism / Egoist-Anarchist hybrids

• E → Pluralist / Pan-Anarchist

6. Should people be allowed to own land they don’t personally use?

A. Yes—if purchased or traded voluntarily.  B. No—unused land should revert to communal use.  C. Only small amounts of unused land; no speculative land ownership.  D. Land should be held in common, used by whomever needs it.  E. Local assemblies should decide.

• A → Market Anarchists / Agorists

• B → Mutualists

• C → Left-Wing Individualist Anarchists

• D → Anarcho-Communists / Social Ecology adherents

• E → Anarchist Pluralists

7. Should workplaces be privately owned?

A. Yes—any consenting arrangement is fine.  B. No—workplaces must be controlled by workers.  C. Small owner-operator businesses are okay; no absentee owners.  D. No workplaces should be “owned” at all—just collectively used.  E. Communities should experiment.

• A → Market Anarchism

• B → Anarcho-Syndicalism / Collectivism

• C → Mutualism

• D → Anarcho-Communism

• E → Pluralist

8. Which definition of property feels right?

A. Property is whatever people freely exchange or sign contracts about.  B. Property is based on use and occupation only (“possession vs. property”).  C. Property should reflect labor input—labor creates legitimate ownership.  D. Property is unnecessary; everything is held in common. E. Property norms should be flexible.

• A → Individualist / Market Anarchism

• B → Mutualism

• C → Mutualism / Collectivism hybrid

• D → Anarcho-Communism

• E → Pluralist / Pan-Anarchist

Scoring Key — Quiz #2

SECTION 1 — ECONOMIC ORIENTATION

Answers → Anarchist Type

A → Market Anarchism / Agorism

B → Anarcho-Communism / Collectivist Anarchism

C → Mutualism

D → Anarchist Communalism / Gift Economy

E → Pluralist / Mixed

A → Market Anarchism / Agorism

B → Mutualism

C → Communal-Mutualist hybrids

D → Anarcho-Communism / Anarcho-Syndicalism

E → Voluntaryist / Syncretic

A → Market Anarchism / Agorism

B → Anarcho-Syndicalism / Collectivism

C → Mutualism

D → Anarcho-Communism

E → Pluralist / Pan-Anarchist

A → Market Anarchism

B → Anarcho-Collectivism

C → Mutualism

D → Anarcho-Communism

E → Communal / Pluralist

SECTION 2 — PROPERTY & OWNERSHIP

Answers → Anarchist Type

A → Market / Individualist Anarchism

B → Anarcho-Communism / Syndicalism

C → Mutualism

D → Communal / Egoist hybrids

E → Pluralist / Pan-Anarchist

A → Market Anarchism / Agorism

B → Mutualism

C → Left-Wing Individualist Anarchism

D → Anarcho-Communism / Social Ecology

E → Pluralist / Pan-Anarchist

A → Market Anarchism

B → Anarcho-Syndicalism / Collectivism

C → Mutualism

D → Anarcho-Communism

E → Pluralist / Experimental

A → Market / Individualist Anarchism

B → Mutualism

C → Mutualism / Collectivist hybrid

D → Anarcho-Communism

E → Pluralist / Pan-Anarchist

GENERAL GUIDELINES:

• Tally your dominant letters by category (Economics, Organization, Property, etc.) to determine alignment.

• Cross-reference with ideology clusters (Market, Mutualist, Collectivist, Communalist, Syndicalist, Insurrectionary, Post-Left, Egoist).

• Consider identity/oppression answers (Q10) and ecology/technology answers (Q11–12) to refine results.

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WHAT KIND OF ANARCHIST ARE YOU? — 40-QUESTION QUIZ #3

Each question has A–E options. Score them according to the Scoring Sheet at the end.

1. What should replace capitalism?  A. A market economy without a state  B. Cooperative production without markets  C. Labor-based mutual exchange systems  D. Gift economy and free communal access  E. Local experimentation

2. Should markets exist in a free society?  A. Yes, fully  B. Yes, but only between cooperatives  C. Some small markets ok  D. No  E. Up to communities

3. Wage labor should be… A. Permitted freely  B. Replaced entirely by worker control  C. Replaced with labor-for-labor exchange  D. Abolished in favor of communal work  E. Optional

4. How should goods be distributed?  A. Market exchange  B. Work-based distribution  C. Mutual credit  D. According to need  E. Mixed

5. The best model for economic organization is… A. Individually owned businesses  B. Worker-run unions & collectives  C. Mutualist associations + cooperatives  D. Communes with shared resources  E. Multiple coexisting systems

6. What best describes your economic instincts?  A. Free-market libertarian left  B. Revolutionary worker control  C. Decentralized cooperative markets  D. Communal abundance E. Anti-dogmatic / anti-economic orthodoxy

7. Should money exist?  A. Yes  B. Only internal cooperative accounting  C. Mutual credit only  D. No—money is unnecessary  E. Maybe—depends on context

8. The ideal economy feels… A. Entrepreneurial  B. Union-driven  C. Small-scale cooperative  D. Communal + non-monetary  E. Diverse + flexible

9. Is competition acceptable?  A. Yes—voluntary competition  B. Only among worker collectives C. Small-scale, non-extractive competition  D. No—cooperation only  E. Depends on the community

10. Do you favor “free markets,” “free communes,” or both?  A. Free markets  B. Free communes C. A mix leaning toward mutual exchange  D. Communes only  E. Freedom of experimentation

11. Should people be able to own land they don't use?  A. Yes  B. No  C. Only small amounts  D. Land should be common  E. Community decision

12. Are productive assets (factories, farms) private or collective?  A. Private if voluntarily agreed B. Worker-owned  C. Owner-operator + cooperative  D. Communally used  E. Varies

13. Best definition of property?  A. Contractual ownership  B. Occupancy-and-use  C. Labor-based  D. No property; common stewardship  E. Flexible

14. Is rent legitimate?  A. Yes, if voluntary  B. No—tenants should control housing  C. Possibly, but limited  D. No such thing as rent  E. Depends

15. Are large personal fortunes acceptable?  A. Yes—if without coercion  B. No—wealth should be collectively managed  C. Only if earned through labor  D. No—abolish wealth differences  E. Up to local norms

16. Should a person own their workplace?  A. Yes—if they created it  B. Yes—together with coworkers  C. Yes—so long as they work there  D. No ownership—just use  E. Local choice

17. The legitimate basis for property is…  A. Voluntary contract  B. Use and occupation  C. Labor input  D. Community decision + need  E. Mixed

18. Should intellectual property exist?  A. Yes  B. No  C. Possibly in modified form  D. No—knowledge is communal  E. Community experimentation

19. How should decisions be made without a state?  A. Decentralized contracts  B. Federated worker assemblies  C. Cooperative councils + mutual associations  D. Direct democracy in communes  E. Many parallel methods

20. What is your stance on authority?  A. Suspicion, but legitimate if voluntary  B. Oppose hierarchy completely  C. Oppose hierarchy but OK with elected coordinators  D. No authority except direct community norms  E. Authority structures vary

21. Should communities be federated?  A. Voluntary federations B. Yes—strong federation of unions  C. Loose federations  D. Minimal federation; mostly autonomous communes  E. Optional

22. How should conflicts be resolved?  A. Contractual arbitration  B. Union/collective mediation C. Mutualist arbitration networks  D. Community assemblies  E. Varied systems

23. Stance on policing?  A. Community defense + voluntary security  B. Worker defense guards C. Mutual aid patrols + arbitration  D. No policing—restorative circles  E. Local autonomy

24. Should prisons exist?  A. Only voluntary restorative institutions  B. No—use restorative justice C. Temporary containment only if necessary  D. No prisons at all  E. Up to communities

25. View on violence as a tactic?  A. Self-defense only  B. Revolutionary defense of the working class  C. Defensive action + resistance  D. Reject or minimize violence  E. Case-by-case

26. What kind of organization style do you prefer?  A. Decentralized entrepreneurial networks B. Highly organized syndicates  C. Cooperative federations  D. Affinity groups / small communes  E. Multiple simultaneous structures

27. Technology in a free society?  A. High-tech markets B. Industrial technology under worker control  C. Appropriate tech / small-scale  D. Low-tech / eco-communal  E. Mixed

28. Urban or rural orientation?  A. Urban freedom  B. Industrial cities  C. Towns + cooperatives D. Rural eco-communes  E. Mixed

29. Environmental attitude?  A. Market-based sustainability  B. Worker-managed ecological transition  C. Cooperative permaculture  D. Deep ecology + communalism  E. Local differences

30. Transportation?  A. Privately run free-market mobility  B. Worker-controlled public systems C. Cooperative transit networks  D. Walking, biking, communal transport E. Mixed

31. Housing?  A. Private housing market  B. Union-run construction + collective housing  C. Mutual housing cooperatives  D. Housing as a communal right  E. Mixed

32. Energy policy?  A. Market alternatives  B. Worker-run green industry  C. Cooperative energy networks  D. Community-level off-grid solutions  E. Mixed

33. Consumption?  A. Entrepreneurial + voluntary exchange  B. Worker-produced goods  C. Small cooperative producers  D. Communal abundance + local production  E. Mixed

34. Agriculture?  A. Free-market farms  B. Agro-industrial cooperatives  C. Mutualist farm co-ops D. Communal agriculture  E. Mixed

35. Best revolutionary strategy?  A. Counter-economics / agorism  B. Mass union organizing  C. Building mutual aid + co-ops  D. Establish communes / dual power  E. All-of-the-above

36. Stance on electoral politics?  A. Abstain always  B. Oppose + organize workers instead  C. Mostly abstain; maybe local referenda  D. Reject voting entirely as domination  E. Local choice

37. What’s the path to liberation?  A. Market evolution + counter-economics  B. Worker uprising C. Mutual aid networks growing  D. Communes replacing the state  E. Many paths

38. How radical should abolition be?  A. Abolish the state; markets stay  B. Abolish capitalism + the state  C. Abolish monopoly capital + hierarchy  D. Abolish property, market, state  E. Flexible abolition

39. Preferred community vibe?  A. DIY hustler/entrepreneurial  B. Workers united / militant  C. Cooperative & pragmatic  D. Communal & relational  E. Diverse

40. What feels like “freedom” to you?  A. Voluntary exchange + autonomy  B. Collective power + solidarity  C. Equitable cooperation  D. Shared abundance & mutual care  E. Freedom to choose systems

SCORING SHEET

Each answer (A–E) maps to a specific anarchist tradition. Have students count how many A, B, C, D, E answers they gave.

RESULT CATEGORIES

A — MARKET-ORIENTED ANARCHISM - High A score = You believe markets can be freed, decentralized, and non-capitalist.

• Market Anarchism

• Agorism

• Left Libertarianism

• Rothbard-influenced left market anarchists

• Voluntaryist Anarchism 

B — ANARCHO-SYNDICALISM / COLLECTIVISM - High B score = You believe worker power, unions, and collective management drive liberation.

• Anarcho-Syndicalism

• Anarcho-Collectivism (Bakuninist)

• Platformism

C — MUTUALISM / LEFT-INDIVIDUALIST ANARCHISM - High C score = You believe in occupancy-and-use property, labor-based exchange, cooperative markets.

• Proudhonian Mutualism

• Cooperative-market individualism

• Early American individualist anarchists (Warren, Tucker) 

D — ANARCHO-COMMUNISM / COMMUNALISM - High D score = You believe in communes, needs-based distribution, no money, no markets.

• Kropotkinist Anarcho-Communism

• Murray Bookchin’s Communalism / Social Ecology

• Gift economy anarchists

E — PLURALIST / PAN-ANARCHIST / SYNTHESIS ANARCHISM - High E score = You believe different anarchist systems can coexist and vary by community.

• Voline’s Synthesis Anarchism

• Panarchy

• Pluralist/Federationists 

INTERPRETING RESULTS

Have the person rank their totals by letter:

• Highest A → Market Anarchist / Agorist

• Highest B → Syndicalist / Collectivist

• Highest C → Mutualist

• Highest D → Anarcho-Communist / Communalist

• Highest E → Pluralist / Pan-Anarchist

If they have:

• Tie between A & C → Left-Market Mutualist

• Tie between B & D → Libertarian Socialist / Communalist-Syndicalist hybrid

• Tie between C & D → Communal Mutualist

• Tie between A & E → Voluntaryist Pluralist

• Tie between all → Big-Tent / Synthesis Anarchist

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ANARCHISTS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Relational Anarchism / Relationship Anarchy Rejects traditional hierarchies in relationships (romantic, sexual, familial). Emphasizes autonomy, consent, and negotiated relationships rather than fixed roles.

Polyamory / Ethical Non-Monogamy Practicing multiple consensual relationships rather than state-regulated monogamy; often linked to critiques of ownership and exclusivity.

Mutual Aid / Solidarity Networks Community-based sharing of resources, skills, and support without charity hierarchies. Examples include disaster mutual aid and neighborhood support networks.

Food Not Bombs Decentralized groups recovering surplus food and distributing free meals in public spaces as a protest against poverty and militarism.

Dumpster Diving / Freeganism Recovering discarded goods (especially food) from waste streams as a critique of consumerism and capitalism.

Gift Economy Practices Sharing goods and services freely rather than selling them—free stores, tool libraries, skill shares.

Underground / Informal Economy Participating in unregulated economic activity such as barter, mutual aid labor exchanges, informal services, and peer-to-peer production.

Tax Resistance / Tax Avoidance Some anarchists refuse to financially support the state by legally minimizing or refusing taxes tied to war or coercive government programs.

Squatting / Autonomous Housing Occupying unused buildings or land for housing or community projects.

Autonomous Zones / Intentional Communities Creating spaces outside normal state control where anarchist principles guide daily life.

DIY / Punk / Autonomous Culture Self-organized cultural production—zines, punk shows, graffiti, community spaces, skill-sharing workshops.

Digital Autonomy Use of encrypted communication, decentralized platforms, open-source tools, and privacy practices to resist surveillance.