Zomia is seen by some political scientists, such as Yale political scientist James Scott, as a rejection of the modern-day state and an example of an anarchist society in action. In this region of the world, states such as China and Vietnam do not have control of these “out-of-reach” areas, and as a result, they are left to largely govern themselves.

The French Revolution stands as a landmark in the history of anarchism. The use of revolutionary violence by masses would captivate anarchists of later centuries, with such events as the Women's March on Versailles, the Storming of the Bastille and the Réveillon riots seen as the revolutionary archetype.

Anarchy can be both leftwing and rightwing, though it most often seen as a leftwing movement. Anarcho-Communism is an example of leftwing anarchy because it …

This is a list of anarchist communities representing any society or portion thereof founded by anarchists that functions according to anarchist philosophy and principles. Anarchists have created and been involved in a plethora of community experiments since the 19th century. There are numerous instances in which a community organizes itself along philosophically anarchist …

There have probably been no societies which fully satisfy any anarchists' ethical ideals, but there have been a number of suggestive examples. Left-anarchists most often cite the anarchist communes of the Spanish Civil War as examples of viable anarchist societies.

As one of the best-known examples of a modern anarchist organization, the Occupy movement opposes economic inequality resulting from what its members consider cases of “false democracy.” Inspired in part by the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, the Occupy movement strives to advance economic equality and the establishment of new, more progressive forms of …

5. Sacco and Vanzetti. Although these are two people, their histories are very much intertwined. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants in …