List of anarchist communities


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 been involved in a wide variety of community experiments since the 19th century. There are numerous instances in which a community organizes itself along philosophically anarchist lines to promote regional anarchist movements, counter-economics and countercultures. These have included intentional communities founded by anarchists as social experiments and community oriented projects, such as collective organizations and cooperative businesses. There are also several instances of mass society "anarchies" that have come about from explicitly anarchist revolutions, including Collinsville Oklahoma and the Free Territory of Ukraine and the Shinmin autonomous region in Manchuria.

Mass societies

Active societies

SocietySinceDurationIdeologyRef.
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement1958Buddhism, Gandhism
Exarcheia1973 Anarchism, Socialism
Federation of Neighborhood Councils-El Alto1979 Direct Democracy, Indigenismo
Marinaleda1979 Libertarian communism
Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca "Ricardo Flores Magón"1980sIndigenismo, Magonism
Puerto Real1987Anarcho-syndicalism
Spezzano Albanese1992Libertarian socialism
Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities1994 Neozapatismo
Barcelona's Squatters Movement2000Anarchism, Autonomism
Barbacha2001 Berberism, Kabylism
Abahlali baseMjondolo2005 Anarchism, Autonomism
Villa de Zaachila2006 Indigenismo, Magonism
Zone to Defend2009 Green anarchism
Cherán2011 Direct Democracy, Indigenismo
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria2012 Democratic Confederalism

Past societies

SocietyFromUntilDurationIdeologyRef.
Essenes150 BCE66 CEJudaism
Yellow Turban RebellionFebruary 184205Way of the Taiping
Kharijite Rebellions28 July 657March 896Kharijism
Frisian freedom8001523Antifeudalism
Icelandic Commonwealth9301262Direct Democracy
Peasants' Revolt30 May 1381November 1381Antifeudalism
Taborites25 March 14201452Radical Hussitism
Republic of Cospaia29 June 14405 May 1826Republicanism
German Peasants' Revolt1524September 1525Radical Reformism
Münster rebellionFebruary 153424 June 1535Anabaptism
Golden Age of PiracyOctober 165012 July 1726Piracy
South Carolina Commune4 February 186810 March 1874Civil rights
Paris Commune18 March 187128 May 1871Revolutionary socialism
Cantonal rebellion12 July 187312 January 1874Cantonalism, Mutualism
Strandzha Commune18 August 19038 September 1903Anarcho-communism
Baja Rebellion29 January 191122 June 1911Magonism
Morelos Commune19131917Zapatismo
Soviet Republic of Naissaar17 December 191726 February 1918Anarcho-syndicalism
Odessa Soviet Republic17 January 191813 March 1918Revolutionary Socialism
Free Territory27 November 191828 August 1921Anarcho-communism, Platformism
Bremen Soviet Republic10 January 19194 February 1919Revolutionary Socialism
Bavarian Soviet Republic12 April 19193 May 1919Revolutionary Socialism
Limerick Soviet15 April 191927 April 1919Revolutionary Socialism
Patagonia RebeldeAugust 1920February 1922Anarcho-syndicalism
Tambov Rebellion19 August 192012 June 1921Agrarian socialism
Kronstadt Rebellion7 March 192117 March 1921Anarcho-syndicalism
Guangzhou City Commune2 April 192113 December 1927Anarchism
Shinmin PrefectureAugust 1929September 1931Anarcho-communism
Revolutionary Catalonia21 July 193610 February 1939Anarcho-syndicalism
Sovereign Council of Asturias and León6 September 193621 October 1937Libertarian socialism
Regional Defence Council of Aragon6 October 193611 August 1937Anarcho-communism
People's Republic of Korea12 September 19458 February 1946Direct Democracy
Saigon Commune23 September 194513 January 1946Anti-imperialism
Shanghai People's Commune5 January 196724 February 1967Revolutionary Socialism
Argentinian Horizontalidad13 December 200125 May 2003Autonomism, Participatory Economics
Oaxaca City14 June 200627 November 2006Direct Democracy, Magonism
Symphony WayFebruary 200819 October 2009Anti-authoritarianism
15M Movement15 May 201111 April 2015Anti-austerity, Direct Democracy
Gezi Park Commune27 May 201320 August 2013Anti-authoritarianism

Indigenous societies

SocietyProvisioning systemHomelandRef.
Aboriginal AustraliansVariousAustralia
AmazighAgriculturalMaghreb
AndamaneseHunter-gathererAndaman Islands
AngaHorticulturalJos Plateau
AnuakHorticulturalAnuak Zone, Gambela
BassaSubsistence agricultureBassaland
BeromSubsistence agricultureJos Plateau
BiriforVolta
BoboSubsistence agricultureBobo-Dioulasso
CherokeeHunter-gathererCherokee Nation
CroatanSubsistence agricultureCroatan Sound
DanAgriculturalMan
DayakAgriculturalBorneo
DogonSubsistence agricultureDogon country
EkoiHorticulturalEkoi land
GaguPastoral agriculture
GreboGrebo land
HopiAgriculturalHopi Nation
IbibioHorticulturalAkwa Ibom
IdomaHunter-gathererBenue
IfugaoHorticulturalIfugao
IgboHorticulturalIgboland
IjawHorticulturalNiger Delta
InuitHunter-gathererArctic
KissiSubsistence agricultureGuinea Highlands
KonkombaHorticulturalNorthern Ghana
KruFishingGrand Kru County
KusasiKasaug Traditional Area
LugbaraSubsistence agricultureWest Nile
MamprusiEast Mamprusi
ManoHorticulturalNimba County
MapuchePastoral agricultureAraucanía
MaragoliVihiga County
MbutiHunter-gathererIturi Rainforest
NiitsitapiHunter-gathererBlackfeet Nation
NubianAgriculturalNubia
NuerPastoralismNuer Zone, Gambela
PequotEastern Pequot Tribal Nation
PiaroaSubsistence agricultureOrinoco
PuliklahHunter-gathererYurok Indian Reservation
TallensiHorticulturalTallensi Traditional Area
Plateau TongaSubsistence agricultureBinga
QuinnipiacHunter-gathererQuinnipiac River
SamiPastoralismSápmi
SanHunter-gathererCentral Kalahari
SantalsAgriculturalJharkhand
SemaiSubsistence agriculturePerak
SeminolesHunter-gathererSeminole Nation
ShonaSubsistence agricultureMashonaland
TivHorticulturalTivland
UrhboSubsistence agricultureNiger Delta
Zomia

Intentional communities

Active communities:
Past communities:

Community projects

Active Projects
Past Projects