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As "rule of the people" (the etymological root of democracy), democracy's underlying logic is essentially the unceasing movement of freedom making. And freedom, as we have seen, must be jettisoned in even the best of representative systems.

— Cindy Milstein

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Anarchism appears to be the only form of libertarian socialism that speaks to the times and people's dreams.

Anarchism and Its Aspirations (2010)

Power needs to be forever linked to freedom; freedom needs to be the limit placed on power.

Anarchism and Its Aspirations (2010)

The beauty of the direct action movement, it could be said, is that it strives to take its own ideals to heart.

Anarchism and Its Aspirations (2010)

Democracy finds its radical edge in the great revolutions of the past.

Anarchism and Its Aspirations (2010)

Anarchism serves unflinchingly as a philosophy of freedom, as the nagging conscience that people and their communities can always be better.

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