Kibbutz and Anarchism

"By definition, no commune that is officially loyal to any state can be viewed as an anarchist entity. However, that does not mean that we cannot identify and learn from the political precepts actualised within that commune"

"A living revolution. Anarchism in the Kibbutz Movement", by James Horrox


"[The kibbutz] is one of the best examples of democracy and certainly the nearest thing to practising anarchism that exists. Every pet theory of anarchism, like decentralization, minority opinion, law without government, freedom and not license, delegation of representation are all part of the daily pattern of existence. Here is microcosm may be seen the beginnings of what might happen in a genuinely free society"

From "Freedom", London's anarchist newspaper, 1962