** Introduction

*** Anarchy Would Never Work

*** What exactly is anarchism?

*** A note on inspiration

*** The tricky topic of representation

*** Recommended Reading

** 1. Human Nature

*** Aren’t people naturally selfish?

*** Aren’t people naturally competitive?

*** Haven’t humans always been patriarchal?

*** Aren’t people naturally warlike?

*** Aren’t domination and authority natural?

*** A broader sense of self

*** Recommended Reading

** 2. Decisions

*** How will decisions be made?

*** How will decisions be enforced?

*** Who will settle disputes?

*** Meeting in the streets

*** Recommended Reading

** 3. Economy

*** Without wages, what is the incentive to work?

*** Don’t people need bosses and experts?

*** Who will take out the trash?

*** Who will take care of the elderly and disabled?

*** How will people get healthcare?

*** What about education?

*** What about technology?

*** How will exchange work?

*** What about people who don’t want to give up a consumerist lifestyle?

*** What about building and organizing large, spread-out infrastructure?

*** How will cities work?

*** What about drought, famine, or other catastrophes?

*** Meeting our needs without keeping count

*** Recommended Reading

** 4. Environment

*** What’s to stop someone from destroying the environment?

*** What about global environmental problems, like climate change?

*** The only way to save the planet

*** Recommended Reading

** 5. Crime

*** Who will protect us without police?

*** What about gangs and bullies?

*** What’s to stop someone from killing people?

*** What about rape, domestic violence, and other forms of harm?

*** Beyond individual justice

*** Recommended Reading

** 6. Revolution

*** How could people organized horizontally possibly overcome the state?

*** How do we know revolutionaries won’t become new authorities?

*** How will communities decide to organize themselves at first?

*** How will reparations for past oppressions be worked out?

*** How will a common, anti-authoritarian, ecological ethos come about?

*** A revolution that is many revolutions

*** Recommended Reading

** 7. Neighboring Societies

*** Could an anarchist society defend itself from an authoritarian neighbor?

*** What will we do about societies that remain patriarchal or racist?

*** What will prevent constant warfare and feuding?

*** Networks not borders

*** Recommended Reading

** 8. The Future

*** Won’t the state just reemerge over time?

*** What about other problems we can’t foresee?

*** Making Anarchy Work

*** Recommended Reading

** It Works When We Make It Work

** Bibliography