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599: 611: 961: 587: 989: 975: 741:, Askarov criticised the recent history of the Russian anarchist movement and called for anarchists to participate in the construction of a new society, claiming that the Soviet state was a matter of fact. On the re-organization of the anarchist movement, the Universalists stressed the necessity of creating a "single, coherent organization, bound by firm self-discipline and which places itself on a defined 187: 820:. The organization was quickly joined by a number of new members that had a different anarchist political philosophy to that of its founders, which split the Universalists, leading to a minority faction around the Gordins being expelled from the organization, going onto name themselves the 882:". The Biocosmists, previously a minority within the Universalist organization, resolved to establish a new ideology that they felt could better respond to the conditions the Russian anarchist movement found itself in. In the wake of 926:
owes the Red Army", not wanting "to demonstrate any hostility toward the Communist International", and seeking "practical, immediate, and peaceful methods of work within the socialist state".
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during the Russian Civil War, the Universalists were in good standing with the Bolsheviks; by the time the Kronstadt rebellion broke out, they were supporting the
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later praised the Universalists for condemning "the past errors of the Russian anarchist movement", advocating "participation in the Soviets", recognizing "what
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had been elected twice by munitions workers to the Moscow Soviet; each time, the election results were declared invalid by the Bolsheviks.
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A wave of repression against the anarchist movement soon followed, with the Universalist organizations being broken up by the
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Svyatogor, Alexander (2018) . "The Doctrines of the Fathers and Anarcho-Biocosmism". In Groys, Boris (ed.).
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anarchism", which supported the Bolsheviks. As part of their "different approach to the
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considered the Universalists to be "worse than crazy". The anarchist-turned-Bolshevik
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At their first Conference, the Universalists marked their transition "from anarchist
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was implemented, Askarov responded by calling Universalists to prepare "the
1272:(2015) . "New Tendencies in Russian Anarchism". In Abidor, Mitchell (ed.). 1269: 919: 852: 844: 773: 703: 417: 342: 287: 216: 1229: 942: 895: 886:'s rise to power, a number of Universalists were let out of prison under 742: 719: 687: 683: 470: 123: 119: 49: 45: 610: 899: 813: 663: 546: 1312: 809: 757: 541: 1281: 848: 780:. The organization began to grow rapidly, establishing branches in 781: 201: 801: 797: 789: 699: 93: 974: 847:
mutineers, denouncing the suppression of the rebellion by the
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In articles published in the organization's official organ
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to found the tendency of "Anarcho-Universalism" within the
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Anarchist-Universalist Association (inter-individualist)
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they opened up a number of establishments including a
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Index

Abba Gordin
Wolf Gordin
German Askarov
Moscow
Ideology
Anarcho-communism
Platformism
Syndicalism
Political position
Far-left
Politics of Russia
Political parties
Elections
a series
Anarchist communism

Anarchy
Anti-authoritarianism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-statism
Class consciousness
Class conflict
Classless society
Common ownership
Common resources
Commune
Consensus decision-making
Co-operative economics
Egalitarian community
Free association

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