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Anarcho-Communism and Global Greens
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. They agree within three points on CU, ID. They diverge by eight points or more on SC, CH.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Kropotkin | Global Greens | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −09 | −05 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | −07 | −09 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| AU · Organisation of power | −10 | −06 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | −10 | 00 | 10 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| ID · Rule of membership | −08 | −08 | 0 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +06 | −04 | 10 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
Each axis runs from −10 to +10; the distance is the straight-line separation across all six at once, out of a maximum of 49.0. How the scoring works →
The evidence behind the widest gaps
A distance figure is worth nothing unless the scores behind it can be checked. These are the artefacts supporting the axes that separate these two most.
Kropotkin · SC −10
At the floor: the commune is the unit and federation is voluntary and revocable.
- Programme textKropotkin's model is a federation of communes with no superior body possessing coercive authority.
Global Greens · SC 00
Coded at zero: subsidiarity combined with binding international environmental agreement.
- Programme textThe Charter commits simultaneously to local self-determination and to enforceable global governance on ecology.
Kropotkin · CH +06
Coded positive: the tradition accepted insurrection while dividing sharply on individual violence.
- ScholarshipThe propaganda-of-the-deed period of the 1890s was repudiated by Kropotkin and by the syndicalist current.
Global Greens · CH −04
Coded −4: non-violence is one of the six principles.
- Programme textNon-violence is named in the Charter as a method binding on member parties.
What this comparison does not establish
Proximity means similarity of stated position. It carries no claim about competence, circumstance, scale of operation, or what either organisation actually did to the people under it. Two organisations can sit close together and produce entirely different histories, because those things are not on any axis and could not be.
Anarcho-Communism
1872– · Russia, Europe
Abolish the state and private property simultaneously; distribution according to need through voluntary federation.
Global Greens
2001– · Worldwide
Ecological wisdom, social justice, participatory democracy, non-violence, sustainability, respect for diversity.
Distance is not the whole answer. Two organisations can sit the same distance apart for entirely different reasons, and the reason is the content of any claim about them. Open the comparison in the atlas to weight the axes yourself.
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