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Originally Posted by Rodozashtitnik
Well, Bakunin was an internationalist. He was in the First International I believe. Anarchism = internationalism. Rural socialism is a class theory, which means that it's not related to Nationalism at all.  |
Bakunin was not an internationalist in the strict sense of the word, he was a federalist/secesionist:
"every individual, every association, every commune, every region, every nation has the absolute right to self-determination, to associate or not to associate, to ally themselves with whomever they wish."
"First: all organizations must proceed by way of federation from the base to the summit, from the commune to the coordinating association of the country or nation. Second: there must be at least one autonomous intermediate body between the commune and the country, the department, the region, or the province."
"The province must be nothing but a free federation of autonomous communes."
"The nation must be nothing but a federation of autonomous provinces."
Works of Mikhail Bakunin 1866
It is true that he also supports the "International Federation of revolutionary peoples", but always respecting the will of the independent nations/federations and the right to self-determination.
So, Bakunin by himself supports Internationalism, but Internationalism isn't part of his Anarcho-collectivist doctrine, it is not an Anarchist "dogma", therefore Anarchism can be carried out without having an Internationalist goal.