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Zapatistas (EZLN) are a common example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Liberation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_Nati

Zapatistas (EZLN) are a common example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Liberation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Lib... Also check out Intentional Communities: https://www.ic.org/ https://www.ic.org/ And of course, the IWW is an anarchist organization - I haven't read the entire constitution but skimming it doesn't describe an actual hierarchy, simply a structure and process of delegation and consensus-based decision-making of job duties and organized geographic branches. In fact, they explicitly decry it in favor of grassroots and worker empowerment.

ewzimm 4y ago
From the article you linked, “the Zapatistas have rejected and defied political classification.” I think they main issue is that they have a deep indigenous tradition outside of socialist anarchism, although they have clear intersections of thought. Intentional community development is one of my projects right now, so I appreciate the reference! I think what you’re describing is something better than anarchism because it has a lot less historical violent baggage associated with it and probably deserves a new name. It might get one if it grew enough. It would probably still involve hierarchies based on consensus and clear limits on scope and time. More arrangements like these would do a lot of good, and I hope we get more of them!