Libertarian communism
Not to be confused with Libertarian socialism. Libertarian Communism was first formulated by the Italian section of the First International by Carlo Cafiero, Errico Malatesta and Andrea Costa and other ex-Mazzinian Republicans. Through sentimental loyalty to Mikhail Bakunin they did not make their split from Collectivism explicit until after the latter's death. In 1876 at the Florence Conference of the Italian Federation of the International (which was actually held in a wood outside Florence, due to police activity) They declared the principles of Libertarian Communism to be thus:
The Italian Federation considers the collective property of the products of labour as the necessary complement to the collectivist programme, the aid of all for the satisfaction of the needs of each being the only rule of production and consumption which corresponds to the principle of solidarity. The federal congress at Florence has eloquently demonstrated the opinion of the Italian International on this point...'
The above report was actually made in article by Malatesta and Cafiero in the (Swiss) Jura Federation's bulletin later that year.
Essentially, in modern terms, libertarian communism can be summed up as the abolition of money or any form of exchange.
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