Libertarian Socialism
Libertarian socialism rejects both capitalism and the centralised state, seeking a society run through voluntary associations, workers' self-management and federations of communities. It overlaps heavily with anarchism and council-based Marxism.
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Favours bottom-up federations of workplaces and communities instead of a central state.
Stresses direct and participatory democracy in politics and the workplace.
Opposes state coercion, policing and surveillance, placing very high value on personal freedom.
Rejects national borders as divisions of the working class and favours global solidarity.
Opposes standing armies and imperial wars, though it accepts self-defence of revolutionary movements.
Strongly supports free movement and cultural diversity.
Seeks common or worker ownership of the means of production.
Opposes state planning but also free markets, preferring decentralised democratic coordination.
Critical of corporate globalisation but supportive of open exchange between free communities.
Generally secular and sceptical of religious authority, though religious variants exist.
Strongly progressive on gender, sexuality and social hierarchy.
Split between techno-optimist and ecologically cautious tendencies.