Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anarchism

Seing the newly edits in the project, I can't do otherwise that remark that Jean-Paul Sartre is included in the project. I wonder if there is any good reason to that, given that he was a member of the Communist Party and what we would even call a 'tankie', so not someone whose links to anarchism (except maybe oppositional but by far) seem serious or warranting an inclusion into the project ? Aristoxène (talk) 21:43, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

According to the lead, He ... aligned himself at various times with Marxism, Maoism, and anarchism. -- asilvering (talk) 10:54, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Yes I agree but this is not sourced, the only source in the article is that he 'allowed to be called an anarchist', but this entails nothing. See how in FR:WP he is not in the anarchist project at all and this claim isn't sourced. What is true about him and remarked by Ionesco is that he is weak, in the sense of being pro Nazi in 1938-1939, pro-Communist after WW2 and then anti-communist during Budapest and then when Budapest is crushed he becomes Communist again. I think in that case it can be understood how he could have aligned himself w anarchists (at least in rhetoric) during 1968 but even then it's very dubious. I don't see why we don't have the anarcho-capitalists but we would have this guy because apparently you can just say 'I agree for people to call me an anarchist' to be in the anarchist project ? Even though your whole life and thought you did it for authoritarian stuff... Like idk this seems very insullting to anarchists in France overall, who is he friends with in the movement ? Like I truly feel it's a marginal source that is way overblown in the article, just because the guy said once that people could call him an anarchist he is in the project ? Then Pascal Praud also says he is an anarchist for example... Aristoxène (talk) 11:23, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

I sent the page and issue to an historian who himself was in the 68' circles and he says 'Nothing of anarchist in Sartre he was a Maoist' : https://prnt.sc/XCwea0bo8xyy Aristoxène (talk) 11:34, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

I don't know well the history of 1950-1970s French far left, but I must say that there are a lot of tendencies/school of thought that are specific, like in 68 you had the Daniel Cohn Bendit spontaneists, who are called anarchists in many English sources (I did it also in Carrara Congress page for example) but in reality is it's own specific movement ; like even saying 'Daniel Cohn Bendit was an anarchist' as I did in Carrara Congress is already a gross oversimplification of the affair, and for Sartre... He is well known here as one of the main figures of the ML(M) movement, whereas on the contrary the anarchist movement of the time was very anti-communist (kinda supported by the CIA I must say) with figures like Maurice Joyeux for example who held big power on the movement and were very opposed to the ML(M) for good (and bad) reasons. Aristoxène (talk) 11:50, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

You had after 68 maybe revolutionaries from Maoist/Spontaneists circles from La Gauche Prolétarienne who joined the anarchist movement, from my understanding. You see that a bit in the bio of Rolf Dupuy, where he mixed up w some former Maoist groups that were joining the anarchist movement at the time but those people became anarchist after 68 and having been Maoists, I don't think it's similar between those base-militant level dynamics after 68 and the Sartre case, given that he was a LEADER of the MLM and never manifested any desire to join the movement idk. Aristoxène (talk) 12:00, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Started a discussion: Talk:Jean-Paul Sartre#Anarchism. Generally these topics are best discussed on article talk pages as that's where future editors would expect to find that discussion, with cross-links to this page and elsewhere for visibility. czar 04:25, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey all! I just noticed that we recently passed our goal of getting 40% of our articles assessed to C-class or higher, so thanks and congratulations to everyone who has been improving articles lately! This means that 2/5ths of our project's work is useful to casual readers, although they may not provide a complete picture and may require some amount of cleanup. Helping to fill out gaps in article content, tagging issues with our articles and (most importantly) contributing to addressing our cleanup list will all help to improve our overall article quality even more. This is a nice milestone to hit in our continued quest of improving the encyclopedia's coverage of our wee subject area. Let's keep this progress going! --Grnrchst (talk) 15:57, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Updated to 50%. 🏵️Etrius ( Us) 22:33, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

No rest for the wicked... -- asilvering (talk) 00:22, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria#Requested move 12 March 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — EarthDude (Talk) 22:13, 12 March 2026 (UTC)