The most important site on the most important anarchic thinker of always :Proudhon

Anarchist thought is, by definition, a collective effort. It always has been. It always will be. All anarchists participate in the process. Any number may contribute significantly at any given time.

It is also important to note that the part of anarchist thought which has been published is only a portion of that which has been written down, and that the part which has been written down is only a portion of the whole. Some aspects of anarchist thought must, of necessity, be reserved for oral transmission. Other parts we make happen in public, so that others may watch and learn.

Note, too, that anarchist thought is not static, rigid or ossified. It is dynamic, evolving and adaptive. So is our practice. That’s what’s the most important it, not which individual came up which part. We honor those who came before us, and strive to learn from thier words and deeds, but we don’t let dead people think think for us. We think for ourselves.

For a dead guy, though, Proudhon sure did know what he was talking about. He knew how to say it, too.

Like for instance:

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To Be Governed

To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be place under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first world of compliant, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality.

--- P.J. Proudhon, *General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century*, translated by John Beverly Robinson (London: Freedom Press, 1923), pp. 293-294.

PROUDWHO? NEVER HEARD OF HIM! I'M THE BIGGEST, BADDEST ANARCHIST YOU EVER SAW!! I KICKED MARX'S BUTT AT THE FIRST COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL!!!! I INVENTED PROPAGANDA OF THE DEED!!! I DIDN'T INVENT GUNPOWDER, BUT I WISH I HAD!!!!!