anarchists

plural of anarchist
as in revolutionaries
a person who believes that government and laws are not necessary The anarchists decided to move to a remote location that was, for all intents and purposes, lawless.

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Recent Examples of anarchists The effects of these publications were hardly only theoretical, as Italian anarchists exerted a powerful influence on labor strikes. — Ed Simon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2026 There are groups of radical environmentalists and anarchists who embrace him, and Luigi Mangione gave the Unabomber Manifesto a four-star review on Goodreads. — Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 Something common to the plans and schemes of crypto-anarchists is a certain Rube Goldberg fussiness. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Indeed, antisemitisms prove that a society can hold contradictory images simultaneously, such as the fact that the Jews are both anarchists out to destroy capitalism as well as capitalists out to exploit the working class. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 In July 1936, anarchists set fire to the church’s crypt and broke into the architect’s workshop before destroying many of his plans and plaster models. — CNN Money, 8 June 2026 But divining Gaudí's intentions has required detective work, because during the Spanish Civil War, anarchists protesting the Catholic Church set fire to parts of the structure, and smashed Gaudí's models into 8,000 pieces. — Seth Doane, CBS News, 7 June 2026 At the time, several hundred thousand unions, socialists, anarchists and reformers took to the streets to advocate for the eight-hour workday. — Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Several of the anarchists were convicted of the deaths, to strong public approval. — Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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Noun
  • But unlike other Floridians of Cuban descent — including Secretary of State Marco Rubio — Valdes ended up defending Cuba’s socialist revolutionaries and officials who have killed, jailed, tortured, and censored numerous political enemies.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In the Tenth Arrondissement of Paris, near the Canal Saint-Martin, a mural appeared, seemingly overnight, depicting the lycéens as heroic revolutionaries in a style that seemed equal parts Delacroix and Dragon Ball.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But the rebels earlier acknowledged targeting Saudi airports and oil and military installations in recent days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The kingdom launched a major offensive last week to support Yemeni government forces fighting the Houthis, but the rebels have so far held their ground.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
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  • Adding caffeine, which mops up radicals, largely stopped the clumping, pointing to the radicals as the cause.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Fluorine is then released into the water as fluoride ions, while hydroxyl radicals and hydroxide ions help sever carbon-carbon bonds in the remaining molecular chains.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

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