Anarchism has been both a vision of a peaceful， cooperative society—and an ideology of revolutionary terror。 Since the term itself—anarchism—is a negation， there is a great deal of disagreement on what the positive alternative would look like。 The black flag comes in many colors。The Anarchist Handbook is an opportunity for all these many varied voices to speak for themselves， from across the decades。 These were human beings who saw things differently from their fellow men。 They fought and they loved。 They lived and they died。 They disagreed on much， but they all shared one vision: Freedom。