What is the difference between these 2? And what is the best for organising in a socialist or anarchist way?
When googling this there is a lot from a statist perspective, so it becomes useless for our purpose.
Proudhon said:
"In a mutualist confederation, the citizen gives up none of his freedom, as Rousseau requires him to do for the governance of his republic!"
But he also said
"“The federative system is applicable to all nations and eras, since humanity is progressive in all generations and all races, and the politics of federation, which is par excellence the politics of progress”"
CNT is a confederation too
One quote from a statist point of view says:
"By definition the difference between a confederation and a federation is that the membership of the member states in a confederation is voluntary, while the membership in a federation is not."
Does that mean all anarchist organisations are confederations?
But i see many anarchist organisations that label themselves as a federation, like FAI is one: "Federación Anarquista Ibérica"
'Federations are made of
'Federations are made of cottonwood and balsamic, whilest confederations are made of juniper'
Yari Hundig, Considerations of Being and Nonbeing, Volume I
Wasn't there another thread
Wasn't there another thread on this recently?
So Juniper is more horisontal
So Juniper is more horisontal while cottonwood is more vertical?
![](http://www.durhambiodiversity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/juniperus_communis-2-dave-McCartney.jpg)
![](http://analogicalplanet.com/Images/ImagesVascularPlants/Cottonwood53.2304.jpg)
Chilli
Chilli #3
Yes
https://libcom.org/forums/theory/are-anarchists-advocates-federalism-or-confederalism-31072013