Full Idea
Federalism is the co-ordination of society by a network of councils. Virtually all anarchists are federalists, but that is not confined to anarchist movements. International systems like air traffic control are federalist.
Gist of Idea
Anarchists co-ordinate their mutualist groups into a federation
Source
Nicolas Walter (About Anarchism [1969], p.15)
A Reaction
[compressed] Federalism builds on grass roots mutualism, so it ends up with quite a complex social structure, which needs to be stable and well funded. Eventually the anarchists will battle to stop the federation from turning into a modern state.
Book Reference
Walter,Nicolas: 'About Anarchism' [Freedom Press 1977], p.15
Related Idea
Idea 24406 Mutualism is the voluntary formation of groups of people, seen as equals [Walter]