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Hi folks,

The Makhnovchtchina was an anarchist army that appeared during the Russian Revolution and was initially successful enough before being double crossed by the communists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Insurrectionary_Army_of_Ukraine

It lasted a good few years and, being anarchist, had a distinct project, quite apart from Leninist communism.
Looks to me like they were anarcho-syndicalist, in the line of Proudhon.

So here you go, how would you make them last a bit and what would be the consequences? Would the Western Countries fear Anarchist Uprising more than a Red Uprising? Could they be economically successful?

It's rare enough to see large scale anarchist movements like that (Only ones I can think of are some Spanish Republicans and some strands of the Commune, but both were absorbed with other elements) so figured it'd be an interesting question!
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