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1. The Makhnovists were fighting a revolution, not merely a civil war.
2. The Makhnovists were equally implacable towards the Whites.
3. The Makhnovists were forced to fight on several fronts against overwhelming odds and were eventually defeated.
4. The Makhnovists were hailed as heroes of the revolution by the Bolshevik press.
5. The Makhnovists were not a fully Anarchistic movement but they did try to create free organisations without outside interference from non members.

Ideas

1. It is to the credit of the Makhnovists that they applied these ideas in practice rather than talking about high principles and doing the exact opposite.

Freedom

1. In addition, the Makhnovists "fully applied the revolutionary principles of freedom of speech, of thought, of the press, and of political association.
2. However, while they existed the Makhnovists defended the freedom of the working class to organise themselves against both right and left statists.

Workers

1. The whole struggle of the Makhnovists against the Bolsheviks was conducted solely in the name of the rights and interests of the workers.

Anarchist Ideas

1. Being influenced by anarchist ideas, the Makhnovists were organised along libertarian lines.

Russian Revolution

1. In the autumn of 1919, the annihilation of Denikin's counter-revolution was the main task of the Makhnovists in the context of the Russian revolution.

Anarchists

1. Both parties were, at best, neutral to the Makhnovists and anarchists, so making it likely that they would influence the city workers against the movement.

Self-Management

1. As we discussed in the last section, the core ideas which inspired the Makhnovists were working-class self-determination and self-management.

Bolsheviks

1. The Makhnovists organised worker and peasant conferences (some of which the Bolsheviks tried to ban) as well as free soviets, unions and communes.
2. Unlike the Bolsheviks, the Makhnovists lost the centre of their movement and had to re-liberate it.

Makhno

1. This article could not cover all the controversies that swirled around Makhno, nor could it examine all the activities of the Makhnovists.

Makhnovists

1. Where the Bolsheviks suppressed freedom of speech, assembly and press, the Makhnovists encouraged it.
2. The Makhnovists argued that the "freedom of the workers and peasants is their own, and not subject to any restriction.

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1. Makhno
2. Self-Management
3. Bolsheviks
4. Movements > Political Movements > Anarchism > Anarchists
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