Difference between Anarchy and Libertarian Socialism

[RATM-Eubie]

What is the difference between Libertarian Socialism and Anarchy? I have been doing a lot of reading and it seems Libetarian Socialism is just another "nice" word for Anarchy. I may been just ignorant on this subject but can someone tell me the differences if there are any?

[Tablo]

What is the difference between Libertarian Socialism and Anarchy? I have been doing a lot of reading and it seems Libetarian Socialism is just another "nice" word for Anarchy. I may been just ignorant on this subject but can someone tell me the differences if there are any?
Not all Libertarian Socialists are actually Anarchists. Council Communists are the non-Anarchists in the group of Libertarian Socialists. There are a few groups of Anarchists that fall into the category of Libertarian Socialism such as Anarcho-Communists, Anarcho-Mutualists, and Anarcho-Syndicalists(which basically are Anarcho-Communists strongly rooted in teh revolutionary potential of things such as labor unions.). There might be more, but I can't think of them. There are also Anarchist schools of thought of a non-Socialist nature such as Individualist Anarchism and Primitivist Anarchism.

Sorry if I don't make sense. It is 2am and I'm really tired.

[Stranger Than Paradise]

What is the difference between Libertarian Socialism and Anarchy? I have been doing a lot of reading and it seems Libetarian Socialism is just another "nice" word for Anarchy. I may been just ignorant on this subject but can someone tell me the differences if there are any?

All Anarchists are Libertarian Communists but not all libertarian communists are Anarchists, although differences between ideology are very small and all Libertarian Communists in my opinion would work together.

[The Idler]

Libertarian Socialists vote in parliamentary elections.
Anarchists don't.

[syndicat]

Originally anarchism and libertarian socialism were pretty much the same thing, as at the time of the first international in the 1860s-70s.

But over the years individualists who call themselves "anarchists" became more pronounced, and there were probably always individualist ideas that influenced anarchism to some extent, but in more recent times things have gotten more sorted out.

I usually call myself a "libertarian socialist" and not an "anarchist" because (1) "anarchism" is defined negatively, not positively, and (2) I want to differentiate myself from individualists, primitivists, pro-market anarchists (mutualists), anti-organizational anarchists, ect.

Libertarian socialists do NOT propose a strategy of voting in parliamentary elections. Syndicalism is a form of libertarian socialism.

[Glenn Beck]

Libertarian socialism is a euphemism for anarchist. It is also often used at face value to describe anarchist sympathetic reformists like Noam Chomsky. It is also used by "class-struggle anarchists" to reconstruct an ideological pedigree and draft those Marxists that they like for the cause of anarchism. All of these usages blend together.

[Cowboy Killer]

All Anarchists are Libertarian Communists
Not all anarchists. Anarchy is simply to be without a ruler which can mean a bazillion different things, but most of the time it's Libertarian Socialist but not necessarily communist. Theres also collectivism and syndicalism.
It also depends on how Libertarian you are. Some libertarians want some decentralization of power and some want total decentralization of power. What I'm really trying to get at is that there are many degrees of Libertarian.

[zimmerwald1915]

Council Communists are the non-Anarchists in the group of Libertarian Socialists.
Oi! Where you Libertarian Socialist lot goin' off to with our Council Communists!?

:p

[ContrarianLemming]

Oi! Where you Libertarian Socialist lot goin' off to with our Council Communists!?

:p

we'l give them back..

basically, libertarian socialism is a set of beliefs places liberty and socialism as equally important, almost all libertarian socialists are social anarchists (ie: anarcho communists, anarcho collectvists and anarcho syndicalists)