Acratas, also known as the anti-crats, was a protest group formed at Complutense University of Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

The Complutense University of Madrid is a university in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of...

, Spain

Spain

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, by Agustin Garcia Calvo

Agustin Garcia Calvo

Agustín García Calvo is a Spanish philologist, philosopher, poet and playwright.- Biography :Agustín García Calvo read Classical Philology at Salamanca University, being one of the first students of the eminent Spanish philologist Antonio Tovar. He concluded his doctoral dissertation on Ancient...

 in 1967. Acratas, influenced by new protest movement amongst students abroad, was anarchist

Anarchism

Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...

 rather than Marxist in character, against all authority, & protested by asserting their right to have fun by ridiculing the ideas, individuals and groups they despised.

External links

• Acratas in the Anarchist Encyclopedia