Editing Anarchist communism (section)

=== Property ===
	
[[File:Alexander Berkman 001.jpg|thumb|left|[[Alexander Berkman]] advocated for profit to be replaced with communities of common property, where all group members shared possessions]]
	
Anarchist communists counter the capitalist conception that communal property can only be maintained by force and that such a position is neither fixed in nature<ref name="Mutual Aid"/> nor unchangeable in practice, citing numerous examples of communal behavior occurring naturally, even within capitalist systems.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ward |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Ward |date=1973 |title=Anarchism in Action |publisher=George Allen & Unwin |isbn=1-62963-318-6}}</ref> Anarchist communists call for the abolition of [[private property]] while maintaining respect for [[personal property]]. As such, the prominent anarcho-communist [[Alexander Berkman]] maintained that "The revolution abolishes private ownership of the means of production and distribution, and with it goes capitalistic business. Personal possession remains only in the things you use. Thus, your watch is your own, but the watch factory belongs to the people. Land, machinery, and all other public utilities will be collective property, neither to be bought nor sold. Actual use will be considered the only title-not to ownership but to possession. The organization of the coal miners, for example, will be in charge of the coal mines, not as owners but as the operating agency. Similarly will the railroad brotherhoods run the railroads, and so on. Collective possession, cooperatively managed in the interests of the community, will take the place of personal ownership privately conducted for profit."{{Sfn|Berkman|1972}}