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Title: An International Anarchist Militancy Author: Anonymous Date: 2022 Language: en Topics: militancy, armed struggle Source: Retrieved on 2022-03-18 from https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2022/03/14/an-international-anarchist-militancy/
As wars between nation States become more frequent and draw in
volunteers from around the world, it is the ideal moment to reflect on
what charcterizes an international anarchist militancy.
The goals of anarchist militants are to:
The term âanarchist militantâ should be redundant, as all those who
fight for liberation should take a militant approach. However the recent
tendency of so-called anarchists in the West to liberalize the anarchist
movement, culminating in the outrageous turn of such groups marching to
the beat of NATOâs drum, it is clear that what it means to be an
anarchist needs to be reasserted, and its historical legacy continued.
The priority is to take territory, to help destroy and eat away at
nation-states, control the means of production so that resources may be
equitably distributed, and not fall into the hands of exploiters and
capitalists. To do so, the essential task is building up forces and
political groupings so that we can be a formidable faction when the
moment is right. This is a process that takes time and dedication, years
of training and study. It pays off because when States and demagogues
fight each other, we will be able to take advantage of the turmoil to
carve out a territory.
As we build our armed factions, we simultaneously build liberatory
structures and communities. Our movement will not succeed if one
oppressive state is replaced by another, capitalist white supremacy is
replaced by an authoritarian demagogue (or vice versa); if one form of
repressing anarchists, and âsecond classâ citizens is replaced by
another, if self-described fascism is replaced by democratically imposed
fascism.
Our forces and our communities should be built in a way consistent with
our ethics and organizing principles: respect for each other, a priority
for peopleâs needs, research, education and knowledge based on the
peopleâs struggle, community defense disseminated throughout society.
These principles form the basis for the decisions of each collective.
We hold that the central foundation is defense and strategy. This is the
place and the role for the militant anarchist. This is how training
comes to bare fruit. With the proper preparation, our territories create
space for liberated communities and social structures to flourish, and
create buffer zones that can allow us to defend these areas.
We can look to the work of Makhno, Zapata, the Spanish Civil War or the
Shinmin Prefecture. These examples lead us down the road to success and
provide valuable warnings to heed.
We learn from Shinmin that defense must be equal to the population that
lives within the territory, must be spread throughout, not just the
armed forces. While heinous regimes must be combatted, we have to
acknowledge that holding a territory also creates a weakness in a
guerrilla struggle. If attacks are launched from our region, we must be
able to sufficiently counter any response. Attacks launched must also
cripple the enemyâs ability to retaliate.
Defense is not just arms training and holding the territory, but also
commiting to the political lines without wavering.. This is an essential
lesson from the Spanish Civil War. The militants were sold out before
they were able to reap the benefits of their battles. The CNT insisted
on joining the coalition government, weakening the militant position and
creating an opening for the fascists to take power. This is a warning
for all anarchists to heed today. Hold a firm line between your
unapologetic work and those so-called radicals who waffle and give in
ideologocially to power â they have already sold out before even
achieving any gains. A line between those committed to the principles
and those willing to give in should be drawn hard and fast.
Inevitably once liberated territories exist, there will, by the
necessity of survival and in order to not be annihilated by better-armed
adversaries, be uncomfortable negotiations and compromises. But it is
imperative to note that these compromises should not be made before they
are absolutely necessary. If they are made before we have any territory,
it only strengthens the State, without us gaining anything. Before
taking territory from the State, our political lines must be
uncompromising â it is our strong ethics that will hold us together for
the fight. All our effort must be focused on preparing fighting forces
and promoting a stronger movement. We focus our energy on all the
aspects that will lead to material gains for our side.
Our fight is on the side of the globally oppressed. Those of us who
stand in particularly egregious States, like the US, those in Europe,
and Australia hold a particular responsibility to study and understand
how these States have pillaged the global south, and to fight these
States tooth and nail. It is our responsibility to stay staunchly
resistant to their propaganda, so as not to become the radical wing of
their agenda. For example, those so-called anarchists that parrot US
propaganda about the Ukraine are merely strengthening its global
standing.
We must not buy a bit of their propaganda that they are fighting for
âfreedomâ and âdemocracyâ. They only fight for the freedom of capitalist
markets, and the rights of European culture and white society. We must
stand outside of this rubric and align ourselves with those who have
felt the brunt of this âfreedomâ. Do not be fooled into thinking that
you will be safe by aligning yourself with such a power. As an anarchist
your allegiance is to the oppressed, to our movement, and to destroying
these beastly States.
All of our safety and our futures lie in liberated territory. The role
of anarchist militancy is to unleash the struggle from the empty
promises and soporific machinations of State propaganda. To be on the
right side of history, we must stand with those who have been pillaged
by the US, who have been executed by its mercenaries, who have been
swindled and hounded by its far right proxy mercenaries. We must look to
our comrades in South and Central America, in Africa, to make sure from
our position within the folds of the most efficient killers, and the
strongest promoter of right wing political groups, we are fighting hard
enough, and from the right perspective.
As anarchists that live in imperialist States â or States that meddle in
the affairs if others, arm Nazis and put far right regimes in power,
kill and attack people who defend their homes and communities, and train
and arm proxy groups to do the same â we have a duty to fight it and
sabotage its means of torture. If we do not, we are essentially
collaborators. Having an international perspective means understanding
the role of the country you are born in and its geopolitical terrain and
taking active steps to incapacitate it. This is the true meaning of
solidarity.
There is no time when it makes sense to collaborate with such a State.
Our goal and our sole duty is to undermine and destroy it.
This solidarity wouldnât be worthwhile if we werenât also actively
building a different type of community / political structure to take
hold in the remains of the state. We act now to prevent the deaths of
more people from the global south, to prevent the deaths of comrades
fighting abroad, and we commit ourselves to the longevity of the
struggle so that future generations wonât suffer the same fate.