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Title: French Speaking Anarchist Federation Author: Fédération Anarchiste Date: 2006 Language: en Topics: IAF, France, Anarchist Federation (France) Source: Retrieved on 2020-04-02 from http://www.i-f-a.org.gridhosted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/anarkiista_debato.pdf
In 1953, the anarchist federation was born, out of a combination betwe
en the followers of Sebastián Faures synthesis and working class
militants, sup porters of a federal organization. Its action develops
around the possibility, and the need, of gathering all existing
libertarian tendencies in the organization, around the autonomy of each
and every group, personal and a common responsibility, called “Le Monde
publication Libertaire.”
In the seventi es these principles evolved towards a compromise between
Voline’s synthesis and some platformists ideas, which took on board,
mainly, class struggle.
Today, the FA defends a plural anarchism in which contemporary
anarchisms can have a voice while sharing the organization al and ethic
principles of federalism an d mutual aid. In this way the different t
endencies are clearly less differentiated and the main part of the
members do ca ll themselves simply anarchists - without branding.
The FA fights for a free s ociety, without classes or state, and ba sed
on social equality, where the collective or individual possession of the
means of production and distribu tion does not allow for any exploitatio
n of the work of others. In this society t he same means for development
and education are given from the moment of birth on every respect. The
social organisation is arranged around the free federation of producers
and consumers, made and modified accord ing to the will of its members,
aroun d the free union of individuals and the absolute right of every
individual to express his or her ideas. The FA is for the abolition of w
aged labour and of every other state i nstitution, as well as any other
form of oppression which contributes to the exploitation of men by men,
and this implies the fight against religion and mysticism, even if they
hide under the drapes of science, against patriotism and for the
fraternity between all human groups and the abolition of borders.
It is the whole of society that the anarchists in the FA want to build
up again, on a base of respect and solidarity, not for an individual, a
class or a party, but for every individual. This social question can not
be really and definitively solved unless done so on a planetary level.
Following the principle of the autonom y of groups and individuals, the
FA do not intervene in the strategies that are followed by each one,
whether it be on a syndical-unionist area or in any other aspect of
local m ilitant intervention: feminism, against patriarchy, antifascist,
against nuclear power, for the environment, antimilitarist, pacifist,
against religion, etc.
These actions should not be in contradiction with the aims pursued by
the FA, and they can be criticised. But mainly the anarchists in FA
strive to fight altogether with the dispossessed of the world against
every government, in this way acknowledging the class war, the aim of
which has to be the birth of an anarchist society.
It is a question of just allowing the ex ploited social classes to gain
their em ancipation, as it will be them who will bring into being the
anarchist society. With this in mind, it is necessary to take part in
reivindicative and emancipatory struggles, so to allow individuals to
reach a breaking point situation against the system. Through this a call
can be made towards the workers, the exploited ones, the casualised, to
fight against mendicating negotiations, to opt for direct autonomous
action and to get co-ordinated on federal lines. Enemies of every
dictatorship, the anarchist reject all the authoritarian theories
whether they are inspired on Marx, on the church, on monarchy, fascism,
liberalism, islamism or any other. Revolution will necessarily be made
of stages in which oppressive institutions are destroyed and of more
constructive times, in which a new society is built, managed by every
one from the start, on anarchist lines. It is because of this that the
FA has to be a useful revolutionary tool, until its aims are fulfilled.
A congress, the only instance in which decisions can be made is held
every year and takes decisions by unanimity of all the groups taking
part. Here the general orientation of the organisation is decided, as
well as the propaganda campaigns to be carried out in the year, and it
gives a mandate to the different secretaries and coordinators. From a
few years up to now, every three months there is a meeting of the
Enlarged Committee of Relations (CRE), organised so that the social
situation can be analysed and it is possible to react quickly on the
level of the federal campaigns.
A Relations Committee (CR) brings together, every month, the secretaries
and coordinators to make sure that there is a coordination of the
campaigns and to check on the work done. Every one accepts personal
responsibility.
Finally there are some specific commissions made by the different groups
on particular discussion and work issues (campaigns, internal work,
etc.)
Right now, the French Speaking anarchist federation brings together
about sixty groups , in France as well as in Belgium. Also in Morocco
there are quite a few individuals and people who keep in touch. This
allows the federation to cover a quite dense and regular network over
this territory and makes of the specific anarchist french speaking
organisation the best established and developed of them all. The
anarchist federation publishes a weekly journal, Le Monde Libertaire,
which sells about ten thousand issues, distributed through the
traditional militant circles, through subscriptions, but also in news
agents. Also, more than twenty years ago the federation did set up a
local radio station, Radio Libertaire, which covers most of the Paris
area, and scores quite sizeable audiences. This radio is a mean of
expression for the whole of the federation, directly run by the
congress, and with a similar name to the other publications. It is a
similar case to the Editions du Monde Libertaire, which every year
publish leaflets and books. The different groups in the federation
manage their own locals, as is the case of the Monde Libertaire
bookshop, at 145 rue Amelot in Paris, the bookshop La Plume Noire in
Lyon, L'autodidacte in Besançon, L'insoumise in Rouen, La Commune in
Rennes, the Athénée Libertaire in Bordeaux.
At the 2002 congress the FA approved a motion to open up, to relate to
and to support other libertarian organisations. This unity of action of
the libertarians allowed for the mobilisations which brought about the
anti G8 activities at Annemasse, with the establishment of a libertarian
village and a red and black block during the demonstrations.
Taking part in this were the Federation Anarchiste (FA) , Alternative
Libertaire (AL), the Organisation Communiste Libertaire (OCL), the
Organisation Socialiste Libertaire (OSL) - Switzerland, No Pasaran (an
antifascist network) and the Confédération Nationale du Travail (CNT).
This initiative was really successful. After it, it was decided by the
FA congress to make a proposal of unity towards the FSE, and set up a
Libertarian Social Forum and an Anarchist Bookfair. This time as well,
the libertarian organisations answered the call, and a week of debates
and demonstrations was organised. Later, during a demonstration against
nuclear power, libertarian unity took shape again (FA – AL – OCL – OLS,
Offensive Libertaire et Sociale, a split up from the No Pasaran
network). This kind of initiative had been preceded by the cooperation
during the No Borders camp at Strasbourg.
This activities proof that the organised action of the anarchists is
possible and that it allows for a better presentation of our ability and
our ideas. In these last times, the activities of the federation have
been mainly related to:
for capitalist decrease, décroissance, campaign for free public
transport...)
of social security and on the rest of social struggles.
On an international point of view, the Federation anarchiste adheres to
the International of Anarchist federations (IFA), since its creation in
1968. It organised the international ́s seventh congress in Besancon, on
the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th of april, 2004.