(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #226 - The capitalist Dico: What is the convergence of struggles?

Each month, a word or phrase vetted by Julie. ---- Convergence of struggles is a central 
strategy when fighting capitalism. When employee-es, the unemployed, the inhabitants and 
residents of a neighborhood, students, high school students, etc.. are struggling in an 
industry, these mobilizations are often disconnected from each other. However, it is clear 
that fighting similar attacks and consistent. And in uniting, they will be stronger. To 
unite the struggles, it is to bring out the relationship between them, not only for 
immediate response to attacks that everyone is depending on its location, but also to 
build a relationship of forces action against capitalism. By organizing together, those 
who struggle can become aware of common logic, employers, state, behind what they are 
fighting.

The convergence strategy struggles opposes corporatism, which aims to defend its own 
interests as if they had no connection with other exploited es. But it also stands a 
simple process support, when a handful of activists will lend a hand to strike, occupation 
or action. Indeed, the convergence of struggles is to build strong struggle in every 
sector, which reinforce each other by participating in joint actions, organizing 
themselves in general assemblies inter example.

Convergence of struggles lies in the dialectic between the deepening of movement in his 
place of work or study in the area ... and the work of articulation with other struggles. 
Otherwise, it remains in the display of solidarity - the first step necessary but not 
sufficient. But the goal is to build large mobilizations to provide substantial 
reinforcement to those with lesquel s on-the-converges. This is not something obvious, and 
it is not enough to enact the necessary convergence of struggles for it to happen. Every 
social group has its habits of struggle, its specific concerns, claims its sectoral and 
domination that we suffer and all these feeds all divisions. This is why the convergence 
of struggles suppose a patient working together for discussion, development of actions, 
determination of our common interests. This is a necessary condition for a real upheaval 
of society, as this is when the fight spreads to different sectors, and mobilization 
rooted in different realities coordinate, that governments and capitalists tremble.