(en) Declaration of the Coordination of union activists of the French Anarchist Federation

To understand in order to act ---- We are organized in the French Anarchist Federation 
because we want our ideas and our practice to be useful in class struggle through 
federalism, the appointment and permanent control of mandates and the direct control of 
struggles. ---- But to be useful and efficient, we must also understand as well as 
possible the economic, social and political situation. What are the leverages, the 
obstacles ? With whom can we possibly work ? What is possible on short and medium terms ? 
---- Very briefly, we can consider that one of the main assets of the capitalist system is 
its ability to evolve and adapt. After the Second World War it has followed a Keynesian 
model : strong intervention of the State, mass consumption facilitated by high wages. This 
model has fueled the famous economic growth and contributed to the myth of the Welfare State.

From the mid-1970s, the model has reached its limits and was replaced by a much more 
financially rooted capitalism. The production was partly relocated in countries where the 
rate of exploitation of human labor is maximum and where the plundering of natural 
resources is limitless.

Besides, capitalism appears as producing mass unemployment, lower wages and increased job 
insecurity, which makes well-being impossible. It is reasonable and necessary to free 
ourselves from it if we want to become emancipated.

We are now in the third stage of the process. In order to face the drop in consumption, 
subsidiary States (which sometimes are the armed wings of the market), facilitate the 
credit, support the banks and get indebted so as to try and prevent the collapse of the 
stock exchange system. This is the debt crisis, which implies austerity measures of an 
extreme brutality, privatization and liquidation of public and health services leading to 
the fall of life expectancy.

At the same time, as a result of globalization, these States are deprived of part of their 
"sovereignty" and of their leeway. Europe and international institutions (IMF, World Bank, 
OECD, WTO) take major strategic decisions and impose a new territorial pyramiding : in 
France, the traditional territorial delimitations are replaced by delimitations chosen by 
the European institutions.

This is exactly the opposite of true federalism as defined Proudhon : "The real social 
contract is a contract of federation the essential condition of which is that the 
contractors always keep a fraction of sovereignty and of action greater than what they 
relinquish."

In the current context of social crisis and general confusion, false solutions, conscious 
or unconscious diversionary tactics flourish and it is important for anarchist militants 
to bring clarifications on the one hand and perspectives on the other.

To counter any temptation of retreat into nationalism, anarchists encourage international 
solidarity, especially in social struggles.

Against the fool's bargain of participatory democracy and social dialogue, anarchist 
militants propose direct management of public affairs, the building up of a balance of 
forces to confront the employers and the State.

Confronted with interclassist diversions such as societal questions, anarchist militants 
must concentrate on the refusal of capitalism and State.

Finally, without intending to limit the struggle to companies or administrations, they 
consider that the trade union struggle remains decisive. Firstly because it is located on 
the field of class-struggle. And because it induces the possibility of a fundamental 
questioning of capitalist exploitation through the general strike, which aims not only at 
blocking the production, but also at bringing down the State and handing over the whole 
economic system to the community. We can act collectively, with all those who agree on 
this point, without compromise, but without sectarianism either.

We are perfectly aware of the current drift of unionism, which is in disarray, which 
tosses and turns in the void : the syndicalist militants of the French Anarchist 
Federation, think and act to the extent of their means in order to put some sense back 
into it and give it a new impact force. They insist on the urgent need to develop and 
organize on the social field.

The Coordination of union activists of the French Anarchist Federation, May 2013.

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It is with great happiness that we publicize the act of establishing one more especifista 
anarchist organization. The Core Shack Anarchist Resistance, Par?, Northern region, 
formalize their training on November 30. ---- Programming ---- 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. - 
Mystic opening --- 16:30 to 17:10 - Speech by Prof. Valeria Mark (FFLCH / USP). Anarchism 
- Kropotkin and Bakunin ---- 17:10 to 18:00 - on Lemma , about the history of anarchism, 
on the Brazilian Anarchist Construction, on the proposal of creating a front of 
education,. upon the principles and methodology of anarchism especifista ---- 18:00 to 
18:30 - Lunch ---- 18:30 to 18:40 - Doc-Video about Anarchism yesterday and today ---- 
Location: CNBB - Serving Baron de Triomphe, 3151, the district Marcos --- Date: November 
30 ---- Time: from 16:00

More information: Libertarian Library Maxwell Ferreira or narc@riseup.net
"It is with great satisfaction that the Libertarian Library invites Maxwell Ferreira tod @ 
s to the founding act of the newest core pro organized anarchism, Anarchist CORE STRENGTH 
HUT - NARC. This nucleus is the result of several popular struggles and resistance that 
over the years has characterized, in space and time, from the Amazon hut revolution in 
flames, our people as combat?vel indignantly ungovernable insurgent. Once Emiliano Zapata 
never was and never will be reformist political organizations and traitors of the 
oppressed working class or political leaders, the mission of popular emancipation, "strong 
people do not need leaders," he said. If "the tyrant is not the product of spontaneous 
generation: it is the product of the degradation of the people. People degraded, bullied 
people. Evil, then, is there: the mass of sustained and resigned in amorphous those who 
are conformed to luck "well defined Ricardo Flores Magon. So Camarad @ s, we turn to the 
design of popular emancipation made ??exclusively by popular finalist goal is libertarian 
socialism! Therefore, "does not, therefore, comes to coming anarchy today or tomorrow, or 
in ten centuries, but walk towards Anarchism today, tomorrow and always" Errico Malatesta.
Viva libertarian socialism!
Viva anarchy! "