(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #242 - International first 150 years... and all his teeth (fr, pt)

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The International Workers Association is generally regarded as the common crucible of the 
various trends contemporary labor movement, but his birthday has not provoked comparable 
to other commemorative events fever. Yet it is in Nancy in June that it was found a few 
hundred people and dozens of organizations to discuss the AIT, its history and current 
events. ---- Discussions, demonstrations, concerts, exhibitions, theater, press tables, 
book fairs, films, revolutionary songs... were scheduled the weekend of June 14 to 16 at 
the site of Greater Sauvoy. Nearly 40 unions (FSU 54, Solidarity 54, UL CGT, Conf?d?ration 
Paysanne,... CNT), political (LO, NPA, FA, AL...), associative (CRISIS, Bure Free Zone 
Radio Caraib Nancy...), from France, Germany, Italy and England, have answered the call of 
the Choir Unnamed Nancy. Sign perhaps that internationalism appears again as a necessity 
for the emancipation of the oppressed, while capitalism has unfortunately a step ahead of 
us in this area. It is also in a state of spirit of unity, which wanted faithful to the 
ideological diversity of the international First, this event took place.

In addition to historical debates on the AIT and the labor movement as it has evolved over 
150 years, numerous conferences and roundtable discussions were internationalism today 
(the records of the debates and many other materials are available www.150ans 
on-first-international). Whether difficulty (re) building functioning international 
organizations (AL contributes within Anarkismo), or the development of common or similar 
struggles across the globe (land grabbing from India to Brazil, Africa in Chiapas or 
closer to home at Notre Dame des Landes...), the result is often that of a delay of 
organization face challenges that are increasingly globalized.

But the key may have been through this weekend, trying to re-establish direct links 
between activists from different countries and diverse currents. Without replay the 
meeting of 1864, the 2014 still managed to place internationalism at the heart of concerns.

Nicolas (AL Moselle) and Renaud (AL Alsace)