#Update: #anarchist #news and #information from all over the #world - 19.12.2019

Today's Topics:

   
1.  Britain, north eastanarchist group NEAG Manifesto Launch
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  CNT Vitoria-Gasteiz cnt nº 421 - WHY COMBAT THE EXTRA
      HOURS? (ca, it) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
3.  Britain, SOLIDARITY FEDERATION: What Next After Labours
      Defeat? (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
  
 4.  anarkismo.net: One Month Since the Start of the Popular
      Revolt in Chile: Feminist and Libertarian Communist Statement
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
5.  France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #300 - Free forum:
      Without concession against all racisms and all obscurantisms (fr,
      it, pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
6.  USA: NYC Anarchist Assembly Announced for January 11th
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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The manifesto for our group has been in the making for a long time now. It is a collaborative effort to talk in detail about what is
important to us as a group. ---- The hope here is that it will let new members know exactly where we stand on a number of issues, and for us
to use internally as a type of ‘aims and principles' document. ---- Collectively we hope that you find the document a useful insight into
the key areas of interest for our group, so you can gain a greater understanding of where our hearts are. ---- MANIFESTO ---- Introduction
---- The North East Anarchist Group (NEAG) is an organisation of anarchist communists based in the North East of England, that aims to help
give a voice to anarchists and create an organisational platform from which to conduct revolutionary direct action, agitate the propertied
classes and help educate working class people, like us, about our revolutionary potential to emancipate ourselves and create a world free
from oppression, hierarchy and violence.

As a group, we seek to achieve this by creating an inclusive space where anarchists and other libertarian socialists are able to voice their
ideas, create material and literature and organise to take an active part in the class struggle, fight oppression and further the
revolutionary agenda.

Anarchist Communism
Anti-Capitalism
Anti-Statism
Intersectionality
Internationalism
Ecology and Environmentalism
Direct Action
Anti-Sectarianism
Workplace Organisation
Fluid, Inclusive, Fun
NEAG Aims & Principles
Anarchist Communism
1. As anarchist communists, we believe in the revolutionary potential of the working class to establish communism. Communism is defined as a
classless, stateless society, in which all people partake in the common ownership and use of the means of production (factories, fields,
machinery, infrastructure, etc), for production to meet people's needs, rather than profit. We believe that communism will enable us to put
people first, significantly reduce working hours through sustainable and ecological use of automation, technology and cooperation, and
provide everyone with necessities of life allowing them to maximise their individual agency. We believe that only a social revolution by the
working class (wage labourers, students, unemployed, disabled, etc) will be able to bring about the fundamental changes required to progress
towards and implement communism. Without the support of the working class, the social revolution will not be possible.

Our revolution will be the culmination of the class struggle, a pervasive and antagonistic fight between the ruling classes (business
owners, politicians, landlords etc) and the working class.

Anti-Capitalism
2. As anarchists we are naturally anti-capitalist. We believe that people cannot be truly free until the private ownership of property and
the idea of wage labour are abolished. These systems, and the capitalist socio-economic system itself, are inherently exploitative.

As members of the working class, we have no property and have nothing to sell on the market. As a result, we must sell ourselves (our time,
our ability to labour) to the propertied in order to survive. They live by exploiting the surplus value that we create, while many are
condemned to a life of abject poverty and precarity, without access to basic necessities such as a home, food, clothing, healthcare, and
leisure.

The parasitic behaviour of the propertied classes backed up the state's enforcement of private property through the police, the army,
repressive laws and surveillance, ensures that the vast majority of people will never be able to change their material conditions.

We seek to fundamentally change our relationship to ‘work' and believe that to secure freedom for everyone, both private property and
wage-labour must be abolished, to be replaced with a system based on mutual aid, solidarity and production to meet needs.

We advocate for sustainable automation, but only when the benefits are passed on to the workers.

Anti-Statism
3. As anarchists we oppose any and all states as well as all forms of authority and unjustified hierarchies such as capitalism and
class-based systems.

Both authoritarian state ‘socialism' and the social democrat welfare state model fail to abolish the class system, and so we reject both the
Leninist vanguard and electoral politics. Instead, we hold that the only way to bring about a communist society and the full emancipation of
the working class is by the revolutionary self-activity of the class itself.

Replacing private corporations with a state cannot create socialism, because the working class remains enslaved to the state and dependent
on wage labour for survival. We do not trust any state to bring about socialism since that would require it to voluntarily dissolve its own
power, something we do not believe it is capable of doing.

The primary function of government is to protect property from the majority. Capitalism, just like the state, requires authority backed by
the threat of violence to protect its own power and preserve private property. These are all forms of coercion and unjustified hierarchies
which we will do our best to oppose and dismantle at the earliest possible opportunity.

Politicians claim to serve the public, but in practice they seek to hold power for themselves, leaving the people to beg them to act on
their behalf. Meanwhile, politicians and capitalists collude to advance their own class interests.

In our so-called "democratic" societies, democracy is simply absent from many aspects of life. Most notably in the workplace, where workers
spend most of their waking hours, and yet have next to no say over the conditions or organisation of their work.

In contrast, we hope to live in a world where people are free to exercise true political control over their own lives, where communities and
workplaces can self-organise through consensus decision making, and in which those communities cooperate to tackle larger-scale issues,
rather than centralising and giving away their power.

Intersectionality
4. NEAG are an intersectional organisation committed to fighting inequality and bigotry wherever it can be found. Inequality can come in
many forms - misogyny, racism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism etc. Tackling inequality is not just about class warfare; it is necessary to
oppose all forms of discrimination and hatred. We recognise that the ruling classes use bigtory and discrimination to create and maintain
division within the working-class, allowing us to be manipulated in favour of protecting capitalist interests and upholding the status quo
and that the abolition of capitalism alone will not bring about social equality. We believe that progress will only be made once socialists
begin to dismantle all systems of oppression and authority.

In the current political and social climate, with the mainstream resurgence of right-wing extremism, we maintain our commitment to a
militant anti-fascist and anti-racist politics and will work in solidarity with all members of groups that face oppression for a world free
from ethnic, racial and gender-based violence.

See our statement on transphobia here.

Internationalism
5. NEAG remains fully committed to the cause of internationalism and aspires to build a movement where one of the primary objectives is the
abolition of borders and nation states. We reject nationalism and promote solidarity and cooperation based on class rather than nationality
or place of birth. We recognise that nationalism, and the nation state, are the tools of oppression which are used to maintain capitalist
and Western hegemony and that borders are some of the most violent sites of racial, ethnic and gender-based violence. Borders are arbitrary
lines drawn on maps that serve no purpose other than division. We do not subscribe to the nationalism and imperialism of the capitalist
state nor do we agree with the Marxist-Leninist view of state ‘socialism'. We believe that socialism cannot be achieved in one country and
that the state apparatus not only perpetuates the unjustified cycles of hierarchy and oppression but is simply inadequate in bringing about
a socialist revolution. The working class has no nationality.

We maintain a commitment to opposing imperialism and colonialism, particularly in the global South and believe that the foundation of modern
capitalism and Western hegemony lie in the exploitation of the working-classes in ‘underdeveloped' countries, allowing capitalist
exploitation, through imperialist war, or neo-colonial economic sanctions, to adversely affect local populations and their land. We
understand that many nations around the world were built upon the genocide of indigenous people, originally by the British and other
Europeans and later by the settlers and their descendants who currently reside there, and as a result, we support full de-colonisation
efforts, through reclaiming stolen land and a modern, radical education.

Ecology and Environmentalism
6. We believe that we are in a unique and challenging period within the history of humanity, as well as within the epoch of capitalism. The
progression of our industrial capacities since the industrial revolution, while not only subjugating people to oppression, misery and
exploitation have also been immense burden on our environment and the animals and ecosystems that we share this world with. We are now faced
with irreversible climate change caused predominantly by the wasteful and unrelenting aggression of the capitalist socio-economic system.

We recognise that the ‘West' are disproportionately responsible for this climate catastrophe and that the excessive consumption of the vast
majority of people in the global North has been at the cost of those in the global South. As we see the climate crisis deepen, we expect to
see a further increase in migration from the global south to more hospitable areas of the world, chiefly the North.  Due to this, we expect
to see an increase in racist border violence and eco-fascistic rhetoric, and we make it clear that we stand in solidarity with our
international working-class siblings and adhere to a strict rejection of racist, nationalistic, fascist responses to this global crisis.

We believe that if we hope to tackle climate change we need a fundamental change in our social, economic and political systems that look to
increase local and regional autonomy within production, grant independence and freedom to the global south and addresses our current culture
of mass consumption and waste.

Direct Action
7. Whilst living under capitalism, it is important that we build autonomous projects and organisations that are outside the control of the
ruling class and the State apparatus that are run directly by, and for, working-class people. We believe that workplace organising, tenants
and prisoner unions, free radical education sessions and literature, protest and community organising are all important for empowering
people and building a sustainable and robust network of committed revolutionaries. We believe in a diversity of tactics and that our direct
actions, projects and organisations can not only work to help people in need, but through our collective efforts, can build alternative
structures, relationships and even change the way we perceive society, preparing us for a more communistic society, which has its foundation
in individual agency, mutual aid and cooperation.

We believe in solidarity, not charity.

Anti-Sectarianism
8. We are an anti-sectarian anarchist organisation and will strive to cooperate with existing anarchist and socialist groups providing that
our goals align and that cooperation would be beneficial in reaching our desired goal. We draw a line however, at working with any other
organisation that partakes in any form of prejudiced, oppressive, exploitative activities. We also believe that certain differences (see
point 4, 5 above) on the left cannot be reconciled and that our position will not be compromised in the name of ‘left unity'.

Workplace Organisation
9. We support all workers in organising collectively in their workplaces and communities, educational institutions, prisons, and seek to
promote and engage with grassroots collective action and struggles in all parts of the working class. This includes support for
revolutionary syndicalism and anarcho-syndicalist unions (for example the IWW, Solfed and the IWGB) and for rank and file movements of
workers whether within or outside of official organisations. This also includes support for these tactics in the community context, such as
claimants and tenants unions, autonomous community organisations, and tactics such as rent strikes, tax strikes or other sorts of social strike.

We oppose reformist trade unionism which seeks to compromise with rather than overthrow capitalism, or subsumes the will of the workers into
officials speaking on behalf of workers, who so often betray them. However, we also acknowledge workers must struggle for their interests
within the political terrain as it actually exists, and therefore understand and do not condemn workers for using these forms when it is the
only course of action available, for example if a reformist trade union is the only operating union in your workplace. We support actions to
radicalise reformist unions and radical or revolutionary action carried out by workers within them.

Fluid, Inclusive, Fun
10. We believe that in order to succeed in abolishing capitalism and hierarchy, and ultimately implementing communism, we must organise in a
prefigurative way. This means that our organisational structure, now, must reflect our desired future organisational needs. This works
two-fold, to ensure that the organisation remains democratic and that it prepares us for the organisational changes required under communism.

NEAG organises on an inclusive, voluntary and horizontal basis. This means that we have no leaders or bosses, and make group decisions

https://northeastanarchistgroup.org/manifesto/

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According to the Workers' Statute, overtime is those hours of work that are carried out over the maximum duration of the day. Without
delving into more specific aspects of its regulation, we see that overtime is characterized by the fact that it must meet three conditions:
they must be remunerated at least as ordinary (in money or at rest time), they are limited (maximum 80 per year for full-time and
complementary part-time) and must be agreed individually or collectively. ---- The CNT has historically opposed the performance of overtime
for two reasons mainly: because overtime increases unemployment, by allowing employers to cover the work to be done with large workloads for
the minimum possible number of personnel, (without need to expand the workforce when the production or the increase in demand so requires),
and because overtime is detrimental to the quality of life of the working class, seeing their free time diminished. This refusal to perform
overtime must therefore be accompanied, and this is essential, by a constant demand for increased wages based on the cost of living, so that
whoever works does not need the extra hours to have a living wage that allows you to live and save to meet unforeseen expenses.

http://vitoria.cnt.es/blog/2019/12/13/por-que-combatir-las-horas-extra/

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Some optimism in a dark time... ---- This isn't about saying "I told you so!" We have close friends and solid comrades who put their faith
and energy into Corbyn and the Labour party. We have nothing but sympathy and condolences for them. The loss of hope must feel like a
bereavement. We're sorry, collectively, for the anguish that millions of people are feeling today. ---- But we can help, and we can offer an
alternative. We know now that no-one is coming to save us. That's OK. We can save ourselves. Solfed and the Anarchist/Libertarian Left have
always believed that real power comes from below, not above. We don't have to wait for another socialist politician to rescue us from the
Tories, we can save ourselves. We believe that politics starts at home, in our relationships with our families, friends, communities and
workmates. We know that electoral politics is off the cards, at least for a few years. So let's try an alternative strategy.

Let's build real, strong, communities and workplaces that can fight back against the ruling class. Let's do it ourselves, and not wait five
years for another roll of the parliamentary dice. Politics is about what we do ourselves, not who we choose to do it for us.

Here's our suggestions:

Talk to your neighbours. Find out what issues are troubling people in your community or neighbourhood. Get together, hold meetings, find out
what skills and resources you have between you, and come up with a plan to fix the problems. Talk to other neighbourhoods, work together,
and start building a groundswell of organised communities. Don't trust the police, politicians, companies or charities; they're not our
friends. Last night proved that.

Talk to your workmates. Find out what's going at work, what people are scared of, stressed by, or angry about. Get together and hold
workplace meetings. Come up with a plan and start fighting back. Talk to other workers, and start building a movement of free, self-managed
workers' organisations. Don't trust the bosses, politicians or the mainstream trade unions-they're not on your side!

Break the rules. Political power is only worth anything if it can be enforced. If you're strong enough to fight back then there's nothing
they can do to hurt you.
Keep talking. Spread the word and the ideas. Especially, talk about your victories and successes. This stuff sounds impossible until we
realise how easy it is.

Be kind to each other. There's strength in numbers and connectedness is power. Your allies and friends are the only things you have. Cherish
them

This isn't a recruitment drive. Don't join Solfed if you don't want to. But do talk to us-we can offer an alternative

http://www.solfed.org.uk/manchester/what-next-after-labours-defeat

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Statement by Black Rose (US), Solidaridad (Chile), and Acción Socialista Libertaria (Argentina) ---- We present to you an analysis on the
uprising that has been underway in Chile produced jointly by Black Rose/Rosa Negra (US), Solidaridad (Chile), and Acción Socialista
Libertaria - ASL (Argentina). ---- One Month Since the Start of the Popular Revolt in Chile: ---- Feminist and Libertarian Communist
Statement ---- A Preface to October 18th ---- On October 18th, a popular rebellion broke out in Santiago, Chile that quickly spread
throughout the country. The demonstrations that began in response to a spike in the public transportation fare quickly transformed, in a
matter of days, into a social upheaval rooted in mass discontent over 30 years of privatization and precarious economic policies. As the
phrase circulating through street graffiti and social media states, "It's not about 30 pesos, it's about 30 years."
The cost of living in Chile rose substantially in 2018-2019. As an example, on April 2018, the government announced a 30% increase in
personal taxes applicable over the next three years. In January 2019, state officials announced a 6.4% increase in TAG (toll roads in the
Santiago region). In May, electricity bills increased 10.5%. In September, the ISAPRES (private health insurance) rose 50% on average for
GES premiums (associated with illnesses that the state is required to cover) while FONASA (state insurer) rose its premiums 3%. At the
beginning of October, electricity rose once again 9.2%. All of this has occurred in a context in which 50% of all employees receive an
income less than $400,000 Chilean Pesos ($496 USD) per month, while the cheapest rents in Santiago can run between $200,000 and $285,000
ChileanPesos ($250-350 USD). Unsurprisingly, the household debt has reached a record high of 73.3% in relationship to disposable income
during 2018. The $30 peso subway increase announced in October was the spark that ignited the flame. These previously mentioned economic
policies have made life precarious for the working class and was complemented by a series of state repression strategies to violently
contain the growing discontent.

In Chile, the Year of Political and Social Discontent began on March 8th
2019 has been a year of milestones; the first being the March 8th Feminist Strike-a historic moment in Chile-marking feminism's entry into
the political field of social movements. Their front and center slogan, "Against the Precariousness of Life," has proven to be a central
slogan used in the mobilizations that broke out since October 18th. Although feminism was invisibilized during the first weeks of the
protests, in the days since feminists organized a presence at the marches, raising concrete demands. The feminist movement - of which the
March 8th Feminist Coordinator has been a fundamental proponent - has developed a transversal struggle against the patriarchy, capitalism,
and racism, highlighting the necessity for feminists to be present in all neighborhood assemblies, cabildos (neighborhood councils), and
community onces (teatime). It has been feminists who denounced before anyone else the disappearences and the use of sexual violence as a
torture mechanism against women during the demonstrations, replicating methods employed by the genocidal military dictatorships in Latin
America in the 1970s and 1980s.
"We see this current moment[in Chile]both as a popular reaction against neoliberal policies and an incipient regional anger and
disillusionment with the left governments that formed the so-called "Pink Tide", which came to power with popular support and hope,
inspiring various sectors of the international left, but created more continuity than change."
High school students - one of the most active groups in the demonstrations since the 2006 militant student mobilizations known as the
Penguin Revolution - have suffered a year of extreme repression. There were widespread media images this year of the riot police attacking
students at the National Institute (a prestigious all-male public school) in an attempt to implement policies of state control and
repression inside the schools. The "Safe Classrooms" Law is an attempt to break the legacy of the student movement. The National Institute
students, who have played an emblematic role in directing the student movement, were subjected to police violence, such as the expulsion of
student leaders, and were criminalized by media outlets.
These same students organized the mass subway fare evasions on October 11th, jumping or breaking subway turnstiles to protest the 30 peso
fare increase. Within days, their call to join the evasion movement grew in popular support. On Friday, October 18th, Piñera's government
responded with even more repression, transforming the peaceful act of evasion into a battle against the riot police. When city and
government officials closed the entire Santiago subway system, forcing thousands of workers to pack crowded buses or walk home, the citizen
response was not of frustration toward the students but solidarity. The people as a whole rose up to evade, fight against the police, and
attack and loot in mass the businesses that created precarious conditions in Chile: Isapres (health insurers), AFP (pension funds
administrators), ENEL (electricity distributor), large supermarkets and retail stores.

Given this scenario, the government strategy has been to increase their repressive strategies against protesters. On Friday, October 18th,
President Sebastian Piñera declared a state of emergency that enabled the government to place military forces in the streets, and establish
a military curfew for the Santiago area. The people, far from being intimidated, stood firm in the streets and defied the military curfew,
by banging pots and kitchen utensils ("caseroleos"), building barricades, and attacking the military and the police with rocks or other things.

The widespread discontent reflects anger over years of neoliberal policies and state repression that the people have endured. There are 24
reported deaths, over 200 people have lost sight in an eye due to rubber bullets and pellets, and there are at least 52 complaints of sexual
violence by the hands of the police or military since the protests began on October 18. The social movement slogans "No more AFP" and "End
the Commodification of Education, Health, Housing, Transportation, and Natural Resources," as well as the call to replace the 1980
Constitution drafted during the Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), resonate at protests across the country. The governments' 30-year
indifference to popular demands underscore that the only way to end the neoliberal experiment is through a grassroots movement to transform
society. Unfortunately, there is no peaceful way out. There is no solution to the conflict while the military is in the streets and a
government deal is unacceptable while human rights abuses continue against working people.

Chile in Global Context
The oppressive situation imposed by the political and economic system in Chile, institutionalized by military dictatorship and continued by
the Concertación (center-left) governments, is not an isolated case in either the region or the world. In Ecuador, Haiti, Lebanon,
Catalonia, Hong Kong, and various other places, people are tired of abuses by the capitalist ruling class. Global protests call to stand up
against the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as well as the states and rulers who execute their policies.
We must understand the popular uprising in Chile in that light. We see this current moment both as a popular reaction against neoliberal
policies and an incipient regional anger and disillusionment with the left governments that formed the so-called "Pink Tide" (Argentina,
Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua), which came to power with popular support and hope, inspiring various sectors of the
international left, but created more continuity than change-particularly after the 2008 economic crisis and the fall in commodity prices.
Meanwhile, as authoritarianism and the right make advances in the region, we observe with remorse the recent coup d'etat in Bolivia and the
brutal racist and class-based oppression against native and peasant communities. Finally, we must highlight the coup d'etat in Honduras in
2009, backed by the United States and driven by the Honduran oligarchy and army. Ten years of neoliberal policies has left Honduras in a
major political crisis, leading the population to protest against repression, corruption and privatization in recent months.

In other parts of the world-with US and European complicity-a genocidal military campaign by the Turkish state is underway in Syria. Turkish
military encroachment aims to reverse the liberated cantons' community life and the socialist project led by the YPG, YPJ, and Kurdish
people's militias. In Catalonia, some weeks ago, masses took to the streets in support for self-determination, independence, and in
repudiation of the judicial ruling that imprisons those who fight. We have also seen Ecuadorian indigenous people and workers organize a
revolt that halted a state package of adjustments (Decree 883). In Haiti, the months-long protests led to the resignation of the president,
something also achieved by Lebanese protesters in opposition to state corruption and government policies that seek to impose an economic
burden on the shoulders of working people. In Hong Kong, protesters have been fighting for more than six months to prevent the passing of a
Chinese extradition law. In New York, on November 2, a day of protests and subway fare evasions was organized in response to the high costs
of living and racist police violence. NYC protesters used Negro Matapacos (cop killer black dog), a street dog who participated in student
protests and a symbol of the struggles in Chile. As demonstrated, Chile is part of a worldwide network of struggles that are emerging
against an unlivable system.

Class Struggle, Direct Action, and Attempts at New Forms of Organization
We are able to stand up against those who oppress us with mass support and through direct action. On Friday, October 25th, more than 2
million people marched throughout Chile and Wallmapu[1]calling on President Piñera to resign and in favor of a Popular Constituent Assembly.
The Chilean people demonstrated that there is no need for a plebiscite because they already voted with their feet, bodies, and
determination. The reaction by the right-wing government has been more repression and persecution and on November 7 a Public Order Plan was
announced that intends to criminalize all forms of protests, which we reject.
But beyond the barricades and mass direct action there is another story. Through the destruction of hundreds of symbols of colonization in
squares and towns something new is being woven. Throughout Chile, slowly but surely, hundreds of territorial assemblies, cabildos[local
councils], and community onces[literally "teas," small gathering like a coffee meet up]consolidating a new form of popular power. Historical
forms of organization by the working class are being reinvigorated- once encased in our collective memory. We are building the foundations
of a new movement engendered from rage and protest that is both constructive and widespread. To coordinate and plan successfully, we need to
develop popular unity from below, which is our primary task at the moment.

An Urgent Task: Solidarity with the Chilean People's Struggle
The Chilean working class is carving out a path of struggle against the ravages caused by the neoliberal project. The state has no solution
and we cannot trust the regime's political parties who make agreements among themselves and behind closed doors, and who are trying to
promote a "Peace Agreement" and water down the potential of a popular constituent assembly. The agreement, which lacks broad representation,
intends to buy Piñera time while refusing to address the immediate popular demands. The agreement does not include the demand for justice
for human rights violations and state murders, and offers only superficial changes designed to distract and demobilize.
The current tasks, agenda, and emancipatory perspective must be those visions and demands put forward by working people in the streets,
workplaces, schools and universities. Organizing and supporting the growth of popular neighborhood assemblies independent from political
parties allows the grassroots blossoming of debates to initiate and build a program of demands in the short, medium, and long-term.

We call on comrades abroad to support the struggles of the Chilean working people by participating in local protests and assemblies or
cabildos and promoting events or talks about the political situation in Chile, Latin America, and the world. The Chilean struggle against
neoliberalism is a struggle that resonates throughout the globe. If the Chilean people achieve their demands, it will be an example for
social movements internationally. As the Santiago street graffiti exclaims: Neoliberalism was born and will die in Chile!

SOLIDARITY WITH THE CHILEAN PEOPLE RISING AND FIGHTING!
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND COORDINATION OF TERRITORIAL ASSEMBLIES THAT DEBATE FOR THE CREATION OF A TRUE PLURINATIONAL AND FEMINIST POPULAR
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY!
FOR SOCIALISM AND FREEDOM!
¡ARRIBA LXS QUE LUCHAN!
Solidaridad (Chile)
Acción Socialista Libertaria - ASL (Argentina)
Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation - BRRN (United States)

Endnotes

1. Wallmapu is the name for the ancestral territory of the Mapuche people and nation, located in southern Chile and Argentina.

If you enjoyed this piece and are interested in learning more about Latin American anarchism we recommend our three-part series in English
and Spanish "Libertarian Socialism in Latin America": Part I - Chile, Part II - Argentina, Part III - Brazil.
Related Link: https://blackrosefed.org/statement-one-month-since-popular-revolt-in-chile/

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The bloody news of the end of October compelled us to fight vigorously against the wave of racist aggressions targeting Muslims and
emanating from the National Rally, from the Republicans, then recovered opportunistically by a part of the government. Polarizing the debate
on these questions suits Macron well: while Macron was in trouble on the issue of pensions, he allowed him to diversion before the December
strike. This example shows once again how racism is used by the ruling classes to divide the exploited. ---- The call, among others, from
the UCL, the NPA, the CCIF and the LES Musulmans platform for the demonstration of November 10, however, considers Islamophobia in itself
and does not reproduce it either in the unsurpassable context of the class struggle. nor in its postcolonial history. The reactionaries
assimilate all descendants of post-colonial immigration to a religion: Islam. On the contrary, we believe that it is the experience of
capitalist exploitation and racist discrimination that found this common identity. The UCL manifesto mentions that racism aims to "   allow
the bourgeoisie to divert the working classes from demands for economic and social equality."  "

Against the division of exploited
Communitarianism and religions are another way of artificially dividing the exploited, and this should not be overlooked. We cannot combat
racism by allying ourselves with political and religious forces. We agree with Bourdieu's warning: "   Avoid falling into this kind of
guilt-based complacency which, as much as racist essentialism, sinks or traps the colonized or the dominated, by trying to find everything
perfect, to accept everything of what they do in the name of absolute relativism, which is still a form of contempt   " . From a class point
of view, supporting "   Muslims   " as a homogeneous whole is analogous to "   campism   "geopolitics, which aims to support all the powers
opposed to American imperialism.

It would therefore have been prudent to find out about the LES platform. Muslims, whose list of founders is given to us on their site. We
find Nader Abou Anas  [1]there , who had to withdraw from the appeal following numerous articles recalling his justification for marital
rape  ; but also Imam Boussena, who advocates the freedom for 7-year-old girls to wear a burkini. Let us add Feiza Ben Mohamed  [2], who
supports Erdogan and explains that "   Turkey does not bomb the Kurds but armed terrorist groups   "  [3]. There is also Eric Younous, who
declared "  Freedom is to walk half naked in the streets and be only an object of temptation.[...]The freedom of the West goes through
murder, through abortion   " and believes that Shabbat is "   a punishment that Allah has inflicted on the Jews   "  [4]. Let's finish with
Chakil Omarjee, who in 2013 signed a call with other imams to participate in the Manifs pour tous stating "   If in the name of the only
principle of love, it becomes legitimate to assume new" rights ", which we will have we respond to those who want recognition of incest or
pedophilia?".

If we do not question the legitimacy of walking against anti-Muslim racism, in the aftermath of the attack on the Bayonne mosque, we affirm
that the Libertarian Communist Union, and more generally the social and political left, must refuse to build a common political front with
these obscurantists whose struggles we cannot share. However, at the time of writing, UCL did not denounce the presence of reactionaries
among the organizers of the event. It is a political mistake.

Grégoire, Guillaume, Jeanne, Matthias (UCL Orléans), Maud (UCL Grand Paris Sud), Nicolas (UCL Tours), Noël (UCL Melun, BSE), Rémi (UCL
Montpellier), Clo, Scapin, Seznec, Xavière (UCL 93 Center)

[1] See the video Happy Eid Day

[2] "  Abdelmonaim boussenna limam who goes up on youtube  " , on Lejdd.fr

[3] See his twitter account

[4] "   In Aulnay-sous-Bois, the New Year of the Salafists at the municipal gymnasium   " , on Marianne.ne

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Tribune-libre-Sans-concession-contre-tous-les-racismes-et-tous-les

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Message: 6






We are witnessing a period of incredible social upheaval around the world. The US is not exempt from the political tension and the potential
for conflict and substantial change seems more real than ever. In NYC, we also have an extremely tense political situation, with the
expansion of the jail system, the ever spreading gentrification, and the largest and most brutal police forces in the country. ---- With
this in mind we are calling for a recurring NYC anarchist assembly to build, strategize and create a formidable anarchist movement in the
city that can grapple with the political problems in NY and internationally. ---- We have charted out a few principles of agreement. ---- As
anarchists we believe in the abolition of the United States as political entity. ---- We are actively striving for revolution and not
reform, and we will achieve this by any means necessary.
The destruction of prisons and prison slavery are an immediate aim, and as such we root our struggle in the abolitionist tradition.
We are against the state and electoralism, and for collective commune based resistance to these mechanisms of control.
We actively engage and promote internationalist, anti-capitalist solidarity with revolutionary movements and groups around the world.
Please come to our first assembly as we chart a new revolutionary path in the city!

(full details can be found at The Base)

https://thebasebk.org/event/nyc-anarchist-assembly/

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