First of all, we accept that the first statement we made about the disclosures is
not clear and not sufficient. We feel responsible for making a new statementwhile our evaluation processes continue. ---- Inside of Revolutionary AnarchistAction which is one of the founding components of the Revolutionary AnarchistFederation, the criticism-self-criticism-sanction process was carried out latelyagainst Serkan Bayrak who used violence. After the disclosures made, when were-examine that process, we see that we are insufficient in terms of eliminatingthe damages inflicted on individuals and the sanctions we have imposed on SerkanBayrak.The most important mechanism of an anarchist organization is the decision-makingprocess. Decisions regarding the struggle in these processes; it is taken bydirect democratic methods where no individual rejects each other and has anendless right to speak with the participation of all individuals.The sanction imposed on Serkan Bayrak in the past was to temporarily exclude himfrom these decision-making processes. During this period, Serkan Bayrak wasobserved and this sanction was gradually terminated based on the observations. Ithas been one of our biggest shortcoming that all of these individuals who leftthe organization and were exposed to violence in the past were not informed aboutsanction process.In the re-evaluation process we are in, we do not engage in any kind of realitydiscussion regarding the disclosures made. We are conducting the statementsmentioned in the disclosure texts and apologize to all individuals affected bythese processes. We take responsibility for the absence of an effective fightagainst male violence.The social understanding and perspective of anarchism requires an end to violenceand the conditions that give rise to it altogether. For this reason, as theFederation, we continue our evaluation by considering this exigence first. We aredeclaring that Serkan Bayrak has been cut off from our organization in accordancewith our evaluations by giving a self-criticism about the violence again.With this decision of our organized struggle and the power of having experiencedcertain transformations on different issues for years, the Federation, besidesits many cause, also has the understanding of not repeating the mistakes madewithin the Revolutionary Anarchist Activity, which is one of its foundingcomponents. With the sense of responsibility required by this understanding andas a result of individuals questioning themselves one by one, we realize that itis a exigence for us to go through structural transformations.With the intensified meetings, our discussions on structural transformations willnot be limited to a few days. This process organization will be re-evaluated withevery individual, including our comrades who have personally displayed awelcoming attitude after the disclosures. Violence and the conditions that createviolence will not be created through these transformations, which will take placewith the collective responsibility of each individuals in the organization.We will continue to transform our lives today and continue our struggle againstthe relations based on dominance between individuals, against all dominancemechanisms. We will continue to organize revolutionary anarchism, we are stronglybelieving that ‘we can transform society if we can transform ourselves’.– Devrimci Anarşist Federasyon(DAF) - Revolutionary Anarchist Federation_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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