WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE SPAIN - news journal UPDATE -(en) Spain, Regeneracion: Spain, Regeneration: Hedra, a specificist organization from Alicante, is born (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Can the emancipation of the working class be born from a socialist

synthesis? ---- Faced with the sharpening of class antagonisms, it is
pertinent to reflect on the validity of socialism as a praxis for social
transformation. But it is not enough to recognize its importance: we
must draw lessons from the past to avoid repeating mistakes in the
present. ---- In this article, we will try to answer the initial
question, based on a recent experience: the creation, evolution and
dissolution of Sinergia M.C.U., a collective project where militants
from socialist currents -anarchists and communists- met under the same
organizational umbrella. However, far from consolidating itself as an
effective tool for social transformation, this attempt revealed the
tensions and limitations inherent to the structures of synthesis. From
this experience, we will reflect on the lessons left by its failure and
how it led us to rethink our strategy, leading to the construction of
"Hedra", an anarchist political organization. In this journey, we seek
not only to analyze the mistakes of the past, but also to provide keys
for a clearer and more effective organizational future.
Sinergia - Unified Class Movement: a synthesis project
After several years of reflux in the organizational capacity of the
working class, together with the decline of the 15M cycle, militants
from various social movements agreed on the need to generate a common
space capable of articulating an alternative both theoretical and
practical, and to build a harmonious whole with which to influence
reality. From this impulse, Sinergia M.C.U. was born in 2023, an
initiative with which we sought to transcend the limitations of the
social democratic project and generate an alternative that would bring
us closer to the emancipation of our class. The organization brought
together militants from various socialist currents, but its structural
and strategic limitations were soon exposed.
The breadth that we initially considered its greatest strength ended up
being its main weakness. The attempt to reconcile such disparate
perspectives failed by not achieving the necessary internal cohesion or
the sufficient discipline to articulate a common strategy. This setback
taught us an obvious lesson: it is not enough to share the rejection of
the capitalist system and its forms of domination; a correct materialist
analysis is essential to be able to articulate an alternative in which
the working class is at the center, and a revolutionary program in which
it is reflected.
The synthesis organizations, in their various forms and proposals, aim
to carry out the process of emancipation of the dispossessed masses
through the integration of different agents and/or revolutionary
currents under the same organizational structure. In this way, it is
hoped that these elements will be able to coordinate their efforts
against the current state of affairs. However, even though at first
glance the union of different tendencies in pursuit of a common cause
may seem noble and attractive to many comrades, the truth is that a
political organization of such characteristics lacks theoretical unity
and medium- and long-term action.
The internal contradictions of the synthesis
Trying to unify incompatible visions not only dilutes the final
objective, but also hinders any progress towards emancipation.
Therefore, this kind of "socialist synthesis," in its eagerness to unite
forces, ended up dissolving into its own internal contradictions. This
failure left us with an unavoidable lesson: not all forms of
organization against the different forms of exploitation and oppression
share principles, means and ends. In the case at hand, this attempt at
synthesis led us to adopt a strategy close to the postulates proposed by
councilism or libertarian Marxism. Our proposal, influenced by the
critique of authoritarianism and focused on horizontal structures,
sought to guarantee the direct participation of the bases. However,
Sinergia ended up adopting a method so broad and diffuse that it lost
its raison d'être. Instead of strengthening its structures, internal
differences, often irreconcilable, undermined its ability to build a
solid and sustainable project.
Despite the collective effort to find a meeting point in which all the
militants felt represented, this attempt at synthesis did not resolve
the deep ideological discrepancies, which were sometimes markedly
divergent. This "organisational neutrality" proved incapable of
reconciling the real strategic and tactical tensions that arise both in
theory and in action. Unifying socialist currents under a single
framework does not resolve the fundamental differences in their
conception of praxis, but rather produces internal conflicts and
operational inaction. Plurality, which should have been their strength,
became an insurmountable obstacle, generating a paralysis that arises
from idealistic attempts to synthesize incompatible elements.
The lessons of Sinergia and the construction of Hedra
If Sinergia taught us anything, it is that organizations that aspire to
a radical transformation need more than a sum of wills; they require
theoretical and practical clarity to serve as a guide. The abandonment
of ideological synthesis does not respond to a dogmatic position or to
the inability to dialogue with other currents, but to a deep conviction
that, in order to influence reality, we, anarchists, must organize
ourselves politically.
Not all proposals for overcoming class society share the same principles
or lead to the same horizon. Our experience has shown us that, although
both Marxism and anarchism arose from common concerns, they reached
different conclusions. Likewise, these arbitrary attempts at unification
lack utility and programmatic and strategic coherence for our class.
Therefore, our criticism is based on an essential difference: we believe
that the means must be consistent with the ends.
After a current analysis, together with the emergence of other
especifist organizations throughout the Spanish State, we reached an
inescapable conclusion: the construction of an anarchist political
organization is not only necessary, but essential in Alicante. Thus,
Hedra was born, a especifist organization that seeks to collect the
lessons of the past and project an alternative based on the principles
of organized anarchism: popular power strategy, organizational dualism,
social insertion, specific organization, theoretical and practical
unity, collective action and militant discipline.
Final reflection: principles, means, ends and political organization
Anarchism is not a choice due to intellectual convenience or following,
but the expression of a political and militant ethic. We cannot build a
free and exploitative society using tools that perpetuate subordination,
imposition and centralization. For us, coherence between means and ends
is not only an ethical principle, but an essential condition for the
radical transformation of society.
Hedra emerges as an anarchist political organization, conceived to build
a force capable of intervening effectively in the struggles of the
working class. We recognize the importance of having an organization
that has theoretical, strategic and practical unity, with the aim of
promoting not only the reorganization of the dispossessed masses, but
also their self-emancipation. Therefore, we seek to coordinate efforts
around clear and concrete political goals, developing tools that
strengthen both our capacities and those of our class as a whole. In
addition, we consider it essential to cultivate class consciousness and
build Popular Power in order to advance towards social revolution.

Without organization, there is no revolution!

https://www.regeneracionlibertaria.org/2025/01/08/nace-hedra-organizacion-especifista-de-alicante/
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