WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE GERMANY - news journal UPDATE - (en) Germany, Die Platform: Report from the 14th Congress of the Platform in the Ruhr Area (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Last weekend, we hosted our 14th congress as a federation. Delegates from our local groups and initiatives traveled from various cities to represent their groups at the congress. --- The day before, we gathered for a relaxed get-together, especially after some had a long and tiring journey. We met familiar and new faces over a meal, refueled for the upcoming days of the congress, and were happy to see each other again in person and finally get to know one another.

On the first day of the congress, all local groups and initiatives reported on their current group processes and interventions. We exchanged ideas extensively about our interventions, discussing and consulting on how we can make them more strategic and how to define them more precisely.

We also collectively addressed criticism within the organization and jointly developed a roadmap for tackling it. We thoroughly reviewed the reports on the work of the past few months in our working groups and mandates, collectively offered constructive criticism, and discussed ways to improve our work.
... At the conference venue, we had the opportunity to relax in the garden between sessions and take a short break from federation work. During breaks and in the evenings, we spent a lot of time together, exchanging ideas and getting to know each other better. There was a lot of laughter, singing, and games; it was very motivating and enriching to see each other again and to move forward with the future work of our federation.

On the last day, there was an exchange within our organized critique of masculinity, which all cis-male comrades in the federation are encouraged to participate in, but which is also open to women and TINA (No Alternative) individuals. At the same time, the women and TINA individuals of the federation met together and discussed feminist topics that are currently relevant to us within the federation.

We look back on an empowering and motivating weekend, our backpacks full of new ideas and a renewed sense of purpose.

Let's advance organized anarcha-communism. Together onward to libertarian communism!

Onward to libertarian communism! Author: dieplattform

Published on June 20, 2026
Categories: Report, Federation
Tags: Anarchism, Report, Federation Congress, Communism, Congress, Platform, Platformism, Ruhr
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