A-Infos (en) Anarkismo.net, About US - UPDATE

About Anarkismo.net ---- Who we are and why we do it ---- Anarkismo.net is the product of 
international co-operation between anarchist organizations and individuals who agree with 
our Editorial Statement (see below). It is intended to further communication, discussion 
and debate within the global anarchist movement. Our intention is to build this site into 
a resource that is truly global and multilingual. ---- The site is managed by a collective 
of delegates of the anarchist organizations that participate in the project. The following 
organizations have declared their agreement with the Editorial Statement and are thus 
entitled to nominate a delegate to the Editorial Collective of Anarkismo.net:

Alternative Libertaire (France)
Buffalo Class Action (USA)
Chasqui Anarquista (Ecuador)
Colectivo Socialista Libertaria (Uruguay)
Common Action (USA)
Common Cause (Canada)
Convergencia Juvenil Clasista "Hijos del Pueblo" (Ecuador)
Estrategia Libertaria (Chile)
Federação Anarquista de São Paulo (Brazil)
Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Federação Anarquista Gaúcha / Foro del Anarquismo Organizado (Brazil)
Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici (Italy)
Four Star Anarchist Organization (USA)
"Hombre y Sociedad" (Chile)
Humboldt Grassroots (USA)
Liberty & Solidarity (UK)
Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group (Australia)
Miami Autonomy & Solidarity (USA)
Motmakt (Norway)
North-Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists (USA)
Organización Revolucionaria Anarquista - Voz Negra (Chile)
Organisation Socialiste Libertaire (Switzerland)
Red Libertaria de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Red Libertaria Popular Mateo Kramer (Colombia)
Solidarity & Defense (USA)
Union Communiste Libertaire (Canada)
Unión Socialista Libertaria (Peru)
Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland)
Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (South Africa)
Editoral statement
We identify ourselves as anarchists and with the "platformist", anarchist-communist or 
especifista tradition of anarchism. We broadly identify with the theoretical base of this 
tradition and the organisational practice it argues for, but not necessarily everything 
else it has done or said, so it is a starting point for our politics and not an end point.

The core ideas of this tradition that we identify with are the need for anarchist 
political organisations that seek to develop:

    * Theoretical Unity
    * Tactical Unity
    * Collective Action and Discipline
    * Federalism

Anarchism will be created by the class struggle between the vast majority of society (the 
working class) and the tiny minority that currently rule. A successful revolution will 
require that anarchist ideas become the leading ideas within the working class. This will 
not happen spontaneously. Our role is to make anarchist ideas the leading ideas or, as it 
is sometimes expressed, to become a "leadership of ideas".

A major focus of our activity is our work within the economic organizations of the working 
class (labour organizations, trade unions, syndicates) where this is a possibility. We 
therefore reject views that dismiss activity in the unions because as members of the 
working class it is only natural that we should also be members of these mass 
organizations. Within them we fight for the democratic structures typical of 
anarcho-syndicalist unions like the 1930's CNT. However, the unions no matter how 
revolutionary cannot replace the need for anarchist political organisation(s).

We also see it as vital to work in struggles that happen outside the unions and the 
workplace. These include struggles against particular oppressions, imperialism and indeed 
the struggles of the working class for a decent place and environment in which to live. 
Our general approach to these, like our approach to the unions, is to involve ourselves 
with mass movements and within these movements, in order to promote anarchist methods of 
organisation involving direct democracy and direct action.

We actively oppose all manifestations of prejudice within the workers' movement and 
society in general and we work alongside those struggling against racism, sexism, 
[religious] sectarianism and homophobia as a priority. We see the success of a revolution 
and the successful elimination of these oppressions after the revolution being determined 
by the building of such struggles in the pre-revolutionary period. The methods of struggle 
that we promote are a preparation for the running of society along anarchist and communist 
lines after the revolution.

We oppose imperialism but put forward anarchism as an alternative goal to nationalism. We 
defend grassroots anti-imperialist movements while arguing for an anarchist rather than 
nationalist strategy.

We recognise a need for anarchist organisations who agree with these principles to 
federate on an international basis. However, we believe the degree of federation possible 
and the amount of effort put into it must be determined by success at building national or 
regional organisations capable of making such international work a reality, rather than a 
matter of slogans.

The concrete goals of the site are detailed in another document.

PDF of this document

About Anarkismo.net

One sided leaflet with the site logo and the editorial statement
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/anarkismo/abutleaf.pdf
If you want to publically comment on this document or ask questions about it you can post 
comments to the Commenting on Anarkismo.net editorial policy thread.

If you agree with this document and would like to get involved with running Anarkismo.net 
then you can contact the existing editorial group at the Contact Us 
link.http://www.anarkismo.net/contact.php
See also Site Documents
http://www.anarkismo.net/documents
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