A-Infos (en) Brazil: First issue of "Socialismo LibertÃrio" #1 out now by CoordenaÃÃo Anarquista Brasileira - CAB (pt, gr, it)

Launch of the CAB's new magazine ---- In June 2012 the CoordenaÃÃo Anarquista Brasileira 
(CAB) is publishing the first issue of its magazine "Socialismo LibertÃrio" (Libertarian 
Socialism). Below is a summary of the content together with the magazine's Editorial and 
links to articles on the Internet http://www.anarkismo.net/article/23026. Download the 
magazine in PDF 
herehttp://vermelhoenegro.graffitte.net/revista/Revista-Soli-01-2012-web.pdf Summary: --- 
Editorial ---- Our concept of Popular Power ---- Declaration of Principles of the CAB ---- 
ember organizations of the CAB ---- Editorial ---- For 150 years now, men and women have 
aspired to the union and the international coordination of the incipient labour movement, 
in order - by means of federalism and free association - to gather the strength needed to 
strike at and overthrow capitalism.

During this process, anarchists have been present and have constituted a significant part 
of this militant effort.

We were on the barricades of the Paris Commune in 1871, in the communal experiences of the 
revolts in Macedonia in 1903, in the struggles and dreams created by the Mexican 
Revolution of 1911, in the fierce fighting during the Russian Revolution of 1917. We 
dreamt and then built our libertarian dreams during the Revolution in Manchuria 
(1929-1931), the Spanish Revolution (1936-1939) and the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Later, 
we were in the universities and factories during the events of May '68 and in the 
struggles against the dictatorships in Latin America. We were part of the First 
International (1864-1877), the Second International (1889-1916) and the 
Anarcho-Syndicalist International, 1922. We have been the driving force of trade unions 
with revolutionary inspiration and of anarchist organizations in the Americas, Europe, 
Asia, Africa and Oceania. We have always maintained, since the emergence of anarchism, our 
presence in the midst of social struggles over the five continents.

On home soil, since the time of the First Republic [1889-1930] we have been involved in 
the class-struggle fights in our working-class neighborhoods, in the streets and 
factories, with the utopia of radical transformation always underlining our actions. 100 
years ago in the state of SÃo Paulo, militant workers decided to put an end to the 
existing elitist form of education, which was restricted to and at the service of the 
dominant school of thought, by uniting thought and action, sowing the seeds of modern 
schools. Five years later, the labour movement carried out a general strike in several 
states, like SÃo Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul. These mobilizations - which 
took place in 1917, 95 years ago - also included the presence of anarchist militants, who 
helped to set up what we call today the trade-union struggle. Anarchists also created 
specific spaces for the discussion of various questions, to make agreements, to analyze 
the current situation they were living in, to produce public statements and plan their 
actions. This was the case of the anarchist groups formed at the beginning of the century, 
such as the AlianÃa Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro (Anarchist Alliance of Rio de Janeiro) in 
1918 - which was short-lived, and hard hit by repression - and the libertarian Partido 
Comunista (Communist Party) in 1919. This repeated drive for organization has never been 
erased by time. In the context of re-democratization (after the "Estado Novo" of the 
Vargas Era, 1930-45) and after years of dictatorship, Brazilian anarchists tried to 
reorganize themselves into the nationwide FederaÃÃo Anarquista (Anarchist Federation), 
despite the difficulties. This period (1946 to 1959) saw activity from the UniÃo 
Anarquista de SÃo Paulo (Anarchist Union of SÃo Paulo), the UniÃo Anarquista do Rio de 
Janeiro (Anarchist Union of Rio de Janeiro), the anarchist group Ãcratas from Rio Grande 
do Sul and individuals in other states.

As part of this process, an American Anarchist Conference was held in Montevideo, Uruguay 
55 years, with delegates from Brazil, Argentina, the United States, Paraguay, Mexico and 
the host country, which served as a moment to articulate and strengthen anarchism.

All these initiatives demonstrate the will of anarchists in the past to organize 
themselves in order to be able to act with greater vigour in the field of the class 
struggle: if there is struggle, there is resistance; if there is domination, there is 
organization and the desire for social transformation.

Today, in this piece of land in Latin America called Brazil, on the occasion of the 10th 
anniversary of the FÃrum do Anarquismo Organizado (Forum of Organized Anarchism - FAO), we 
anarchist organizations that are part of the FAO humbly seek to give continuity to the 
aspirations, dreams and struggles of thousands of women and men who have lived, 
contributing their grains of sand to the construction of another society, a socialist and 
libertarian one. It has been a journey of 10 years that, however modest, we believe to 
have had some results, despite all the difficulties and challenges that such an intent 
implies. We have sought to build a nationwide organization, from below, built from the 
base, solid and mature, in this vast and diverse territory, without ever losing sight of 
the horizon - our goal of social revolution.

In Brazil, deprived of contact with our "old" fighters, part of our generation has had to 
rely largely on their own accomplishments. We are the fruit of years of discussion and 
activities aimed at reorganizing Brazilian anarchism, so that it could focus on the 
struggles of our time. We are the fruit of initiatives that sought particular forms of 
class association and organization, experiments and experiences in counterculture, with 
all its contradictions and limitations. Depending on the region, we are the result of 
direct contact with the older generations of anarchism, whose efforts can never be 
forgotten. We are, basically, a generation of young people who started their militant 
activities in the period between 1980 and 1990 and who thereafter took up the task of 
bringing anarchism up to date, aiming to make it an instrument for struggle, beginning 
with specific anarchist organizations operating within organizations with a wider base, 
contributing to the development of self-organization and the emancipation of the oppressed 
classes.

The contact that was established in 1994 with the FederaciÃn Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU) and 
consequently with all its history (the FAU has existed continuously since 1956, pausing 
only when most of its militants were arrested, killed, kidnapped or desaparecidos) was 
fundamental in this process. Political relations with the FAU were decisive for the 
choices we made in relation to the model of especifista anarchist organization that we 
adopt today.

Thanks to these relations, the FederaÃÃo Anarquista GaÃcha (FAG) from Rio Grande do Sul 
was founded in November 1995 and since then the common goal has been strengthened by the 
later founding of other organizations. The project of building a nationwide anarchist 
organization in Brazil, based on the organizational model of the FAU, was driven by a 
process that became known as Brazilian Anarchist Construction. The first such attempt was 
the founding in 1997 of the OrganizaÃÃo Socialista LibertÃria (Libertarian Socialist 
Organisation - OSL) with branches in Rio Grande do Sul, SÃo Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and 
ParÃ, which turned out to be too hasty an initiative.

In 2002, the new attempt, based largely on previous experiences, decided to create a 
forum, the FAO. It was an initial step which was intended to allow the necessary 
accumulation of discussions, agreements and practical experience for the foundation of a 
nationwide anarchist organization. The lesson of the 1990s had been learned: we could not 
begin to "build a house with the roof".

Since the founding of FAO, some organizations ceased to exist but others have matured and 
have been decisive in this collective effort: the Coletivo Anarquista Zumbi dos Palmares 
(Zumbi dos Palmares Anarchist Collective - CAZP) from Alagoas, which celebrated its 10th 
anniversary in April; the FederaÃÃo Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro Anarchist 
Federation - FARJ), which is already nine years old; and the OrganizaÃÃo Anarquista 
Socialismo LibertÃrio (Libertarian Socialism Anarchist Organisation - OASL) from SÃo 
Paulo, which is going into its 3rd year of activities.

Other organizations are gradually being added to the process and maintaining proximity to 
the FAO, creating closer organizational ties: the Coletivo Anarquista Bandeira Negra 
(Black Flag Anarchist Collective) from Santa Catarina, the Coletivo Anarquista Luta de 
Classe (Class Struggle Anarchist Collective) from ParanÃ, the Coletivo Mineiro Popular 
Anarquista (Anarchist Popular Mineiro Collective) from Minas Gerais, the OrganizaÃÃo 
ResistÃncia LibertÃria (Libertarian Resistance Organization) from CearÃ, the Coletivo 
Anarquista NÃcleo Negro (Black Nucleus Anarchist Collective) from Pernambuco, the Coletivo 
LibertÃrio Delmirense (Delmirense Libertarian Collective) from Alagoas and other 
initiatives that are in the process of coming together or developing.

The 10th anniversary of the FAO is special to us, because for more than a year now we have 
been discussing and noting the need to take one more step forward toward our nationwide 
project. We intend to do this, however, without letting our feet leave the ground, and in 
such a way that we can provide closer organizational ties between organizations and deeper 
commitments and responsibilities. For this, we have decided to go from being a forum to 
being a coordination: as a result of the increased organizational ties created in these 
recent years, the FAO will now become the CoordenaÃÃo Anarquista Brasileira (Brazilian 
Anarchist Coordination - CAB). Greater efforts will thus be needed, and the responsibility 
we are taking on for this step is also great. However, the aspirations, dreams and desires 
that we have to build another society, where we the oppressed classes are masters of our 
own destinies, is such that we are not intimidated.

That is why, on this 10th anniversary of the FAO, the date of the founding congress of the 
CAB, we reaffirm our militant commitment to building a strong people, who can throw down 
the system of capitalist domination through direct struggle, from the grassroots, for the 
federal construction of our own self-organized, self-managed and direct democratic 
organizations. Supported by the historical experiences of those who have gone before us, 
we celebrate the founding of the CAB as an important step in the presence of anarchism in 
today's social struggles.

In this first issue of "Socialismo LibertÃrio", we present a text with our ideas on 
popular power, a question that we consider to be essential. In coming issues we hope to be 
able to examine other theoretical, strategic and short-term issues in order to stimulate 
this nationwide process.

In memory of the thousands of anarchist militants who have made ââhistory!
In memory of the oppressed of yesterday, today and always!
Long live the social revolution! Long live anarchy!
Towards a nationwide organization!
CoordenaÃÃo Anarquista Brasileira

June 2012

Translation by FdCA-International Relations Office

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