Liberation #05 (Jul-Aug 1987)
Issue #5 of Liberation, with articles on Thatcherism after the 1987 election, reports of anti-fascist action in Leicester, public order in Northern Ireland, coal redistribution in Wales, the Midlands Trader print dispute, the Ardbride/Laura Ashley dispute, the Labour party and the limits of its anti-racism, reproductive rights, gay autonomy, state violence, anarchist organisation, international news including riots in East and West Berlin, Urguayan anarchists organising, and the Spanish dockers' Coordinora, and more.
A Desperate Venezuela Today
Submitted by R Totale on Feb 26 2019 19:47
A statement from the FAU (Uruguayan Anarchist Federation) on the current situation in Venezuela. First published at Revolt Against Plenty.
Elena Quinteros, 1945-1976
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 28 2017 10:28
A short biography of Uruguayan anarchist teacher Elena Quinteros, who was disappeared by the US-backed military dictatorship, written by Edgar Rodrigues.
Platformism in Latin America: the Uruguayan example
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 26 2014 11:44
A review of a pamphlet on the Uruguyuan anarchist movement that appeared in the magazine of the Anarchist Federation, Organise! No 80, 2013
State funerals, amnesia and anarchism
A response by El Libertario to the statement of FAU on the death of Hugo Chavez. In memory of their beloved comrade Rafael Sposito (a.k.a.) "Daniel Barrett". Originally published in Spanish in TIERRA Y LIBERTAD, Madrid, May 2013, #298, p. 3-6. Translated by Julio Pacheco.
O'Neill Cuestas, Fernando, 1924-2005
A short biography of the Uruguayian anarchist and historian who was one of the founding members of the FAU, and later was involved in the Tupamaros guerrila movement.
The Federacion Anarquista Uruguaya: Crisis, armed struggle and dictatorship, 1967-85
Submitted by 888 on Jun 8 2011 07:38
PDF pamphlet of a history of the Federacion Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU). Founded in 1956 it was one on the strongest anarchist movements in Latin America. In the 1960s, it faced a rising tide of repression which would culminate in the military dictatorship of 1973-85. The FAU is still active today.
The Federación Uruguaya Anarquista: Crisis, armed struggle & dictatorship, 1967-85 [Review]
A review of the Kate Sharpley pamphlet on the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation during the dictatorship, taken from the magazine of the Solidarity Federation.
"Anarchists had more of a stomach for the fight": interview with Juan Carlos Mechoso
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Feb 5 2010 18:58
2001 interview with the co-founder of the Federación Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU). From the pamphlet The Federacion Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU) : Crisis, Armed Struggle and Dictatorship, 1967-1985 available from Kate Sharpley Library.
Huerta Grande
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jan 28 2010 09:49
"Huerta Grande" is a seminal text of South American Especifismo. It was written in 1972 as an internal discussion document of the Federación Anarquista Uruguaya, right before the brutal military coup was installed in 1973. This is the first English translation.
