Fighting for the future: The necessity and possibility of national political organization for our time
This essay is an argument for moving towards national organization in the United States. It explores the limitations of political organization today, recent positive experiences, and possible ways to build on the present to push forward.
Specifism explained: the social and political level, organisational dualism and the anarchist organisation
Submitted by Collective Action on Sep 9 2012 20:15
In discussing the platform of Collective Action some individuals have expressed confusion at our use of the label “specifism” to describe the tradition of social anarchism we associate with. The following is a short introduction to what we consider to be the most essential concepts within the specifist model. This text is an adaptation of a forthcoming interview with Shift Magazine on anti-capitalist regroupment.
Fragmented thoughts on political organization
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 15 2012 03:32
Some rough thoughts on political organization, mostly based on my experience with groups in North America and conversations with some current and former members.
Continuing the task of building towards a working class revolution
A statement of purpose by Prairie Struggle, a platformist organization formed in Canada recently.
Insurrectionary anarchy and revolutionary organization
A piece by Sabotage that attempts to find common ground between insurrectionary anarchists and platformists/anarcho-syndicalists.
Practical platformism: revolutionary cadre organisation
A member of Common Struggle-Libertarian Communist Federation assesses the NEFAC-Bring the Ruckus debate on organization of 2002.
On the trade unions and “boring from within”
Phil Dickens critiques the 'boring from within' union strategy advocated by various left groups.
Less Talk, More Regroupment
A piece aimed at North American anarchist political organizations about getting organized.
Before AL: the UTCL from tendency to network
An article briefly tracing the history of Alternative Libertaire's predessor group, the Union des Travailleurs Communistes Libertaires.
The question of neoplatformism: critiques, mystifications, solutions - Roi Ferreiro
A 2008 essay on "neoplatformism" with regard to both its strengths and its weaknesses. Based on a rejection of the Marxism-Anarchism dichotomy, it analyzes the historical, theoretical and organizational implications of the new platformism and its potential role in helping to bring about a practical-organizational breakthrough for the anti-authoritarian movement of our time.
