From 939e52e9f1217d49bbd01bfeaa0eff8d7710f7fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeffrey Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 13:45:35 -0800 Subject: Published: /library/anews-atubes-december-2017-en #315 * 2018-01-05T21:45:08 edits. -- jeffrey * 2018-01-05T21:45:27 . -- jeffrey --- a/aa/anews-atubes-december-2017-en.muse | 40 +++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/a/aa/anews-atubes-december-2017-en.muse b/a/aa/anews-atubes-december-2017-en.muse index c293002..e83614e 100644 --- a/a/aa/anews-atubes-december-2017-en.muse +++ b/a/aa/anews-atubes-december-2017-en.muse @@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ #date 2017, December #source https://anarchistnews.org #lang en -#pubdate 2018-01-05T21:40:51 #notes Volume 3, issue #12 -* Theories of Anarchist Development +** Theories of Anarchist Development https://anarchistnews.org/content/theories-anarchist-development @@ -61,39 +60,23 @@ If anarchism is a matter of exploration, followed by synthesis, and then no doub If we are looking for a theory, rooted in the nature of the anarchist project, that seems likely to shine a line on what is demoralizing about our present situation, perhaps we have at least found a likely candidate. -
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- From Black Rose Anarchist Federation -* Below and Beyond Trump: - -* Power and Counter-Power in 2017 - -* Strategy and Analysis Document / Análisis de Coyuntura +Strategy and Analysis Document / Análisis de Coyuntura Prepared by members of the BRRN Analysis and Strategy Committee and approved by the membership. -Download a PDF version of this document here. - -* INTRODUCTION +*** INTRODUCTION This analysis was developed by ongoing discussions among members of the Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN) Anarchist Federation’s Analysis and Strategy Committee and sent as a discussion document to our August 2017 convention, where it generated deep discussion and further feedback. It is organized into four sections: an analysis of ruling class power, an analysis of social movements, a statement of basic organizing principles in light of the current moment, and some suggestions for the federation moving forward. Its main points are that we see real potential to build popular power and social anarchism in the coming period. The U.S. ruling class is fractured, the political terrain has shifted dramatically, and there is mass discontent with corporate politics as usual. This provides numerous opportunities for pro-organizational revolutionary anarchists to intervene as social movements arise. At present the mass discontent is being channeled by the institutional left – unions, non-profits, and other institutions traditionally aligned with the Democrats — into explicit reformism and electoral politics. We argue for promoting independent social movements outside of the institutional left while putting forward within new and existing social struggles the need to advance class struggle, collective direct action, direct democracy, and a vision of libertarian socialism. -* TENSIONS AT THE TOP +*** TENSIONS AT THE TOP The US ruling class is experiencing a political crisis the likes of which it hasn’t seen in decades. The basis of the crisis are serious tactical divisions within US ruling class interests around domestic control and stewardship, the decline of US global hegemony, looming structural crisis stemming from the limits of neoliberal policy, the coming climate catastrophe, as well as deep seated and wide-ranging popular discontent. Furthermore, recent challenges to white supremacy have forced ruling elites to respond, making their internal political crisis more difficult to manage. We’ve reached a point where “the center can’t hold.” The ideological glue of centrist politics is coming apart and significant segments of the population are polarizing, heading further left and further right for alternatives — reflecting a broader pattern on a global scale. @@ -105,7 +88,7 @@ The controversy surrounding Trump is a reflection of a broader crisis within the Ruling class divisions like those mentioned offer political opportunities, but also serious dangers. Instability plus Trump’s authoritarian proclivities mean that the possibility of international conflict or more severe forms of domestic “law and order” repression should not be discounted. But Trump is extremely weak and isolated right now and these developments are less likely barring a major unexpected event. At the same time, leading sectors of US power are vocally and publicly supporting elements of militant reformism, especially around climate change and wealth inequality. These ruling class divisions provide political openings for libertarian socialists to push a revolutionary social program, build its base, and establish itself as a revolutionary pole for liberation. -* SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: POWER FROM BELOW +*** SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: POWER FROM BELOW Social movements are similarly fractured and most seem to be moving toward some type of retrenchment strategy in response to Trump. We see retrenchment as taking the form of scaling back organizing efforts, while channeling grassroots energy into the 2018 and 2020 elections to undermine and oust Trump. Increasingly important is the separation between popular resentment/action and the institutional left. While these forces appear to be recalibrating, we should not underestimate their ability to capture and domesticate popular discontent. @@ -129,7 +112,7 @@ One other element needs to be noted here – the ominous presence of the far-rig In response to the alt-right and other fascist forces, Antifa has grown in prominence as a countervailing force, sparking renewed debates on the left over black bloc tactics. While dramatic street confrontations are necessary at times, they can also lead to a fetishization of militant tactics and lend to a dynamic of one marginal wing of the right fighting with another marginal wing of the left. Nonetheless, fascist forces should not be permitted to take root. -* STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES MOVING FORWARD +*** STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES MOVING FORWARD Given this picture we argue that several strategic orientations are key in the current moment for the larger left and organized political forces: @@ -149,14 +132,10 @@ Given this picture we argue that several strategic orientations are key in the c If you are interested in more “Anarchism 101” material, we recommend the article, “Who are the Anarchists and What is Anarchism?” or the podcast with Mark Bray, author of Antifa: An Antifascist Handbook and a member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra, appearing on Revolutionary Left Radio. You won’t be disappointed! -
- -* For Kataina Gogou +** For Kataina Gogou https://anarchistnews.org/content/kataina-gogou -
- From Autonomies … we convalescents still need art, it is another kind of art – a mocking, light, fleeting, divinely untroubled, divinely artificial art that, like a bright flame, blazes @@ -1000,7 +979,4 @@ we are living in a barbarous world. . . *”Katerina Gogou, Up and down Patission,” (book with cd), published by Odos Panos, 2012.”The views of Katerina Gogou on loneliness, and 20 of her poems set to music”,’a selective publication dedicated to the poet and actress Katerina Gogou, [1940-1993]) -
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