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\title{Striving for a global anarchist movement in thought and action}
\date{2006}
\author{The IAF Secretariat}
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\textbf{The International of Anarchist Federations fights for:}
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The abolition of all forms of authority whether economic, political, social, religious, cultural or sexual.
The construction of a free society, without classes, states or borders, founded on anarchist federalism and mutual aid.
—from the Statement of Principles of the International Anarchist Federation founded in 1968 in Carrara, Italy.
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The above statement of principles sets out clearly what the IAF hopes to achieve—an ambitious programme, but the only one that can achieve the goals of freedom, peace and justice that humans have struggled for, in different ways, since the beginning of our existence as a species. Though not calling themselves anarchists, people with anarchist aims and practices have always existed in every part of the world. However, it is only in the 19\textsuperscript{th} century that organised, theoretically-explicit anarchism emerged with the founding of the first International Federation of Anarchists in St. Imier in 1871. It was founded by both workers (many from the watchmakers in St. Imier itself) and international anarchist activists such as Kropotkin who had had enough of the authoritarian nature of the Marxist international. It is significant that even though anarchists formed a relatively small movement in each country, they immediately sought to organise on an international level. The IAF considers itself the heirs of this tradition.
Early anarchism had an international aspect for many reasons. With repression in different countries at different times, anarchists often found themselves forced into exile. Though obviously not something they wanted, it did have the effect of bringing anarchists from different countries more in contact with each other. Internationalism was also the only way to deal with the continual nationalist conflicts in Europe, culminating in the two world wars. Though a test for many anarchists, an internationalism that supported no State was a vision that they had to cling to. Anarchism also spread outside Europe as a result of the waves of immigration in the late 19\textsuperscript{th} and early 20\textsuperscript{th} century. In the ‘New World’ workers of every nationality had to band together in order to organise against horrific working and living conditions. The capitalists relied on the fact that there would be language and cultural barriers between different national groups as a way of ensuring that they wouldn’t organise against their treatment. An international approach was therefore crucial to the success of any workers’ organisation. The Spanish Revolution also required international support, both during the struggle itself and afterwards when many anarchists were killed, imprisoned or exiled.
Today, the need for international solidarity and co-operation amongst anarchists is as vital as ever. Ever aspect of our lives is woven into a global system of economic, political and cultural domination. This can lead to a feeling of helplessness as our anger
cannot be vented directly against those
making decisions affecting our lives. The
people of Afghanistan and Iraq are thrown
into turmoil as a result of the interference of
both the US military intervention and Saudi
Arabian-imported Islam. GM crops are
imposed on reluctant farmers from Brazil to
Poland. Islands in the Pacific are on the
verge of disappearance because of the greed
for energy elsewhere. People’s jobs and
security depend on fickle international
money markets. And even remote tribal
people are losing their very way of life as a
result of world demand for the resources on
their land. But we are not helpless. We need
to make international anarchism our
weapon.
The most obvious form internationalism
takes is international solidarity, protests at
global summits and conferences that bring
together anarchists from many different
countries. The IAF has always been
dedicated to helping comrades from
countries who are less well-off financially,
such as raising money for the Argentineans
or supporting Russian and Eastern European
comrades in their efforts to attend
international meetings. Support can also be
much
more
concrete like
when
the
Italians helped
to organise the
first meeting
of anarchists
of both east and west. The IAF, through its
member federations has also been involved
in helping to organise international protests
in Evian, Brussels, Genoa, Paris, Scotland
and Prague. Comrades also have travelled to
support the anarchist May Day in Poland
and the meet with comrades in Russia.
An international perspective, however, does
not mean that we spend all of our time
supporting other people’s struggles or flying
off to global meetings and protests. Firstly,
there is a limit to how much financial
support comrades from the richer countries
can give. The country as a whole may be
well-off, but anarchist comrades are usually
not. It is a struggle to find money to produce
newspapers and magazines as well as
finance campaigns. Also, travelling to other
countries for political purposes can be as
great a burden on an unemployed British
comrade as it can be on someone from
Eastern Europe or Latin America. In
addition, power may appear to lie in the
hands of those who attend the ‘global
summits’, but in fact, this is really only the
public face of power. Organising antisummit
protests is also only the public face of
anarchism—all dependent on how the
bourgeois media want to portray us. That
doesn’t mean that these protests aren’t
important; they provide anarchists with the
opportunity of feeling something of our
collective power on an international level.
The power of the ruling class lies elsewhere—manifested in every aspect of our lives. We
feel it when we keep our mouth shut rather
than talking back to our boss, in the
advertisements that bombard us to consume,
when we can’t get access to clean water
because it is someone’s private property and
when we are forced to conform to an exam
system because it is the only way we can
‘get ahead’. It is the daily resistance to this
power that will lead to the building of a
movement that
can take on
the ultimate
objective of
overthrowing
capitalism and
the State. And
this resistance necessarily takes place on a
local level. So what is the role for anarchist
internationalism?
The IAF provides a means for comrades
from around the world to communicate. We
are confronting the same enemy everywhere
and learning about the struggles of others
can give us ideas for our own struggles.
Within Europe, the vast experience of
comrades from Italy, Spain and France can
help those who have a much shorter history
of anarchist struggle such as those in Eastern
Europe. However, the comrades in Eastern
Europe, not weighed down by tradition are
able to offer new perspectives and ideas for
struggle. Good communication can also be
revolutionary if it inspires. Just to know that
people elsewhere are fighting back is
important to those who may be experiencing
a downturn in struggle. This knowledge can
help people just keep going or it could
motivate people to launch a major fight back
themselves. The most important thing is to
hear of successes. Spreading these stories of
successful resistance is a major role of
international anarchist propaganda. The
struggles of the Argentinean working class
were welcomed enthusiastically by people in
Europe. Hearing about workers just ignoring
bosses, banks and politicians and just doing
things themselves confirmed the faith
anarchists have always had in the power of
workers to self-organise.
It is also important to have an international
forum where more theoretical discussions
can take place. Learning about what is
happening in a variety of countries can help
us to develop our analysis of the situation
facing us. We need to have a thorough
understanding of the political, economic and
social realities so that we can organise more
effectively and anticipate the strategies of
our enemy. The experience of Venezuelans
with Chavez, Brazil with Lula, Britain with
Blair all help to reinforce the anarchist
antagonism to reformism, a doctrine that
seems to think that a government can bring
about social change. The Italian experience
of ‘insurrectionalism’, where a few self-proclaimed saviours of the working class
have contributed to repression of the
anarchist movement, should be useful for
those who are tempted to undertake such
individualist action.
Internationalism remains vital as a weapon
against the rise in ethnic and national
conflict just as it was during WWI and
WWII. Comrades in the former Yugoslavia,
though organised as separate national
federations, are beginning to come together
on a wider basis, showing that anarchists are
above the tragic divisions of the rest of the
working class that have caused so much pain
and suffering. By providing a framework
where anarchists from different countries
and ethnic groups can come together, IAF
can facilitate the building of an undivided
workers’ movement.
The IAF recently had its Congress where it
reconfirmed its commitment to international
solidarity and developed a number of
initiatives to facilitate better communication
and co-ordination. This Congress also
welcomed the presence of so many
comrades from the former Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe as well as delegates from
Latin America. We hope to greatly increase
our links with these areas. We can all
benefit from learning from the wealth of
experience of those comrades, who have had
to struggle in such difficult circumstances,
and would like to increase our ability to
offer support and solidarity.
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For International Solidarity,\forcelinebreak
The IAF Secretariat.
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