Anarchist Federation (France)

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Anarchist Federation
Fédération anarchiste
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The bookshop Publico, run by the Fédération Anarchiste
Inside Publico
Le Monde libertaire
Studio of Radio Libertaire

Fédération Anarchiste (Anarchist Federation) is an

International of Anarchist Federations
since the latter's establishment in 1968.

History

The Fédération anarchiste (FA) was founded in Paris on December 2, 1945, and elected

CNT-FAI support for the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War
. A youth organization of the FA (the Jeunesses libertaires) was also created.

In 1950, a clandestine group formed within the FA called Organisation Pensée Bataille (OPB), led by Georges Fontenis.

Surrealist group led by André Breton. The FCL regrouped with between 130 and 160 activists. The new decision making process was founded on unanimity: each person has a right of veto on the orientations of the federation. The FCL published the same year the Manifeste du communisme libertaire. The FCL published its 'workers’ program' in 1954, which was heavily inspired by the CGT's revendications. The Internationale communiste libertaire (ICL), which groups the Italian GAAP, the Spanish Ruta and the Mouvement libertaire nord-africain (MLNA, North African Libertarian Movement), was founded to replace the Anarchist International, deemed too reformist. The first issue of the monthly Monde libertaire
, the news organ of the FA which would be published until 1977, came out in October 1954.

Several groups quit the FCL in December 1955, disagreeing with the decision to present "revolutionary candidates" to the legislative elections. On August 15–20, 1954, the Ve intercontinental plenum of the CNT took place. A group called Entente anarchiste appeared which was formed of militants who didn't like the new ideological orientation that the OPB was giving the FCL seeing it was authoritarian and almost Marxist.[2] The FCL lasted until 1956 just after it participated in state legislative elections with 10 candidates. This move alienated some members of the FCL and thus produced the end of the organization.[1]

A group of militants who didn't agree with the FA turning into FCL reorganized a new Federation Anarchiste which was established in December 1953.

anarcho-syndicalist members.[1]

In 1968, the International of Anarchist Federations was founded during an international anarchist conference in

federation in French exile.

In the 1970s the FA evolved into a joining of the principles of both

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cédric Guerin. "Pensée et action des anarchistes en France : 1950-1970"
  2. ^ "Si la critique de la déviation autoritaire de la FA est le principal fait de ralliement, on peut ressentir dès le premier numéro un état d'esprit qui va longtemps coller à la peau des anarchistes français. Cet état d'esprit se caractérise ainsi sous une double forme : d'une part un rejet inconditionnel de l'ennemi marxiste, d'autre part des questions sur le rôle des anciens et de l'évolution idéologique de l'anarchisme. C’est Fernand Robert qui attaque le premier : " Le LIB est devenu un journal marxiste. En continuant à le soutenir, tout en reconnaissant qu’il ne nous plaît pas, vous faîtes une mauvaise action contre votre idéal anarchiste. Vous donnez la main à vos ennemis dans la pensée. Même si la FA disparaît, même si le LIB disparaît, l'anarchie y gagnera. Le marxisme ne représente plus rien. Il faut le mettre bas ; je pense la même chose des dirigeants actuels de la FA. L’ennemi se glisse partout."Cédric Guerin. "Pensée et action des anarchistes en France : 1950-1970"
  3. ^ "Les groupes/liaisons/individuels de la FA" by Federation Anarchiste
  4. ^ Radio Libertaire

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