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Thoughts on the Anarchist Federation Proposal<\/em> In December last year, some anarchists from Sydney floated a proposal to form a regional anarchist federation in Oceania. In brief the proposal was made out of a desire to create links between anarchists in the region.<\/p>\n The following are some of my own thoughts in response.<\/p>\n To begin with, there are some obvious definitional issues. The first is “what is anarchism?’. [The] second is “what is a federation?”[.] And the third is to do with what is meant by ‘Oceania’.<\/p>\n As for the first question, the proposal contains a statement of ‘common politics’. These are contained in five points. Thus according to the proposal’s authors, anarchists:<\/p>\n ‘1. Seek to abolish capitalism and class society; Or something like that. (The above is a summation.) The five points are elaborated upon at length in the proposal, and the following section is a response, both to these further reflections and the five points which are presented as forming the core of an anarchist politic…<\/p>\n [blah blah blah<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thoughts on the Anarchist Federation Proposal @ndy In December last year, some anarchists from Sydney floated a proposal to form a regional anarchist federation in Oceania. In brief the proposal was made out of a desire to create links between … Continue reading
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\n2. Support libertarian forms of organisation;
\n3. Oppose all forms of oppression;
\n4. Believe an anarchist society is possible, desirable (and necessary) and;
\n5. Oppose the state and support internationalist struggle.’<\/p>\n