Common Struggle

Common Struggle – Libertarian Communist Federation or Lucha Común – Federación Comunista Libertaria (formerly the North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists (NEFAC) or the Fédération des Communistes Libertaires du Nord-Est)[1] is a platformist anarchist communist organization based in the northeast region of the United States.[2] NEFAC was officially launched at a congress held in Boston, Massachusetts over the weekend of April 7–9, 2000,[3] following months of discussion between former Atlantic Anarchist Circle affiliates and ex-Love and Rage members in the United States and ex-members of the Demanarchie newspaper collective in Quebec City. Originally founded as a bi-lingual French and English-speaking federation with member and supporter groups in the northeast of the United States, southern Ontario and the Quebec province, the organization later split up in 2008. The Québécoise membership reformed as the Union Communiste Libertaire (UCL)[4] and the U.S. membership retained the name NEFAC, before changing its name to Common Struggle in 2011. Former members based in Toronto went on to help found Common Cause,[5] an Ontario-based platformist organization.

Common Struggle is affiliated with the international platformist website project Anarkismo, and was associated with the now defunct International Libertarian Solidarity.

The Northeastern Anarchist is the official English language publication of Common Struggle.[6]

Common Struggle's creation was inspired by the Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists. The platform was created by Nestor Makhno as well as other anarchist exiles in 1926.[7]

See also

Interviews & Articles Concerning NEFAC/Common Struggle Collectives

Essays, Articles, Interviews, & Position Papers by NEFAC Collectives and Common Struggle

Books & Pamphlets by NEFAC/Common Struggle Collectives/Members

  • The Black Bloc Papers: An Anthology of Primary Texts From The North American Anarchist Black Bloc 1988-2005, by Xavier Massot & David Van Deusen of the Green Mountain Anarchist Collective (NEFAC-VT), Breaking Glass Press, 2010.
  • A Communiqué on Tactics and Organization to the Black Bloc, from within the Black Bloc, by The Green Mountain Anarchist Collective (NEFAC-VT) & Columbus Anti-Racist Action, Black Clover Press, 2001.
  • On The Question of Violence and Nonviolence In The Social Protest Movement, By David Van Deusen of the Green Mountain Anarchist Collective, Black Clover Press, 2002.
  • Neither Washington Nor Stowe: Common Sense For The Working Vermonter, by David Van Deusen, Sean West, and the Green Mountain Anarchist Collective (NEFAC-VT), Catamount Tavern Press, 2004.
  • Cyber Disobedience Re://Presenting Online Anarchy, By Jeff Shantz (and Jordan Tomblin), Zero Books, London, 2014, ISBN 978-1-78279-556-8.
  • Commonist Tendencies: Mutual Aid Beyond Communism, By Jeff Shantz, punctum books, Brooklyn, NY, 2013, Open Access e-book & paperback ISBN 978-0615849782.
  • Anarchy & Society: Reflections on Anarchist Sociology, By Jeff Shantz (with Dana Williams), Hardcover: Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2013, ISBN 9789004214965 and in paperback (Aug. 2014) from Haymarket Books (Chicago) ISBN 978-1608463848.
  • Green Syndicalism: an alternative red/green vision, By Jeff Shantz, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8156-3307-5.
  • Crime, Punishment, Power: Sociological Explanations, By Jeff Shantz, Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Co, 2012, ISBN 978-0-7575-9791-6.
  • Active Anarchy: Political Practice in Contemporary Movements, By Jeff Shantz, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011, ISBN Cloth 0-7391-6613-1 / 978-0-7391-6613-0.
  • Against All Authority: Anarchism and the Literary Imagination, By Jeff Shantz, Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84540-237-2.
  • Constructive Anarchy: Building Infrastructures of Resistance, By Jeff Shantz, London, UK: Ashgate, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4094-0402-6.
  • The Abolition of the State: Anarchist and Marxist Perspectives, By Wayne Price, Author House, 2007, ISBN 1467092061 & 9781467092067.
  • Marx's Economics for Anarchists: An Anarchist's Introduction to Marx's Critique for Political Economy, By Wayne Price, 2012.

Artwork & Music By Members of NEFAC and Common Struggle

References

  1. ↑ http://www.semainedelavie.ca/en/archives/2007/chaine_vie.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/1135
  3. ↑ http://www.ainfos.ca/00/may/ainfos00210.html
  4. ↑ http://www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos21743.html
  5. ↑ http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=6553
  6. ↑ http://www.anarkismo.net/article/335
  7. ↑ Gordon, Uri (2008). Anarchy Alive! Anti-Authoritarian Politics From Practice to Theory. London, England: Pluto Press.

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