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Mari Luz Braojos, historical figure and exemplary CGT activist, dies

From En Clase
October 16, 2023

Mari Luz Braojos, the first woman to hold the position of Secretary General of the Local Federation of Granada of the CGT and one of the first at the national level, has died. In the early hours of today, according to her relatives, Mari Luz Braojos, a historical figure of the CGT in Granada, and the first woman to hold the position of General Secretary in Spain, has died.

A new rupture in Spanish anarcho-syndicalism

A new rupture in Spanish anarcho-syndicalism

From CEDAS-ASCED

Spanish anarcho-syndicalism has experienced a new rupture. The crisis had been brewing for a long time. It came to an end between 2015 and 2017. The CNT-AIT and CNT-CIT (or CNT©1) are now two distinct organizations. In the international libertarian movement, this conflict is little known, or it is observed with irony and condescension: a ridiculous battle over the CNT acronyms, when there are many other more urgent battles to be fought…

One Day Sydney Anarcho-Syndicalist Conference

One Day Sydney Anarcho-Syndicalist Conference

From Rebel Worker

Entry Free However Donations Welcome to cover costs.

Other appropriate talks for the conference will be considered contact http://www.rebelworker.org

It will be a great opportunity for networking and comrades to meet up to turn the tide. Organised by Anarcho-Syndicalist Network

Between Collapse & Persistence

Graphic design: Juan Pablo Estrada

From Tierra Nueva, Spanish to English translation by Anarchist News

5th Libertarian Spring Gathering in Havana

On the last weekend of May, our small group of friends, which gives intermittent life to the Alfredo López Libertarian Workshop and the ABRA Social Center with our friendship, held the 5th Libertarian Spring Gathering in the middle of a city that is enduring a chronic collapse...

Controversy over event organized by CNT Barcelona

by Sonia Muñoz Llort (facebook link)
July 15, 2023

Some might experience we live in dystopian times.

The last 3 years weird alliances made by hate and oppression have arised, and today a talk organized by the CNT Barcelona has showed how anarchomachos and internal hierarchies can’t exist in anarchist spaces.

Obituary: Luis Garcia Pastor

From Rojo y Negro nº 378
May 10, 2023

On April 14, our comrade Luis García Pastor left us. With the fighting spirit that always characterized him, he faced a long illness, which has finally taken him away from us.

In his long militant career in the CGT, he held different responsibilities, especially in the Railway Sector. He was responsible for the area of Occupational Health, member of the General Works Committee of Renfe and secretary of Union Action in this company.

Death of the Anarchist Jacques Lefort

From Vallées en Lutte

Fellow peasant and anarchist Jacques Lefort left us this week, at the age of 81, following the spread of cancer.

Jacques Lefort (May 26, 1941, Paris – February 22, 2023, Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon)

Fellow peasant and anarchist Jacques Lefort left us this week, at the age of 81, following the spread of cancer. Warmly surrounded by his loved ones and his precious books. It was peaceful, serene, which he fought this last battle.

Libertarian Syndicalism with Tom Wetzel

From The Final Straw Radio

This week, we share our chat with Tom Wetzel on his recently published book Overcoming Capitalism: Strategy for the Working Class in the 21st Century (AK Press, 2022). Tom is an organizer with Worker’s Solidarity Alliance, an anarcho-syndicalist group relaunching in the SF Bay Area, which publishes to Action journal online and is affiliated with the International Worker’s Association IWA/AIT.

Issue #2 of bilingual Liberté Ouvrière out now

A brief to highlight the publication of the 2nd edition of the anarchosyndicalist newspaper Liberté Ouvrière. Made in Montreal, in magazine format, the publication offers fairly comprehensive articles linking the climate crisis and the class struggle from anarchist points of view. We contributed to this issue with an article on the fight against the GNL Quebec project "The material gains of an ecological struggle".

Anarchists in the CNT Congress

"There's even bald people in the CNT." [Picture note in the original text]

From A las barricadas by Acratosaurio rex, English translation by Anarchist News

I think anarchists, before resorting to gathering for the sake of gathering, which is like an ethnic and very prehistoric thing (searching for anarchists just because they’re anarchists), should make an analysis of their local reality, look for a concrete objective (susceptible to broadening and modifying), and based on that, look for people with common interests to launch the attack.

Interview with anarcho-syndicalists in Eastern Ukraine

From Freedom News UK

Full original title: “Leftists” outside Ukraine are used to listening only to people from Moscow: Interview with anarcho-syndicalists in Eastern Ukraine

Yavor Tarinski from the Greek libertarian journal Aftoleksi interviews two anarchists from eastern Ukraine. They themselves were politically active for decades in eastern Ukraine until before the 2014 invasion – where the possibility of any unmediated political action collapsed. They are both what many people tend to simplistically call “Russian-speaking” citizens of Ukraine. This interview was prompted by the referendums conducted by the occupying Russian forces in that region, as well as the resurfacing of fake news about their anarchist organization RKAS, in which they themselves participated and were founding members.

An Anthology of Puerto Rican Anarchist Texts from the Start of the 20th Century

Cover imgage of: "Free Pages: A Brief Anthology of Anarchist Thought in Puerto Rico (1900-1919)"

From 80grados.net English translation by Anarchist News

[Free Pages: A Brief Anthology of Anarchist Thought in Puerto Rico (1900-1919)], edited by Dr. Jorell Meléndez Badillo and published by [Emergent Education Editions] in 2021, compiles a sample of texts from anticlerical and secular Puerto Rican anarchism from the first two decades of the 20th Century, one of the least studied periods of that century.

At the forefront of Korean anarcho-syndicalism in 2022

Photo caption: Solidarity in Daewoo Shipbuilding subcontracted worker struggle : after the second solidarity protest

From Libcom.org

Continuing the protest last week, we headed back to Geoje once more. Although there were ups and downs, in the end, on July 2nd, the workers in Yeongnam workers protest decided to head to the direction of the subcontracted workers of Daewoo Shipbuilding(DSME) in Geoje in solidarity. Before heading to Geoje, on Thursday, June 30, after taking part on the Sejong Hotel Thursday rally in solidarity, we took on our turn of the sit-down, and then immediately on July 1, along with the fired workers of the Sejong Hotel, we marched on foot to Yongsan. The asphalt already looked as if they were pumping steam.

Adios, Amigo. (Brian Bamford, 12/14/40 - 2/18/22)

http://northernvoicesmag.blogspot.com/2022/02/adios-amigo-brian-bamford-...

Although I was expecting it, it is still very sad news to hear of the death of Brian Bamford, at 81. He died at home in the early hours of last Friday morning (18th February) after a long illness. [...] In his younger days, Brian had been a Young Liberal. I think he once told me that what had drawn him into anarchist politics, was a book by the Russian anarchist, Prince Peter Kropotkin, called 'An Appeal to the Young', which had been circulated by the Young Liberals. [...] Brian was a great influence on me and I learned a lot from him. I had known him since my early twenties and we collaborated closely for over forty years. I will remember him always with the deepest affection. Adios, Amigo. RIP.

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