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done so. Why am / an Anarchist? Because I want an alternasive vision for the revolutionary process; there isa better way, let us get on with it! ‘What I believe. All Anarsiss donot believe nthe same things, Tare are differences and the field is broad enough that those diff AS rope Sg an ow what obese, fax Brow what Tbeleve in tad wal spell ou sop, bt borough. 1 believe Blac beacon, so Tam » Black revolutis rT belicve, siya are both as workers and a distinct nationality, gly be feed by 4 Black Plsadon, which ivan tansnce prt of a Soe! Revolution 1 Blacks and’ oppressed nationalities must have their own agenda, distinct world-view, and: srruggle, even though they aay decide to work with White workers. I believe in the destruction of the woeld Capitalist System, so Tam nm anti-imperialist. As lang. oils ce yk ee vil bean pretend and nution-stales.—...-- is responsible for the major wadld wars, numerous baish wars, end millions of people sagt po ane onc ee est. 1 delicve in mcial so Tam an anti-racist. The Capitalist system was created by and is e pe sea genet aa bar eloped sates, kr “White identity”, and roust ater e beuht ght by enslaving and exploiting others. Uaioe in gc ssl golan Lhececiag Libertarian Socialist . I believe that {belies in wankers conto of society and induery 0 Tn an fax R is revolutionary lobor unionism, where Tatars dite scion ods are used to Teal ic cl tale eles il ee : 59 srowps inthe area would associate themse local federation. Agreements on ideology, Fill nd ston tobe anderen woud be eet mcedos A wh cae ve equal ‘When the local area organization reaches ‘size where it is deemed to be too the area: federation would initiate « Coorcinaning Consensus Gonos Couey Te or ne Count ito tothe camel Se of and. ‘could Soiree gee wicca Our next federaticn would be on # regianal basis, {Speatie South or Midwos. This ‘would take eare of the whole re; the same of consenus and ‘representation. Next would come a national 1 cover the U.S.A and the ccasineaal federation, the lanes of which would cover ths continent America. Last would be tho talc wich woud tes ‘worldwide Aa the later, because Anarchises do akerasafareeecae te hs feds wi al ea kein pele where they ae vag the planet Bat for Anarclem to rally work, the needs ofthe people mas bo fulfilled. So the xt pccry ‘munst organiza the means and equally Ridin fo Boe tia meas of of rec, sonal denies mt be organized foto revoh tha: the wockezs: eoxmunity ni and oantrol semen Ta econ the Ane ita don wih eommy ol cpaio sib Ti uaa 2! copes se flo as health, Thee Bos nal eam coor conmaniy, wih wegion reek should newer wih thoes in thr so formal ed, eaton end sedan and Grecia federation on regional eoale, sm femal al ‘Third, Anarchists would han to deal with sci! illness. Not’ do we: ‘the for the pared the pls ttm ao watand poppet cr ere, tig cng doug eps cal Weaker ne here—selence, ” Dee operating rat meee ory rai tenon exoogy Sauna rights, ad theme pose ea ny nie eye pee pp or i species which : sarap ane a ae es elie Bos then other speios have ‘sniliions bave ‘not created started where: dEeciinaion agint theres of ck subapeeinn a of abick Serna bas fo whos to say which one isthe moct “intelligent?” Preface to the second edition (Over a decade ago, a series of ‘were written which shook up the international Anarchist movement, and to IE day sil aco erp amount of Juence in part of a series called Pages rom Prisons were writen in 1979, shan { was Black anarchist Zonet, and had as thelr objocives to explain Anarchism to 8 totally new. ‘organizer, questica ‘contemporary society td & Anarchist cavies Useclven sad el for eelidrevelaiees Mors it the North American Anarchist movement az’ too White, ede class and inte ‘The pamphlets © designed to thes moribund Black movement forward, to activate Saat Setar a ext a rede ee oe a ot on Ug vie zany aca cael by ‘truly, who survived those | circumstances in ‘worst prisons abd has lived o tll about it Since the tue I wrote the pamphlets, many things har we happened, which make a coeseuy. New movemedis bnve atoca Guch & te the teensaiouscodeaey) the 1998 Loe ‘apse revel tok pe, and dbo here sar among ot Teast Some Anarchists ‘White supremscy is both structurally and: ‘a weapon which prohibits the thing ore the Bodies reared Also there are movements and political positions which no langer exist cr have proven themselves to be of no value, and so I will drop them frora consideration entizely. Thave iceman “mainstream” Anarchist, and if Ll a ‘be more of an auionomist Socialist anyway, rather than a “pure” Anchen and the Black Reon the unpet hihsae al uotoberaeta the Fall of 1993, wit the eters, Draft Program forte International Working Peoples dszociation and “A Dro Program for Anarchist Black Cross” and the final pple in his arisinal eres “A Call for an Iuernaiona Resistance Movement” wil all be published curing the frst quaner of 1994. Jasin hee cig pamphls oer ries somes a rarious aspects of revolutionary Anarchism ase an paula ural called "Black Resistance: the Tourkal of Anarchy and Brack -adk for further details. art One of this pamphlet is dtecid 1 the Anarchist mavemeat, and ls an analysis of White ‘Supremacy and a proposal for an Anarchist-initiated coalition against racism and police brutality. lun erat oat pa guide he Anse oven’ vcs op Whe skin piss and the working clas in ‘American is now v bot Wille racism is sill the major divider and obaatle toa united working clasa offensive agian Capita Amada, We of class exploitation has always been accoropanied by mes hatred, or what has been ealled “a polities of resentment", Yet the . defend cur Social Revolution. Although we recognize the ita of defensive paramilitary violence, and even urinn guentill anacks, we de aot depeod upon war to achieve far Ubetatiea, Teethers BE cannot be wa by tbe farce of arms alone. No, the people must be armed beforchand with un understanding and agreement of our bjectves, at well as rust and love of the revol our military weapons are pression of our organic spirit Perfect love for the ne pf i ford ecustny. ‘As the Cubna revolutionary, Che Guevara, sald:-."When one fall, another must take (their) place, and the roge of each death rerews the reason for the fight” ae Pee of the world commit much of their violence in. any. to hhave usually in power, copeclally ifthe goverment is powerful, Lok what ba in the United States when ‘The movement was beaten down for decades cs & ‘Sowe Just depend on mass mobilizations alone, o us engogs in underground affensves if we want to defeat the ssi and. its repre sion; some mid-place between the two must be found For the Furure, our work will inclu.ie development of collective techniques of self-defense, as well as wor while we work towards social revolution, Angpeblsts and Revolutionary Org: ee organizational structure. Anarchists are 10 organization, In fect, Anarchiam is prmatly concerned aboul analyzing the way which society s presealy ganized Le, government. ‘Anarelam i ll about fa, bu I sb alienate forms of organzadion to what now Aurel cps osc arto he ew Gt angen has Herta and hat Posie voluntary. Anarchist revoluticn ie prema organization building and dng. ‘Ths Soc no nean be ae hing Leninist concept of “pany buldng, wich is den easy lof yee nd rg Clrsncon ht ie M-Livise tbat ll dcsoscy oat oie moka, yr hy Ronin fon that the M-L's use ta ‘out movements, yet ly call this “democratic centralism”. ‘What organization means within Anarchism is to the needs of the people into non- gu srl aginst yc ae ae fei ove bao ae beatinenn peers arenes livelihood. So because Anarchism involves | who would come together of mutual needs and interests, cooperation element. A primary aim is thatthe individuals HESSD Seok eben an nt al ae op bx ogy rope re pose jions ; po leaders or bosses here! Anarchists would | Ee tects ep jzational needs in terms of cca! groups enganized in the ene reds, and ene ould send delepetea to larger commiees as on matiers of wider sone Th of dpe weld na fle wuld sed. Although their out-of- Scopert action te paid, the dele; Ls fein able and would only voice pane i Te ie ey key nen tn te sms ea ofan ete Annrcho-Communists ‘commune as the highest recognize othet Teradlor us owt Tmportat, bu they all eeognize ead supper fe: incepealen & ‘organizations 3 Anarchism and the Black Revolution Inteduction Tis pamphlet wil briefly issu the nanure of Anarchism andi relevance ta the Black Ube site aca ante peer Sica cen eng eres eres roca ‘his pamphlet ‘merely to introduce the Black movement to revolutionary Anarchist fiat, iPep erates vce whether these rw ideas are valid and warthy of order of doing better, since their social was easuyd, dor to te rysem. Tos ‘social mobility however was on ths backs of the ans ho wee eres Bat tho dic had been cas forthe dul tes fom of labor, which exploited the African, but astte to Tan ty te lab, When they soup 0 or for A down By the ‘who used enslaved B sat pate “free" labor of the White worker aidnotsand chan ii le pater of Wi ego 0 ret thelr. aces ee a “Wc ‘ics wy. just didn’ want against own interests, eae They Just didn invehtion of the “White mee” was o scam to facilitate Sade Woe ese bought off ta allow their own wage slavery and the African's super-explottation, they struck a deal with the devil, which has Tatapered al efforts ot elass unin) Tor Ue las four ccchuces, ‘Te contlaua subjugation ofthe masses depends on competion and internal isunlty. As long os discrimination exists, and racial ot ethnic minctties are oppressed, the entire _ working class is the entire warking class is weakened. This is so because the Cpls laa ibe to use ism to crve down the wages cf individual ecgments ofthe class by inciting racial antogonism and forcing a je services. division is s development that ultimately undercuts the living. of all workers. Whites ogainst Blacks and ather oppressed nationalities, he Capitalist lass Is able to prevent workers from uning again ther common class enemy. Ae long os works are fighting each other, Capitalist class rule is secure, ; Ion effective resistance i: to be mounted against the current racist offensive of the Capitalist, A e An sconomy, ich yh oe we have tly seid not the needs exenaneinsaiey, bt inszad a aed on sce ef roi orb lows who vein alt ary 2 rr cla. whl the worker ve in cer poet ton or two poyehesis removed. You see, therefore, hat doing away with goverment the abolition of monopoly and personal owacrahipof tis mosas of eodkerien sot ate cH ‘Anarehism, Violence and Autharity bomb-thrower, Revolution: Manis Lain, beater ldcolony being with a totally different frganiaation and revolutansty {the Chruch, ‘enuse Anctchiss docs net befeve i ‘and its rationalism might sway warkers away from, feperatton, I is tru that these Leg and ‘are able to sway many use ever hea the ther side. Anarchists rocelve aad press and our as fie scapegoat «os. of every 1—Rigest ot Left-wing. Because 0 Socia) Revolution is an Anarchist revolution, which not caly sbolishes one exptbiting class for ansther, but all exploiters and the instrument of explcilation—the Stato—; because it I ea evolu for poops power, instead of plcal power zeae It bollehes bth politicians to represent the in arthe Party; because are for workers’ self- management of industry, instead regulations becouse Anarchists are for full sexual, racial, cand intel chouvanisra, ‘censorship, and meial oppressian; lies have had 19 be told shat the Anarchists ore killers, mpisis, rabbezs, vary worst of wort. But let's look at the real world and see who is causing all this violence end: ‘of human Heh The wholesale mands by sanding armies io Word Ware and the pllge and rape of Viena nal of hee ive bee Sane oe i Egor nd eats which is the source of all vialence. This TB Re ll poem Tae so-called *Communist” world is not communist and the "Free" warld is not free. East and West, Capitalism—private or sate~remains an inhuman type of society ‘exit where the vast ay ae Rosed a watk at hams, acetone and saldiera, prisons and all serve to. eforze the power of ih fow and ta convince or coerce the secepiance of ‘degrading and system. Ss is what Anaredss meta by dans Tein oppression end Such authokaran rule heh is ot work in the Unied Sates of Amsden & wal ashe *"Canseanie Chiga or Cuba. “What is the thing we call government? Ls it anything but organized violence? The law orders: nu tobe. ‘and f you dant obey, val compel you by force all governments, all law and. rally et on force and lect, on sanlshmen! fear of panishnent: leacir Bes ‘Beer are revolutionaries, including many Anarchists, who advocaie armed overthrow of the cre with Seer tombs paiioa gas and insane nial weapans modem world ear | tir forse, navies and anmiss_tod whoare have lo see ance was nat the Anorhice ko provoked wo World Wara where over 100 millian pemsas wens ovghicred ner weirs sn provides: Anarchism, and help them organize themselves. Thir chan; social revolution to take place in Ameties, and if we want Newh Ameriean Anterchim wo be tore han “The type of urganization needed must be a “mass organization warking to unite worker ges cs ugg, ttt bbls mcogaan he ayo pot ond adopt the special demands af the Bi and ete oo. Wie pple et thote of te cate working class. It must challenge White supremacy on a daily basis (White skin privilege), it must refute racist ‘and propoganda, and must counter racist mobilization and attacks, with armed relf-defe.ze and ste fighting, when pocessary. The objective of such a mass movement is to win the White working class over to an enti-White Supremacy, class conscious posit seth catia working ca, and to dy confon nd overt the Cpl tc dit raless. The: ‘of and solidarity of all workers is essential for full Social Revolution, sged White vector. For instance, an existing organization like Anti-Racist Action, an Anarchist group, ivene ‘Our movement. town. ‘should be ig riarit and should have: ARA- sae Evany “Anarchist federation have internal working groups tat 6o work around sad police brutality. In fat, the typo of group that T am insane Se Pe eee ‘to coordinate struggles an the national, and maybe even. would be a revolutionary movement, not content to sit around and read ‘The Anarchists must recognize this and help build such a militant anti-racist group, which would be both a support group for the Black revolution and a mass Center to unite the class. Its very important to wrest the mass influence af the racial eq Tiberals otal eed somo on they Toe erie ee mosy talk a -but ss long aa they are not for. ss all bemy and Sbouge ie cate seogsle apace eeton, The eoategy of the Left-Liberas isto deflect class consciousness into strictly race consciousness. They refuse middle classes to movement [am proposing will step in the breach and atack White Supressacy, yand dismantle the very threads of what hold Capitalism t. Without the mass White consensus to the rule of the American state, and the system of -akin privilege, Capitalism could not go on into the next century. ‘The Myth of "Reverse Racism’ rerse Discrimination" hus become the war ery ofall those mais trying to rll tock civl rights gains won by Blacks and other oppressed nationalities in bousing, eddcation , le are capable of determining their own needs and of making the ‘these needs, at they fave foe a emt terete a mean tach coding other ase Tsp tal te feline al nema” Socal practice, nol ax demeaning welfare or thst ceria elascs wil be bate provided for han rea Secu aces indrorrstare forthe communal society, so that people can see what they are fighting for, not ‘ideas in someone's head. ‘That the ral wey to freedoms i Capitalism, the State and Private property. Testy ent duc tne alged eerie paicof i pation tone hele evil bo to run Own Affe and hoes efectos as Melis sad erate opal ‘Anarchists realize that quite to the contrary: the 10a free are Sate and the institution of private property. yee Si ee el fonns of violence, and itis private property—the reason, an wealth=which causes crime and deprivation. But what is the State? The State is a ical abstruton, a hierarchical insution by a which a Briveleged elite sves to daminte of people The Stats mechanisms include ih il eres bueaurcy th hie chaste te forces, the eer ‘and the sub-central State jeramnent tom he Sate. The past of is eeibe stat ee) ike hich are the express of et evesncameee ects: "Socialist ihe caramon people by 0 reg elas ie ih pai ees, the so-called Communit Party ia StleSocialit ea yunist socicties like the former Unian of Soviet Socinlist Republics. However, the State jsf sales an elit positon structure between the rules and he ruled, cordergives and order-ikers, and economic haves tnd have-nots The Sat’ elt ls nt just the rich and the super-rich, but also those persans who assume State of autharity— ppldsians and uri oficial. Thus the State itself, in terms of its relation to eologial propery, on become ance cas fn is own righ. Ths adninisuatie els clas of the Sai is developed no jut he through dispensing of piveloges by the econatac elisha 49 at union wages for all workers. End racial eens neta gl tstablish affipmative action programas wo reverse Ban the Ku Khux Klan, Nazis and other fascist organizations. Prosecution of all ees af J admissions to all institutions cf learning for all those qualified stend. Ne rca cacioden i igher edocs i End taxes of workers and Poor. Tax the rich and major corporstions. —Full health and medical care for all persons and communities, regardless of moe and class, coos nn Preeeal prisong, fight economle Rank and file democratic cantrol of the unions by building an Anarcho- ‘Syngicalist labor movement. Make unions active in social issues. —Stop racist harassment and discrimination of undocumented workers. ‘Smash the Right-Wing! “Fascism \s not to be debated, it is to be smashed..." Benvenuto Durruti, Spanish Anarchist revolutionary, 1936. ‘As Capitalist eeays people wil ook for radical and ttl solutions to the sry they face Rede Ka ny eo ing fle, or appear to afer radical) answer to the cue problems af fete Wake demagogues. Fig Nagi Snead and the Klan or the most ores Right -wing recess tions: they represen eves igargee fr fect Shi eopead het ro strc Batts ‘even to; for ” to 4st venom. oops ave etcendan growth ie ind ome soon moe nt surgical sho period Min pecially hing an econo and snd peal si ko we 7 into. ‘i camps, and turn the rest of the warkers into State slaves. Fascism is the ultimate authoritarian when in power, even though it has changed its face to a mixture of crude racism and Sey en poe ohichehany ‘Rtisoness and innocent, victims of mcial injustice. Abolish... . bbe decentralized into two or several more autonomous organizations, still united in one large Fede: The tet ps ee decentralized EU Bee thes ee nay ofe Boge er dg, bara tpl owever ners oops aah even tose loosely; Anarchism is flexible and Bonersiat or very tight depend ts Eon op pe Sunt Peet opie CE elas fooed. Fs Anarchisi-Gommunists rect the Marxist-Leninist concept of the “dictatorship of the releterioe and a so-called “workers’ state", tefarer af mass commune, Lenin partes, whe dl ves are gentally dla to prescat Bourgeois fests tribes, afin suting ca a ‘Shas reiccks Huerued roe oy ofthe future. Andichiss: ‘and collective duri {33th bt they wee bey the fascists and the Cammunists, Marxist-Leninist ve ronnie nose fh ae soci can cya tz watlip Sourgeak terms. They want to just selze State power and dictatorship Svarthe people snd the workex roel teed of cashing Sie power tad repacag wil ees ‘eooperative society. Of course, the party they insist, represents, is the prolctasiat, and there is no need for them ES cena thenacives ul oft is Pacemaster aie” ‘me ‘the population. This is elitism of worst sort, ove maa Capa Took democrale by compassoa, ‘What the Craamunist “eich fa aie ree are 73 Peeliia Tepression and Lee taacad of “double are 75 years 4 cra of “glatious Communist Sey ea Boheld scouts pial f for tt ‘We reject the dictatorship of the proletariat, it: {is unbridled oppression, and the Marxists viet dictatorship of he pret eaae bons unraeredby Sala n Dienome of hing an intemal class war, and millians more were murdered in China, Poland, Afghanistan ‘Cambodia, and other countries by Cammunist movements which followed Stalin's preseription for revolutena tx. We ree Stale communion asthe Worst abertion and Fymany. We ean do better than this with the mass commune. ‘The Anarchist mass commune (somerimes also called o Workers Councit ph there are ‘some differences) is a natioan), continental, ot transnational federation ‘and political yes and regianal cammunal formations. . rn cecdead in wi mice Ives everyane who lives in it—a mass eommune=t See few dei freaks ing the stings an a so-called" An) laos sod a eden ocala os fates tha a Lgl paras fem goer seria lbp ae yr Colas oa sah fey cosnter-e¥ s elas az rght- a er gonrhiay feel at “aself part of the Stalinist .chool of falsification. A centralized achat eon chaser ret ox opp he evan ay is an array And these. to defend the revolution egelast who moves agains i The key isto the people ita defense guards, malls, and ciermilary reperincs uni ‘This position by the Leninins of the necessity for a dictatorship to protect the revolution was not a7 ts and asneinaed thes leaders. If ws cripple te fasncsis inthis fashion, thus we can smash the and begin to smash the State. This isthe only way to stop fascists BEAT To THe ELAN aNOALE PASCISTS! ‘None other than Adolph Hitler has been quoted f* -Only one th wd Ba bur movemett-ifour adversaries had undersood i ciple ond amherst ase Smashed with te utmast bretalty the nuclear of our Rew move Wal lose th lithe they have, they buy the myth tha the See ayiny oceal Uheis jobs, Homes, frre, etsy cher Quan the deeay of tre Capitalist system * As long as er appar tobe no aliemative to fighting over shrinking soil “gc the fascists with heir simple mlnded “slutons” wll get a heing among the degenerate elements of iste a ahead Amide ts Srpanee to pani ‘iheaiae Mat can fg for and wn the thing ht poop a: fo ape be an, rermcve whe Bh feos ssaluten’, And itean win to the aks of the workers ‘movement, some are attracted to the fascist movement, nal owas of ou ‘we must easy out consistent revolutionary en that Copi — Ternemployscms ing ices roucn acto eed heute tad thereof the decy be st ercund ar Ad we pst ofee te fax tat while the Nase' Ran ‘and other Right-vis other fascist fand chat oll workers must unite and fi ‘and overthrow the sate if they are to be free. DEATH TO THE KLAN, DEATH TO THE NAZIS! Defeat White Supremacy! “The very means of class coat by the rich I the least understood, White Supremacy fs mare than Justa set of ides pejuos Is antional oppresion. Yet to mot Whit people the tem of the Nazis of Ku Klux Klan, rather than the system of White skin privileges ae seal unr ged the Caplalist oytem in be U.S Most White people, Anarchists echnogrm a Eary polclans have sarge and the clas ferent! herve thei te favored, over those created widespread depsivation among the masses and apother clans doctrine of Anarehism, figures, especial tn ideologlal opponent of Mars inte Fist lnuemnaonal of Secialin mortaen ‘abe century. . ‘Anarchists are sociul revolutionaties who seek a stateless, classless, valuniaty, cooperative federation of ers autonomous self-management of social and economic ‘unaware of Anarchism's Smvctural aliematives of he Calabar, Group, Anarchist snsus, and the Mass Commune. The Anarchist alternative to the vanguard part is the catalyst ‘The catalyst group. federation of affiay groupe teeta. Tis merely an Pomp et revolutionary anarchist federation would meet on a regular baci or only when there ws a necessity, depe: on the wishes of the and the urgency of social conditions. It would be made up; ves from ar the itself, wih ull voing sights, Privileges, and bilities. It would set both 2 and furs actions to be performed, Anarchist-Cammunist social practice. It believes in the class theary and ‘ond the tooverthrow Capitalist rule. It in the communities and sora ls democt and has bo ulnaiy gare es pay bes rene ie, In order to make a revolution, . coordinated movements are fond thelr a large-scale beset Fempred atthe will sree ae er eae a What we dont want or need sa groxp of euthortacins leading the las then Hiatt eve foptned anda sn ie cep er : ‘ond the communist party) to ss of such zanizations—[we Fe, lent cfd Coptc raise voltionaies ‘as efficient as dee that “re 7 Be poucm tndmactves afer jans became absazbed by values, and 4s 7 4 The fight ogainst White skin privilege also requires of the vicious identification of Neri Arefeane "Wille feo re a than as We We Sama tater wee” ‘r-nationality designed to inflate the odio eal hee ay tone in oe Ch ried of ths “White ee ni tov oe ‘conty, 1 all begin referring to them a2" ofa nate ne ‘These “White” must ‘in class suicide and. treachery sccepied as alle of Back aod Sa ped wc wt ttl eeirames mete mar oranda thermselves, then {ust rebel against it So the 1° must denounce the. sedi sy of eg ced ay met up tree be Engi Tiger Wile Cs a eeoeacncaenek ‘oatinves to oppress and domincie all he instinuns of eommunity, Steal enon wil sontnue to 2s end Wiies pearly el coats ‘obensathe cacy ‘So what do North Americans start to do to defeat mcial ivileges and Syed eagle trates Eeveariostartie oe nuns, and in the social order, Yet ft not fut the ghia of tat we are ‘to when we are talking about “national oppresston®; if that were the issue, then maybe mote refarms could obtain sacial and social equality. But no, that is not what we are, Hela nmepe] gos other rina bron movements Non Amerea rs indispensal the overall Social Revolution. ‘workers must join with ii spore ei tee a ae ate ee ERS ee : Serr iS The aed le whi a assembled by White workers for the Block Mai iiaany ch defeat of tak caugale ee parca cage taking time to allthis, beea jctably some Anarchist purists will uy to ner bst having: White moveeal sd pena tis, at Hocks und cher opposed ied at iig Wireman pod ahr Cosa Supe [0 Ship of fools?), and thot all " seen in counter-clturl” Anarchist formation, mid lass pilosophers or Right -wing ‘Matualists re Anarch.ies sociated with the Ideas of 19th century Anarchist losopher, ere Joseph Proud, wbo based his frure economy on eo ats tol Be luct of his own laboz.' of. ‘when Individualisis bein, ‘thelr ican prt and mel wk wo efor Coy ‘hs is also wher the peli Libertarians and advocates of a minimized role for the sine get the ideas. Marg nuacked Proudhon as an “idealist and “"utopan philosopher forthe concept of Collectiviets are Anarchists tosed directly an the ideas of Michael Balan, the Russian Anarchist, he beat mown edvocale to the general public of Anarchis theory. Bakunin’s collectivist form of Anarchism re} 1s insistence on indh by the _ Anarcho-Syndicalists are Anarchists wt ee a ‘Anarchist-Syodicalism iso fam of Anacchiem, for clas Capes pole Socialists w! Ts based heavy a th des of B is bas ay ite Festa ough ‘Anarchism that secretary ommend saruggle , an end to os 10 doesnot limit self clo warpac epsizog. The is based om the theories of Peter Sivboped ibe commune end wotheey couse es th prope frroduatons iy aso. snuck the wope syscmein all its fone wed oleae Fin comumuncee This Def Aarcien navn a La Sorin snd includes Marcst Soealists Who yaad tothe Sule icisomhip nd party rule, deouh heya not Ansechnts Soe ie isoe "Espace ot Anahi. Cutan hve bern ep mat most Anarchist organizations favoring revoludion. This Anarchis- or Libertarian Communism must of course, ‘Leninisis—the commmunista ‘communism of the Marxist- which is based an state owneaship of the. ‘and control of the both producticn and dissibton and also pty dicatrslp. That fom of euhotatian communist society is based on oppression and slavery to the state, while we favor a free, voluntary communism of . 43 ‘while other people blame the “foct” that the Black masses have allegedly become “corrupt and apathetic”, or just need the “correct revolutionary ine" * . Whitever ths tue facts of the matter, it can clearly be soca that the government, the Ca corpomtions andthe resi ruling clas are caplolng tne’ cureal wean and confuses ofthe Block movement to make an attack on the Black ges, and are aemptng totally strip the gains won during the Civil Rights era. In addition there is a resurgence of racism and conservatism among broad layers of the White population, which is a direct result of this Right- Jping campaign: Clearly this so dane when wa mts entertain new ideas and new acti in ‘The ideals of Anarchism are ing new to the Black movement and have never really been examined by Black and other non-White activists, but , it means that the ‘hemeeives should rule, not govemments, partes, of sl eppoinied lendersin name. Anarchism also for the self of all oppressed peoples, and their right to struggle for freedom by any means RECESOFY. .— eae see eee cnet eemeees oe So what road is in order for the Black movement? 10) jon Democratic hack Ie Bll Chaton or Ted Keanca the cana ad Peep of eo class sell-out “leaders of the Civil Righis lobby; one or ancther ofthe aulhorfarian Lenin 2eets, who insist that they and they alone have the correct path to “revolutionary enlightenment”; finally building « Protest tatd rule? Only the Black masses ean finally decide the sates, whether tey wil be conan! to bear the ‘current economic depresion a Bghtbsck, Anoehisis tut the best instincts ofthe and buman nature dictates that thers is there willbe resinance; were thee is slavery, there will ‘ogainst it. The Black massea have shown they will fight, and when they Organize they will win! ‘A Call for a New Black Protest Movement ‘Those Anarchists who are Black like myself recognize that there has to be a whole new social ‘movement, which is democratic, on the gmssrocts level, and is self- I be movement whlch is of the ma Political pardes, the State and the ae i tiusi bea movement which alihough it socks to exproyriaie goverment money or which benef he pope, docs not oop any opens ale or governed in eves of the people. The government will bot fee us, ands par of the problens, rather than par of ‘the solution. In fact only the Black masses themselves can wage Blac eedom stuggi, not ‘a government bureaucracy (like the U.S. Justice Department), reformist civil rights leaders Jessie Jackson, or a revo ‘vanguard party on their behalf. Of cours, a certain historical moment, a protest leader can play a tremendous revolutionary role an 0 spokespermon fot the people's feelings, ar even produce cotrect strategy and theary for a sertaln period, (Mtaleatme X, Kp Yewelapmeryhemay opty at Ler oro “vany mass support acceptance fora ny of the 19608) tax kis the Black masses Five who will roots tbe revolution, and once set spontaneously in motion know exactly wha! they want. Though leader ‘The dependence of the Black movement on leaders and dally the Black bourgeoisie) has led us into political dead end. We are expected to wait and suffer quietly until class only differs in the armount of violence they authorize their police and army to use and the will allow, if . capes rights they ‘any. Through wa fi eres sok rales and ‘millions of persons have whether trying 10 defend or: a govemment. Anarchists want 10: slaughter, and build a society overthrow. a ‘What is Anarchism? Anarchism is free or Libertarian Socialism. Anarehisis are opposed to mmoent, the state and fee Therl ‘Anarchist i i be ste and Capi refore, simply speaking, is ano- Condom to disappear nd thet al reduction must and wil, become te comnon propery af ec a emaged produce Peer Kropoui, in ‘Though there are severe! different “schools” of Anarchist though, revolutionary Anarchist Anarehis-Communis sated upon the clas tvgel, butt does not tks» a coechanst view the class struggle taken by the Murxist-Leninists. For {Gunso doce ot ake te view tat ony aaa ee a ac ee sack Cockatinns Need te “commounist working clas pay” represent te fal victory over Capitalism: Nor do we noeyt i ve that nly the peasants, workers and farmers can bee themselves and ti iy shold manage nda) [economic production through workers’ councils, fectory committees, and farm cooperatives, rather than with the interference of one eer ‘Anarchists are social revolutionaties, and feel that the Social Revolution is the through which a free society will be created. Self- ‘will be established in all areas of social (Crucial attention will necessatily be paid to the area of ecanamic organization, since it is here that the interests of everyone converge. Under Cupitalism we all have to sell our labor to survive consumers possession of the means of jon and allow the free use of ell fesouress to any i, provided that such use does not deprive others or does not ental the use of wage labor . These associations could be food and Housing ves, ‘coopera run schools, and other isnportant ices. ‘on both a territorial and functional basis “This federalism asa conoep is form of social erganiaton in which self-determining grou freely agree to coordinale nels tlgeancn tc serine a (ve wl el tis ne, er wat of beter name, the “A *, ort can be part ofa mult-clrral federatcn ofthe so about is a'mass ation Tk wilt ears ndnade po al ear pe sede A ve ‘am talking about, there would be no odious of power, and evea th fase of aternal pepe be subject to ime Teal gt ae jon of duties, When a federation is no longer needed, it can be disbanded. Try that with a Communist party or one of the major Capitalist parties in North Americal Revolutionary strategy and tactics If we ate to build « new Black revolutionary protest movement, we must ask surselves how we can hurt this Capitalist system, and how hav Sra it in the past when we have led social movements against some of our: demonstrations, reat strikes, 8. ‘and other such protests have been used by the Black movemest at different times in| with ammed self-defence and. open rebellion. Put ‘what we need to do is take our strugale to an new and ‘we need to take these tried and true tactics, [which have been en the foot! level upto this pon, and wilize them on national then couple them with as yet untried striegle nack onthe major Copal ‘governmental apparatus. People ould fis o py any ats the ck govemmant, asoding federal income, esinte ned eales taxes, while belo subj brutality. The rich and thelr ry vill so ses is th fern ks who ear bt oft ‘Yet ‘receive nothing in retum. There is cll huge unemployment levels in the lle 1 doce, wil ‘ents by shechize ndiond oneaie we oti f re es be government taxition of income, goods, services, Wrogt It tothe Peatgon, defase contactor and ped conslan, Who ike ‘The Black Liberation movement should establish a mass tax resistance movement to lead a Black ax boyoot as.» means of pres, and also asa method to create a fund to jects. ‘black community organizations. 'we continue to vo! ‘Support our own slavery? A. tax boyeott is ‘means of struggle that the movemt Meo eaad sates ‘to the peace movement's “war tax resistance’ taxation on feral , income taxes, seeigonlion fens of wick wud ‘would be a new type of community Issuance). u A National Rent Strike and Urban Squatting, Hand-in-glove with e tax boyoott should be a refusal to pay rent for dilapidated ° housing, These rent boyeatis have been used to great effect to Hight bac geist reat gouging by landlords. At ane time hey were co effacive in asim [NY] that they clased the ceatien St rent control preventing evictions, unjustified price increases, and requiring an the books 20-alled teu verte on “ape teat have oy ‘or be evicied), should also be libemlized or ly. These lawa only help Slanlords sayin baines, and keep exploing ie por and working chax They sezeant for

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