Anarchist Federation - Organising for Resistance | AFED

The Anarchist Federation is a growing organisation of like-minded people from across the British Isles who aim to abolish capitalism and all oppression to create a free and equal world, without leaders and bosses, and without wars or environmental destruction. Day to day, our individual members and local groups are politically active in many workplace and community struggles. We coordinate worldwide through the International of Anarchist Federations. As well as encouraging new members, we welcome ideas for joint activities with other groups. Read more...

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Latest from the Anarchist Federation - updated 9th November 2008

RESISTANCE bulletin issue 107 November 2008. CAMPAIGNERS SAVE LIBRARY, Anarchist view on economy, Workplace fightback, Liverpool campaign stall clampdown, Police Violence, Colombia demo, Greece general strike, BNP "Smash the Miners", and more.

ORGANISE! Magazine no.71 Winter 2008 - NO GODS, NO MASTERS - RELIGION SPECIAL ISSUE. Articles include: Is there anybody out there?, Mega-churches, Taliban & Falagists, Fan controlled football clubs, Credit crunch, Oaxaca struggle, The Schlurfs, IAF-IFA congress, John Dos Passos, 3 book reviews. . You can BUY A PRINTED COPY ONLINE or there's FREE DOWNLOAD of most back issues and a full index of older back issues. To find out more about the AF and its history, we recommend our 10th and 20th anniversary issues.

BASIC KROPOTKIN - a new ACE pamphlet/booklet available in print & online. Other Anarchist Communist Editions include Aspects of Anarchism, 3rd edition of Defending Anonymity - thoughts for struggle against identity cards, an updated edition of Basic Bakunin - another huge influence on anarchist communism, Beating the Poll Tax - with original lo-fi text, news clippings & original cartoons & Resistance to Nazism - stories of libertarian groups who opposed fascism in Europe into and also well before the 1930s.

EVENTS JUST GONE:

LONDON ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR 2008 - Saturday 18th October.
KICK EM' OFF CAMPUS - founding meeting at Sheffield University - Tuesday 30th September.
STOP RACIST GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON ROMA PEOPLE IN ITALY. Friday 3rd October 2008, at the Italian Tourist Board.

REPORTS & PHOTOS FROM RECENT EVENTS:

'FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT' ANARCHIST/NO BORDERS BLOCK ON STOP THE WAR DEMO, MANCHESTER, SEPT 2008. More demo photos here.
ROMA SOLIDARITY DEMO IN MANCHESTER, SEPT 2008. See AF blog for article prior to demo. Download POSTER and/or LEAFLET
STOP BNP 'RED WHITE & BLUE FESTIVAL', AUG 2008 - links to reports from National mobilisation Saturday 16th August.
CLIMATE CAMP AND CLASS

See AF BLOG for more news and comment

LOCAL GROUPS, WEBSITES & BULLETINS: New Preston blogspot, AF Scotland & East Anglia AF (Norwich/Cambs) & East Kent myspace, London, Sheffield, Leeds: Yorkshire anarchists, Liverpool, Leicester, Nottingham, Hereford & AF-north, Manchester/Oldham AF's website which includes Northern Resistance bulletin plus Subversion, Wildcat and Solidarity archives. Other local bulletins include The Fargate Speaker (Sheffield), The Nottingham Sparrow & The Black Apple Press (Hereford) and the Hereford Heckler, Shout! (Merseyside), Disobey (Preston). For other areas see full listing of AF local groups & contacts.

RESISTANCE FESTIVAL SPECIAL ISSUE August 2008. SMASH THE SCUMFEST (BNP Red, White & Blue Festival), Roma persecution in Italy, Anti-academy campaign, Food Bills, Billboard workers' strike.

RESISTANCE PRIDE 2008 SPECIAL ISSUE. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ANGRY?, Stonewall not Stonewall^TM, Manchester Pride con, Equality & freedom, Gay marriage, Pathetic BPP, Systematic prejudice, Family Values.

DVD DOCUMENTARY - 'Our oil, and other tales' by Gattacicova Collective about the impact of Venezuela's oil industry, censored by Chavez' Ministry of Culture, but rescued by local activists.

DEFY-CD - anti-ID cards benefit CD now available from AF-North.

AF STICKERS!. Also print off AF posters and leaflets. T-shirts and other stuff can be found on the AF-North website.

BENEFIT GIG AT CASBAH, SHEFFIELD, 16th FEB 2008. Thanks to all that came!

MEMORIAL GATHERING IN LONDON. Thanks to all those who came to the Memorial for Carlos (on Saturday 24th November), antifascist killed by a nazi in Spain. Jubilee Gardens, Southbank. 'Antifascist Concentration' called by Antifa & AF.

RED AND BLACK FEST. Thanks to all who came - see AF blog for a full report with photos.

NEXT TO NOWHERE- NEW SOCIAL CENTRE IN LIVERPOOL - see calendar for forthcoming events. See also new Liverpool AF webpage.

STATEMENT on the murder of Anarchist comrade Ilya Borodaenko by fascists at Eco-camp in Siberia.

ORGANISING FOR RESISTANCE - interview with an AFed activist - Freedom newspaper asks an AF member a few questions about his time in the Anarchist Federation. Also read why we want you to join and what we did with 2006 to find out more about the kinds of things AF members get up to. See pictures of anarchist block on the anti-war demo in Manchester.

CHECK OUT Libcom.org the UK / GB anarchist news, forum and info site, and talk to AF members and friends on the AF forum. Start up some new debate here or read a short intro to anarchist communist thought. Also visit the afed MySpace - read the blog or send a message ... become a friend to leave comments and receive bulletins.

FIND OUT ABOUT THE AF's INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES including the International of Anarchist Federations (AF is 'British' section), AF texts in translation, and the new IAF-IFA mag Anarkiista Debato.

SUPPORT activists via our prisoners page. Includes links to new prisoner support advice, a prison survival guide, and info about prisoners who need support right now.

FIND OUT MORE about anarchist communism and contact other groups & organisations through our freshly updated UK & Ireland links. If you can't get to an Anarchist Bookfair (London's on Oct 27 & other local fairs), check out links to distributors like Active Distribution and AK Press. AF publications like pamphlets can be ordered directly from this website.

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For anarchism, anarchist media, anarchist press & anarchist ideas: "Change opinion, convince the public that government is not only unnecessary, but extremely harmful, and then the word anarchy, just because it means absence of government, will come to mean for everybody: natural order, unity of human needs and the interests of all, complete freedom within complete solidarity." [Errico Malatesta, Anarchy, p. 16], as quoted in the anarchist FAQ.

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Various misspellings etc: Anarchist Fedration, Anachist, Anarcist, IFA-IAF, International of Anarchist Fedrations