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Resistance from the other South Africa

Neha Nimmagudda, a student from NYC, spent a few months working as a full time volunteer with the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement in South Africa. In this essay she reflects one of the movement's quarterly all night meetings in which critical issues are discussed.

The topic of this particular meeting was 'leadership'. While Abahlali has never stated that it is an anarchist movement many have drawn parallels between 'Abahlalism' and 'anarchism'. Certainly the movement considers both the state and the vanguardist left to be oppressors.

Neha Nimmagudda (2008-07-17)

No peace in the class war

Article by Swedish group Kämpa Tillsammans on class composition in Sweden and the syndicalst 'register method'.

Revolutionary perspectives today: society is a factory

An Introduction to Kämpa tillsammans!

A brief introduction to Kämpa tillsammans! (Struggle Together!), a Swedish communist group.

Kämpa tillsammans! (Struggle Together!) is a communist group who are mainly concerned with theory building. The group, founded in 1997 with members from Malmo and Gothenburg, have their roots in the extra-parliamentary left.

1919-1922: The Workers’ Opposition

Leading Workers' Opposition activist, Alexandra Kollontai

A short history of a group within the Russian Communist Party that struggled against the increasing party bureaucracy and for trade union control over industry which, by 1922, had been forcibly disbanded by the party.

The Workers Opposition began to form in 1919, as a result of the policies of War Communism, which set a precedence for the domination of the Communist Party over local party branches and trade unions. During the civil war, the Workers Opposition began agitating against the lack of democracy in the Communist Party as a result of the centralising actions of the party’s bureaucracy.

Open meeting to set up a London anarchist youth network - meeting minutes

The minutes of a meeting of the organisationalist/class struggle tendency within the London Anarchist Youth group attempting to resuscitate the group, along a tighter class struggle perspective, during the decline of the Anarchist Youth Network.

Though those present no longer agree with all of the meetings conclusions, they are reproduced here for reference.

London Anarchist Youth
Minutes of meeting: 26.02.04

Present: 10 people

Reportbacks:
Feedback on history and perceived failures of the previous incarnation of LAY

Organising:
Aims of LAY decided:
they are..

The Anarchist Youth Network (AYN), personal recollections, 2002-2004

Brief historical notes on the organisation the Anarchist Youth Network (AYN). The AYN was a loosely-organised grouping of young anarchists, supposed to be based in Britain and Ireland.

Lasting only from 2002 to 2004, it suffered many of the weaknesses common in the contemporary anarchist movement of the English speaking world.

Nine Years of the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation, 1989-1998 - Wayne Price

NEFAC's Wayne Price's interesting account and analysis of the development and decline of the North American continental anarchist federation the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation.

Unwaged fightback - A history of Islington Action Group of the Unwaged - 1980-86

The history of an unwaged workers' group in 1980s London, its efforts to establish and run a centre for the unemployed and its relationship to the Miners' Strike and other struggles of its times.

Note: this is the text from a pamphlet produced in late 1987 by the Campaign for Real Life. The pamphlet was more interesting as it included more examples of the group’s leaflets and posters, and newspaper articles.

The text has not been changed, except for spelling mistakes, even though the writer’s views have changed over the past 20 years.

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A guide to setting up and running stalls

A guide with tips and advice for running a stall for a political or campaign group to distribute literature and maybe raise funds.

Why set up a stall?
Setting up a literature table at events is a lot of work; why should you put so much energy into this? Answers:

A. Tabling makes money
B. Tabling provides outreach for your group
C. Tabling provides activity for members looking for something to do.

Successful delegation guide

Tips and advice on delegating tasks to different people.

1. Be specific...

Resistance from the other South Africa

No peace in the class war

An Introduction to Kämpa tillsammans!

1919-1922: The Workers’ Opposition

Open meeting to set up a London anarchist youth network - meeting minutes

The Anarchist Youth Network (AYN), personal recollections, 2002-2004

Nine Years of the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation, 1989-1998 - Wayne Price

Unwaged fightback - A history of Islington Action Group of the Unwaged - 1980-86

A guide to setting up and running stalls

Successful delegation guide

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