Quebec: Founding of the Union Communiste Libertaire

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Tuesday November 25, 2008 11:40

by Union Communiste Libertaire - UCL

Montreal, November 23, 2008 - A new revolutionary organisation, the Union Communiste Libertaire (UCL), was founded during a congress attended by over 50 delegates in the neighborhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The new organisation will take over from the NEFAC Regional union in Quebec. [Français] [Italiano]

Quebec: Founding of the Union Communiste Libertaire

Montreal, November 23, 2008 - A new revolutionary organisation, the Union Communiste Libertaire (UCL), was founded during a congress attended by over 50 delegates in the neighborhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The new organisation will take over from the NEFAC Regional union in Quebec.

Reforming Process

The long reforming process of the North-Eastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists (NEFAC) in Quebec, which announced a will to spread organised anarchism in all of the province's regions, united anarchists from a half-dozen cities around the province under one banner. The new organisation will be composed of local collectives in the cities of Montreal, Quebec and Sherbrooke as well as Drummondville, Saint-Jérôme and Saguenay, along with links in other communities such as Trois-Rivières.

Primarily, the congress has made possible the adoption of a completely new constitution defining the united function of the new organisation which is inspired by the historical teachings of platformism. As well, a revision of NEFAC's aims and principles was made while the project of an anarcho-communist manifest is being developed. The congress also laid down the groundwork for an action plan that includes a campaign on the economic crisis which is currently unsettling capitalism.

The participants received revolutionary greetings from anarcho-communist organisations around the world, such as Worker’s Solidarity Alliance in the US, Red Libertaria in Buenos Aires and the Chilean magazine Hombre y Sociedad. The Internationale des Fédérations Anarchistes, the French Alternative Libertaire and Common Cause in Ontario even decided to delegate members for observation.

The Union Communiste Libertaire is an organisation of militants with backgrounds in various resistance movements, who identify with the communist tradition within anarchism and who share a common goal of a revolutionary break with the established order. UCL's activity is organised around theoretical development, the spreading of anarchist ideas and intervention within our class' struggles, both autonomously and through direct involvement in social movements.

On a theoretical level, the Union Communiste Libertaire identifies with anarcho-communism principles and builds upon the theoretical foundations of that particular tradition. On a tactical level, the UCL advocates an involvement in social struggles geared towards the radicalization of these struggles and the construction of counter-powers.

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Comments (5 of 5)

Whats going to happen to NEFAC?

by Marco Montengegro

Wed Nov 26, 2008 00:40

I got a bit confused. Does this means that NEFAC will disappear our just a canandian reorganization of the NEFAC Collectives?

Confusion?

by Jasone - UCL

Fri Nov 28, 2008 00:55

citizenjazon at yahoo dot ca

NEFAC will continue as a federation of anarchist-communists from the north-eastern unites states, if i'm correct and they aren't changing their name to be the Northeast Anarchist Network. The UCL may eventually become part of a canadian anarchist-communist (con)federation i suppose.

Reasons for the split include problematic aspects of crossing the U.S / Canadian border (which will require passports to cross later this year), the fact that the NEFAC collectives in Ontario and the Maritimes had already split leaving Quebec collectives the last ones remaining, the need to concentrate on local (especially municipal) issues plus there is the question of language. The congress last weekend was held in french only (with english translation offered) and it still took two full days.

All points voted on in the new constitution were decided by a simple majority so it will be subject to revision.

Greetings

by W.S.A. - Workers Solidarity Alliance

Fri Nov 28, 2008 20:49

wsany at hotmail dot com

Dear UCL Comrades,

The WSA further extends our greetings and good wishes.

For a world without bosses, states and bureaucrats!

Yours in solidarity,

W.S.A.

ZACF welcomes the formation of the UCL

by Michael Schmidt - ZACF (South Africa)

Wed Dec 10, 2008 20:09

The Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) of South Africa welcomes the formation of a new anarkismo-affiliated organisation in Canada, the francophone UCL. While the division of NEFAC into de jure Canadian and US organisations is unfortunate, at this time last year, we also experienced a similar division between our South African and Swaziland membership. Partly this was driven by the difficulties involved in operating trans-border (something the UCL has cited as a contributing to its breakaway), and partly by our need to get more focused on local issues. It is good that we remain ideologically directed, yet tactically flexible - not welded to organisations out of a sense of bureaucracy, but willing to adapt our form to the needs of the times, while continuing to pursue anarchist-communist strategies and goals. Language and distance may divide us, but we welcome you to the international fold!

Michael Schmidt (ZACF International Secretary & anarkismo.net co-editor)

podrian traducir al español?

by dakoff - grupo de accion y propaganda anarquista

Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:41

mundonuevo at riseup dot net

Salud.

Me interesa saber si es posible que estos comunicados puedan ser traducidos al castellano para involucrarnos en sus actividades.

es una sugerencia.