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"A proposal passed during the conference also requires members to refrain from publicly voicing opinions that contradict agreed AD positions."
this seems off to me. blatantly authoritarian even.
Why is it authoritarian? You join an anarchist organisation by voluntary association; If you don't agree with the "agreed AD positions" and would thus contradict them in public that is not the organisation for you and you should not join. How can you expect people to take an organisation seriously when its members contradict its positions? Sounds like you have a fluffy anything-goes-and-anything-mildly-resembling-discipline-or-theoretical/ ideological/ tactical-unity-is-authoritarian conception of anarchism. Blatantly ineffective.
What would be interesting is to know what rights, for lack of a better word, minority positions are afforded within the organisation, and how much freedom people with minority views are given to argue for their ideas and try to win the majority to their position. If this internal debate were stifled I'd agree it authoritarian, but I doubt that is the case.
go through any of the position papers of any of the groups, I guarantee you will find something to disagree with in any of them, I'm all for the collective formulation of ideas, but I will not be a stooge mindlessly spewing the party line.
If you really disagree with the positions of the organization, why be a part of that organization? If you only disagree with the positions a little, then why argue against them publicly? Why not argue against them internally?
Accountability to collective decisions and processes is not authoritarian. Individual members associating with an organization and then disregarding that organization's collective decisions and processes is. For organizations to ever be effective or have any use beyond social gatherings, there must be respect for collective decisions and collective principles. Not publicly undermining them is a pretty basic way of doing that.
wait what do you mean by publicly?
I think t hat, by "publicly" they mean outside of the internal structures of Autonomous Action i.e externally.
I can't speak for Autonomous Action; but I agree with Jon (and interpret AA as meaning): externally. So writing and publishing writings that contradict the position of the organization and distributing/ publishing this outside the organization, speaking at events against the positions of the organization, or acting against the positions of the organization at events or actions.
well what happens if the organization puts forward a point I disagree with?
You can't just up and leave over one disagreement, do you have any idea how much effort it is to create an organization?
Here's my view (borrowed from other writings and my own experience) about how disagreements can be handled within an organization:
If the majority of an organization is in favor of a policy or a line of action that you oppose, there are different ways that you and your organization can deal with it:
Depending on whether it's a fundamental or a minor disagreement the options for the group are:
1) the majority position or action is taken and the opposing members concede (either agreeing to abide by the policy or promote it or agreeing at least not to publicly work against it), quit or at most extreme are expelled (depending on the seriousness of the matter)
2) if making the decision is not that important or not having a split is more important than making the decision, the organization decides not to take a position or action on the issue until further debate can be had or decides to indefinitely not take a position or action on the issue.
3) as a compromise, two or more different positions or actions are taken as acceptable positions or actions of the members of the organization
#2 and #3 would leave the door open for arguing for and carrying out the minority position and action , but in the case of #1 you could deal with it in different ways until you can have further discussions where you can try to convince your organization of your view or until it's proven right or wrong through experience and time:
- respect the position/ action and promote it/ carry it out
or
- respect the position/ action but don't promote it/ carry it out*
*Unless it's something fundamental to the organization like "refuse to scab on a strike" or "don't engage in domestic abuse" in which case the organization would likely kick you out if you don't carry out the position/ action.
But unless an organization doesn't have a position on an issue, it doesn't make sense to be part of an organization if you're going to disrespect and work against the processes and decisions that the you and the rest of the organization come up with if you're views don't win out.