This booklet is a tool to introduce activists to what capitalism is, how it functions and in whose interests, how society is divided into different classes with differences in power and interests, what role the state plays, and how the state functions in the interests of capitalism and the ruling class.

Part 1: Capitalism and anti-capitalism aims to help activists deepen their understanding of the system we live under, how a majority of people are exploited, and how and why a majority of people face forms of oppression. It can also be used as a basis for activists to analyse why they face the problems they do, and the deeper reasons for these problems.

Part 2: Popular Organisation looks specifically at building a movement. Both new and seasoned activists can use this booklet to think more deeply about the elements, values, principles and practices of movement building.

[Português]

En este texto se presenta una breve reflexión, elaborada desde una perspectiva anarquista, sobre la reciente situación socio política en Afganistán. Se presenta así un análisis de la ofensiva de la insurgencia fundamentalista, el fin de la ocupación estadounidense, los 40 años de guerra civil e intervención imperialista y la necesidad de solidarizarse con los refugiados y apoyar la resistencia popular.

Ανακοίνωση της Αναρχικής Ομοσπονδίας για τις πυρκαγιές στην Ελλάδα

[English]

Everything we are now is built upon all that we were and where we came from. The same can be said for countries, any analysis has to look backwards before it can begin to understand the influences and causes of the present. This makes analysis intrinsically complex and often, almost impossible. At some point we are forced to simplify, look for patterns and analyse situations with a focus on where the key locus of power lies.

An analysis of the recent events taking place primarily in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng has to be done with this in mind. It is impossible to follow every strand of the complexity that is South Africa, but at the same time the link between the spate of large scale looting that took place and two very obvious conflicting ruling class power bases that currently exist in the country is undeniable. To claim that there was an exercising of working class power is to fundamentally misunderstand the powers at play and where the locus of power at this point in history actually lies.

Colombia vive hoy una de las jornadas de protesta social más importantes de los últimos años; miles de personas han salido a manifestar su descontento con las políticas neoliberales y precarizadoras de la vida del gobierno de Iván Duque. Por su parte, el Estado ha respondido con desproporcionalidad, represión y violencia. El 5 de mayo se reportaban 24 personas fallecidas, 381 personas heridas de las cuales 31 presentan lesiones oculares y 24 fueron heridas por armas de fuego, 15 personas víctimas de violencias basadas en género, 379 personas desaparecidas y 1180 personas detenidas. A continuación, presentamos un análisis de la protesta y esbozamos algunas tareas para el momento actual.

Leer también / Read also
★ Declaración conjunta internacionalista en apoyo al pueblo que lucha en Colombia [Deutsch] [English] [Eλληνικά] [Français] [Italiano] [Português]

★ Comunicado del Frente Anarquista Organizado (FAO) de Chile "Solidaridad Con El Pueblo Colombiano Y Su Levantamiento Popular"

★ "Colombia’s democratic facade is crumbling to pieces" - José Antonio Gutiérrez