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Dan Clore
Jan 27, 2012, 7:26:00 AM1/27/12
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1st Internal Educational Seminar of the Fórum do Anarquismo Organizado -
South-East Region
On 21 and 22 January 2012, the Fórum do Anarquismo Organizado (Forum of
Organized Anarchism - FAO) represented by their organizations in the
South-East (the Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro and the
Organização Anarquista Socialismo Libertário from São Paulo) - organized
an internal educational seminar for the South-East Region. Held at the
premises of the Centre for Social Culture of Rio de Janeiro, the seminar
brought together collectives in the process of joining the FAO and
individuals interested in organizing or joining existing member
organizations, as well as the FARJ and the OASL. In attendance were
militants from the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Espírito Santo,
Minas Gerais and Paraná, and achieved a threefold purpose: to strengthen
the process in existing member organizations, encourage the creation of
new organizations or nuclei, and to integrate this set of individuals,
groups and organizations who are interested in building especifista
anarchism in Brazil into a common process led by the FAO.
About 50 people from the following cities and regions attended the
event: Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Baixada Fluminense, São Paulo (capital),
Baixada Santista, Ribeirão Preto, Mogi das Cruzes, Belo Horizonte,
Montes Claros, Grande Vitória, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim and Curitiba. The
event was organized autonomously by the OASL and the FARJ, with the
cooperation of all the participants in an environment of mutual aid and
solidarity, which enabled both adequate infrastructure (accomodation,
meals, cleaning, etc.) and a high level of discussion.
The event began on Saturday morning, with a reception for participants,
followed by a welcome presentation, which highlighted the relevance of
the organizational process of anarchism in Brasil today and the need for
this process to be strengthened in the South-East Region.
The objective of the first module of the educational, "Theory and
History", was to raise questions on the birth and history of anarchism,
which the FAO views as an ideology linked to political practice of a
revolutionary nature. Beginning with the formation of the libertarian
current, we discussed the concept of anarchism and its strategies (the
historical forms of its ideology), ranging from Proudhon's mutualism to
the Spanish Revolution, by way of Bakunin, the International and the
Alliance, the anarchist communism of Kropotkin and Malatesta, propaganda
by the action and tactical individualism, revolutionary syndicalism and
anarcho-syndicalism, the Paris Commune, syndicalism in Brazil, Magonism
and the Mexican Revolution, and the Russian Revolution.
The second module, "Organization", presented the basic concepts of
anarchist organization - what it is, its objectives, operational methods
and functions, the differences with other models of political
organization, organizational documents (Declaration of Principles,
Statutes and Programme), its activities, structural models, fronts and
offices, the logic of concentric circles, the decision-making process,
and the qualities of militants. Later, there was further discussion on
the Statutes of an organization, and a sample was studied by
participants so that they could see its content, and thus be able to
develop a similar document in their own locality.
After viewing two videos by Bucaneiro Produções which show social work
in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the third module, "Social Work", began.
Its aim was to further study methods of work at grassroots level, and
dealt with the following areas: the art of social work; the system of
domination and its class structure; the differences between work carried
out by internal agents (people who live, work or study where the social
work is carried out) and external agents (who do not live, work or study
in the same place); different models for acting, including the notions
of and differences between an acting minority and a vanguard; the best
practical ways to initiate and continue work; popular education, etc.
The evening featured the launch of the book "Ideologia e Estratégia" by
a comrade of the FAO, and also a cultural presentation of hip-hop groups
in the outskirts of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Liberdade e Revolução
and Us Neguin q ñ c kala, as well as an intervention by the group
Anarcofunk from Belo Horizonte.
The second day began with a brief discussion on theory and method of
analysis that sought to fill certain gaps identified on the first day.
After that, we held a group session in order to examine/troubleshoot
hypothetical problems in concrete social activism. In addition to the
militants present sharing their experiences, the group session gave
participants the theoretical and practical know-how that would allow
them to further their social work in progress or initiate new work.
Continuing with more by way of practical activities, the OASL and the
FARJ presented their work carried out in their various social fronts
(urban social movements, Movimento Sem Terra/anarchism and nature,
community, student). The event concluded with a debate that touched on
organizational issues and the next steps for strengthening the FAO in
the South-East.
For all those present, anarchism in Brazil in general and specifically
the especifist current, is experiencing a unique moment since the end of
the military dictatorship. The process of the FAO itself, which this
year completes its tenth year of existence, has given anarchism a
quantitative and qualitative leap since 2007, when we were able to bring
together and gradually involve the whole especifist anarchist movement
in Brazil. Our presence today in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, São
Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Alagoas and Mato Grosso can be further expanded
in 2012 to Santa Catarina, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Ceará
and Pernambuco. The 10th anniversary of the FAO will be marked by an
unprecedented event, in which the organization will be further
solidified, taking us one more step towards the construction of a
national process.
We understand that this is not a quick process and that it must rely on
the collective contribution of all if we are to refine our theory and
practice, which for us are inseparable. While on the one hand, we see an
increase in social work, where we are involved in different sectors
(trade unions, landless movement, small farmers, the homeless, the
unemployed, trash collectors, students, the community, the indigenous
and Maroons, gender), on the other hand there is great progress on
theoretical debate, with theoretical and ideological elements being
taken from classical and contemporary authors that take account of a
method of analysis and a strategy that can drive our revolutionary
project for social transformation.
We believe, with all due modesty, that we have been able to bring
anarchism back into the field of class struggle and into the popular
movements that are trying to create a strong people, which will be able
to take the leading role in their own struggles and the process of their
own emancipation. The 1st Internal Educational of the FAO in the
South-East Region, along with those held in the South
[http://www.anarkismo.net/article/20167] and North-East
[http://www.anarkismo.net/article/21040], demonstrate the maturity and
the will of militants, who have overcome the difficulties of a country
of continental dimensions and who are working towards the realization of
libertarian socialism.
Build the FAO!
Ethics, commitment, freedom!
Struggle, create, popular power!
Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Organização Anarquista Socialismo Libertário (SP)
Coletivo Mineiro Popular Anarquista - antigo Movimento Anarquista
Libertário (MG)
Coletivo Anarquista Luta de Classe (PR)
Coletivo Pró-Organização Anarquista do Espírito Santo
Coletivo Pró-Organização Anarquista da Baixada Santista
Coletivo Pró-Organização Anarquista de Ribeirão Preto
Indivíduos
Rio de Janeiro, 22 January 2012
Translation by FdCA - International Relations Office
--
Dan Clore
New book: _Weird Words: A Lovecraftian Lexicon_:
http://tinyurl.com/yd3bxkw
My collected fiction: _The Unspeakable and Others_
http://tinyurl.com/3tyj9cq
Lord Weÿrdgliffe & Necronomicon Page:
http://tinyurl.com/292yz9
News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
Skipper: Professor, will you tell these people who is
in charge on this island?
Professor: Why, no one.
Skipper: No one?
Thurston Howell III: No one? Good heavens, this is anarchy!
-- _Gilligan's Island_, episode #6, "President Gilligan"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
http://www.anarkismo.net/article/21762
1st Internal Educational Seminar of the Fórum do Anarquismo Organizado -
South-East Region
On 21 and 22 January 2012, the Fórum do Anarquismo Organizado (Forum of
Organized Anarchism - FAO) represented by their organizations in the
South-East (the Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro and the
Organização Anarquista Socialismo Libertário from São Paulo) - organized
an internal educational seminar for the South-East Region. Held at the
premises of the Centre for Social Culture of Rio de Janeiro, the seminar
brought together collectives in the process of joining the FAO and
individuals interested in organizing or joining existing member
organizations, as well as the FARJ and the OASL. In attendance were
militants from the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Espírito Santo,
Minas Gerais and Paraná, and achieved a threefold purpose: to strengthen
the process in existing member organizations, encourage the creation of
new organizations or nuclei, and to integrate this set of individuals,
groups and organizations who are interested in building especifista
anarchism in Brazil into a common process led by the FAO.
About 50 people from the following cities and regions attended the
event: Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Baixada Fluminense, São Paulo (capital),
Baixada Santista, Ribeirão Preto, Mogi das Cruzes, Belo Horizonte,
Montes Claros, Grande Vitória, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim and Curitiba. The
event was organized autonomously by the OASL and the FARJ, with the
cooperation of all the participants in an environment of mutual aid and
solidarity, which enabled both adequate infrastructure (accomodation,
meals, cleaning, etc.) and a high level of discussion.
The event began on Saturday morning, with a reception for participants,
followed by a welcome presentation, which highlighted the relevance of
the organizational process of anarchism in Brasil today and the need for
this process to be strengthened in the South-East Region.
The objective of the first module of the educational, "Theory and
History", was to raise questions on the birth and history of anarchism,
which the FAO views as an ideology linked to political practice of a
revolutionary nature. Beginning with the formation of the libertarian
current, we discussed the concept of anarchism and its strategies (the
historical forms of its ideology), ranging from Proudhon's mutualism to
the Spanish Revolution, by way of Bakunin, the International and the
Alliance, the anarchist communism of Kropotkin and Malatesta, propaganda
by the action and tactical individualism, revolutionary syndicalism and
anarcho-syndicalism, the Paris Commune, syndicalism in Brazil, Magonism
and the Mexican Revolution, and the Russian Revolution.
The second module, "Organization", presented the basic concepts of
anarchist organization - what it is, its objectives, operational methods
and functions, the differences with other models of political
organization, organizational documents (Declaration of Principles,
Statutes and Programme), its activities, structural models, fronts and
offices, the logic of concentric circles, the decision-making process,
and the qualities of militants. Later, there was further discussion on
the Statutes of an organization, and a sample was studied by
participants so that they could see its content, and thus be able to
develop a similar document in their own locality.
After viewing two videos by Bucaneiro Produções which show social work
in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the third module, "Social Work", began.
Its aim was to further study methods of work at grassroots level, and
dealt with the following areas: the art of social work; the system of
domination and its class structure; the differences between work carried
out by internal agents (people who live, work or study where the social
work is carried out) and external agents (who do not live, work or study
in the same place); different models for acting, including the notions
of and differences between an acting minority and a vanguard; the best
practical ways to initiate and continue work; popular education, etc.
The evening featured the launch of the book "Ideologia e Estratégia" by
a comrade of the FAO, and also a cultural presentation of hip-hop groups
in the outskirts of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Liberdade e Revolução
and Us Neguin q ñ c kala, as well as an intervention by the group
Anarcofunk from Belo Horizonte.
The second day began with a brief discussion on theory and method of
analysis that sought to fill certain gaps identified on the first day.
After that, we held a group session in order to examine/troubleshoot
hypothetical problems in concrete social activism. In addition to the
militants present sharing their experiences, the group session gave
participants the theoretical and practical know-how that would allow
them to further their social work in progress or initiate new work.
Continuing with more by way of practical activities, the OASL and the
FARJ presented their work carried out in their various social fronts
(urban social movements, Movimento Sem Terra/anarchism and nature,
community, student). The event concluded with a debate that touched on
organizational issues and the next steps for strengthening the FAO in
the South-East.
For all those present, anarchism in Brazil in general and specifically
the especifist current, is experiencing a unique moment since the end of
the military dictatorship. The process of the FAO itself, which this
year completes its tenth year of existence, has given anarchism a
quantitative and qualitative leap since 2007, when we were able to bring
together and gradually involve the whole especifist anarchist movement
in Brazil. Our presence today in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, São
Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Alagoas and Mato Grosso can be further expanded
in 2012 to Santa Catarina, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Ceará
and Pernambuco. The 10th anniversary of the FAO will be marked by an
unprecedented event, in which the organization will be further
solidified, taking us one more step towards the construction of a
national process.
We understand that this is not a quick process and that it must rely on
the collective contribution of all if we are to refine our theory and
practice, which for us are inseparable. While on the one hand, we see an
increase in social work, where we are involved in different sectors
(trade unions, landless movement, small farmers, the homeless, the
unemployed, trash collectors, students, the community, the indigenous
and Maroons, gender), on the other hand there is great progress on
theoretical debate, with theoretical and ideological elements being
taken from classical and contemporary authors that take account of a
method of analysis and a strategy that can drive our revolutionary
project for social transformation.
We believe, with all due modesty, that we have been able to bring
anarchism back into the field of class struggle and into the popular
movements that are trying to create a strong people, which will be able
to take the leading role in their own struggles and the process of their
own emancipation. The 1st Internal Educational of the FAO in the
South-East Region, along with those held in the South
[http://www.anarkismo.net/article/20167] and North-East
[http://www.anarkismo.net/article/21040], demonstrate the maturity and
the will of militants, who have overcome the difficulties of a country
of continental dimensions and who are working towards the realization of
libertarian socialism.
Build the FAO!
Ethics, commitment, freedom!
Struggle, create, popular power!
Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Organização Anarquista Socialismo Libertário (SP)
Coletivo Mineiro Popular Anarquista - antigo Movimento Anarquista
Libertário (MG)
Coletivo Anarquista Luta de Classe (PR)
Coletivo Pró-Organização Anarquista do Espírito Santo
Coletivo Pró-Organização Anarquista da Baixada Santista
Coletivo Pró-Organização Anarquista de Ribeirão Preto
Indivíduos
Rio de Janeiro, 22 January 2012
Translation by FdCA - International Relations Office
--
Dan Clore
New book: _Weird Words: A Lovecraftian Lexicon_:
http://tinyurl.com/yd3bxkw
My collected fiction: _The Unspeakable and Others_
http://tinyurl.com/3tyj9cq
Lord Weÿrdgliffe & Necronomicon Page:
http://tinyurl.com/292yz9
News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
Skipper: Professor, will you tell these people who is
in charge on this island?
Professor: Why, no one.
Skipper: No one?
Thurston Howell III: No one? Good heavens, this is anarchy!
-- _Gilligan's Island_, episode #6, "President Gilligan"
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