Anarchist Federation (Britain)

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Anarchist Federation
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AbbreviationAF, AFed
Formation1986
PurposeDirect action
Promotion of Anarchist communism
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Collective and Autonomous leadership
AffiliationsInternational of Anarchist Federations
Websiteafed.org.uk
Formerly called
Anarchist Communist Federation
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The Anarchist Federation (AF, AFed) is a far left federation of anarcho-communists in Great Britain. It is not a political party, but a direct action, agitational and propaganda organisation.

History[]

AFed was formed in 1986 as the Anarchist Communist Federation (ACF), changing its name in 1999,[1] the ACF being a fusion of the Anarchist Communist Discussion Group (previously the Libertarian Communist Discussion Group) and Syndicalist Fight, a split from the Direct Action Movement.[1] The LCDG was itself based around former members of the Libertarian Communist Group,[1] (a 1977 split from the Anarchist Workers Association, originally formed in 1971 as the Organisation of Revolutionary Anarchists and renamed in 1975)[1] which had previously fused into Big Flame in 1980.[2] The ACF "offered a considered and theoretically-grounded articulation of the anarchist class war impulse, based on a specific 'anarchist-communist' identity".[3] In February 2018, a group of members of the AF left that organisation and formed the Anarchist Communist Group (ACG) [4] and currently publish Jackdaw paper[5] and Stormy Petrel magazine.[6]


References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Frank, Ben (2006). Rebel Alliances: The Means and Ends of Contemporary British Anarchisms. AK Press. ISBN 1904859402.
  2. ^ "Libertarian Communist Group [LCG]". Groups who joined Big Flame (2). Big Flame. December 3, 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ Cross, Rich (2014). "British anarchism in the era of Thatcherism". In Smith, Evan; Worley, Matthew (eds.). The British far left from 1956. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719095900.
  4. ^ "What is the ACG?". Anarchist Communist Group. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Jackdaw". Anarchist Communist Group. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Stormy Petrel!". Anarchist Communist Group. December 1, 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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