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Anarchist-Communist Federation
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Aims and Principles
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1. The Anarchist-Communist Federation is an organisation of revolutionary
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class struggle anarchists. We aim for the abolition of all hierarchy, and work
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for the creation of a world-wide classless society: anarchists communism.
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2. Capitalism is based on the exploitation of the working class by the ruling
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class. But inequality and exploitation are also expressed in terms of race,
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gender, sexuality, health, ability and age, and in these ways one section of
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the working class oppresses another. This divides us, causing a lack of class
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unity in struggle that benefits the ruling class. Oppressed groups are
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strengthened by autonomous action which challenges social and economic power
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relationships. To achieve our goal we must relinquish power over each other on
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a personal as well as a political level.
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3. We believe that fighting racism and sexism is as important as other
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aspects of the class struggle. Anarchist-communism cannot be achieved while
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sexism and racism still exist. In order to be effective in their struggle
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against their oppression both within society and within the working class,
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women and black people may at times need to organise independently. However,
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this should be as working class women and black people as cross-class
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movements hide real class differences and achieve little for them. Full
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emancipation cannot be achieved without the abolition of capitalism.
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4. We are opposed to the ideology of national liberation movements which
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claims that there is some common interest between native bosses and the
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working class in face of foreign domination. We do support working class
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struggles against racism, genocide, ethnocide and political and economic
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colonialism. We oppose the creation of any new ruling class. We reject all
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forms of nationalism, as this only serves to redefine divisions in the
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international working class. The working class has no country and national
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boundaries must be eliminated. We seek to build an anarchist international to
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work with other libertarian revolutionaries throughout the world.
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5. As well as exploiting and oppressing the majority of people, Capitalism
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threatens the world through war and the destruction of the environment.
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6. It is not possible to abolish Capitalism without a revolution, which will
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arise out of class conflict. The ruling class must be completely overthrown to
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achieve anarchist communism. Because the ruling class will not relinquish
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power without the use of armed force, this revolution will be a time of
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violence as well as liberation.
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7. Unions by their very nature cannot become vehicles for the revolutionary
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transformation of society. They have to be accepted by capitalism in order to
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function and so cannot play a part in its overthrow. Trades unions divide the
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working class (between employed and unemployed, trade and craft, skilled and
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unskilled, etc). Even syndicalist unions are constrained by the fundamental
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nature of unionism. The union has to be able to control its membership in
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order to make deals with management. Their aim, through negotiation, is to
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achieve a fairer form of exploitation of the workforce. The interests of
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leaders and representatives will always be different from ours. The boss class
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is our enemy, and while we must fight for better conditions from it, we have
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to realise that reforms we may achieve today may be taken away tomorrow. Our
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ultimate aim must be the complete abolition of wage slavery. Working within
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the unions can never achieve this. However, we do not argue for people to
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leave unions until they are made irrelevant by the revolutionary event. The
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union is a common point of departure for many workers. Rank and file
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initiatives may strengthen us in the battle for anarchist-communism. What's
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important is that we organise ourselves collectively, arguing for workers to
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control struggles themselves.
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8. Genuine liberation can only come about through the revolutionary
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self-activity of the working class on a mass scale. An anarchist communist
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society means not only co-operation between equals, but active involvement in
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the shaping and creating of that society during and after the revolution. In
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times of upheaval and struggle, people will need to create their own
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revolutionary organisations controlled by everyone in them. These autonomous
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organisations will be outside the control of political parties, and within
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them we will learn many important lessons of self-activity.
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9. As anarchists we organise in all areas of life to try to advance the
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revolutionary process. We believe a strong anarchist organisation is necessary
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to help us to this end. Unlike other so-called socialists or communists we do
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not want power or control for our organisation. We recognise that the
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revolution can only be carried out directly by the working class. However, the
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revolution must be preceded by organisations able to convince people of the
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anarchist communist alternative and method. We participate in struggle as
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anarchist communists, and organise on a federative basis. We reject
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sectarianism and work for a united revolutionary anarchist movement.
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