A-Infos (en) Germany, Die Platform: A joint look back at the Re:fuse Congress (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The Re:fuse Congress took place in Hamburg from October 31 to November 
3. Lectures, strategy discussions and networking took place at numerous 
locations throughout the city center. The congress had over 600 
participants, over 400 took part in events at the same time during peak 
times. Despite the large numbers, the congress ran smoothly. Be it the 
daily food, the bed exchange, the premises or the technology - our 
thanks go to everyone who was involved in the organization and made this 
congress possible!

Because the program represented a big step forward for us as a movement: 
There were many exciting events in terms of content. These included, for 
example, the event on the labor turn of the climate justice movement or 
a lecture by our French comrades from the Union communiste libertaire 
(UCL) on anti-racist and anti-imperialist struggles. The panel 
discussion on anarchist trade union work with the Free Workers Union 
(FAU) and the exchange on anarchist youth work by the Autonomous Student 
Syndicate Berlin (ASS) were also events from which you could take a lot 
away.

The program items that we organized were also very successful. On 
Friday, the platform offered a workshop on strategic approaches to 
anarcho-feminist practice. On Saturday morning, our two organizations 
sat on the panel discussion "Out of the scene - into the classroom". 
Together with the ASS, the FAU and the Harburger Sauerkrautfabrik, the 
discussion focused on how we can free ourselves from the self-isolating 
subculture and organize with people from our companies, schools and 
neighborhoods. The line-up was completed by an event from Perspective 
Self-Management on strategic wage labor. The subsequent small group 
networking on Saturday was well attended. We were very pleased with the 
great interest in our events!

For us as politically organized anarchists, the congress enabled us to 
get to know each other better, not only personally, but also as 
organizations, and to exchange ideas with our comrades from the UCL and 
the Dutch Forum Voor Georganiseerd Anarchisme. We had a good time, and 
not just during the events. Moments that will remain in our memories 
were our breakfast together, the discussion-filled lunch breaks, or our 
table football tournament on one of the evenings. It was great to see 
how our movement is growing!

At the same time, we also realized that other formats will be needed in 
the future to not only address the content discussed at the congress, 
but also to discuss it in the necessary depth. Once again, it has become 
clear how far apart the various currents of anarchism are. In order to 
develop concrete strategies and organize ourselves socially, we see the 
need in the future to come together especially with those who want to 
pull together with us.

Thank you very much for the invitation to the congress. We look back 
positively and look forward with hope to further congresses where we can 
advance our strategy!

https://www.dieplattform.org/2024/11/19/ein-gemeinsamer-blick-zurueck-auf-den-refuse-kongress/#more-3398
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