A-Infos (en) Spaine, Regeneracion - 100 Years of the Organizational Platform for a General Union of Anarchists By Embat (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

It is highly significant that, despite the strength and undeniably 
positive nature of libertarian ideas, and despite the rectitude and 
integrity of anarchist positions regarding the Social Revolution, and 
finally, despite the heroism and countless sacrifices of anarchists in 
the struggle for libertarian communism, the anarchist movement remains 
weak and has frequently appeared in the history of the class struggle as 
a minor event, an episode, rather than a significant factor.
-------- First paragraph of the Platform. Introduction ---------
A group of exiled Russian libertarian communists. Nestor Makhno (bottom 
right) can be recognized alongside Galina Kouzmenko (or Ida Mett , 
according to other sources), and Pyotr Archinov (standing, center). 
Source: 
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?1927-Avec-la-Plateforme-l-anarchisme-tente-la-renovation
In 1926, a group of Russian exiles in Paris, forming the editorial group 
of the journal Dielo Truda ( The Workers' Cause ), drafted a proposal 
for anarchist organization based on four main pillars: tactical unity, 
theoretical unity, federalism, and collective responsibility. This 
proposal sparked intense debates within the French anarchist movement. 
However, the text was preceded by valuable revolutionary theory.

This theory was subdivided into three sections: a general section, which 
was a statement of principles; a constructive section, in which it was 
outlined how a liberated society should develop after the revolution; 
and an organizational section, where the organic question mentioned 
above was developed.

The general section elaborated on its positions regarding class 
struggle, revolutionary anarchism, and violent revolution; the 
definition and defense of anarchism and libertarian communism; the 
rejection of bourgeois democracy; the negation of the state and 
authority; the role of the masses in social struggle and revolution; the 
transitional period; and the relationship between anarchism and 
syndicalism. All of these were topics of heated debate in their own 
right. It is no coincidence that they were driven by revolutionary 
militants hardened by countless battles of the Russian Revolution and by 
the Ukrainian Makhnovist experience. This must be kept in mind to 
understand the document in its context, as well as the particularities 
of its time and its regional origin. With this in mind, they proposed an 
international meeting to give it a more global character, and it seems 
that the final proposal would have incorporated considerable nuances 
compared to the original document, but the attempt was thwarted by the 
Paris police.

The constructive section was no less forceful in its proposals. The 
first part, entitled "The Problem of the First Day of the Social 
Revolution," attempted to answer the dilemma of what to do once the 
revolution had been achieved, once the capitalist edifice had been 
overthrown. The mission consisted of rebuilding the productive fabric 
under the control of the workers, as well as guaranteeing the 
consumption and distribution of the products that society needed. 
Another fundamental issue was the redistribution of land, or the 
agrarian question. They undoubtedly advocated for production based on 
communist principles. The final point concerned the defense of the 
revolution, where they proposed the need for a revolutionary army of 
voluntary service and free revolutionary discipline, entirely at the 
service of the masses of workers and peasants represented in their 
social organizations.

Once again, this sparked numerous collective debates of great strategic 
importance for the anarchist movement of the time. From these debates 
arose the misunderstandings and incessant attacks it received from 
certain sectors of the libertarian movement.

Embat, OLC, which began as Procés Embat in 2013, considered the Platform 
one of the fundamental texts that every revolutionary militant should 
know. At that time, there were various libertarian organizations in 
Europe, Africa, America, and Oceania that called themselves platformists 
or were "anarcho-communists in the Platform tradition." ¹

In Catalonia and the Spanish State, there were barely a handful of 
anarchist militants who had read the Platform , at least until it began 
circulating online in its English or Spanish versions, translated by 
Chilean comrades. That's why Embat preferred to align herself with a 
"social and organized anarchism." Defending "platformism" might sound 
too strange to an audience completely unfamiliar with it.

However, we recognized that the Platform hit the nail on the head 
regarding the necessary debates the movement needed to have, as outlined 
in both the general and constructive sections. But, in creating a new 
organization at a time when there were few organizations and a movement 
not particularly inclined towards them, we focused for years on the 
organizational aspect, as well as on the introduction, which offered a 
critical view of the anarchist landscape of the 1920s, a century ago.

Over the years, we developed our Political Line, which attempts to 
address the fundamental debates of the movement. These are the same 
debates that inspired the Dielo Truda group to draft the document that 
is now celebrating its centenary. We arrived at positions very similar 
to those of the Russian group, although others were not so similar due 
to changes in society or the influence of other proposals, which is 
understandable given the passage of time.

Therefore, the fact that this text is celebrating its centenary and is 
shared and embraced by a large part of the current movement indicates 
that our anarchist movement is at the heart of fundamental debates for 
our time. The references are there, for anyone who wants to revisit 
them. Our concern, like that of Dielo Truda , is to build a solid 
anarchist movement. And, as yesterday, we repeat:

Long live the Social Revolution of the workers of the world!

Read "Anarkismo.net: 20 years weaving networks"
https://www.anarkismo.net/article/34358

https://regeneracionlibertaria.org/2026/06/08/100-anos-de-la-plataforma-organizacional-para-una-union-general-de-anarquistas/
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