A-Infos (en) France, UCL AL #373 - Special Feature - 100 Years of the Platform for the Organization of Libertarian Communists (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

A special feature coordinated by Arkann (UCL Amiens), Ayla (UCL 
Toulouse), Tommy (UCL Lyon), N. Bartosek and Zhong Hua (UCL Alsace) ---- 
This June 2026 marks the centenary of the publication of the text known 
as the Platform. It was a fundamental document in the development of a 
revolutionary theory adapted to the historical moment in which it was 
written. It was not a complete program, as its authors proposed that it 
be developed in greater detail once the anarchist movement had created 
the organization they envisioned as the General Union of Anarchists.

Although the Platform was immediately attacked by other currents of 
anarchism of its time, it succeeded in establishing organizational 
foundations that endure to this day. For example, the idea that the 
coexistence of anarchist currents with divergent ideological foundations 
and contradictory modes of action within the same organization paralyzes 
its capacity to intervene and prevents it from confronting the 
complexities imposed by reality, especially when it comes to 
transforming it. Consequently, strategic unity, tactical unity, and 
collective responsibility are necessary to build a solid organization, 
as is a federal structure to avoid centralizing and authoritarian 
tendencies.

The teachings of the Libertarian Communist Organization Platform were 
the starting point for an entire current within the anarchist movement, 
which defines itself, depending on the context, as anarcho-communist, 
libertarian communist, platformist, or specifist. The origins of this 
movement can be traced back to the International Alliance of Socialist 
Democracy in 1868, but the moment that most clearly marked its break 
with the anti-organizational tendencies of anarchism was undoubtedly the 
1920s, with debates like this one, and others similar to it, taking 
place in other regions.

A century after it was written, our organizations wish to honor the 
heroic legacy of the Diélo Truda group[1].

Long live La Plateforme!

Long live libertarian communism!

Joint statement: Alternativa Libertaria/Federazione dei Comunisti 
Anarchici (Italy), Anarchist Communist Group (United Kingdom), Die 
Plattform (Germany), Embat (Catalonia), Midada (Switzerland), 
Organização Socialista Libertária (Brazil), Union communiste libertaire 
(France)

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[1]Diélo Truda (The Cause of Labor in Russian) is a newspaper founded in 
Paris in 1925 by a group of anarchist activists who had sought refuge in 
France from Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. They published the Platform 
there in 1926.

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?100-ans-de-la-Plateforme-d-organisation-des-communistes-libertaires
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