Alternative libertaire

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Alternative Libertaire
Leader Collective leadership
Founded1991
Dissolved10 June 2019
Preceded by Union of Libertarian Communist Workers
Merged into Libertarian Communist Union
HeadquartersParis
Ideology Anarcho-communism
Political position Far-left
International affiliationInternational Libertarian Solidarity
Colours Red, Black
Party flag
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Website
alternativelibertaire.org

Alternative libertaire (AL, "Libertarian Alternative") was a French anarchist organization formed in 1991 which publishes a monthly magazine, actively participates in a variety of social movements, and is a participant in the Anarkismo.net project. In 2019 the organization merged into the Union Communiste Libertaire (UCL, "Libertarian Communist Union")

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Alternative Libertaire, now UCL, identifies with various tendencies within the libertarian socialist current of anarchism including anarcho-communism and anarcho-syndicalism. It was also a member of the International Libertarian Solidarity network.

Ideology

The organization identifies with the revolutionary workers' movement drawn from the split in the First International (the International Workingmens' Association) in 1872. This was in opposition to the Marxists, whom Mikhail Bakunin regarded as authoritarian. [1]

Alternative Libertaire's practical and ideological background has been summed up by the organisation as continuing from the following groups:

Activity

Alternative libertaire protest, Paris Alternative libertaire a la manifestation du 12 avril 2014 contre l'austerite.jpg
Alternative libertaire protest, Paris

Today Alternative Libertaire is developing its political action on two fronts: [3]

AL militants are particularly involved in struggles in the workplace and in the unions, in the CGT or in SUD (sometimes in the CNT), in the fight against unemployment, for the right to housing, in the environmental movement and in the fight against patriarchy. Alternative Libertaire endeavours to link these conflicts in today’s society with the perspective of a break with capitalism and the state.

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References

  1. Alexandre Skirda / translation by Sharkey, P. (trans) (2001) Facing the Enemy: A History of Anarchist Organisation from Proudhon to May 1968, Oakland: AK Press.
  2. "Organizational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists (Draft)". anarkismo.net.
  3. "Alternative libertaire". alternativelibertaire.org. 27 January 2023.