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1 May is May Day

1 May is May Day

The Melbourne North affiliate of ASF has celebrated and commemorated May Day on 1 May every year since 1986. The ASF celebrates all those achievements of the international working-class by

Lugius

1 May 2023 · 6 min read

Schism; division.

Schism; division.

By ~vidak. Schism; division. Sometimes it is actually quite a good thing. Isn't it true? Perhaps sometimes we should think like a doctor: shouldn't diseases and infections be cast out

~vidak

10 Feb 2023 · 1 min read

“The Rebellion is built on Hope.”

“The Rebellion is built on Hope.”

It has been almost two years since the Myanmar Military seized the state power by coup; despite their brutal oppression and cohesion over the whole population with various methods, people

Lugius

25 Jan 2023 · 9 min read

Knowing 'That', But Knowing 'How'

Knowing 'That', But Knowing 'How'

~vidak vidak@germination.systems Statecraft and Totalitarianism I recently had the chance to discuss more concrete and prefigurative politics with the ASF-Perth. We decided the evidence supports the devolution of

~vidak

2 Oct 2022 · 10 min read

Plato, &c.

Plato, &c.

By Blair Vidak. Plato is normally regarded as an enemy of the anarchists. I suppose my own trajectory into anarchism has been highly unorthodox (having never been a trotskyist, I

~vidak

20 Aug 2022 · 4 min read

Radical Individualism

Radical Individualism

It is certainly true that anarchism shares the 'needs principle' with the Marxists. The needs principle states: "from each according to the ability--to each according to their need". However, Kropotkin--and

~vidak

20 Apr 2022 · 3 min read

Militarism

The IWA: Against War and Militarism

Militarism is the system of monopolistic State violence for the purpose of defence and expansion of the national theatre of exploitation (defensive war or war of aggression), for bringing fresh theatres of exploitation under control and for coming down hard on the rebellious popular masses ...

Dave Error

1 Mar 2022 · 2 min read

You ask about implementing anarchism in real world projects?

You ask about implementing anarchism in real world projects?

The aim of anarchism is revolution, but we understand this revolution in a two-fold sense: Negatively speaking, what we are against is capitalism and the state. Positively, what we are

Paralus

6 Feb 2022 · 3 min read

Anarchy and the Collapse of the West

Anarchy and the Collapse of the West

I believe we here in the West--Australia most perceptibly--are undergoing a process of political, economic--societal--collapse.

~vidak

20 Dec 2021 · 4 min read

Why we are picketing CEX’s Australian stores during October and November

Why we are picketing CEX’s Australian stores during October and November

The ASF is an independent workers union affiliated with the International Workers Association (IWA-AIT [https://www.iwa-ait.org]). We are responding to a call for solidarity from the CNT-AIT [https:

ASF-IWA

23 Oct 2021 · 1 min read

"It's Turtles All The Way Down" by wwarby is licensed with CC BY 2.0.

Unity, Coercion, and the State

Marxists are the ones who have--historically--excluded our ideas from the cause of worker's struggle. So too in their attempts to re-animate their conception of the social revolution. It is not that they turned-back the argument for Free Association on itself; this is absurd.

~vidak

12 Oct 2021 · 5 min read

Anarchism

EduPak - Pakistan anarchist education initiative

ASF-IWA is raising funds to support an education program in solidarity with anarchists in Pakistan. We are aiming to raise 10,000€ to achieve our goal. If we do not

Dave Error

24 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

ASF-IWA website overhaul imminent

ASF-IWA website overhaul imminent

Our website is in need of a long overdue overhaul. ASF-IWA has utilised various social media platforms in the last few years but there will be more content provided on

Lugius

24 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

"The Rich Will Never Let You Vote Away Their Wealth" - Victorian Socialists; An Anarchist Response - ASF Geelong

"The Rich Will Never Let You Vote Away Their Wealth" - Victorian Socialists; An Anarchist Response - ASF Geelong

ASF Geelong February 2019 With the looming federal election, the campaign circus ramps up again. ASF Geelong contributes this article in order to clarify its anti-electoral stance. This is made

ASF-IWA

23 Feb 2019 · 11 min read

ASF Geelong Section Established

ASF Geelong Section Established

On Sunday 10th February the ASF formally established a section in Geelong. Comrades met at the Geelong hotel with ASF Melbourne North members to make the relevant applications, elect a

ASF-IWA

21 Feb 2019 · 1 min read

ASF Perth & The Frontier Wars

ASF Perth & The Frontier Wars

Another time to reflect & take action on how the Australian narrative continues to neglect & ignore the wars that were fought against Aboriginals on the island of Australia by invading settlers

anarchyinwaitawhile

25 Apr 2017 · 3 min read

HUT ke-100 dari Federasi Sindikalis Norwegia: 1916-2016

HUT ke-100 dari Federasi Sindikalis Norwegia: 1916-2016

NSF memiliki acara HUT ke-100 pada tanggal 29 Oktober sebagai awal untuk NSF Centennial. Itu diadakan di sebuah rumah kayu di Grunerlokka di Oslo dan itu sangat baik dihadiri. Salam

ASF-IWA

5 Jan 2017 · 3 min read

100th Anniversary of the Norwegian Syndicalist Federation: 1916 – 2016

100th Anniversary of the Norwegian Syndicalist Federation: 1916 – 2016

The NSF had an 100th Anniversary event on October 29th as start for the NSF Centennial. It was held in a wooden house in Grunerløkka in Oslo and it was

ASF-IWA

5 Jan 2017 · 4 min read