Anarcho-Syndicalist Youth

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The Anarcho-Syndicalist Youth (also Anarchist-Syndicalist Youth , ASJ) is a loose association of several anarcho-syndicalist youth groups in Germany.

precursor

From 1921 to 1933 the Syndicalist-Anarchist Youth of Germany (SAJD) had a maximum of around 3000 members in 120 local groups. “ Above all, the 'Syndicalist-Anarchist Youth of Germany' (SAJD), founded in 1921, which, albeit independently, was regarded as the FAUD's youth association, [...] was early involved against the National Socialism, which was striving for power. "

Member and one of the theorists of the SAJD was the anarcho-syndicalist Helmut Rüdiger . From 1923 to 1931 u. a. by Georg Hepp edited the magazine Junge Anarchisten , organ of the syndicalist-anarchist youth in Germany . A magazine of the FAUD youth with a circulation of 5000 copies.

At the beginning of the National Socialist era , the anarchist and syndicalist youth organized themselves partly in the black crowds or underground, in the Rhineland also with the Edelweiss pirates .

post war period

After 1945 there were again different groups, the first anarchist youth group arose in Dortmund. In 1949 there were short-lived organizational approaches with the Federation of Freedom Young Socialists and in 1979 with Libertarian, Anarchist Youth .

Stuttgart

From 1990 to 1993 there was the "Anarcho-Syndicalist Youth" (ASJ) in the greater Stuttgart area. The ASJ was an independent anarchist-syndicalist youth group, but was close to the Stuttgart Free Workers Union (FAU).

The ASJ was founded as "Syndicalist-Anarchist Youth" on February 28, 1990 in Schorndorf. After such a youth group was founded in Stuttgart on May 7, 1990, the name was changed to "Anarcho-Syndicalist Youth". Local ASJ groups existed in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Ludwigsburg, Schorndorf and Stuttgart. When it was founded, the group consisted of ten people and quickly grew to 40 permanent members.

One focus of the Stuttgart group was militant anti-fascism . In addition, she took part in election boycott campaigns , the preparation and implementation of May Day demonstrations with an independent “anarchist bloc”, activities against the Gulf War and German reunification, and the occupation of a house in Schwabstrasse. In addition to dealing with anarchist theory and history, the ASJ was practically oriented. In particular, anti-fascism was a focus of the group's work. ASJ members took part in militant clashes with neo-Nazis , as well as in researching regional neo-Nazi structures.

In 1991 and 1992, ASJ activists took part in the organization of independent anarchist blocs at the “Revolutionary First May Demonstrations” in Stuttgart. In 1991 150 people took part, in 1992 350 people. ASJ activists took part in a wildcat strike at Bauknecht in Schorndorf in 1991 and took part in the “Stuttgart School Council”. The ASJ published leaflets on various topics and was also present in the public space through the mass distribution of stickers in Stuttgart and the region.

Martin Veith on the importance of the group: “There is no doubt that through the ASJ, combative, offensive anarchism had found its way back to the streets of Stuttgart. The group was characterized by passion and optimism. And we knew what we wanted - the social revolution - and through it an anarchist society. The group was characterized by seriousness and commitment. We weren't a fun group. Our enemies and opponents as well as those who saw anarchism as a 'game' and a 'substitute family' noticed this. The ASJ combined individual personal development with collective struggle. The impetus was the will to change, which begins with everyone, but which requires joint action in order to ultimately be able to assert itself ”.

Due to content-related and personal conflicts, the group disbanded in 1993.

21st century

In March 2009 an ASJ group was founded in Düsseldorf, as well as one in Duisburg and Bonn. The starting point for the establishment was the discussion among young FAU members about the establishment of a youth organization that clearly distinguishes itself from the youth associations of the parties. In Berlin and the northern Ruhr area, further ASJ groups emerged over the course of the year. According to their own presentation, the members contribute freely according to their interests and determine the activities of the respective group themselves. While the ASJ Düsseldorf, like Münster and Duisburg, stopped their work in 2010, ASJ groups also existed in 2011 in Göttingen, Leipzig, Mainz and Darmstadt.

The individual groups are loosely networked with one another and accordingly act independently of one another. You represent a partly militant anti-fascism. In 2009, the ASJ NRW was the first joint attempt to give itself a more federal character. A joint public appearance together with FAU and Antifa groups took place at a demonstration on September 4, 2009, which was co-organized by ASJ groups from North Rhine-Westphalia. In the period from May 29, 2010 to June 6, 2010, ASJ Bonn was the main organizer of the Climate Camp 2010 as part of the protests against the Intermediate Climate Conference in Bonn. On the initiative of ASJ Berlin, ASJ groups also supported the labor dispute at FAU Berlin in the Babylon cinema . From the beginning of 2011 to the beginning of 2014, the ASJ Berlin published the youth magazine “Schwarzes Kleeblatt” in an initially bimonthly, later irregular rhythm. In May 2011 the Regional Federation East was founded from the groups in Leipzig and Berlin. According to FAU, ASJ groups still existed in Berlin, Bonn, Göttingen and Leipzig in the summer of 2017.

literature

  • Helge Döhring: No commands, no obeying! The history of the syndicalist-anarchist youth in Germany since 1918 . about the publishing house, Bern 2011. ISBN 978-3-905984-07-1
  • Martin Veith: A Revolution for Anarchy. On the history of the anarcho-syndicalist youth (ASJ) in the Stuttgart area 1990–1993 . Verlag Edition AV , Lich, March 2009. ISBN 978-3-86841-005-1

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Quote from Siegbert Wolf
  2. ↑ See: Black Cat Interview with Andreas ( Memento from January 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) from the Dortmund History Workshop
  3. ↑ Quoted from: Martin Veith: "A Revolution for Anarchy". On the history of the anarcho-syndicalist youth (ASJ) in the Stuttgart area 1990–1993. Edition AV , Lich, March 2009
  4. ^ ASJ Bonn
  5. ↑ Düsseldorf-based ASJ group founded
  6. ^ ASJ Berlin
  7. ↑ ASJ Herne / Recklinghausen (northern Ruhr area)
  8. ↑ Self- image of the Duisburg ASJ
  9. ↑ Network of anarchist-syndicalist youth groups ( memento of the original dated August 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 20, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fau.org
  10. ^ Self- image of the ASJ Bonn
  11. ^ ASJ Göttingen / South Lower Saxony
  12. ^ ASJ Leipzig
  13. ^ ASJ Mainz
  14. ^ ASJ / LS Darmstadt
  15. ^ Astrid Bötticher, Miroslav Mareš: Extremism: Theories - Concepts - Forms , Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-59793-6 , p. 380; Preview on Google Books
  16. ↑ ASJ NRW
  17. ↑ ASJ: (Self) Organized Freedom ( Memento from June 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) an article in the utopia youth newspaper
  18. ^ Report on the demonstration on September 4, 2009 on the ASJ Herne / Recklinghausen website
  19. ^ Climate camp 2010 on the ASJ Bonn website
  20. ↑ ASJ during the labor dispute in the Babylon cinema, an article on the labor dispute
  21. ↑ http://schwarzeskleeblatt.blogsport.eu/gabe-2/
  22. ↑ https://www.fau.org/jugend/