Federation of German-Speaking Anarchists
The Federation of German-Speaking Anarchists ( FdA ) consists of anarchist groups and individuals from Germany and Switzerland. It is based on the model of an anarchist federation and is organized in the International of Anarchist Federations .
history
Since the 1960s there have been repeated attempts to form anarchist organizations in the FRG beyond the local anarchist groups . Local and regional networks, federations, newspaper groups , initiatives, municipalities , self-governing companies and others were formed again and again . However, despite various attempts, the establishment of a transnational federation has not yet succeeded and most of the other organizational approaches all too often turned out to be very short-lived. So far, direction-specific organizations have been the most stable, such as the grassroots movement with the Federation of Nonviolent Action Groups , which, due to its more or less restricted target groups and areas of activity, was only able to partially succeed in fulfilling the tasks of a non-existent cross-directional anarchist network in Germany.
The last attempt to establish a cross-directional anarchist federation in the German-speaking area was started in 1989 by the I-AFD ( initiative for an anarchist federation in Germany ). Deliberately acting as an initiative group and not as a federation, in order to avoid hostility from the outset through the accusation of being entitled to "sole representation" or the like, the I-AFD tried on the one hand to initiate a network of the existing groups and on the other hand to improve the responsiveness and integration of the numerous individuals enable. The aim should in particular be to increase the effectiveness of the activities, a stronger public presence and a better flow of information.
Although only an initiative, the I-AFD was accepted into the International of Anarchist Federations (IFA) in order to re-integrate the anarchist movement in the German-speaking area into international anarchism.
In 2000, at a last meeting after an analysis of the state, the shortcomings, but also the potentials and opportunities of the anarchist movement in the German-speaking area, the I-AFD experiment was ended. The remaining activists then founded the Forum of German-speaking Anarchists (FdA) in order to be able to maintain the internal and international contacts that had been established and to provide a basis for an anarchist life.
At Easter 2003 the IFA (Crifa) International Secretaries Meeting took place for the first time in German-speaking countries. Motivated by the reports from and direct contacts to anarchists from other countries at the meeting, the "Anarchist Federation Rhine-Neckar-Palatinate (AF RNP)" emerged from the loose network "Anarchist Regional Meeting Rhine-Neckar-Palatinate". As a regional federation, it has joined the FdA. A networking initiative by AF RNP in summer 2003 enabled further contacts to be established with anarchist groups in German-speaking countries.
At the annual meeting of the FdA in Elmstein in February 2004, the structures, principles and goals of the FdA were specified and a catalog of measures was drawn up for further development and work. At the two congresses in Cologne in 2005, a declaration of principles with statutes was drawn up and adopted. Since then, a congress has been held at various German-speaking locations at irregular intervals. In 2008 the FdA had around five groups and 80 people as members in Germany and Switzerland. In November 2012, the FdA doubled its number of local groups with the entry of the Anarchist Network Southwest to over 20. With the A4 printing collective from Zurich in the same month, the first company became a member of the FdA. In 2013 the forum was renamed the Federation of German-Speaking Anarchists .
Since January 2011 the FdA publishes the Gǎidào (chin .: go a different way) as a newspaper of the anarchist federation (FdA-IFA). It appears monthly as an online magazine and has also been available in print since January 2013.
defense of Constitution
The Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution listed the association in its 2016 report and classified it as left-wing extremist.
Federated members and associated projects 2017
| Member group | Local federation |
|---|---|
| A & O - anarchist action and organization from Kassel | no |
| about: fem - anarcha-feminist group from Cologne | no |
| Anarchist group Dortmund | Anarchist Federation Rhine / Ruhr |
| Anarchist group Krefeld | Anarchist Federation Rhine / Ruhr |
| Anarchist group Eastern Ruhr area | Anarchist Federation Rhine / Ruhr |
| Anarchist collective Cologne | Anarchist Federation Rhine / Ruhr |
| LilaLautstark (Dortmund) | Anarchist Federation Rhine / Ruhr |
| Anarchist Forum Ostwestfalen-Lippe | no |
| Anarchist group Freiburg | Anarchist Network Southwest * |
| Anarchist group Mannheim | Anarchist Network Southwest * |
| Anarchist Initiative Kaiserslautern | Anarchist Network Southwest * |
| Anarchist Initiative Ortenau | Anarchist Network Southwest * |
| Libertarian group Karlsruhe | Anarchist Network Southwest * |
| Libertarian alliance Ludwigsburg | Anarchist Network Southwest * |
| nigra (individual member) | Anarchist Network Southwest * |
| ASJ Bonn | no |
| ASJ Göttingen | no |
| ASJ Leipzig | no |
| In Search (Nuremberg) | no |
| Anarchist group Neukölln | no |
| Anarchist coffee party Berlin | no |
| Anarchist collective Glitzerkatapult | no |
| Anarchist Radio Berlin | no |
| AK Leisure | Libertarian Network Dresden |
| Documentation interest group | Libertarian Network Dresden |
| lava muc - anarchist association | no |
| Libertarian action Frankfurt (Oder) | no |
| LiLa [F] - anarchist group Frankfurt | no |
| Black Purple Antifa (Thüsterberg) | no |
| A4 unplugged Zurich | no |
| Karakök Autonomous | no |
| Associated projects |
|---|
| General Syndicate Dresden |
| Anarchist Forum Cologne |
| Black Pigeon (Dortmund) |
| IT collective |
| Black Ruhr University |
literature
- Frank Pfeiffer, Forum of German-Speaking Anarchists: A Brief World History of Fascism. Origins and manifestations of fascist movements and systems of rule (= series Antifascist Politics . Volume 7 ). 1st edition. edition assemblage , Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-942885-41-6 .
- Marcos Denegro / Anarchist Federation Berlin: Anarchistic Dictionary. A guide through the jungle of concepts of anarchist and emancipatory movements . 1st edition. edition assemblage , Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-942885-47-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anarchistisches Netzwerk Südwest * joins the Forum of German-Speaking Anarchists (FdA) on the FdA website, November 7, 2012
- ^ Anarchist group Cologne and libertarian A4 printing collective now part of the forum of German-speaking anarchists on the FdA website, November 18th
- ^ Anarchist organizations on the website of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Baden-Württemberg, accessed January 2, 2019
- ^ Groups and federations in the FdA. Federation of German-Speaking Anarchists, accessed on October 11, 2016 .