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From Movement to Space: the anarchist open assemblies | Liikkeestä kohti tilaa: anarkistiset avoimet kokoontumiset | |
The fact that a certain tactic is used by anarchists in a country which is generally seen as having a high level of struggle should not be enough for anarchists in a country with a weaker struggle to adopt that tactic. | Se, että laajamittaisesta kumouksellisesta toiminnasta tunnetussa maassa anarkistit käyttävät tiettyä taktiikka, ei pitäisi olla riittävä peruste sille, että taktiikka otetaan käyttöön maassa jonka kamppailun taso on huomattavasti pienemmällä tasolla. | |
An increasing number of US anarchists are talking about anarchist open assemblies, directly influenced by the use of that tactic by the comrades in Greece. The open assemblies in Greece, however, are directly influenced by the contextual existence of an anarchist space rather than an anarchist movement. US anarchists on the whole either intentionally or habitually evince a projectuality befitting a movement rather than a space, a fact which may explain the mixed results obtained in San Francisco's recent anarchist assembly, necessary and innovative though it was. | Yhdysvalloissa yhä suurempi osa anarkisteista keskustelee anarkistisista avoimista kokoontumista, idea joka tulee suoraan heidän tovereiltaan Kreikassa.. | |
Tactics, of course, can be melted down and recast, and I have no idea how that might pan out with open anarchist assemblies in a North American context. But if US anarchists want to use open assemblies as they do in Greece, which may or may not be a valid goal, they will need to realize certain changes in their mode of struggle as well. | ||
Primarily, for the open assembly to work as such, I believe US anarchists would need to accept a belligerent plurality, and a minimization of decision-making complementary to a maximization of initiative-taking. | ||
Before elaborating what this means and deciding whether this is a desirable change, it would help to review the strengths of the open assembly within the Greek practice, which seems to me to bear at least some similarities with certain manifestations of the encuentro in Latin America. Traditionally, any particular group of individuals who decide to take it upon themselves releases a call, with a time and a place, for an open anarchist assembly, usually at an occupied park or in a university. Typically, they will also release an initial statement that gives an introductory analysis of the situation but invites debate. Anyone is welcome to attend, but it is made clear that the assembly will run on anarchist lines, which means no political parties, no talk about reforms or participation with the state. |
