An abridged translation of “Más proletariado, menos obituarios” by Agustín Guillemón translated by Coco N. Spirator and Washington Zermeño Introduction A number of critics over the last few decades have brought class politics into question as a strategic, emancipatory horizon. They point to deindustrializing western economies, a fragmenting workforce, the growth of the service sector, […]
Read More No More Obituaries for the ProletariatIt’s true that there’s a great force (among the people), an untapped force that can unquestionably match that of the government and the ruling classes combined; but unless it’s organized, this force never becomes powerful. The power of the State is itself based on the guaranteed advantage of organized forces over the raw power of […]
Read More Organization is a Necessityby Liza, a platformist organization in Spain Two Traditions, Same Strategic Problem In the contemporary debate on organized anarchism, two terms often appear that are sometimes presented as opposing currents: platformism and especifismo. However, a more detailed historical analysis reveals that both stem from a common concern: how to ensure anarchism has political organization, strategic […]
Read More Platformism and EspecifismoWhen dealing with difficult ideas and unfamiliar terminology, it can be helpful to use an analogy or take a word out of its familiar context in order to theorize it. Taken out of its typical context and made into an analogy, the concept of the political line can be made more readily available to anarchist […]
Read More The Political LineIn Militant Kindergarten, the Center for Especifismo Studies invites radicalized and radicalizing people to participate in an educational project together. For the success of this seminar year after year, our ideas have to be dynamic and capable of communicating to the actual participants. To this end, we have proposed three practical ways to understand especifismo […]
Read More WHAT IS ESPECIFISMO?A Response to Daniel Rashid’s “Popular Power or Class Power” by Carl Eugene Stroud Note: This is the original text of a Spanish translation that was published by Regeneración Libertaria and can be found here: https://regeneracionlibertaria.org/2025/07/03/la-voz-de-un-militante-del-especifismo/ Ideas move, especially influential ones. Translation is part of this movement, as is education. Of course, some ideas end […]
Read More The Voice of an Especifismo MilitantTranslation note:The following is a translation by Carl Eugene Stroud of a chapter from the biography by Jose Luis Carretero titled Abraham Guillén Guerrilla y autogestión. In his last major works (“Economía libertaria”, “Socialismo libertario”, and “Economía Autogestionaria”), Abraham Guillén makes a final summary of his basic economic perspective, leading up to his main theoretical […]
Read More Self-Management: Guillén’s Alternativeby Sergio HkBk, Carla Morato, and Miguel Brea (anarcho-syndicalists and platformists) translated by CES and comrades Organized and non-institutional political spaces are at a historical impasse. They’re quickly approaching a theoretical ‘boiling point’. Between this political cycle finally drawing to a close and the new one just starting to emerge, lots of different projects with […]
Read More Not Everything that Shines Leads to Popular PowerTranslator introduction As a trans person and committed anarchist living through the right-wing’s rapid and effective assault on trans existence in the United States, it’s clear that the need for powerful and effective mass organizing is of life and death urgency. Yet, for the most part, the responses I see tend to mirror those criticized […]
Read More The Trans Response to the Right’s Attacks: Analysis and Proposals
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