The State promises to be neutral and amorphous

The histories we choose to tell are not neutral, and it’s important not to sell them as such. These histories reflect our values, beliefs, desires, and positions. This is also true for the histories told and retold by the State. Even though no theory of reality can claim neutrality, the State presents itself as a […]

Where the power is

Power is manifested through social relations, including relations with institutions like the State, the military, and the capitalist economy. The positioning can change, but not easily. And the same social relations vary in relative power depending on the context. Power develops in the relations to the institutions, not in the institutions themselves. It’s created in […]

No More Obituaries for the Proletariat

An abridged translation of “Más proletariado, menos obituarios” by Agustín Guillamón 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, […]

Organization is a Necessity

It’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 […]

Platformism and Especifismo

by 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 […]

The Political Line

When 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 […]

WHAT IS ESPECIFISMO?

In 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 […]

The Voice of an Especifismo Militant

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 […]

Self-Management: Guillén’s Alternative

Translation 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 […]

Not Everything that Shines Leads to Popular Power

by 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 […]