How do we deal with the inevitable zigzagging?

Militant style is not a final product or a glossy presentation. It consists of daily tasks that have a strategic direction.

If the conditions change, the priorities and strategic line need to change

The path that a specific organization follows has to be related to the conditions of a more or less stable general situation, but when there is no way forward, another one must be fought for and produced through struggle.

Level-headed anarchism: especifismo’s leading role

[Translated by the Center for Especifismo Studies (CES)]Original Spanish article available here: https://www.regeneracionlibertaria.org/2024/09/30/anarquia-y-cabeza-fria-el-especifismo-como-punta-de-lanza/ “Revolutions without theory don’t make any progress. We, the “Friends of Durruti”, have outlined our thinking; it can be changed with the demands of large-scale, social unrest, but it’s inevitably based on two crucial elements: a program and rifles” [1]. The anarchist […]

The September Document from Militant Kindergarten

“In Militant Kindergarten radicalized and radicalizing people 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. Everything that we do relies on our ethics and builds upon our principles. Especifismo militants seek to build real […]

The July Document from Militant Kindergarten

“We seek to create proper concepts, aiming to give original character to the theory that we wanted to create, and in this endeavor, we think we have been very successful as we, in our view, construct and formalize a coherent theory, articulating classical and contemporary theories, as well as our own conceptions. We desired to […]

Popular Power: People’s Ability to Organise their Own Society

Author: Federación Anarquista Uruguaya PDF file size: 294 KB Download PDF Faced with the obvious historical failure of certain currents designated as socialist, a broad theoretical and political debate was opened up. Much of the material that was incorporated into it turned out to be nothing more than the old failed discourse now updated and […]

Social insertion vs. (political) entryism

by Carl Eugene Stroud 1.1. Terminologically, in English at least, the especifismo concept of “social insertion” may seem to refer to a similar practice as “entryism”, however, within the framing of a particular strategy and clear objectives, there is a theoretical difference. 1.2. Social insertion is distinct in its conception, implementation, and aims, but these […]

Work, Jobs, and Tasks* in a Libertarian Socialist Society

CES Work is specific to its objectives of production (i.e., farm work, barber work, healthcare work, etc.), and it can be large-scale or small scale. Jobs can be organized in a number of ways, so one workers’ council might be made up of [1] people who all have the same job and are responsible for […]

A Summary FROM Militant Kindergarten 2023

by the Center for Especifismo Studies (CES) Exploitation and domination are manifested differently depending on the context, but in all cases, anarchists seek an egalitarian society that would mark the end of class divisions. The political organization has the final objective of libertarian socialism, a society free from class domination and capitalist exploitation, where people […]

The May Document from Militant Kindergarten

“Strategy determines what an organization should focus on when interacting with different practical elements in a given moment. So, strategically developed theory helps an organization understand a particular problem from a particular perspective by establishing a connection between a given situation and the analysis made by the political organization. In especifismo, this is done using […]