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 […]
Read More Self-Management: Guillén’s AlternativeTranslator 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 ProposalsWe have to focus our reflections on concrete needs we have because, if we don’t clearly name the needs, a specific organization risks becoming a depoliticizing, essentializing and time-consuming space.
Read More Political organization: how, why, and to what ends[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 […]
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