by Jose Luis Carretero Miramar translated by the Center for Especifismo Studies [1] The Spanish middle class is languishing, or at least that social group that called itself “middle class” for the last fifty years. Its main outlets for development and growth are looking less and less reliable (academic degrees, public employment, the Welfare State, […]
Read More The Passion and Martyrdom of the Middle Classby the Center for Especifismo Studies (CES) While just critiquing problematic political tendencies won’t make them disappear, as we’ve said before: when anarchists don’t intervene and attempt to imprint our strategic vision on social movements, other ideological forces will. It’s important to be able to argue against other strategic proposals in debates. This framework, in […]
Read More STEAL AND CAPTURE: Framework for an especifismo critique of “big tent” political projectsNot a “side project” or a form of co-optation, but a strategic organization: Dealing with skepticism and criticism of especifismo From the concept of a “specific anarchist organization” comes the term “especifismo”. It’s a current of anarchism that defends the need for a theoretical, strategic, and tactical organization oriented toward a libertarian socialist society. The […]
Read More A Response to Critics of Especifismo*The following is the first part of a much longer interview Embat did with their sister organization OSL. This first part focuses on OSL and their conception of anarchism.*** [It was translated from Catalan by the Center for Especifismo Studies.] 1. What’s the origin of OSL? Our organization, although new, has a history that goes […]
Read More Interview with OSL (Libertarian Socialist Organization) from Brazil [Part 1]Specific Organization: how, why, and to what ends? by Gustave Translated by the Center for Especifismo Studies Things have changed and are probably less unbearable for us today than for women 10, 15, 20 years ago. Still, since (cis-straight) patriarchy continues to structure the lives of each and every one of us, getting rid of […]
Read More DRIVING TRACTORS WITH YOUR GAL PALSpor Center for Especifismo Studies, 2023 “Dominação e exploração se manifestam de diferentes formas dependendo do contexto, mas em todos casos, anarquistas buscam uma sociedade igualitária que marcaria o fim das divisões de classe. A organização política tem como objetivo finalista o socialismo libertário, uma sociedade livre da dominação de classe e da exploração capitalista, […]
Read More O Documento de JaneiroAuthor: 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 […]
Read More Popular Power: People’s Ability to Organise their Own SocietyLike a cabin in the woods, Militant Kindergarten is a station that we revisit every year, taking new people with us each time we make the journey.
Read More START TOGETHER, RETURN TOGETHER
CES 