RedSkin
Well-Known Member
Right am revisiting Augustin Guillamon's Los Amigos de Durruti (English translation obvs, I can't read Spanish) and I am stuck on this idea of creating a Junta (I know it doesn't have the same negative connotations in Spanish as in English). It was necessary to counter the collaborationist elements of the C.N.T. leadership does this mean it could be considered some kind of vanguard & would people critical of this be equally as scathing about the C.N.T. leadership.
I have to do some self-explanaition here I believe the term that best describes me is anarcho-communist. I actually dont mind the term Communist in used in the same sense by the French ultra-left, I absolutely love ultra left ideas but more often than not, they are not practical in the here and now. So are anarchists prepared to abandon some primciples in order to establish a dictatorship BY (not of) the proletariat. Could this extend to supporting a non- bolshevik vanguard?
Suppose we had a split in the w/c along the lines of Brexit with 52% progressive & 48% reactionary would it be revolutionary (not democratic) for the 52% to implement the the revolution. Now supposing the figures are reversed & its 48% in support of revolution do they have the right by force of arms to impose their will on the 52% who may well change their thinking once they experience a better life post revolution?
Are all vanguards beyond the pale however they are formed? Is there not an argument that millitant class struggle anarchists should form a vanguard to counter the woolly, liberal lifestylist elements who have to the potential to be counter revolutionary. You could argue that D.A.M. & Class War did that in the 80s & 90s without having to share the same 'platform' (pun intended). I am not saying I particularly agree or disagree the above points,just posing the questions.
Those who remember from YONKS ago will remember me being briefly involved in the fledgling I.W.C.A. coz they had been formed by one of the handful of credible left groups with a proven track record: A.F.A., here's something that might work let's give it a go, abandoning my opposition to electoral politics (given the experiences of Oxford Blackbird Leys the original anti-electoral analysis may have been correct).
I guess my essential question is how far would anarchists be prepared to sacrafice their principles even potentially supporting a vanguard to ensure the success of the revolution?
(Associating with any form of bolshevik is mine!)
I have to do some self-explanaition here I believe the term that best describes me is anarcho-communist. I actually dont mind the term Communist in used in the same sense by the French ultra-left, I absolutely love ultra left ideas but more often than not, they are not practical in the here and now. So are anarchists prepared to abandon some primciples in order to establish a dictatorship BY (not of) the proletariat. Could this extend to supporting a non- bolshevik vanguard?
Suppose we had a split in the w/c along the lines of Brexit with 52% progressive & 48% reactionary would it be revolutionary (not democratic) for the 52% to implement the the revolution. Now supposing the figures are reversed & its 48% in support of revolution do they have the right by force of arms to impose their will on the 52% who may well change their thinking once they experience a better life post revolution?
Are all vanguards beyond the pale however they are formed? Is there not an argument that millitant class struggle anarchists should form a vanguard to counter the woolly, liberal lifestylist elements who have to the potential to be counter revolutionary. You could argue that D.A.M. & Class War did that in the 80s & 90s without having to share the same 'platform' (pun intended). I am not saying I particularly agree or disagree the above points,just posing the questions.
Those who remember from YONKS ago will remember me being briefly involved in the fledgling I.W.C.A. coz they had been formed by one of the handful of credible left groups with a proven track record: A.F.A., here's something that might work let's give it a go, abandoning my opposition to electoral politics (given the experiences of Oxford Blackbird Leys the original anti-electoral analysis may have been correct).
I guess my essential question is how far would anarchists be prepared to sacrafice their principles even potentially supporting a vanguard to ensure the success of the revolution?
(Associating with any form of bolshevik is mine!)
