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Encyclopedia > Dielo Truda

From 1925-1928, Dielo Truda (trans: Workers' Cause), was an anarchist publication put out by the Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad, as well as the group itself, made up of anarchists exiled from Russia after the Russian Revolution. In 1926, the group published a pamphlet entitled Organizational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists (Draft). Based in Paris, the Russian exiles had been convinced by their defeat by the Bolsheviks that anarchists needed to have a stronger political structure, including political groups, a militia, and an "executive committee". Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia: Russian Revolution of 1905, a series of strikes and violent anti-government protests against Tsar Nicholas II. Russian Revolution of 1917, which included: February Revolution, resulting in the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia October Revolution, the... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Platformism is a tendency within the wider anarchist movement which shares an affinity with organising in the tradition of Nestor Makhnos Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region ÃŽle-de-France Department Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 86. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ...

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Controversy

In response to the platform put forth by Dielo Truda, many anarchists, including Errico Malatesta[1], Sebastian Faure, Alexander Berkman[2], and Voline, criticized it as being authoritarian, and therefore contradictory to anarchism. Although there was little support for the platform at the time, a resurgence of platformism was seen in the 1950's, and there are many Platform influenced anarchist organizations today, such as NEFAC and Ireland's Workers Solidarity Movement. Errico Malatesta Errico Malatesta (December 14, 1853 – July 22, 1932) was an anarchist with an unshakable belief, which he shared with his friend Peter Kropotkin, that the anarchist revolution would occur soon. ... Alexander Berkman together with Emma Goldman in 1917 Alexander Berkman (21 November 1870 - 28 June 1936) was a Russian writer and activist who lived and worked for many years in the United States, where he was a leading member of the anarchist movement. ... Vsevolod Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum (August 11, 1882 - September 18, 1945), known in later life as Voline (Волин), was a leading Russian anarchist. ... Anarchist redirects here. ... NEFAC (the North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists or the Fédération des Communistes Libertaires du Nord-Est) is an anarchist communist organization, associated with International Libertarian Solidarity and consisting of active member collectives in Canada and the United States. ... The Workers Solidarity Movement is an anarchist organisation in Ireland broadly in the platformist tradition of Nestor Makhno. ...


Members

Nestor Makhno. ... Peter Andreyevich Arshinov (Marin, Пётр Андреевич Аршинов in Russian) (1887 - c. ...

See also

Platformism
Makhnovshchina Platformism is a tendency within the wider anarchist movement which shares an affinity with organising in the tradition of Nestor Makhnos Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists. ... Nestor Makhno in 1909 Nestor Ivanovich Makhno (October 27, 1889–July 25, 1934) was an anarchist Ukrainian revolutionary who refused to align with the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. ...


References

  1. ^ Letter from Errico Malatesta to Nestor Makhno December 1929.
  2. ^ Letter from Alexander Berkman to Max Nettlau, June 12th 1932.

External Links

Text of the Organisational Platform of the Libertarian Communists
The Nestor Makhno Archive



 
 

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