The ''Union communiste libertaire'' (UCL, en, Libertarian Communist Union) is a French

platformist Platformism is a form of anarchist organization that seeks unity from its participants, having as a defining characteristic the idea that each platformist organization should include only people that are fully in agreement with core group ideas, r ...

federation, established in 2019 from the merging of

Alternative Libertaire ''Alternative libertaire'' (''AL'', "Libertarian Alternative") was a French anarchist organization formed in 1991 which publishes a monthly magazine, actively participates in a variety of social movements, and is a participant in the Anarkismo.ne ...

and the Coordination of Anarchist Groups. In addition to revolutionary struggle, they engage in social and environmental struggles.

History

At a founding congress organized in the

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from 8 to 10 June 2019, Alternative Libertaire (AL) and the Coordination of Anarchist Groups (CGA) enacted their fusion, the result of a year of discussions. AL, the successor of the Libertarian Communist Workers' Union founded in 1991, and the CGA, a split of the Anarchist Federation founded in 2002, were two libertarian communist organizations. Close ideologically and in their political practice, they began their merger in February 2018.Abel Mestre
"À l'extrême gauche, les libertaires jouent l’union"
Le Monde The new organization, which wants to set up self-organized struggles, aims to lead

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, anti-racist, pro-LGBTI and ecologist struggles at the same time as the anarcho-communist and

revolutionary A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective, to refer to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor. ...

struggle. It wants to be able to lead a "popular counter-power", which is placed "neither on the electoral ground nor on the level of institutions". UCL retains red and black colors, symbolic of communism and anarchism, as well as the Libertarian Alternative newspaper, which did not change its name. In the same month, UCL claimed about forty local groups linked to the organization and more than five hundred members. Many were trade unionists, from unions such as Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques or the General Confederation of Labour and associations. The Libertarian Communist Union supported the Yellow vests movement since its inception. The group created a branch in

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in late 2019.

References

External links

* *https://radiocanut.org/emissions/idees-noires/ {{in lang, fr Organizations established in 2019 Anarchist organizations in France Platformist organizations