Coordination of Anarchist Groups explained

Coordination of Anarchist Groups
Native Name:Coordination des Groupes Anarchistes
Native Name Lang:fr
Colorcode:red
Abbreviation:CGA
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Split:Anarchist Federation
Merged:Libertarian Communist Union
Newspaper:Infos et analyzes libertaires
Résistances libertaires
Membership Year:2019
Membership:100[1]
Ideology:Libertarian communism[2]
Anarcho-syndicalism
Position:Far-left
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Website:http://www.c-g-a.org/
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Country:France

The Coordination of Anarchist Groups (French: Coordination des groupes anarchistes, CGA) was a French anarchist organization that split off from the Anarchist Federation at its 60th congress in June 2002.

In June 2019, the CGA merged with Alternative Libertaire to form the Libertarian Communist Union.

History

The CGA was created mainly by groups from southern France who left the Anarchist Federation (French: Fédération Anarchiste, FA) at the organization's 60th congress in June 2002. The split occurred because of their refusal of the practice of unanimity in the decision-making process within the FA, which the CGA considered to be a “source of immobility”, instead favoring a method of decision-making by qualified majority.

However, it still retained links with the Anarchist Federation, with which it collaborated on a joint campaign against participation in the presidential and legislative elections of May–June 2007.

In March 2015, the CGA suffered several defederations following an internal crisis.[3] One of the consequences was that the newspaper Infos et analyzes libertaires ceased to be the organization's press organ, being replaced by the newspaper Résistances libertaires.

In July 2018, it began a process of rapprochement with Alternative Libertaire, with a view to a possible unification.[4] On June 10, 2019, the two organizations merged to create the Libertarian Communist Union.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: fr. "Pragmatiques", deux organisations communistes libertaires fusionnent. Le Figaro. 3 October 2019. 18 October 2019.
  2. Irène. Pereira. Irène Pereira. Un nouvel esprit contestataire : la grammaire pragmatiste du syndicalisme d'action directe libertaire. École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Luc Boltanski. Luc. Boltanski. 2009. 310, 692, 749. fr.
  3. Communiqué des relations extérieures de la CGA ici et communiqué du Groupe Puig Antich de Perpignan expliquant son départ de la CGA ici
  4. Web site: fr. Déclaration commune : Un processus de discussion entre AL et CGA. www.alternativelibertaire.org. 5 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Abel Mestre. Abel. Mestre. À l'extrême gauche, les libertaires jouent l’union. 16 July 2019. Le Monde. 31 July 2019. fr. .