Insurrectionary Anarchism
| “ | We are revolutionaries. My aim is not to find people's jobs, I don't care. I want to fight with those looking for a job, because I want to push them to understand that it is possible, by certain means, to force the State to take a step back and continue in the attack until the total destruction of the State. Our armed struggle is based on the principles of simplicity, direct action, reproducibility, pulverization and the generalization of the attack. As anarchists, we stand for the greatest possible involvement of the people in the liberation process, which must necessarily be violent. | „ |
| ~ Alfredo Maria Bonanno |
Insurrectionary anarchism (anarcho-insurrectionalism) is a revolutionary political ideology that has its roots in anarchy.
Basic Ideology edit
Insurrectionism is a radical revolutionary ideology that supports the possibility of attacking the state and capital at any time, beyond any strategic or tactical elaboration. Indeed, the insurrectionists are supporters of revolt as a means of subversion of any established order, even if it is democracy.
Types edit
- Classic insurrectionism: this type of inserrectiuonism is of libertarian or anti-authoritarian character and is more of nationalist nature or of economic-social nature.
Some black bloc manifesting near the World Bank in Crystsal City. - Modern insurrectionism: this type of insurrectionism proposes an informal organization based on the so-called "affinity groups": each individual is considered the fulcrum of the group's theory and practice and each of them develops relationships of affinity, trust and knowledge with the other. According to the principles of informality, these relationships can also be temporally limited, the group can therefore dissolve at the same speed with which it was established. Then, this insurrectionism also took a more ecological shift, also resulting in anarcho-primitivism and Green anarchism.
Role in History edit
Insurrectionary Anarchism has appeared in various historical episodes. Some examples can be:
- The French Revolution (1789).
- The Luddite revolt (1811-12).
- The popular insurrection of 1830 (27-28-29 July) against Charles X.
- The insurrection French worker of 1848.
- During the Italian Risorgimento.
- (1900) Gaetano Bresci managed to kill King Umberto I, father of Victor Emmanuel III.
- Bruno Filippi and his group carried out a series of attacks aimed at hitting the state and capital.
- During the twenty years of Mussolini's dictatorship many anarchists theorized and practiced a violent insurrection against the "Duce" and the Fascist State and against the Fascists in general.