Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI) (in Italian: Federazione Anarchica Informale) is an insurrectionary anarchist
organization. It has a horizontal structure of various anarchist groups, united in their beliefs in
revolutionary armed action. Groups and individuals comprising the FAI act both as separate organizations and also under the FAI, and are known to format group campaigns. The FAI notably shares similar aims and ideals with
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei, the two often working in
solidarity with each other, the SPF being known to announce
solidarity with FAI in their communiques. The group has its roots in
Italy, but, since 2012, has begun executing attacks in various countries across
… Read more the world. Consistent with insurrectionary
anarchism, the FAI is opposed to capitalism,
nationalism, and Marxism.
Insurrectionary
anarchism is a
revolutionary theory and tendency within the anarchist movement that emphasizes insurrection as a
revolutionary practice. It is critical of formal organizations such as labor unions and federations that are based on a political program and periodic congresses. Instead, insurrectionary anarchists advocate informal organizations and small affinity group-based organizations. Insurrectionary anarchists put value in attack, permanent class
conflict, and a refusal to negotiate or compromise with class enemies. An influential individualist concept of insurrection appears in the book of
Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own from 1844.
The
Revolutionary… Read more Insurrectionary Army of
Ukraine, also known as the Black Army or
Makhnovtchina was an anarchist army formed largely of Ukrainian peasants and commanded by
Nestor Makhno. They protected the operation of "free soviets" and libertarian communes in the Free Territory, an attempt to form a stateless libertarian
communist society from 1918 to 1921 during the Ukrainian
War of Independence. They were founded and inspired based on the Black Guards.
The Informal Anarchist Federation (not to be confused with the synthesist Italian Anarchist Federation also FAI ) is an Italian insurrectionary anarchist
organization. It has been described by Italian intelligence sources as a "horizontal" structure of various anarchist terrorist groups, united in their beliefs in
revolutionary armed action.
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