Alternative libertaire


Alternative libertaire 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.net project. It was also a member of the International Libertarian Solidarity network.
Alternative Libertaire identifies with various tendencies within the libertarian socialist current of anarchism including anarcho-communism and anarcho-syndicalism.

Ideology

The organization identifies with the revolutionary workers' movement drawn from the split in the First International in 1872. This was in opposition to the Marxists, whom Mikhail Bakunin regarded as authoritarian.
Alternative Libertaire's practical and ideological background has been summed up by the organisation as continuing from the following groups:
Today Alternative Libertaire is developing its political action on two fronts:
AL militants are particularly involved in struggles in the workplace and in the unions, in the CGT or in SUD, in the fight against unemployment, for the right to housing, in the environmental movement and in the fight against patriarchy. Alternative Libertaire endeavours to link these conflicts in today’s society with the perspective of a break with capitalism and the state.