International of Anarchist Federations

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The International of Anarchist Federations (IAF or IFA) was founded during an international anarchist conference in Carrara in 1968 by the three existing European federations of France, Italy and Spain as well as the Bulgarian federation in French exile. To counter the internationalisation of state and capitalist powers that are developing their influences ever rapidly on a global scale, the IFA has since aimed to build and improve strong and active international anarchist structures.

The federations associated with IFA believe that such an organisation is necessary to co-ordinate their international work and efficiently co-operate towards their mutual aims.

To further improve the quality of exchange and co-operation, IFA also keeps close contact with other anarchist organisations, such as the IWA (International Workers Association, an international association of anarcho-syndicalist organisations).

The principles of work within IFA are that of federalism, free arrangement and mutual aid. To improve co-ordination and communication within IFA, as well as to provide an open contact address for the public and other anarchist groups and organisations, an International Secretariat (C.R.I.F.A. - Commission of Relations of the International of Anarchist Federations) was set up. CRIFA irregularly rotates among the IFA federations. It is currently based with the Anarchist Federation in the UK. The Italian Anarchic Federation (FAI) publishes an anarchist newspaper called "Umanità Nova". Most other federations also produce regular publications such as the "Le Monde Libertaire" in France, "Tierra y Libertad" in Spain, "Organise!" and "Resistance" in the UK and "A-kontra" in Czech.

1 The Southern IFA/IAF-federations and the Northern Section of IFA/IAF
2 Member Organisations
3 Other anarchist internationals
4 References
5 External links

[edit] The Southern IFA/IAF-federations and the Northern Section of IFA/IAF

The Anarchist Federation of Norway - Anarkistføderasjonen i Norge (AFIN) - Anarkistenes organisasjon (i Norge) ANORG, was affiliated to IFA/IAF 15.01 1979. This is confirmed in Bulletin C.R.I.F.A no 39 avril-mai 1982, and no 42 novembre-février 1982, also with the report from the first Nordic IFA-congress in Oslo, with the foundation of the Nordic IFA-IAF-secretariate. The documents also imply that the IFA-secretariate in Oslo was not considered as a sub-secretariate to C.R.I.F.A, but on equal footing, i.e. as commissions for the Northern and Southern sections respectively. The Danish, the Swedish and the Finnish anarchist federations became members of IFA/IAF in 1983. In 1983 there were 4 Northern (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish) and 3 Southern federations (French, Italian and Iberian) in IFA/IAF plus the UAB (Bulgarian Anarchist Union). See [1] , [2] and [3]. The homepage of the Anarchist International is [4] , [5]. In 1986, at the fourth IFA-congresses in the north, and in the south where NAC, The Northern Anarchist Confederation's four federations participated by phone.

[edit] Member Organisations

Argentina - Federacion Libertaria Argentina [6]
Belarus - Belarusian Federation of Anarchists (FAB) [7]
Britain - Anarchist Federation (British Isles) [8]
Czech Republic - Československá Anarchistická Federácia [9]
France - La Fédération anarchiste [10]
Germany, Austria, german speaking Switzerland - Forum deutschsprachiger AnarchistInnen
Italy - Federazione Anarchica Italiana [11]
Spain - Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI) [12]
Russia - АССОЦИАЦИЯ ДВИЖЕНИЙ АНАРХИСТОВ [13]

There are currently organisations in Venezuala,^[1] and Trinidad and Tobago^[2] and an organisation of Cuban-exiles who are in the process of applying for membership of the IAF-IFA. The IFA is also in discussion with the Bulgarian Anarchist Federation and a number of other groups in Eastern Europe.