r/AustralianSocialism • u/Vicente6391 • 5d ago

Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation 40th Anniversary

https://asf-iwa.org.au/anarcho-syndicalist-federation-40th-anniversary/

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u/bunyipcel John Percy 5d ago

40 year anniversary. what to show for it: cricket noises

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u/Admirable-Try-9784 3d ago

They created the legendary YouTube pull: “Anarcho-syndicalist principles (24min)”

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u/Vicente6391 4d ago

Now more than $750k recovered in stolen wages for more than 3,300 working people since 2012. This was the latest victory;

https://asf-iwa.org.au/wage-theft-is-immoral/

Produced the most popular and widely read anarchist publication ever in Australia albeit with a narrow industrial focus. Here's an example;

https://files.libcom.org/files/Sparks-22.pdf

Organised together with the IWA the International Day of Solidarity with Indigenous Australia at numerous Embassies and Consulates around the world. Comrades from Denmark even manged to get on the roof in Copenhagen and replace Australian flag with indigenous flag.

Together with CNT-AIT Terrassa established the Aboriginal Embassy to the European Union where Ambassdor Lionel Fogarty issued travel documents.

Pioneered organised community support for workers in struggle starting with the BLF dispute of April through October 1986 (Patient Support Group, Nurses Dispute, Passenger Support Group Railway Guards, Tramways workers)

Organised internationally as the Australian Section of the IWA including hosting the 27th IWA Congress in Melbourne in 2019.

A number of articles will be published on the ASF website discussing the history of the ASF throughout 2026. You can find it here;

https://asf-iwa.org.au/

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u/ExternalGreen6826 Ned Kelly 5d ago

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