In Australia on January 19th 2025, following a successful public forum the previous day, the Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group, Anarchist Communists Meanjin, and Geelong Anarchist Communists agreed to reconstitute themselves as branches of the Anarchist Communist Federation (ACF). On May 1 of the same year the Anarchist Communist Federation was officially launched. This represents groups in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Geelong.
We are gratified that unity was reached in constructing an anarchist communist organisation in Australia and the Anarchist Communist Group sends its best wishes and solidarity to the newly formed ACF.
Here in Britain, revolutionary anarchist communism is at a low. We look towards dialogue with all anarchist communists/ libertarian communists in Britain. We realise that there are important differences and divergences between different groups and individuals. Nevertheless, we feel that dialogue needs to be opened up now, looking towards greater unity and effectiveness. Only such a dialogue can begin to break down the barriers between us. At such a time in the United Kingdom and throughout the world, it is important that the anarchist communist message is spread far more widely and effectively. This means greater coordination and greater understanding between anarchist communists / libertarian communists in Britain.
We should look towards ways of opening up dialogue between anarchist communist groups and individuals, moving towards greater theoretical unity and collective action. The threat of environmental collapse, increasing austerity measures, the drive to war, the total bankruptcy of the Labour Party, and the increasing influence of the far right, requires a response from libertarian revolutionaries. In this way, we can break out of the ghetto and irrelevance and look towards spreading our ideas and propaganda on a wider scale.
As the Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group said in 2024: “Now is the time for anarchists to unite around a common platform of theory and practice. By organising together, and through our interventions in the struggles of our fellow workers, we can demonstrate the usefulness of our ideas and the potential for a mass revival of revolutionary politics.”
The founding statement of the Australian ACF stated:
“As anarchists, we recognise that it is more important than ever that we get organised. The planet that we rely on for every single part of our existence is dying; choked by capitalism’s relentless expansion of environmental destruction. Donald Trump is leading a fascist movement in the United States. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, fully backed by the US. And tension between superpowers edges higher. The threat of global conflict – including nuclear war – rises with it.”
We look towards an opening up of dialogue and welcome any contribution towards unity between anarchist communist/ libertarian communist revolutionaries.
We attach the What Do We Stand For? Statement of the Anarchist Communist Federation as a helpful text: