#IWA-AIT 90th anniversary conference - January 2013 | Solidarity Federation
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5-6 January 2013, London
Revolutionary workers from across the world will gather in #London for two days at the start of January 2013 to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the International Workers Association - based on the principles of revolutionary unionism, which signified the emergence of anarcho-syndicalism into the global labour movement.
Revolutionary unions in the IWA act as organisational forces in the daily lives of the working class, organising workplace and community resistance, and constantly linking this to the need to overthrow the double yoke of capital and the state. We aim not to reform the state: instead we are seeking the overthrow of capitalism and for it to be replaced by a self-managed libertarian communist society.
The first of the two days will look at the beginnings of the IWA at the start of the 20th century and focus on the history of sections from across the world, closing with a discussion on the re-emergence of the international following the wave of repression and war in the middle of the century. Members of various sections will give presentations and hold panels on the final day before an open discussion on anarcho-syndicalism today and perspectives and challenge from everyday practice.