Federación Anarquista uruguaya – FAU

We bid farewell to compañero Julio Mancebo

From federación Anarquista uruguaya (FAU)
June, 13, 2023

We mourn the death of comrade Julio Mancebo, who was a militant of Juventudes Libertarias and later one of the founding members of our Organization and also a part of OPR-33 [the guerilla wing of the FAU]. Needless to say: a great artist of our people.

Juan Carlos Mechoso, 1935-2022

It’s Only Been a Few Days and We Already Feel Your Absence

Troy Araiza Kokinis reflects on the life and revolutionary work of Juan Carlos Mechoso, who passed on October 11, 2022. Juan Carlos was a founding member of our sister organization, Federación Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU) and he will be dearly missed. Black Rose/Rosa Negra sends its heartfelt greetings and solidarity to the family, friends, and comrades of Juan Carlos.

“An Organisation of Militants” The Federación Anarquista Uruguaya

“An Organisation of Militants” The Federación Anarquista Uruguaya

From Red and Black Notes by Tommy Lawson

Author’s Note:

A number of years ago I chanced upon a pamphlet, The Federación Anarquista Uruguaya; Crisis, Armed Struggle and Dictatorship 1967-1985, compiled by Paul Sharkey, at an anarchist bookfair. The contents were fairly interesting. Presented was an anecdotal, inconsistent history of an anarchist organisation in a small South American country. By all accounts the group had been involved in some intense periods of struggle, both in the labour movement and with guns in hand. There are impressive anecdotes about strikes amongst meat workers, the expropriation of a historic monument (a flag), and a number of tales of torture and loss. Uruguay may be a small nation, but it attracted the attention of US imperialism and fell foul of Operation Condor. I shelved the information in the back of my mind, curious but at the time too focused on other issues to dig deeper into the history.

65 Years of Revolution

for an anarchism that calls itself specific, it sounds pretty generic

from Anarchist Communists Meanjin

By Oliver

From the 27th to the 29th of October the Federación Anarquista uruguaya – FAU celebrated its 65th anniversary of its founding. The FAU developed the theory of Especifismo, a strategy for anarchist communist organising that strongly influences Anarchist Communists Meanjin. During its existence it has played a significant role in union organising, international political discourse and resistance to dictatorship. To introduce this organisation, its history and ideas to an Australian audience I have written this article.

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