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There are some factual historical mistakes / approximations in this text :

During the second world war, anarchists in practically every Nazi occupied European country, cooperated with the «mainstream» resistance movement, although these were controlled by stalinists or bourgeois nationalists.

regarding the participation of anarchists i nFrench resistance,  and especially the spainsh refugees, first it has been a long debate inside spansih CNT. Not all agreed to join the resistance considering it was not their business, as France did not help them in Spain against Franco. Second, those who eventually decided to join resistance inisted in organizing separated units, only from anarchists, with their full autonomy  of command and action, making clear they were not fighting to liberate France but against fascism and for the world revolution. And they certainly did not cooperate with the stalinist, on the contrary ... ****://cnt-ait.info/2020/07/19/barrage-de-laigle/

"In France, anarchist refugees from Spanish CNT joined the Free France army, lead by general de Gaulle, and eventually ended up liberating Paris —"  Formaly  those who joined the Free French Army where in Algeria or Tunisia, and they enlist not as a decision of CNT but on individual basis. And even inside the army, they maintained the anarchist principles, something that puzzled the Free French Army officers, execept their direct officer, Drone, who understood that if he wated to get the best from thos experienced solidiers he had to let them do by their rules ...

regarding Algeria, it is more complex. "French anarcho-communists did not declare that they are «Against French and Algerian nationalism». Instead, they provided concrete support to Algerian rebels." Well in fact it is more complex. They dindt supported the FLN rebels but their rivals of MTLD ... And some of the former of them, long time after, expressed some regrets they have particpated to this nationalist adventure as the free algeria not became a free state as their dreamt about ...

Well, this said,  i agree with you that in face of oppresion and risk of physical suppresion, anarchists has to organize and fight against the most dangerous ennemy - which is certainly russian imperialism at this moment. But always using our own tactics and strategy, and avoiding as much as possible compromises with ennemies even if they are only potential currently while other are reals.

 

 

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