Independence Anarchism

Independence Anarchism is a movement and ideology that advocates for the autonomy, self-determination or independence of a seceding geographical territory from forms of hierarchy (notably the state) in defense of the area's culture, language and history.

Independence-anarchist movements are mostly prevalent in Western Europe but also exist in Asia and the Americas; a few examples of which are in Catalonia, Brittany, Occitania, the Basque Country, Hong Kong and Puerto Rico.

Independence anarchism is most similar to anarchist movements involved in national liberation struggles such as Post-Colonial Anarchism,  Indigenous Anarchism and  Black Anarchism.

[[File:Cball-Catalonia.png]] [[File:Cball-Catalonia-Estelada.png]] Catalonia [[File:Cball-Catalonia-EsteladaRed.png]] [[File:AnInde.png]]
The history of independence anarchism in the Catalan Countries (territories where the Catalan language is spoken) can be traced back to the 19th century. As the Catalan anarchist-oriented worker movement and the revindicative national liberation movement became ever so tied together, mostly due to their mutual belief in federalism, ideals close to those of modern independence anarchism began to arise. By 1881 the popular libertarian collectivist weekly newspaper La Tramontana (The Tramontane), akin to  Catalanism and federalism, began being published. Although the newspaper was closed by the authorities fifteen years afterwards, it would set the stage for other anarchist newspapers in Catalan to appear, such as L'Avenir (The Future, 1905-1910) and El Progrés (The Progress, 1905-1905). La Tramontana even came back in 1907 and 1913.

With the creation of the National Confederation of Labour (CNT) syndicate in 1910 in Barcelona, factions within  anarcho-syndicalism that can be considered the precursors to Catalan independence anarchism began to materialize. Many prominent Spanish anarcho-syndicalists such as Joan Peiró and Federica Montseny made statements in support of Catalan autonomy (despite the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia being a subject that initially caused an internal division in the CNT). Meanwhile, the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) was founded in 1927 in València.

The CNT and the  FAI briefly formed CNT-FAI during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) to prevent the  nationalists from taking Catalonia. The CNT-FAI union still had its internal ruptures, which resulted in two main factions: the more moderate, minoritarian and reformist Treintists that were mostly made up of some CNT members, and the more majoritarian, insurrectionary Faists led by the  FAI. Both sectors, despite the difference of their tactics, sometimes shared a Catalanist sentiment although revindicative/nationalist rhetoric was nowhere to be seen. Before the CNT-FAI's social revolution fell apart, a proposal was made by the Valencian branch of the CNT to make a Statute of Autonomy for the Valencian Country, but the project never saw the light of day. The nationalists would take over all of Spain in 1939 and Franco would later have a lot of CNT-FAI members executed, effectively making independence anarchism in the Catalan Countries dormant for the duration of the Francoist dictatorship.

Throughout more recent history, the CGT was formed in 1979 as a result of a split in the CNT concerning union elections. The CNT, the CGT and the  FAI would continue to campaign for anarchism in Catalonia, frequently holding debates and talks about the "National Question" between its members.

More recent collectives exclusive to the Catalan Countries such as Negres Tempestes would push for the same goal as well. (TBA)

[[File:Cball-Brittany.png]] Brittany
TBA

[[File:Cball-Occitania.png]] Occitania
TBA

[[File:Cball-Basque.png]] Basque Country
TBA

[[File:Cball-HongKong.png]] Hong Kong
TBA

[[File:Cball-PuertoRico.png]] Puerto Rico
TBA

Personality
Very angry all the time, he just wants independence.

How to Draw
Aninde flag.svg


 * 1) Draw a ball.
 * 2) Fill in with yellow.
 * 3) Draw four horizontal red stripes.
 * 4) Draw a right-pointing, black triangle on the leftmost point.
 * 5) Draw an 8-pointed red star in the center of the triangle.
 * 6) Draw the eyes.

Friends

 * [[File:Awaj.png]] Anarchism - She dislikes the state, but why does she question having a country?
 * [[File:Postconan.png]] Post-Colonial Anarchism - We tend to support one another.
 * [[File:Leftnat.png]] Left-Wing Nationalism - I want my own autonomy. I don't want to be part of his [[File:imp.png]] clay anymore!
 * [[File:AnSynd.png]] Anarcho-Syndicalism - Based! Good job succeeding in Catalonia for a bit.
 * [[File:Sep.png]] Separatism - Our fight is for self-determination first and foremost!

Frenemies

 * [[File:Natan.png]] National-Anarchism - We could be friends, but you're too racist.

Enemies

 * [[File:Authcap.png]] Authoritarian Capitalism - Nightmare fuel at best.
 * [[File:Imp.png]] Imperialism - My worst enemy.
 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - I hate you
 * [[File:Franco.png]] Francoism - You ruined Catalonia you horrible dictator!

Wikipedia

 * Independence Anarchism
 * Negres Tempestes

Others

 * Independence anarchism