(en) Anarkismo.net: Notes for a Libertarian Left up to the new political cycle by Sebastian Osorio (ca, pt)

From a while now, the 'libertarian' have earned a modest but well-deserved space in the 
Chilean left hand various struggles which, among other things, the 2014 has led to the 
presidency of the largest student federation country. ---- However, it should be noted 
that, if taken at all the organizations that are defined as libertarian, it is a 
relatively young and in the process of identity construction, good dispersed far - organic 
and can be recognized without much drama - is not even remotely a force to meet the 
challenges that any movement of revolutionary intent arises. ---- Position in the balance, 
this should not discourage anyone. On the contrary, ought to be proud of considering the 
great strides in a few years, impossible without the dedicated work and most of the times 
many anonymous militants and activists from their respective trenches have contributed to 
this story, sometimes without even I know.

The idea of building a "Libertarian Left" is largely inspired by these achievements, but 
mainly by the need to keep up with the times, in response to strong popular mobilization 
without totally clear guidance, cynically announced the agony of the model conceived 
dictatorship and wanted to manage the coalition as he could.

Bachelet 's government, as has been clear in its agenda, seek to implement a series of 
reforms timid and prudish, more looking to end the cycle of conflict and mass 
mobilizations and maintain governance requires entrepreneurship, that an honest interest 
major social changes. The negligence when major reforms that show early this political 
bloc, only be apparent to significant swaths of our class when the left shows to be a 
credible alternative, and engage in the hard streets vulgar opportunism and eternal 
excuses "center-left".

For this scenario to be usable as a fulcrum to consolidate the process of resetting the 
popular movement, seems to be one of the basic tasks remain open cycle of struggles to 
sustain the ability to project it into cross terms, ie, beyond their partial guilds 
content. We are always talking about a realistic goal and when there is at least some 
degree of tactical unity between existing forces left. This unit can perfectly show higher 
yields, as the eventual construction of a "shared edge" but it can not be assumed in any 
way beforehand tending a blank check to peers for declarations of common intentions 
without having started for a while reasonable one: the only way to verify the true will 
and willingness to always be certain strategy practice.

In particular, libertarians they bear the duty to manage their achievements and anchored 
as a leader among the workers and the territorial level, which urges to deepen their work 
with humility the basic principles and objectives. The Libertarian Left can then play a 
role as a convergence space as an instrument of joint struggle that bets on a growing 
sector in terms of mass.

As expected, there are some requirements for a Libertarian Left of these features 
possible. The political reference must open naturally to a fraternal debate, with clear 
rules and inclusive of issues and policy options a priori. It is also necessary that the 
different trends and organizations among libertarians abandon any attempt to use this 
project as a unique and malleable belt transmission according to its own objectives. In 
the same vein, the formation and decision making should be subject to the needs and the 
objective reality of the membership base at the end of the day that is the only true 
backbone of any political project. At issue is nothing more and nothing less than to honor 
the tradition of left anarchists totally independent estate Stalinist, authoritarian logic 
that, on our side of the sidewalk but patent democratic deficits, drag a left whose 
project seek to overcome.

As inciting debate, which by the way has already started a while ago, seems key to 
elucidate the possibilities and limits actual generation may have a possible crisis 
resulting in some kind of break with Pinochet institutions, taking into account the 
objective of the popular movement power but also to the characteristics of both the power 
bloc and the bourgeoisie in Chile. It also needs to clearly define the nature and scope of 
the urgent reforms that the mass movement must win to continue to strengthen, and how to 
accompany a genuine revolutionary long-term commitment.

The struggles and demands immediate need, how these can be realized as a product of class 
struggle in the country, and the agencies and mass fronts (existing or to be founded) 
called to materialize, must be defined in dialogue serene, and weigh the different 
variables that opens the national stage without arrogant and irresponsible haste we could 
carry, stupid lack of reflection, a defeat or a setback that we can not afford.

For example, the "thesis" of democratic breakdown (of which I have seen so many 
definitions that I would not use one in particular) may well have a useful application, 
but always according to how the scenario and the steps that will unfold the power bloc 
that counter to what the prophets say the end of neoliberalism, it is quite plausible that 
yield important structural reforms fees even if he is cornered by a significant level of 
mobilization. Therefore necessarily must devise a tactical arsenal much larger struggles 
that fits their defensive or offensive movements, avoiding being surprised by a rigid 
immobility based on theoretical assumptions, nothing further from the often touted " 
heterodoxy " of libertarian.

Finally, assuming a responsible and high-mindedness legitimate political differences 
between different organizations and industry trends (at least those that are not 
irreconcilable), a space as the Libertarian Left I shall be able to accept the existence 
of different tactics any, as long as these are complementary and not contradictory.

If we can agree on these simple things, we will be in excellent standing to form regarding 
age struggle with the rest of the left and social movements that aspire to structural 
changes in revolutionary perspective, raising an own route to socialism and freedom. 
Conversely, if the idea of ??a libertarian left I just being a stronghold of sectarian 
cliques and youthful dreams of mass politics without real social anchor, will never be 
just a disposable illusion in the dustbin of history.