The Federation of Anarchist Communists (Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici), or FdCA, was established in 1985 in Italy from the fusion of the Organizzazione Rivoluzionaria Anarchica (Revolutionary Anarchist Organisation) and the Unione dei Comunisti Anarchici della Toscana (Tuscan Union of Anarchist Communists). In 1986, the Congress of ORA/UCAT adopted the name FdCA. It has offices and member groups in various Italian regions as well as in Switzerland.
It is a part of the international Anarchist Communist movement, and is a "Platformist" organisation, tracing its roots to the historically-important theories in the Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists, first put forward in France in 1926 by Russian refugees including Nestor Makhno, Ida Mett and Piotr Arshinov. From these roots, it draws the founding principles:
- Unity of theory and strategy.
- Tactical homogeneity.
- A federal structure.
- Internal collective responsibility for miliant activities.
Its highest internal decision-making body is its National Congress (composed of all members) which elects a Council of Delegates that manages the organisation between congresses.
Its political activities tend towards the self-organisation of its base of support through political struggle, in the workplace and social arena alike, and in labour unions as well as other political movements. It encourages close study of the civil economy and the evolution of capitalist political institutions.
The FdCA was a member of the now-defunct International Libertarian Solidarity network. Today, together with other anarchist communist organizations around the world, the FdCA participates in the running of the Anarkismo.net website. Along with 7 other organizations, it set up the Anarkismo European Coordination in February 2011.
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