Platformism

Platformism
Power breeds parasites. Hail Anarchy!
Basic Information
Aliases	Makhnovism Makhnoid Stereotypical Anarchism
Alignments	LibLeft Culturally Left Communists Anarchists Socialists
Ideological Influences
Influenced by	Anarcho-Communism Social Anarchism
Influenced	Insurrectionary Anarchism
Ideological Information
Notable Theorists	Nestor Ivanovych (Bat'ko) Makhno (1888-1934)
Notable Examples	Free Territory or Makhnovia (1917-1921), Southern Ukraine
Character Information
Likes	Peasants
Dislikes	The White Army The Bolsheviks (later in life) Trotsky
Song	Mother Anarchy Loves Her Sons

Platformism, aka Makhnovism is an ideology that seeks unity from its participants, having as a defining characteristic the idea that each platformist organization should include only people that are fully in agreement with core group ideas, rejecting people who disagree. It stresses the need for tightly organized anarchist organizations that are able to influence working class and peasant movements.

Platformism rejects the model of the Leninist Vanguard and instead uses class consciousness to unite people with anarchist ideas so that they could lead the class struggle, There are four main principles by which an anarchist organization should operate, Tactical unity, Theoretical unity, Collective responsibility and Federalism

Platformism is seen as one of the earliest example of anarchist praxis and was developed further as theory by Nestor Makhno and his comrades while in exile in Paris. based on the results of anarchist movements during the Russian Revolution such as The Free Territory(Also known as Makhnovshchina) and it's Black Army.

Platformism has been critiqued to be merely a stepping stone for anarchist movements and should be used to develop other anarchist movements forward, but is also seen as the least ideologically centered anarchist concept and some say that it might be one of the only way to effectively create an anarchist society.

History

In South America

In South America, Platformism is known as Especifismo ('Specifism'), which can be summarized as:

• The need for a specifically anarchist organization built around a unity of ideas and praxis.
• The use of the specifically anarchist organization to theorize and develop strategic political and organizing work.
• Active involvement in and building of autonomous and popular social movements via social insertion.

How to Draw

Flag of Platformism

1. Draw a ball
2. Draw a diagonal black line across the ball
3. Fill the bottom half in black
4. Fill the top half in dark red
5. Draw a star in opposing colors along the middle
6. Add the eyes and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Red	#FF0000	255, 0, 0
	Black	#141414	20, 20, 20

Relations

Friends

• Anarcho-Communism - My unorganized parent.
• Agrarian Socialism - The peasants must be liberated!
• Anarchism - Anarkhiya-mama synov svoikh lyubit, Anarkhiya-mama ne prodast, Svintsovym dozhdom vraga prigolubit, Anarkhiya-mama za nas!
• Specifism - Good job expanding on my theories!

Frenemies

• Leninism - Only Allies in the class struggle as we all have the same enemies... but vanguard socialism is cringe!

Enemies

• Trotskyism - Slaughterer of Makhnovshchina!
• Stalinism - Betrayed the revolution!
• Capitalism - Fucking Landlords...
• Conservatism - Silly superstitious counter revolutionaries!
• Monarchism - FUCKING WHITES!
• Authoritarian Conservatism - Fuck you Skoropadskyi, you german puppet!
• Social Democracy - I don't care that you're surrounded by Reds and Whites too, fuck off Petlyura!

Further Information

Literature

• About the Platform by Errico Malatesta and Nestor Makhno
• The Struggle Against the State and Other Essays by Nestor Makhno

Wikipedia

• Platformism
• Nestor Makhno
• Makhnovia
• Black Army
• Especifismo

Gallery

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  Credit: Man from the future's drawing

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  Credit: TheLegend2T, Source

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