Revolutionary Solidarity

The concept of solidarity is not only used and abused by the various reformist
syndicalist and humanitarian movements and even power itself, it is also sadly
emptied of any content by many anarchists. The leveling is such as to re-
veal a symbolic attitude worthy of the Church but which allows us to put our
conscience at rest.

Counter-information and propaganda in the lead, demonstrations (true pro-
cessions), then nothing, provoke a feeling of powerlessness, a pernicious frustration that sees justification open the way to resignation.

We discover that everything crumbles there where the mentality of the group
and quantity thought it was strong. Nothing changes as we enter a vicious circle
with mournful calls to a miserable bartering with the State one wanted to fight.

When individuals find themselves alone at night, no longer supported by
“collective strength”, the arms of Morpheus transform the imprisoned comrades
one wanted to support, to whom one wanted to express one’s solidarity, into a
real nightmare with no escape.

So! Should we no longer show solidarity to imprisoned comrades given that
it serves no end?

Never! A movement that is not capable of looking after its comrades in
prison is destined to die, and that at a high price under atrocious torture.

The reflection must be made in other terms. What does it mean to express
revolutionary solidarity? Basically the reply is not all that difficult.