#solidaridad obrera

does anarchism have an analog to “solidarity” ? like, do they kinda miss out on that because they are kind of anti-factional█

֍ ChatGPT said:

Anarchism absolutely has an analog to “solidarity” — in fact, mutual aid and solidarity are pillars of anarchist thought. They just frame it differently than, say, the Marxist or trade-unionist version. A couple distinctions:

1. Solidarity vs. Charity - Anarchists emphasize solidarity, not charity — meaning people support one another as equals, not as benefactors/patrons “helping the needy.” - Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid is basically the anarchist bible on this: cooperation, not competition, is how communities survive and thrive.

2. Anti-factional doesn’t mean anti-solidarity - Anarchists often resist rigid factionalism because factions become proto-states — but they still practice solidarity across struggles (anti-eviction networks, strike support, antifascist mobilizations, disaster relief). - It’s a horizontal solidarity: more like a web than a hierarchy.

3. Direct solidarity in action - You see it in Food Not Bombs, Copwatch, mutual-aid disaster response, housing occupations. - In anarchist practice, solidarity is less about “I’m with your organization” and more about “your struggle is my struggle, and I’ll act with you now.”

4. Tension with Marxist ‘solidarity’ - Marxists often frame solidarity as tied to class unity under a party or union banner. - Anarchists resist that centralization, preferring **federated, voluntary association** — solidarity without a center.

5. The slogan - Emma Goldman and the CNT-FAI anarchists used the word “solidaridad” freely — it wasn’t foreign to them. Spanish anarchist papers, collectives, and militias literally called themselves *Solidaridad Obrera* (“Workers’ Solidarity”).

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