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NorthEastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists Reports on Baltimore ConferenceNorthEastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists The 5th semi-annual conference of the NorthEastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists was held in Baltimore, MD from Friday, February 22 to Sunday the 24. Well over 50 people were in attendance at the conference, which saw a significant expansion of NEFAC's membership as well as a conscious move to develop a serious long-term strategy centered around the strategic interventions in concrete areas of the class struggle. The most significant development of the conference was the conscious decision to move out of the "activist crisis" mode (summit-hopping and After a lengthy discussion regarding what areas to prioritize, it was decided to create three separate caucuses around the issues of housing/gentrification, anti-poverty work, and workplace struggles. The caucuses are to brainstorm These issues were chosen as they are issues which affect the daily lives of working people, and thus provide anarchists with an opportunity to conduct struggles which relate to the day to day life of people, serving as gateways to radicalization and a broader rejection of the system as a whole and the building of a revolutionary dual power.
The next significant development was the creation of a permanent women's caucus to deal with issues relating to gender and patriarchy both within the federation structure, as well as within our organizing and activity. This came following small group discussions around the issues of race and gender,
Furthermore, the conference designated Barricada as the International Secretariat collective, as well as the official agitational monthly of NEFAC . There was also a speakers bureau created (to be managed by Roundhouse), a
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