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L’initiative de base est cependant venue d’un groupe basé à Minneapolis, le [[Revolutionary Anarchist Bowling League]] (RABL).La, à sa création, [[trotkyste]],  [[Revolutionary Socialist League]] (RSL) ('''who disbanded''' immédiatement avant qu’une fraction de leurs membres aient participé à la fondation du nouveau projet, '''and gave them their 501(c)3, the Aspect Foundation)''' fut aussi l’une des principales forces du projet. Les supporteurs initiaux incluent des collectifs anarchistes de Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, Toronto et Knoxville. Une autre forte influence sur l’organisation a été le collectif "[[Free Society]]" qui était influencé par les théories d’[[Écologie sociale]] de [[Murray Bookchin]]. Ils commencèrent à publier leur journeau bilingue Love and Rage/Amor y Rabia en janvier 1990. Some anarchists were wary of the network and their federation, wondering if they were truly anarchist, some anarchists even wondered if the RSL was a [[Trotskyist]] group performing some kind of entryist tactic. More [[Lifestyle anarchism|lifestyle-oriented anarchists]], particularly those at "Fifth Estate" had accused Love and Rage of being a secretly Leninist sect from its very beginnings. While some members of the New York City local did eventually become Leninists, this accusation did not make sense to most members of the group, who defined themselves as anarchists and rejected Leninism. Subsequent developments revealed the former RSL members to be among the most orthodox anarchists in the organization. For members of Love and Rage, the "Trotskyist" influence on the group never made much sense, as the ex-RSL group tended to be a generation older than the 20-30 something base of the rest of the group, and not directly involved in the ongoing activist work that occupied the time and energy of most members.
 
L’initiative de base est cependant venue d’un groupe basé à Minneapolis, le [[Revolutionary Anarchist Bowling League]] (RABL).La, à sa création, [[trotkyste]],  [[Revolutionary Socialist League]] (RSL) ('''who disbanded''' immédiatement avant qu’une fraction de leurs membres aient participé à la fondation du nouveau projet, '''and gave them their 501(c)3, the Aspect Foundation)''' fut aussi l’une des principales forces du projet. Les supporteurs initiaux incluent des collectifs anarchistes de Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, Toronto et Knoxville. Une autre forte influence sur l’organisation a été le collectif "[[Free Society]]" qui était influencé par les théories d’[[Écologie sociale]] de [[Murray Bookchin]]. Ils commencèrent à publier leur journeau bilingue Love and Rage/Amor y Rabia en janvier 1990. Some anarchists were wary of the network and their federation, wondering if they were truly anarchist, some anarchists even wondered if the RSL was a [[Trotskyist]] group performing some kind of entryist tactic. More [[Lifestyle anarchism|lifestyle-oriented anarchists]], particularly those at "Fifth Estate" had accused Love and Rage of being a secretly Leninist sect from its very beginnings. While some members of the New York City local did eventually become Leninists, this accusation did not make sense to most members of the group, who defined themselves as anarchists and rejected Leninism. Subsequent developments revealed the former RSL members to be among the most orthodox anarchists in the organization. For members of Love and Rage, the "Trotskyist" influence on the group never made much sense, as the ex-RSL group tended to be a generation older than the 20-30 something base of the rest of the group, and not directly involved in the ongoing activist work that occupied the time and energy of most members.
  
Dans ses incarnations variées (comme journal, réseau et fédération), Love and Rage avait une orientation activiste forte and ses membres participèrent aux luttes sur de différentes questions. La première "grosse action" avec le support de Love and Rage a été la 1990 Earth Day Wall Street Action, une journée d'[[action directe]] ciblant les conséquences écologiques du capitalisme. Love and Rage called the first national [[black bloc]] in the United States as a breakaway from the main body of a January 1991 March on Washington DC against the first Persian Gulf War which attacked the headquarters of the [[International Monetary Fund]].
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Dans ses incarnations variées (comme journal, réseau et fédération), Love and Rage avait une orientation activiste forte and ses membres participèrent aux luttes sur de différentes questions. La première "grosse action" avec le support de Love and Rage a été la 1990 Earth Day Wall Street Action, une journée d'[[action directe]] ciblant les conséquences écologiques du capitalisme. Love and Rage a appelé au premier [[Black bloc]] aux États-unis, une échappée du corps principal de la marche sur Washington DC de Janvier 1991 contre la première guerre du golf persique, black bloc qui s'est alors attaqué aux quartiers généraux de l'[[International Monetary Fund]].
  
From the beginning Love and Rage members showed little regard for anarchist orthodoxies, and adopted positions heavily influenced by several varieties of Marxism, most notably support for national liberation struggles and embracing a [[white skin privilege]] analysis of racism in the U.S. that argued that the material and psychological benefits received by white workers at the expense of non-white (especially African American) workers undermined the basis of multi-racial working class unity and therefore had to be confronted directly if such unity was desired. These ideas came into the organization especially because of the role of prison-solidarity work, which forged personal relationships between Love and Rage members and former members of groups such as the Black Panther Party, the Black Liberation Army, the Weather Underground Organization, and the George Jackson Brigade. The theory has complex roots in Black nationalist and American communist thinking and became influential in the New Left through the writings of [[Noel Ignatiev]], and Ted Allen. In the late 1950s and early 60s Ignatiev and Allen were both members of the Provisional Organizing Committee, a proto-Maoist breakaway from the [[CPUSA]]. Ignatiev became active in [[Students for a Democratic Society]] and was later a leading figure in the [[Sojourner Truth Organization]], an organization influenced by Maoism and Italian Autonomist Marxism. He briefly joined Love and Rage but denounced the group as "incapable of building dual power" at its 1994 conference, and left after less than a year. Some members of Love and Rage also echoed Lenin in arguing for the need for disciplined forms of revolutionary organization. The two most clearly opposed positions: one calling for a cadre type organization and the other for a more federated and localized group were based roughly in New York, where members involved in organizing within the multi-national and largely working class student movement at the [[City University of New York]]([[CUNY]]) came to question some central tenets of anarchism, and Minneapolis, where the political environment was more focused on community organizing projects. The emergence of two opposed trends was one of the factors that led the group to split.
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Depuis le commencement, les membres de Love and Rage n'accordaient pas beaucoup d'importance à l'"orthodoxité anarchiste", et adoptaient des positions fortement influencés par quelques variétés de [[marxisme]]. Ils ont donné du support aux [[luttes de libération nationale]] et ont tenu compte des privilèges des gens de peaux blanches dans leur analyse du [[racisme]] aux États-Unis en argumentant que les bénéfices matériels et psychologiques reçus par les travailleurs/euses blancs/ches aux dépends des travailleurs/euses non-blancs/ches (surtout les afroaméricains/es) sabotaient la base de l'unité de classe ouvrière multi-raciale et devait, ce fesant, être confronté directement si une telle unité était désirée. Ces idées sont arrivées dans l'organisation spécialement à cause du rôle de solidarité avec les prisonniers/ières, qui a forgé des relations personelles entre des membres de Love and Rage et des ex- ou encore membres de groupes tels que, le [[Black Panther Party]], le [[Black Liberation Army]], le [[Weather Underground Organization]] et la [[George Jackson Brigade]]. The theory has complex roots in Black nationalist and American communist thinking and became influential in the New Left through the writings of [[Noel Ignatiev]], and Ted Allen. In the late 1950s and early 60s Ignatiev and Allen were both members of the Provisional Organizing Committee, a proto-Maoist breakaway from the [[CPUSA]]. Ignatiev became active in [[Students for a Democratic Society]] and was later a leading figure in the [[Sojourner Truth Organization]], an organization influenced by Maoism and Italian Autonomist Marxism. He briefly joined Love and Rage but denounced the group as "incapable of building dual power" at its 1994 conference, and left after less than a year. Some members of Love and Rage also echoed Lenin in arguing for the need for disciplined forms of revolutionary organization. The two most clearly opposed positions: one calling for a cadre type organization and the other for a more federated and localized group were based roughly in New York, where members involved in organizing within the multi-national and largely working class student movement at the [[City University of New York]]([[CUNY]]) came to question some central tenets of anarchism, and Minneapolis, where the political environment was more focused on community organizing projects. The emergence of two opposed trends was one of the factors that led the group to split.
  
In [[1991]] the groups putting out the newspaper formed the Love and Rage Network. That same year an anarchist gathering in Cuernavaca, Mexico led to the creation of the first Amor y Rabia group in Mexico City. In [[1993]] the Mexico City group, with the support of others in Mexico, began publishing their own newspaper, Amor y Rabia. The U.S. based newspaper became mono-lingual at this point and the Mexican paper was distributed to Spanish readers in the U.S..
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En [[1991]], les groupes publiant le journal, formèrent le Love and Rage Network. Cette même année, un rassemblement anarchiste à Cuernavaca au mexique amène la création du premier groupe Amor y Rabia dans la ville de Mexico. En [[1993]], le groupe de Mexico, avec le support des autres au mexique, commencent à publier leur propre journal, Amor y Rabia. Le journal basé aux États-Unis devint à ce point, mono-lingue, et le journal mexicain fut distribué aux lecteurs/trices espagnols aux États-Unis.
  
 
In [[1993]], the core New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Mexico City groups and others expressed the desire for a tighter federal structure, which caused some other groups to leave and new people to join. This is when the Love and Rage Network was renamed the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation. At this time Love and Rage members were very active in doing anti-Klan and anti-Nazi work and in building up [[Anti-Racist Action]] (ARA). Others were active in defending abortion clinics and doing prisoner solidarity activism.  
 
In [[1993]], the core New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Mexico City groups and others expressed the desire for a tighter federal structure, which caused some other groups to leave and new people to join. This is when the Love and Rage Network was renamed the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation. At this time Love and Rage members were very active in doing anti-Klan and anti-Nazi work and in building up [[Anti-Racist Action]] (ARA). Others were active in defending abortion clinics and doing prisoner solidarity activism.  
  
The [[1994]] [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation|Zapatista]] uprising in Chiapas, Mexico focused much of the attention of the organization on Zapatista solidarity work. Members of Amor y Rabia made quick contact with the Zapatistas and Love and Rage members in the United States were early participants in setting up Zapatista solidarity groups and in disseminating English translations of their communiques. At the 1994 convention of Love and Rage, "Mexico Solidarity," "Prison Abolition" and "Anti-Fascism" (including anti-police brutality, anti-KKK, and abortion/gay rights) were decided as the three main areas of work for the organization.  
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Le soulèvement des [[zapatistes, en [[1994]], au Chiapas, a concentré l'attention de l'organisation sur le travail de solidarité avec les zapatistes. Des membres du Amor y Rabia ont rapidement établi contact avec les zapatistes et les membres du Love and Rage aux États-Unis ont été des premiers participants à établir des groupes de solidarité avec les zapatistes et à propager des traductions anglaises de leurs communiqués. À la convention de Love and Rage de 1994, la solidarité au mexique, l'[[abolition des prisons]] et l'[[anti-fascisme]](incluant la lutte contre la [[brutalité policière]], la lutte contre le Ku Klux Klan, et la lutte pour les droits des homosexuels/les et le droit à l'avortement) fûrent décidés comme les 3 principaux terrains de travail de l'organisation.
  
Love and Rage members also participated in a variety of fights against neo-liberal measures in the U.S.. These included the fight against budget cuts and tuition hikes at the [[City University of New York]] (CUNY), a Living Wage campaign in Vermont, and connections with Welfare Rights organizers in Minneapolis.
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Les membres du Love and Rage ont aussi participés à plusieurs luttes contre les mesures néo-libérales américaines. Ceux-ci incluent la lutte contre la coupure de budgets et les coûts montant à la City University of New York, '''a Living Wage campaign in Vermont''', et des connections avec les organisateurs pour les Droits de Bien-être à Minneapolis.
  
 
By [[1996]] major divisions began to appear in the organization. One or two of the most active members were moving away from anarchism. Another trend made up mainly of older former members of the RSL who argued for an anarchist politics focused on the working class, in opposition to two other factions, both which focused on race: one which wanted to make "white skin privilege" the central concern; the other of which focused more broadly on what some would call a Third World Marxist program which included an endorsement of nationalism by non-white racial groups, combined with a focus on gender and sexuality. The regional division in the organization, related to differing priorities in the locals based in New York City and Minneapolis also played a role. The Minneapolis local focused primarily on building relationships with local organizations, building a large and regular Cop watch project, playing a significant role in local efforts around Mumia Abu Jamal's case, police brutality, Zapatista solidarity, and abortion rights. As the fight over Marxism took off between ex-RSL, many in Minneapolis found the debate to be irrelevant to organizing work, and began to leave the organization. The Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation formally dissolved in [[1998]]. The Marxist-influenced trend based in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area formed the [[Fire by Night Organizing Committee]], a non-anarchist cadre group which had chapters in San Francisco and New York. Two other New York members (one of whom had been a Maoist before joining Love and Rage) entered the Marxist organization [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]]. A second group - those who endorsed the idea of 'white privilege' and were grouped around Joel Olson - formed the [[Bring the Ruckus!]] federation, who described themselves as between Leninist party and an anarchist network. Another group, made up of former members of the RSL began publishing [[The Utopian]], and some of them later entered the platformist anarchist federation [[NEFAC]]. And many other individuals went on to be active in anarchist and non-anarchist forms of activism.  
 
By [[1996]] major divisions began to appear in the organization. One or two of the most active members were moving away from anarchism. Another trend made up mainly of older former members of the RSL who argued for an anarchist politics focused on the working class, in opposition to two other factions, both which focused on race: one which wanted to make "white skin privilege" the central concern; the other of which focused more broadly on what some would call a Third World Marxist program which included an endorsement of nationalism by non-white racial groups, combined with a focus on gender and sexuality. The regional division in the organization, related to differing priorities in the locals based in New York City and Minneapolis also played a role. The Minneapolis local focused primarily on building relationships with local organizations, building a large and regular Cop watch project, playing a significant role in local efforts around Mumia Abu Jamal's case, police brutality, Zapatista solidarity, and abortion rights. As the fight over Marxism took off between ex-RSL, many in Minneapolis found the debate to be irrelevant to organizing work, and began to leave the organization. The Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation formally dissolved in [[1998]]. The Marxist-influenced trend based in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area formed the [[Fire by Night Organizing Committee]], a non-anarchist cadre group which had chapters in San Francisco and New York. Two other New York members (one of whom had been a Maoist before joining Love and Rage) entered the Marxist organization [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]]. A second group - those who endorsed the idea of 'white privilege' and were grouped around Joel Olson - formed the [[Bring the Ruckus!]] federation, who described themselves as between Leninist party and an anarchist network. Another group, made up of former members of the RSL began publishing [[The Utopian]], and some of them later entered the platformist anarchist federation [[NEFAC]]. And many other individuals went on to be active in anarchist and non-anarchist forms of activism.  

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