Stop the expulsion! Solidarity with CNT-AIT Madrid! Boycott CIT!
AMERICAN CONTINENTAL WORKERS' ASSOCIATION (ACWA)
Open Letter of Denunciation and Solidarity
To the public, social movements, and workers:
The American Continental Workers’ Association (ACWA) strongly denounces the maneuver of the International Confederation of Labor (ICL) in Spain to use the repressive structures of the State to evict the CNT-IWA from its historic headquarters in Plaza de Tirso de Molina, Madrid.
The CIT, created in 2016 by bureaucratic and disloyal leaders, is a reformist split from the historic INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' ASSOCIATION (IWA), founded in 1922. It is currently seeking to usurp the name of the NATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOR (CNT) in Spain, shamelessly resorting to the courts and judicial coercion, attacking the legacy collectively built by generations of activists. This eviction is not a simple legal matter: it is a direct attack on workers' autonomy and the principles of revolutionary anarcho-syndicalism.
We denounce the judicialization, the abusive fines, the criminalization of CNT-IWA activists, and the intention to commodify the premises (the hidden motivation for these legal actions is to sell them to real estate developers). The desire to resort to eviction using state violence demonstrates the moral bankruptcy of the CNT-ICL leadership, acting against a libertarian spirit. We are convinced that the militants of the CNT-ICL are unaware of these shameful maneuvers.
The ACAT secretariat calls on its affiliated sections and like-minded organisations, and all workers to:
- Stay informed and stand in solidarity with the Spanish CNT-IWA;
- Denounce this injustice in front of Spanish embassies and consulates;
- Reject any recognition or legitimization of the CNT-ICL or the ICL; and
- Actively support the Spanish CNT-IWA in the recovery of its premises in Madrid.
WE DEMAND:
- the Spanish courts: to immediate suspension of the eviction and recognition of the social character of this workers' premises.
- the CNT-ICL and the ICL: to withdraw legal actions and to renounce any action that seeks to appropriate spaces that have historically belonged to the anarchist labor movement.
- To any solidary organizations: to boycott activities promoted by any ICL group until the abuse is rectified.
No to the farce!
No to the betrayal!
For international solidarity!
AMERICAN CONTINENTAL WORKERS' ASSOCIATION (ACWA) SECRETARIAT
FORA-AIT / COB / Solidaridad Obrera-AIT / ULET / WSA / Cercle des ami.e.s de l'AIT de Montréal
August 1st, 2025
