The AF has its roots in a number of small anarchist groupings active in the 1970s. In
addition, the founding members were inspired by the rich anarchist tradition on the
Continent, especially France. Taking what we thought was best from the past and from
abroad, the goal was to create an anarchist communist organisation, firmly based on the
class struggle or ‘social anarchist’ tradition. ---- The project received crucial impetus
with the bringing on board of the innovative magazine Virus. The Anarchist Communist
Discussion Group was then launched at the Anarchist Bookfair in October 1985. We received
remarkable interest in our project and by April 1986, there was enough stability to
formalise the organisation into the Anarchist Communist Federation. Although there is some
historic continuity with earlier anarchist groups in Britain, the federation was mainly a
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