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Report
from the Delegates Conference held in Wolsfeld and Trier, January 17th-19th
1970. First appeared in Pascal Dumontier: Les Situationnistes et Mai 68
- Theorie et Practique de la revolution 1966-72, Éditions Gérard Lebovici,
Paris, Mai 1990. Taken from the Debordiana website
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From Delegates Conference At Wolfsed And Trier
Situationist International - Trier, January 19th 1970
1. The delegates began with a clarification upon the comrade Verlaan's
recent activities in England: the discussion established that Tony did
not compromise the S.I., not having acted in desagreement with our fundamental
accord.
Comrade Pavan has red the communication to the conference from the comrade
Horelick, just as delegate on the specific questions concerning a) Tony's
activities in England and b) stating Jon's point of view about the necessity
of maintaining the american section. Tony has made clear that, consistent
with his letter of November 17th, he only stated the factual dissolution
of the american section according to his information, by December 6th.
The delegates thus agreed that in fonction of the invalidation of the
points in Jon's letter, it was possible to establish Tony as the american
delegate.
2. Tony affirmed that, awaiting his return to the United States, he
would participate in the french section the coming months.
3. The delegates recognized the proposals of the exclusion of Chasse
and Elwell and, accordingly, formulated such exclusion.
4. The delegates refused by letter the candidacy to the scandinavian
section of a certain Andersen, social democratic prick.
5. Comrade Martin made the report about the scandinavian section. Upon
the Bengt Ericson problem, the delegates decided that the scandinavian
section will have to precise with him the kind of equal and unequivocal
relations we want to have with him and with the comrades Johanson and
Swedberg.
Martin denounced the complete and scandalous lack of interest of the
whole International about the scandinavian area. Consequently, the delegates
of the other sections committed themselves to seriously bring that to
the attention of their respective sections.
During the scandinavian report we agreed to send a declaration of support
from the International to the Kiruna strikers, which has been executed
the following day from Trier with pleasure.
6. Comrade Riesel presented the report from the french section. Martin
asked if the french section is experimenting our best weapon, i.e. construction
of situations. In the discussion that followed a number of questions were
brought up by Tony and Martin about admissions of individuals and groups
(those questions were not asked precisely to the french section, but to
the whole International). Criticism was made mainly by Martin of the faulty
communications from the french section about the former points during
the preceeding years.
7. Comrade Pavan presented the report from the italian section. About
the interpersonal organisational difficulties and the real problems of
his section, he announced the practical decisions taken to stop the manifestation
of such problems and to prevent them to rise again; by the way, he stated
the necessity of formulating an organic practical-theoritical criticism
of the past of the italian section.
Claudio also communicated to the conference that his section is going
to modify its working program, and he announced that it would send further
information concerning both the movement and the section itself.
About the internal problems of the italian section, the french delegate
declared the satisfaction of his section about the taken decisions and
its agreement with the analysis which has been made.
8. Claudio and René explained the state of the historical-theoritical
works on the worker's councils. They established, all together with Tony,
to begin an exchange of texts and information.
9. Within the conference, the british commission decided to postpone
but to certainly initiate the exchange of information and the coordination
of any possible and necessary action in the United Kingdom.
10. About the further situationist activity on the northern american
territory, the following points were brought up: a) the temporary participation
inside the american section of members of other sections. b) the financial
problems related to the virginity of the terrain. c) the necessary publishing
of texts most completely exposing the S.I. positions and related possibilities
and difficulties.
The delegates took notice that a letter send by Jon to Tony c/o René
was sent by him in Amsterdam, and thus that its content possibly related
with the american situation was ignored by us.
11. Stating the difficulty of mutual complete understanding due to language
barriers, the delegates formally insist at the ensemble of the International
to make a consequent effort to eliminate these barriers.
Trier, January 19th 1970
For the american section: VERLAAN |
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