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More than two years have passed since the project of Avalanche was launched . It was a bet on creating an international instrument of correspondence between anarchists scattered throughout the fields of conflict , a space where experiences of struggle could find a way of crossing borders . Many borders , not only those created by the State . Avalanche has traveled in backpacks , was spread from hand to hand , jumped from one region to another , contributing to an international , informal anarchist space of exchange and discussion . And as always , it is from this informal magma that new projects could see the light , that coordinations between struggle could be tried out , always sticking to its grounds of an autonomous and informal anarchist movement tending towards immediate attack , permanent conflictuality towards all exponents of authority and self-organization of the struggle . In that sense , any attempt to quantify , to measure this informality is futile and can only interest the recruiters of future parties .
Many things could be said concerning the lacks and failures of this general perspective ; many things could be said on the errors and gaps in the project of Avalanche . After discussions between comrades who in one way or another participated in Avalanche , the bet of the project stays on . Through some changes we will describe further on in this letter , we want to approach more closely the goals that we set ourselves on the beginning of this journey .
First of all , the editing of Avalanche will be reorganized . In the spirit of creating a real border crossing instrument of correspondence , the issues of Avalanche will be edited alternately by several groups of comrades . They will take care of sending out the calls for contributions , editing the texts , writing an editorial and so on .
The publishing regularity , which has not been there over the last two years with Avalanche coming out when an issue was ready and when the contributions of comrades arrived , will be brought to one issue every three months . The publishing dates will be fixed and announced in advance .
On the level of content , we want to make the radical choice for how Avalanche was imagined at the start : an instrument of correspondence . This means that Avalanche will consist of : - texts written for Avalanche ( reflections on struggle experiences , critical approach of old and new projects , correspondence on the general social situation , reflections on upcoming conflicts , proposals with an international scope ,…) - texts submitted by comrades to Avalanche ( these texts might already have been published in anarchist publications or so ), but accompanied by an introduction ( long or small ) as to insert the text into the correspondence project - interviews realized by comrades participating in Avalanche ( a way of communicating that could correspond at times more to the necessities and possibilities than other ways ) - texts or communiques concerning repression and imprisonment of comrades ( a selection , which will never be complete and will be in each issue the choice of the editing group ), which where obviously already published elsewhere - correspondence , comment and debate on problems , struggles , reflections raised in previous issues of Avalanche ( letters contributing to a certain analysis , a different approach to a struggle situation , a critique on some analysis made ,…). The responsibility for publishing or not publishing a submitted comment will be taken by the editing group .
To be clear , these choices implicate that no longer texts will be published that where not written for or submitted to Avalanche , that comrades who want an already published text to be published in the issue of Avalanche should take care of writing an introduction to their text .
The next issue will be published in December 2016 . The deadline for contributions to be sent is the 1 st of December 2016 . Contributions can be send to correspondance @ riseup . net