To preface, it's clear we are opposed to the vanguard party and the democratic centralism form. But how opposed are we as anarchists to vanguard organizations more generally? And what constitutes an “anarchist vanguard”?
In theory Malatesta for example talks of a “militant minority” and Bookchin has similar thoughts. In practice the Black Army led the anarchist revolution in Ukraine, the FAI led the anarchistization of the CNT and led the Spanish proletariat for a time. Anarchist-adjacent libertarian projects similarly have vanguard organizations (or even parties) with the EZLN leading the Zapatistas in Chiapas, and the PKK in Rojava/DFNS.
So if anarchist and libertarian vanguards exist in theory and practice, my next question would be: how do you see libertarian organizations ought be organized? Or if you are opposed to such vanguards, why?
A Vanguard as I understand is only applicable in a Revolutionary situation where the State forces have been subdued and the Libertarian forces use a Vanguard to finally destroy it.How long it remains depends on how advanced the Working Class is politically,militarily,theoretically etc.