Anarchists convicted in ‘Pramen case’

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from Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

On April 22 the verdict was pronounced in the so-called “Pramen case”. Aliaksandr Bialou, Jauhen Rubashka, Artsiom Salavei were sentenced to 5 years in prison, another Artsiom Salavei – to 4.5 years. The gravamen is unknown, since the trial was held in camera.

Interview. Anarchist prisoner Zhenya Rubashko

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from Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

...about detention, being under arrest, and his fighting spirit

On Friday 22 April this year anarchist comrade Evgeniy Rubashko along with 3 other anarchist comrades was sentenced to 5 years of penal colony for participating in protests in 2020 and being part of Pramen anarchist collective. This interview was taken before sentencing in January 2022, where we tried to talk to him about his political views and the situation in prison.

In der Tat – English Version – Issue 01

in der tat

From Act for freedom now!

In der Tat is an anarchist journal that is spread quarterly, and mostly in German-speaking territories. An English version was already published in autumn 2020, featuring translations from issue 1 to 8. Now the interested reader can also order copies in so-called Canada and the US.

Olympia ATM attacked in solidarity with Yintah land defenders

death to yintah

From Puget Sound Anarchists

received anonymously –

On April 20th some anarchists on occupied Nisqually and Squaxin land took to the night, armed with a bottle of brake fluid and a can of expanding spray foam to carry out an act of solidarity with the ongoing resistance of Wet’su’weten land defenders and their supporters.

TOTW: Rights

you gotta fight for your right to party!?

Topic of the Week - This week we’re taking a closer look into anarchist ideas and their relationship to rights. There are many rights one might come across in daily life including animal rights, child rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, gun rights, human rights, natural rights, legal rights, property rights, student rights, housing rights, food rights, water rights, reproductive rights, digital rights, women’s rights, indigenous rights, voting rights, and workers rights to name some.

Olympia Anarchist May Day Festival

may day

From Puget Sound Anarchists

OLYMPIA ANARCHIST MAY DAY FESTIVAL
WHEN?? May 1st, 1-5ish PM
WHERE? Y(A)UGER P(A)RK, OLYMPIA, WA
WHAT??? A celebration of the spring! A commemoration of our fallen! A communion of old friends and new!

Come kick it! Invite your friends! Your neighbors! Scream it on the street for every passer-by to hear! BYO food/zines/games/flags to burn/projects/art installations/costumes/criminal spring energy to add to the anarchic abundance!

Radical Individualism

Radical Individualism

From Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation

It is certainly true that anarchism shares the 'needs principle' with the Marxists. The needs principle states: "from each according to the ability--to each according to their need".

However, Kropotkin--and I argue we should follow in suit--says Marxism is "mere collectivism". That is to say, Marxism dissolves the individual into the will of the Marxist Political Party.

Surrealism: The Emergence of a Radical Experiential Reality

Surrealism: The Emergence of a Radical Experiential Reality

From The Commoner by Luke Francis Beirne

In the early twentieth century, a group of artists in Paris saw that restrictive, arbitrary frameworks had been imposed upon society by structures of power. They recognized that these frameworks ran so deeply that they penetrated the mind and shaped the very way that it perceived reality. They also saw that things could be otherwise and took it upon themselves to develop a practice which could radically re-enchant the world and produce an alternative reality – a superior reality: surreality.

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