From antimilitarismus by Alexander Ametistov. Translated from Russian by a friend of Anarchist News.
We are publishing a translation of an article criticizing pseudo-anarchists who call for support of participation in the war on the side of the Ukrainian state. It was published in the German anarchist anti-militarist newspaper Graswurzelrevolution.
From History is What's Happening by K. C. Sinclair, June 15, 2026
Sholem Schwarzbard, Simón Radowitzky, and Nestor Makhno were three of the most infamous anarchists to ever come out of Ukraine. What do their lives, which were lived in a different historical period and under distinct conditions from our own, have to tell us about the Russia-Ukraine war of the past couple of decades, and what does their struggle as anarchists have to tell us about the relationship between militarism and fascism?
From Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists
Original title: "“There Are No ‘Bad peoples’”: Essentialism in State Propaganda and the Ideological Anti-Essentialism of martyr Dmitry Petrov"
This essay about some ideological positions of one of the founders of the Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists, our friend and comrade, martyr Dmitry Petrov, was published on the anniversary of his martyrdom on April 19 (Website and Telegraph). We thank our friends for their help to translate it to English.
From Чорний Стяг (Black Flag) via Organise Magazine
June 11, 2023
Sergei “Banana” Ilchenko
Died: 11-06-23 Septic shock resulting from injuries sustained two months earlier in a Russian air strike.
Banana was a combatant with the anarchist group "Black Flag."
"This morning, on June 11, Sergei Ilchenko, our friend "Banana," died as a result of septic shock.
From Libcom
The collective of Assembly gave the first interview in the past six months to the Swiss resource Das Lamn at the end of February. It was published on March 13 with significant cuts due to the format of this media. We share the original, more detailed version and express our sincere gratitude to Timo Krstin for the work done. On the title photo - Russian strike with two missiles on the Kharkiv downtown, the morning of February 5, 2023.
