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Anarchist Lev Skoryakin kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan

Lev Skoryakin

In night between 16th and 17th of October in Bishkek, according to DOXA, unknown people kidnapped activist of Left Bloc, anarchist Lev Skoryakin. Lawyers do not know about his whereabouts. In Russia, Skoryakin is accused of ”hooliganism with weapons”, due to action against a FSB office in the South-West of Moscow with another activist of the Left Bloc Ruslan Abasov. Skoryakin and Abasov were holding banners and burning flares at the office. They were remanded to Butyrka prison of Moscow but released court pending, and they escaped Russia. Skoryakin was arrested in absence in February 2022, and arrest warrant was issued in April of 2022.

Conflicts and anarchists

Conflicts and anarchists

From Pramen

We were prompted to write this critical text by a situation that happened recently in social networks. In brief: we were invited to an anarchist group, where there was a person X., who was responsible for some pretty big problems within the anarchist movement. As a result of a conversation about X. we were removed from the chat room because we were considered to be engaging in “policing” and “blackmail”.

Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow is terminating support for Kirill Brik

Kirill Brik

sourced at Anarchist Federation via ABC Moscow.

Because Kirill Brik, a defendant of the Tyumen case, signed a pre-trial agreement, Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow is no longer supporting him anymore. In some cases we do support prisoners who give testimonies against themselves, but we do not support prisoners that are testifying against others.

Granice człowieczeństwa (Borders of humanity)

NO BORDERS NO NATIONS

From no.borders.team

The film was made in the first year of events on the Polish-Belarusian border, when the eastern corridor leading to the EU countries from Belarus and Russia was opened on a large scale. In the movie people from an anarchist collective, the No Border Team, active at the polish-belarusian and polish-ukrainian border will talk about the current situation, state racism, their struggles and support.

Blockade of war propaganda in Russia, Ukraine and Czech Republic

From Stop War Propaganda
October 4, 2023

During September 2023, several entities actively involved in war propaganda have been attacked, especially in so-called Russia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic. For direct actions were used method “initiation of evacuation” (1). The following targets were under attack (2)...

Ilya Shakursky: letter to a friend

Via Avtonom

My friend shared his thoughts with me: he had arrived at this discomforting realisation that after my arrest, everything was finished – as if our world was sharply divided into “before” and “after”. [...] It seemed that that life had mutated into nostalgic reflections on those times when just to be yourself in Russia had not yet become so dangerous.

Antti Rautiainen: Autonomous Action, Anarchy And Ukraine

From Avtonom

This video on YouTube channel "The Right Podcast" includes an overview of Autonomous Action and an interview with Antti Rautiainen who was exiled from Russia. Antti talks about the history of Autonomous Action, the current website that arose from the movement, events in Russia leading up to his exile, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, anarchist resistance to Russia, work with political prisoners and more.

Refusals to fight from both sides of the front: entering the second autumn of war

Refusals to fight from both sides of the front: entering the second autumn of war

From Anarchist Communist Group
September 6, 2023

The following article originally appeared on the libcom site. It was written by the comrades of the Ukrainian anarchist group Assembly

The bloody counter-offensive dragged on for months, which turned into a new meat grinder on the Somme after the new Verdun battle near Bakhmut, is being noticeably reflected in the social atmosphere. The interlocutor of Assembly, driving trains in the Kharkov subway, anonymously told back on June 25:

A Talk on the Ukrainian-Russian War

A Talk on the Ukrainian-Russian War

Based on a talk I gave at the August 12, 2023 Los Angeles Anarchist Book Fair
by Wayne Price

When the Russian state invaded Ukraine, I was immediately on the side of the Ukrainian people. Mainly this was because, like most people, I hate oppression, exploitation, and bullying. I am on the side of the oppressed, the exploited, the beaten, the marginalized, and the dominated. Especially whenever they fight back. While my political opinions have evolved over the years, this attitude has continued to be at the heart of my worldview.

New Pamphlet: Against capitalist wars, against capitalist peace

New Pamphlet: Against capitalist wars, against capitalist peace

From ANTIMILITARISTICKÁ INICIATIVA

In Ukraine, the Czech Republic, the UK, Italy, Syria, France etc… All over the world there is a voice against capitalist wars and also against capitalist peace. Only class war can end this terror and that is what we mean when we say No War but the Class War!

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