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...but the Class War what?

Considering No War But the Class War

The war in Ukraine has raised a sometimes heated discussion on one of socialism’s most potent slogans: No War But The Class War. The general political idea (deserters and mutineers having always existed), is that the working class should not fight and die for the schemes of the rich and the frothing delusions of nationalism. It appears in World War I, II, in the Falklands, in Iraq. It is shouted at rallies and printed on placards. It’s graffiti’d, leafletted and posted online.

The position of the Group of Belarusian Anarchists in Warsaw on the war in Ukraine

The position of the Group of Belarusian Anarchists in Warsaw on the war in Ukraine

From Pramen

After February 24, among ourselves and with comrades from different countries, we often discuss the situation Europe found itself in. Why did the war start? How has it changed the political prospects of the region and, in particular, Belarus? How do we feel about NATO? Is it possible, while remaining anarchists, to serve in the state armed forces? Finally, what should we do in the context of the war, being part of the diaspora in Poland? We have come up with a collective position on these and other issues, which are outlined in the following text.

When the Makhnovists Wiped Out Grigoriev and Petliura

TEXT BY ANARCHIST PRISONER D.CHATZIVASILIADIS

NOTE FROM ANARQUÍA: We have translated the communiqué of the anarchist-communist Dimitris Chatzivasileiadis, who makes a critique of the anarchist position in front of the War between Russia and Ukraine, making an analysis of the struggle of Nestor Makhno and the Black army, to confront the imperialist attack of the Russian State.

Slavs With Guns: A Dream Story

From The Transmetropolitan Review By Barabule Cutarescu

Editor’s Note: The entirety of this article is fiction and meant for entertainment purposes only.

Hey, you there? It’s me again, a stronger, even more powerful Barabule Cutarescu, peasant farmer of the Moldovan hills. The last time I wrote to you from far-eastern Romania, I thought it entirely possible that it might be my last communication to you losers. Turns out I was wrong. Turns out I believed a bit too much of the Russian propaganda and assumed, just as they did, that the entire population of Ukraine, exhausted from brutal IMF-imposed austerity, would just roll right over, allowing the dreaded Red Army to advance all the way to Moldova. It seemed like this was going to happen for exactly two days, but I’ll get to that later. Just remember, before reading any further, that no one is immune from propaganda. A wise cat once told me that, only sometimes I forget.

Meet the motley crew of anarchists and anti-fascists fighting Russia in Ukraine

Meet the motley crew of anarchists and anti-fascists fighting Russia in Ukraine

From euronews.com By Joshua Askew

“In a world where rulers use all kinds of manipulation, compulsion and violence to wage bloody wars for their own interests, organised people must confront them with force.”

These are the incandescent words of Ilya, a self-styled Ukrainian anarchist.

Statement of the ABC Belarus on the war in Ukraine

From Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

A full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for over three months now. The anarchist movement has responded to the Russian invasion in different ways during these three months – some have begun unconditionally supporting their comrades in Ukraine, while others continue to repeat the story of NATO aggression in the region. We also felt it necessary to make a statement about our view of events.

‘Putin’s terror affects everyone’: anarchists join Ukraine’s war effort

from The Guardian

Activists from Kyiv and around world join state forces in fight against totalitarianism

In an unnamed basement bar in central Kyiv, Ukrainian anarchists have created a headquarters where they gather supplies to send to their peers on the frontlines and welcome anarchists from abroad who have come to fight.

Militant group of anarcho-communists sabotages railroad track [Russia]

via Enough14

We, the Militant Anarcho-Communist Organization, have carried out a sabotage operation on the railroad track at coordinates 56 16’44″N 38 12’40.5″E on a sidetrack leading to a military facility of the 12th Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Misconceptions about imperialism, and anarchist collective traumas

from avtonom Submitted by Антти Раутиайнен on 26 May, 2022 - 14:33

Ever since the beginning of the Russian invasion against Ukraine, we have seen statements by anarchists, communists and leftists not from Ukraine, on how Ukrainian anarchists, communists and leftists should not defend themselves against attack of Putin, but lay down their arms and flee instead.

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