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Belgorod oblast: Anarchists set fire to a cell tower [Russia]

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via Enough14

Belgorod. Russia. We received information that a cell tower in the Belomestnoe village in the Belgorod oblast was set on fire in the night of April 17-18, 2022. The action was planned and carried out by the BOAK-Slobozhanshchina group.

Reflections on the Anarchist Demo at the Russian Consulate

from Montreal Counter-Info

On Sunday, March 27, 2022, a small but determined group of anarchists marched to the Russian consulate in Montréal, in solidarity with anarchists, anti-fascists, and anti-war movements active in the territories of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. We held up banners saying: “НЕТ ВОЙНЕ” (No War); “ПУТИН: ИДИ НА ХУЙ” (Go fuck yourself, Putin); “Solidarity with UKR[ainian] and RUS[sian] War Resisters”; “Fin aux Tsars! Up the Ⓐntifascist resistance partout”; and the anti-fascist flag. Despite our small numbers, we briefly took the streets, blasting a very sick playlist of mostly Ukrainian and Russian pop music and post-punk tracks. When we reached the consulate, we ziptied the “НЕТ ВОЙНЕ” and “ПУТИН: ИДИ НА ХУЙ” across the gate doors on the front of the consulate.

No War But Class War: Against State Nationalism and Inter-Imperialist War in Ukraine

No War But Class War: Against State Nationalism and Inter-Imperialist War in Ukraine

From Abolition Media

Written in 1915, when the Polish-born, Jewish revolutionary was imprisoned for her anti-war agitation, Rosa Luxemburg’s Junius Pamphlet, or The Crisis of Social Democracy, is one of the most powerful indictments of World War I and the bourgeois society that produced it ever published. Over 100 years since her assassination by the German Freikorps in 1919, Luxemburg’s words against war seem eerily appropriate today. She condemns Europe’s socialist parties for betraying the First and Second International’s foundational position against imperialist war by backing the governments of their respective countries in the “Great War.” In the case of her own party, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Luxemburg rejects its claim that the country is engaged in “a war for Liberty against Russian despotism,” instead showing how it is an imperialist war on the part of Germany, as much as it is on the part of the Allied powers. Among anarchists, a similar split occurred at the time: Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin advocated joining the war on the side of the Allied powers and was (correctly) denounced by most anarchists, including Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman and Errico Malatesta.

On militarism, the fight against Putin and the prospects

via libcom

Although we understand that, for certain reasons, both liberal and nationalist values ​​will also make their own political capital. But this should not become a hindrance to advancing our agenda. In the meantime, Russia is a hotbed of fascism and imperialism, which must be put out before it's too late.

Ukrainian anarchists take part in relief to population of Kyiv suburbs

Ukrainian anarchists take part in relief to population of the massacred Kyiv suburbs

From Libcom.org

Black Flag is an anarchist group mostly from West Ukraine well known since early 2016 for their involvement in social conflicts, street fight against the Nazis, protection of Lviv public spaces and development of horizontal cooperative economy. In the first days of the genocidal invasion they established an own platoon in the territorial defense of Kiev. For all details and questions you are welcome to their channel, also please support our digital media center via this page to help the civilian residents of Kharkiv being under shelling during all time of this madness.

Russia/Ukraine: A Brief Overview of the Resistance to War

via sansnom Translated by Act for freedom now!

The current Russian-Ukrainian military conflict has led to a wild explosion of the most disgusting and cavernous nationalism on both sides of the front. In Russia, Power calls to “crush” the enemy, in Ukraine – to fight for the “motherland” to the last man. In both states, propaganda seeks to “dehumanize” the enemy as much as possible, and unfortunately, many ordinary citizens fall into this trap set by the leadership. Even many “leftists” and “anarchists” eagerly rush to support the bloodshed, intoxicated by the patriotic poison. Unfortunately, this is always the case at the beginning of wars waged by states. One need only recall the hysterical processions of the masses marching [shouting “To Berlin” or “To Paris”] on the eve and in the first weeks of World War I. Then several years of war passed – and [in 1917] the masses, exasperated by hardship, deceit and suffering – almost suppressed the world of the States and the Capital, which had given rise to that war … Now, alas, we are infinitely far from all that. Certainly, it also seemed very far in August 1914…

And After the War?

from CrimethInc.

The Prospects for Social Struggles in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has thrown Eastern Europe into disorder, disrupting an already volatile world order. But what will follow the war? And how will the outcome shape the prospects for revolutionary movements in the region?

Message from a Belarusian Anarchist fighting in Ukraine

from alasbarricadas, English translation by cretin via raddle

European democracy is terrible, but what is much more terrible is what the so-called 'Russian world' is bringing from the East. The remnants of freedoms and rights that the working class won in Europe, after a long struggle, will be completely destroyed by the Russian dystopia, transforming everything around it into a concentration camp, as they have already done in Belarus, Russia, and partly, in Kazakhstan. Mikhail Bakunin in his work "Federalism, Socialism and Anti-Theology" wrote: "We are firmly convinced that the most imperfect republic is a thousand times better than the most enlightened monarchy, for in a republic there are moments when the people, though eternally exploited, are at least not oppressed, whereas in monarchies they are constantly oppressed". So, Russia today is this incredibly aggressive monarchy.

We and the War

from Pramen

Over the past month you have seen that our team publishes information extremely rarely, and on the site itself news almost does not appear. This is due directly to the events taking place in Ukraine. Some of our comrades are involved in one form or another in the fight against the Russian invasion, and the focus of our collective has shifted to just that. Not on the publication of articles and political perspectives, but on the practical use of our skills against the “Russian world”. The very Russian world, which the Belarussian dictatorship is a representative of.

Eric King Speaks | 2 Radical Ukrainian Voices

Write an anarchist prisoner today!

from The Final Straw Radio

This week, we’re sharing 3 segments on this episode.

First up, you’ll hear Eric King's segment. This is followed by Sean Swain’s segment. Then, you’ll hear Maria, a member of Anarchist Black Cross Kyiv, just returned from Ukraine and currently in Warsaw, Poland. Finally, you’ll hear a conversation recorded on Sunday, April 3rd with Mira, a member of the street punk band Bezlad and a show booker in the hardcore scene of Kharkiv near the Russian Border.

Russia: Waiting for the Wheel of History to Turn

from CrimethInc.

Reflections on the First Phase of the Russian Anti-War Movement

The first phase of the anti-war movement in Russia is drawing to a close, suppressed chiefly by brute force. In the following collection, we discuss the stakes of these protests, share reflections from Russian anarchists about why the demonstrations hit a wall, and present translations of four articles by Russian anarchist and feminist groups exploring why they oppose the war, what challenges they have encountered, and how they intend to move forward.

Russia: The End of Peaceful Protest

via raddle.me

Peaceful and "legal" protest in Russia has been suppressed. Moreover, it is now impossible in principle: in a matter of days, the state has adopted a package of laws which make even shouting "No to War!" illegal. And liberal human rights activists are already handing out instructions: don't shout and write "No to War!", while pro-government journalists are making Orwell spin in his coffin by seriously producing stories that the slogan "No to War" came from Nazi leaflets.

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