Osvaldo Escribano (1939–2025)

From Anarchistická federace

He was born in 1939. At the age of 18, he was drawn to anarchism, through the anarchist club of the José Ingenieros People's Library. In the 1960s, he became involved in student revolts. He was also part of the cooperative movement and the peasant movement, and became one of the founders of a federation of housing cooperatives. He was a member of the Comunidade do Sul do Uruguai (Community of Southern Uruguay), an experiment in free living in which he practiced his ideas for years, until his exile in Argentina in 1974.

Uruguay: Historic Anarcha-Feminist Comrade Maria Eva Izquierdo Dies

From La Zarzamora
August 29, 2024

This morning, the death of anarcha-feminist comrade María Eva Izquierdo was reported in the town of Rincón del Pinar, Uruguay. María Eva has been active in the last 60 years from anarcha-feminism, with a community anarchist practice that has made her a reference for Rioplatense anarcha-feminism.

Anarchist Federation of Uruguay joins Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan campaign

From ANF

The Anarchist Federation of Uruguay said in a statement that it has “joined the campaign for the release of Abdullah Öcalan to put an end to his unjust imprisonment as well as that of thousands of Kurdish and Turkish leftist militants in the worst prisons in the world, the prisons of the Turkish state.”

Gesture of Solidarity with Monica and Francisco

From Informativo Anarquista Translated by Act for freedom now! [Video in original link]

On the afternoon of July 17, 2023, on the eve of the beginning of the trial against the anarchists Mónica Caballero and Francisco Solar, we decided to carry out a solidarity action in front of the Chilean embassy in Montevideo. The purpose of this action is to demonstrate the violence and viciousness of the government in power and the justice system in general that has kept them in preventive detention for three years now, a government that even dressed in its best progressive clothes cannot hide the fact that it keeps political prisoners in its prisons.

Standing Room Only for Launch of ‘Anarchist Popular Power’

From Black Rose Anarchist Federation

On July 18th, around 40 people crammed into the upstairs floor of the Tamarack bar, social center, and library in Oakland, California for the launch of Anarchist Popular Power: Dissident Labor and Armed Struggle in Uruguay 1956-76. With so little space in the upper story of the building, some attendees stood in the stairwell to listen to the presentation on the history and activity of the Anarchist Federation of Uruguay (FAU) made by author and historian Troy Andreas Araiza Kokkinis. For over an hour Araiza Kokkinis covered in harrowing detail the activity of the FAU in the years preceding and during the civic-military dictatorship in Uruguay.

We bid farewell to compañero Julio Mancebo

From federación Anarquista uruguaya (FAU)
June, 13, 2023

We mourn the death of comrade Julio Mancebo, who was a militant of Juventudes Libertarias and later one of the founding members of our Organization and also a part of OPR-33 [the guerilla wing of the FAU]. Needless to say: a great artist of our people.

Book Launch: Anarchist Popular Power

From Black Rose Federation

Full title: Book Launch: Anarchist Popular Power – Dissident Labor and Armed Struggle in Uruguay 1956-76

We are excited to announce the launch event for Troy Andreas Araiza Kokinis’ new book ‘Anarchist Popular Power: Dissident Labor and Armed Struggle in Uruguay 1956-76’ published by AK Press.

Uruguay: Anarchist History & Research Conference, July 13-15

From GETIG

It will be held in Montevideo, from July 13 to 15, 2023. It is organized by GETIG, with the support of the Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences (FHCE, of the University of the Republic, Uruguay), and is sponsored by the FHCE Department of American History; the Center for Documentation and Research on the Culture of the Left (CeDInCI), the Center for Historical Studies on Workers and the Left (CEHTI), the collective Historia Obrera, from Argentina and Brazil, the Institute of Anarchist Theory and History (ITHA).

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