A-ryhmä opposes Finland joining NATO

A-ryhmä opposes Finland joining NATO

by A-ryhmä submitted to Anarchist News by anon

The majority of the Finnish elite have supported the idea of Finland joining NATO for a long time already. After Russia's attack to Ukraine, support of the prospect has risen throughout the entire population due to fear of war. The elite wants to use this situation as an opportunity to submit a membership application to NATO. It is understandable that Putin's hostile policies cause fear and a counter reaction, but Putin is not going to attack Finland. Putin already imagines himself to be surrounded by enemies. Therefore, a military alliance opposing him expanding to the Russian border is not necessarily a punishment, but rather a validation of his deluded worldview. Applying for a NATO membership is about highly theoretical long-term threats, but on a long time span, anything can happen. For example, the US could turn into a dictatorship.

The Cost Of Living Crisis – An Anarchist Analysis

The Cost Of Living Crisis – An Anarchist Analysis

From Anarchist Federation

Intro

The cost of living has shot up recently, and looks like it will continue to rise over the next couple of years. This increase will make life harder for almost everyone besides the rich and powerful. Many who may have been comfortably surviving previously will be forced into a precarious position where one run of bad luck could throw them into poverty. Those already in poverty are facing a disaster.

Attacks in Solidarity with Atlanta Forest in Alabama and Albany, NY

Attacks in Solidarity with Atlanta Forest in Alabama and Albany, NY

From Abolition Media via Scenes from the Atlanta Forest

The militant actions around the US in solidarity with the Atlanta Forest defense continues with recent attacks in Alabama against the Brasfield & Gorrie Corporate HQ and in Albany, NY against ATLAS.

The Age-Old Question: Is Anarcho-Capitalism Anarchism?

ancap in trash

From Center for a Stateless Society by Eric Fleischmann

May 17th, 2022

Is anarcho-capitalism a form of anarchism? The resounding cry from anarchists of all stripes—including myself—is NO! The debate rages on, but two questions are raised by this claim: why isn’t it anarchism and if it isn’t anarchism then what is it?

Position on our solidarity work in Ukraine

from Anarchist Black Cross Dresden

A few days before the start of the war of aggression, we exchanged views with comrades from Ukraine, among others. What to do in case of war? For us it was clear that we would answer the call for help of our friends. We saw our possibilities of support very concretely in starting a fundraising campaign to support Operation Solidarity directly in Ukraine and people on the run outside. It was clear to us that there were activists who were already planning to stay and fight in Ukraine. With this, we clearly positioned ourselves and were also criticized for it. Therefore, in the following text we would shortly like to explain why we are doing what we are doing.

Greece: Thanos Xatziagkelou – ‘Don’t ask if we will win or be defeated – War!’

Write an anarchist prisoner today!

from Athens Indymedia via Dark Nights

A message of solidarity from the imprisoned member of Anarchist Action Thanos Xatziagkelou to the unrepentant anarchist Claudio Lavazza, on the occasion of the appeal for the lifting of his 25-year imprisonment which is being considered on 17 May.

How to write letters to prisoners in Belarus so that they reach them?

Write an anarchist prisoner today!

from Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

Most of our comrades who have sent letters to imprisoned anarchists and anti-fascists have most likely not received any response. This is primarily due to the incredible censorship regime, which in many cases does not allow any correspondence through. [...] For those who send letters this situation is also extremely demotivating: it is unclear whether the letter has reached the comrades or not. [...] That is why we recommend writing letters through our online form. You can do it in Russian or English. After we receive your letters we pass them through our own channels to the comrades in prison. This way if you send letters through our form you can be sure that the prisoners will receive your messages. [...] We ask that you do not use the form to write simple messages such as “hang in there” and so on. Take at least 15 minutes to write letters to your comrades.

“Now it’s definitely time to act”– interview with a member of the Anti-Authoritarian Squad

from pramen

After the war began, many of our comrades in Kiev became either volunteers or members of the Anti-Authoritarian Squad within the Territorial Defense. Now the squad is mainly engaged in training and guard duty. When the enemy was still in the Kyiv region, the guys went to frontline positions to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) with surveillance from drones, participated in transporting refugees through the green corridor, and went out on calls from citizens about sabotage groups.

Call from the prisons of the Chilean state

from Publicacion Refractario via Dark Nights

Communiqué of anarchist and subversive prisoners

Joining wills and consciences for the return to the streets of comrade Marcelo Villarroel Sepúlveda.

A year ago, at this time, we were conducting a hunger strike that lasted 50 days demanding the repeal of the amendments to DL 321, the annulment of the sentences of military prosecution and thus the release to the street of our comrade Marcelo Villarroel. Today we give a new impulse to this struggle, which is fully in force, persisting as a collective priority in the return to the street of Marcelo, in whom are condensed clear and unacceptable legal aberrations that go beyond the very legality of power.

War diary from Ukraine [Part 1]: Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

via Enough14

Comrades from the Enough 14 and Cars of Hope collectives were in Ukraine. Here are some first impressions by Riot Turtle.

Much is happening under the radar here, partly because although the Kremlin narrative about “denazification” is bullshit, there are very real problems with fascists. Anarchist comrades are also not appreciated by the Ukrainian state. The cooperation between cops and fascists is sometimes similar to the situation in Germany. They are well connected with each other.

Another reply on Ukraine, war and class war

from avtonom Submitted by mooncalf on 14 May, 2022

A continuation of a debate over anarchist positions on Ukraine that previously ran on It's Going Down:

It’s good to see that my article on Ukraine and anti-war/class war positions has provoked a few responses, and I hope that discussion will continue elsewhere. By this point, the most important arguments have probably been made, so there’s a danger that diminishing returns and petty point-scoring might set in; but for what it’s worth, here’s a few comments on the two responses.

TOTW: Failure Modes

Borrowing lingo from engineering and using it metaphorically: What are well-known ways in which anarchists fail according to their own criteria? What are the known stresses and potential failure mechanisms? What have we learned from all typical failure modes?

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