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Anarchists from Chita were arrested

Anarchists from Chita were arrested

From avtonom, 1 February, 2023

On October 31, in the city Chita (Siberia, Russia) FSB officers  Alexandr Snezhkov (19 years old) and Lyubov Lizunova (16 years old) because of graffiti “Death to the regime”. FSB was interested in their activities on the Internet as admins Telegram-channels «Shugan-25» and «75zlo». Security forces discovered the post about results of partisan activities from the beginning of the war, where they positively said about the arson of military registration and enlistment offices, sabotage on the railway and the actions of the Militant Organization of Anarcho-Communists.

A political and personal statement as well as a review of our solidarity work around the war in Ukraine so far.

From Anarchist Black Cross Dresden

In almost nine months of organizing, we have had many different challenges that have shaped our work with fellow anarchists in Ukraine, and we would like to share some of these challenges with you as an important critical assessment of what has been achieved by the international anarchist solidarity movement during this time.

Appeal: Days of International Solidarity with Deserters

From Antimilitarismus

The war in Ukraine continues with all the negative consequences for much of the world. However, acts of desertion and draft evasion also continue, which, if widespread, could lead to the end of the war. Anarchists from the Central European region are therefore publishing this call to organise active support for deserters.

Man tortured because brother is anarchist

Illustrations by Alena Zhernakova

Original title: A monologue of a man from Moscow oblast, who was tortured because his brother is an anarchist

OVD-Info published a story a Moscow region man told about his treatment in the Butyrka police station of Moscow.

Anarchist Ivan Ivko left Russia in July due to the risk of criminal prosecution. Later in August his brother Pyotr was sentenced for 3 days of arrest by the court in Moscow. After the court session Pyotr was brought to the police station, where he was tortured with electricity. He was demanded to tell everything he knew about his brother’s whereabouts.

Anarchist antimilitarism and myths about the war in Ukraine

Anarchist antimilitarism and myths about the war in Ukraine

We consider the following text from the blog antimilitarismus.noblogs.org to be one of the most important contributions of Czech anarchism against war and all warmongers, who, unfortunately, are also abundant in the anarchist movement.

The way how the text presents the various arguments against the myths about war that prevail in the anarchist movement and how it gathers them together into an organic complex of a revolutionary defeatist position, the vigor with which it opposes various pseudo-reasons why the anarchist movement should support war or one of the warring parties, the insistence with which it advocates the transformation of the imperialist conflict into a class conflict as the only possible path towards social revolution and therefore the only real peace, all of those makes out of it from our point of view a supremely important document of the contemporary revolutionary anti-war movement, even on an international scale.

The Cowardice of European Pacifism

From Pramen

Eight months have passed since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, many towns and villages are in ruins, and the torture of the Kremlin regime in the occupied territories continues unabated. Nevertheless, among Western anarchists and leftists the voices of pacifists continue to be loud. Those who call on Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms and stop resisting the Russian invasion.

Solidarity message w/ people in Iran & Russia

Write an anarchist prisoner today!

From Act for Freedom Now! by Dimitris Chatzivasileiadis

Full original title: Solidarity message to the revolted peoples in Iran, and to the anti-war movement in Russia, from captive anarchist guerrilla Dimitris Chatzivasileiadis (greek prisons)

Sisters and brothers, this time let’s not sell out our hopes and our strength to new rulers. We are not separated by different circumstances, we will not sell out our internationalism for the sake of shortsighted alliances with capitalists and imperialists. [...] May your refusal become a fearless new world.

Russia: The Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization

Russia: The Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization

From CrimethInc.

An Interview with a Clandestine Anarchist Group

When the Russian military invaded Ukraine at the end of February 2022, anarchists and other anti-war demonstrators defied draconian anti-protest measures to take the streets to express opposition. Over the months since those protests were crushed, resistance to the invasion has assumed new forms. Clandestine attacks across Russia have targeted railroads, military recruiting centers, vehicles belonging to pro-war zealots, and Russian state propaganda messaging in favor of the war.

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