In September 2024, I gave a presentation in Dresden about struggles against the right-wing government in Finland. Freedom published a text based on that presentation last September, but due to character limitations I had to skip an introduction to the Finnish party system. This background is...
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Repression targets Chita anarchists already jailed for war resistance and anti-regime graffiti The regional prosecutor’s office for the Trans-Baikal region in eastern Siberia has submitted a petition to a local court to recognize the “Trans-Baikal Left Association” as a terrorist...
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Translation: volunteers of Autonomous Action. «» The history of solidarity networks in Russia began in 2013, when activists from Autonomous Action and Antijob, most likely members of the Barnaul cell, found information on the internet about the Seattle Solidarity Networks. After studying...
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No war but class war is not a
No war but class war is not a pacifist call, nor does it mean neutrality towards the two capitalist sides of the war.
However, when the other side in a war between the two capitalist elites is much worse than yours, you still do not kill for your capitalist elite nor take arms to diminish the suffering inflicted on you by the other side.
The attacking side and even the attacked masses surfer a lot. Anarchists should denounce the initiator of the war and be in solidarity with the victims of the attacked side and even with the working class of the attacking side who pay dearly for the war. But, taking arms in the attacked army or even autonomously is for killing the working class people recruited to the attacking side... and this anarchist do not do.
(When personal attacked in the street wherever you have the choice between killing the attacker and be robbed or escape - you do not kill. Even when the capitalist harrase you killing is not the cure)