Campaign against Permatemps and Hewlett Packard
Posted on: 22nd April 2007
One of the biggest impediments to organizing is the permatemp phenomenon. In Poland, the amount of people who are forced to either set up their own company to be hired or who work through agencies or intermediary firms is extraodinarily high. Private employees feel entitled to do so because the leading pundits of economic opinion have built a consensus that the main cause of unemployment in Poland is the high cost of unemployment, meaning the cost of social benefits.
Read more...Poland: Warsaw - death of a squat
Posted on: 17th April 2007
Thursday evening activists from the Warsaw squat Elba met to discuss the news that their squat might be evicted. Yesterday, Frdiay, April 13, the found out that the concert and meeting space would be destroyed on Monday and that the living place shortly after and that they would have to move. So far there does not seem to be any talk of squat defence.
Read more...Poland: Anti-fascist action in Krakow
Posted on: 17th April 2007
On April 14, fascists from the group ONR decided to hold a march in Krakow. It was the 73rd anniversary of its founding, but also it was the time when Jewish and Israeli youth come to Krakow each year for the March of the Living, a kind of tribute to Holocaust victims. So really bad taste - and of course the march was accompanied by different antisemitic slogans, etc. etc.
Read more...Poland: Actions against the Destructions of Wetlands
Posted on: 15th February 2007
Anarchists, environmentalists, some NGOs and just plain citizens have been involved lately in stepping up the protest against the destruction of the Rospuda Valley Wetlands in Poland.
Read more...Russia: Anarchist campaign against Sochi 2014 Olympic Games candidature
Posted on: 9th February 2007
Autonomous Action and other anarchists are organizing together with Russian eco-activists against Sochi candidature for 2014 Olympic Games. Currently campaign is centered on issues of ecology and socio-economic rights of the local people, but we are also developing more fundamental critique of commercial sport. There has already been one action in Moscow - 19th of January few dozen people picketed Russian Olympic Committee, and organized a guerilla theatre, where Misha the Olympic bear devastated Sochi national park (http://avtonom.org/index.php?nid=635).
Read more...Apparent bomb attack against Food Not Bombs in St.Petersburg, Russia
Posted on: 5th February 2007
Yesterday 4th of February a small bomb, supplied with a timing device, exploded in 4:20 PM in Vladimirskaya square of St. Petersburg, where Food Not Bombs is organised every sunday by different rotating groups.
Read more...Support anarchist anti-fascist imprisoned in Krasnodar, Russia!
Posted on: 3rd February 2007
In may of 2004, Vahtang Devitlidze, anarchist and member of Federation of
Revolutionary Anarchists, was hanging in centre of Krasnodar with two
friends. They ran to a group of local Nazis, and soon a fight broke out.
There was no choice - in order to defend himself, Vahtang had to pull a
knife. As a result, he wounded one of the attackers to leg, while he was
also hospitalized with less serious wounds himself. Already when a fight was
over, police showed up and arrested people.
Read more...Estonian trip report and George W. Bush visiting Estonia
Posted on: 18th December 2006
I was in Tallinn and Narva 29.-30. September checking the scene and it looked really good! 29th of September there was a movie screening of "Surplus" and "Colours of Resistance" (latter about year 2000 protests in Prague) with Estonian subtitres, and 80 people (!) came to the screening.. there is both Estonian and Russian speaking anarchist scene in Tallinn, in movie screening both of these were around but in general there is a serious language problem as people do not really have a common language as many speak only one language. Punamust.org is practically only Estonian language project, recently a Russian section of the site was opened but it was a huge work as nobody spoke language very well. Some Russian speakers had plans to publish a bilangual zine.
Read more...Poland: POST OFFICE WORKERS SCREWED BY BOSSES AND UNIONS
Posted on: 18th December 2006
On Sunday, December 17, 2007, anarchists held a picket in front of the main post office in Warsaw in order to protest the deal most trade unions made with the bosses and to show solidarity to those who had still not signed the deal and who were deciding that day whether or not to renew strike action.
Read more...Russia: A bad turn in struggle of Yasnogorsk workers
Posted on: 18th December 2006
15th of December 10 AM welder V.S. Chukanov, who has been participating to
hungerstrike of Yasnogorsk car factory workers was hospitalized in a serious condition. Two other hungerstrikers are also getting worse, but this far they have refused to leave site of the strike. Hungerstrike has been going on with a
varying levels of intensity since 1st of November, so many participators are in a weak condition.
Read more...Poland: anarchist actions against stupid patriotic holiday and elections
Posted on: 17th December 2006
Nov. 11 is a patriotic holiday in Poland and the fascists come out on the
streets. Elections this year were scheduled for Nov. 12.
Read more...BUCHAREST, Romania: equality march
Posted on: 17th December 2006
About 200 activists marched Friday through the downtown of the Romanian capital to protest discrimination based on race, disabilities, gender or sexual orientation.
Read more...Anarchist anti-fascist actions in Russia 4th of November 2006 - a preliminary report
Posted on: 17th December 2006
> Last year, Russian authorities decided finally to get rid of the
> ceremonial
> weight of the October revolution, scrapping the holiday of 7th of
> November (which had for years been called "Day of pacification and
> agreement"). But as increasing amount of working days would hardly make
> you
> re-elected, a new holiday had to be added to calendar - 4th of November,
> "Day of unification of the nation". As part of the same reform, mayday
> holidays were shortened from two to one day, but holidays around New Year
> were increased to ten days.
Read more...Poland: fascists in ministry of education use tragedy for their ends
Posted on: 1st November 2006
Last week, a schoolgirl in Gdansk has committed suicide after she was
molested in class by boys who stripped her naked and simulated rape on
her. After last weeks tragedy, the fascist politicians in power in Poland
have been trying to use it to push forward their reactionary plans.
Read more...Worker-management partnership and worker owned business in capitalist economies - an anarchist approach
Posted on: 29th October 2006
On Oct. 26, a demonstration was held in defense of Slawomir Kaczmarek in Lodz, Poland with a solidarity demonstration also in Madrid. For those who don't know the story, Kaczmarek lost his job in Uniontex almost two years ago in a power play with the Management Board who wanted controlling share of the company.
Read more...Poland: day of protests in Warsaw
Posted on: 8th October 2006
Anarchists organize protests against all politicians and for direct
democracy and anarchism.
Read more...Russia: Kondologa - a popular uprising turned to a pogrom
Posted on: 21st September 2006
Mass rioting took over city of Kondologa in Carelia for a number of days. Everything began 29th of August as a row in a local cafe Chayka between drunken local youth and Chechen criminal group, which was controlling the cafe. Mafia brought in additional force of 10-15, which jumped on Russian youth, shouting "Allah Akbar". A number of passers by, who had nothing to do with the original conflict, suffered as well. Alltogether mafia killed 2 and wounded 8 persons, one of the killed got his ears cut. These events shook the whole city. During few days much of the adult population of the city, 2000-3000 people gathered in the central square of the city.
Read more...Poland: antimilitaristic action at the ministry of education made by students
Posted on: 21st September 2006
Yesterday the Students Initiative conducted a happening at the Ministry of Education in Warsaw. The reason for this particular action were the statements of the Minister of Eduction (Roman Giertych we wrote already about the fascist sympathies of this man and about an ongoing student campaign to oust him from office). The minister has said that pupils who behave badly should be put in special schools where the teachers would be retired commando soldiers. This is supposed to cure the problem of violence in schools.
Read more...Poland, Russia: 3 stories of foreigners under attack
Posted on: 25th August 2006
Read more...Poland: homeless man sought for insulting the president
Posted on: 25th August 2006
A homeless guy was charged a few months ago with insulting the President of Poland.
Read more...Siberian anarchist Igor Podshivalov (1962 - 2006)
Posted on: 16th August 2006
Igor Podshivalov, probably the most well-known siberian anarchist, died at the age of 44 in Shelekhov, Irkutsk region after a car accident.
Read more...In Centenary of the Sveaborg uprising 30th of July 2nd of August 1906 lessons for anarchists
Posted on: 15th August 2006
Turn of the century was time of extraordinary rapid changes in the Finnish society. Feudalism in its full form, serfdom, was never implemented in Finland, but still the social tensions were rapidly increasing. World trade volumes rapidly increasing due to imperialism demanded huge amounts of timber for building ships, which provided an influx of capital to agrarian Finnish economy, which before had been hardly more advanced than empire in general.
Read more...Poland: referendum on the death penalty
Posted on: 2nd August 2006
For the past week, the League of Polish Families have been agitating for introducing the death penalty in the case of pedaphiles who murder children. This is something of a test case for the right-wing, who in general support the death penalty and are looking to introduce it.
Read more...Poland: victims of cutbacks in health-care
Posted on: 27th July 2006
A man died in a hospital in Raciborz. The hospital used to have 13 anestesiologists but now has 3. The hospital fired 10 people because they didn't want to give raises. Polish anestesiologists make up from maybe 20% of medical professional leaving Poland.
Read more...Congress of Students' Iniative
Posted on: 26th July 2006
On the weekend of July 22 and 23, the first congress of Students Iniative took place in Warsaw. Delegates from around the country met at the Warsaw Infoshop to discuss their goals, organization and upcoming campaigns. The participants ranged in age from 13 to 17.
Read more...Poland: racist attack in Poland
Posted on: 24th July 2006
43 year-old Abdel Mandili is a teacher from the suburbs of Warsaw. He is an emigrant from Morocco who has lived in Poland for 13 years and has a Polish family. On Sunday he was attacked at a theatre festival and is in the hospital.
Read more...Story from imrisonment in Petersburg during the G8 summit
Posted on: 24th July 2006
James Bond, fear and the funniest police custody I ever had Midnight on the Leningrad station in Moscow. I feel like a spy, all the time watching out for civil and uniformed state protectors, who could assume from my outer appearance some kind of connection with the G8 protests. I see a lot of known faces, people I have met in the Libertarian Forum that took place here in Moscow during the last week. Here at the station we almost don't pay attention to each other, everybody tries to be the unsuspicious tourist. Only for short moments people meet to whisper a bit.
Read more...Estonia: solidarity action in Tallinn
Posted on: 24th July 2006
Solidarity action in Estonia 19th of July action at 6 o clock in Tallinn in front of the Russian embassy (street: Pikk 19) to protest against human-rights violations during the G8 summit and to show our solidarity to our friends who are still in prison there.
Read more...Poland: appeal for Tomek Wilkoszewski
Posted on: 23rd July 2006
URGENT APPEAL! (July 22 2006) (See bottom of page for background on the case)
We need to collect about 1000 USD for Tomek's lawyer! We're also collecting funds in case he is released.
Read more...Russia: Petersburg update
Posted on: 23rd July 2006
Today was a meeting to resume the summit activities in moscow with around 40 people, in Piter there are still 4 people in prison.
Read more...Poland: illegal smiling during the national anthem
Posted on: 21st July 2006
The League of Polish Families has filed a charge to the prosecutor against 4 anti-nationalist activists who came to a meeting in Olsztyn with the leader of the party and education minister, and the founder of a nationalist group "All-Polish Youth", Roman Giertych. The activists were accused of "indecent conduct, clapping and smiling during the singing of the national anthem". The activists can face a penalty of 14 days in prison or a fine.
Zaczek
Read more...Possible ecological disaster coming in Poland
Posted on: 20th July 2006
One of the most beautiful and rich in flora natural areas in Poland, the Rospuda valley near Augustow may be in danger of being destroyed.
Read more...Memories from Petersburg arrest - Anarchist activist from Warsaw
Posted on: 19th July 2006
Just some of the memories from the 48 hours of the russian state hijcking action on my person on 16-18.07.2006: kicks and trounches strikes hit my legs during moment of arrest on the Nevskiy Protest.
Read more...Pteresburg: Hunger strike of prisoners facing police beating, sexual assault and deportation.
Posted on: 19th July 2006
Eye-witness account by the Ukrainian activist Vlasta Viktorovna PIDPALA, just after liberation from prison on the 18th of July 2006.
Read more...Russia: From St. Petersburg to Yekaterinburg activists are arrested, searched, removed from trains and put into jail
Posted on: 12th July 2006
The summit of the "Big 8" planned not far from St. Petersburg is less
than a week away, as well as the events against the illegitimate "club
of 8" and its policies, the Russian Social Forum in particular.
Judging by the unfolding situation, the Russian structures of power
have decided to tackle the issue with force in the last week before
the summit.
Read more...Chechen turncoats
Posted on: 2nd July 2006
Last Monday (26th of June) there was a very curious article by Vyacheslav Izmailov in Novaya Gazeta (#47/1169) on Chechen turncoats... apparently current Chechen political elite consists almost exclusively from people who were fighting for separatists in the 90's, and those loyalists fighting from Kremlin in the 90's are now sidelined...
Read more...A prison resister escapes in Yekaterinburg
Posted on: 2nd July 2006
Sergey Sergeyevich Naugolniy escaped from colony FGU IK-13 in Sverdlovsk region (capital of which is Yekaterinburg) 22th of June. We would perhaps never know about escape of Sergey Naugolniy, if he was not doing time in the same colony as famous political prisoner Mikhail Trepashkin, railroaded to prison due to his role in investigating the appartment explosions in Moscow in 1999 which served as a justification for launching second war in Chechnya which goes on still, almost 7 years later (see information about Trepashkin case in end of this letter). Sergey Naugolniy has been fighting back in the
colony IK-13 together with Trepashkin, and although he had only 8 months left of his sentence, after hearing rumours that his sentence might be prolongued and he might be moved to other colony, perhaps to a silent death due to medical neglect, he decided that he had nothing to loose.
Read more...On Butovo protest camp in Moscow
Posted on: 2nd July 2006
Earlier this week I spent some 3 nights in protest camp in Butovo... there was hell of a lot of media attention, I suppose you could have seen some on Western TV as well. First night I slept badly because I expected OMON to stomp my head anytime as a new eviction attempt was expected early on Monday morning, but from then on I had a good time.
Read more...Poland: Students Initiative sued for incitement to commit a crime
Posted on: 30th June 2006
The minister of education has filed a complaint against the Students Initiative because for incitement to commit a crime for a bulletin that was published on their web site containing instructions how to make a paint bomb out of a light bulb. That is despite the fact that the organization of the minister of education (All-Polish Youth) has in the recent past not only talked about paint bombs, but actually thrown paint bombs, ice blocks and stones on people - including some prominent members of the current establishment.
Read more...call for action, july14th
Posted on: 19th June 2006
Call of activists of the radical social movement FrontAIDs for carrying out the Day of united actions against pharmaceutical multinational corporations on July the 14th in the framework of the Anti-G8 2006 Campaign
Read more...Poland, disruptions of nationalist LPR meetings
Posted on: 19th June 2006
Anarchists have carries out a number of disruptions at meetings of the League of Polish families which are being held around Poland.
Read more...Poland: Equality Parade and fascist attackers
Posted on: 13th June 2006
On Saturday, the Equality Parade took place in Warsaw. About 5000+ people came, including some guests from other countries who came to show solidarity with the protest.
Read more...Russia: Riot Police and Neo-Nazis Attack Gay Parade in Moscow
Posted on: 28th May 2006
The parade in Moscow scheduled for Saturday, May 27 had been banned by the authorities. The gay and lesbian activists decided to march anyway and to go to Alexandrovski Sad, beside the Kremlin, to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a monument which represents Russia's struggle against fascism.
Read more...Poland: nurses on strike
Posted on: 22nd May 2006
Nurses in a Lodz hospital have started a standing occupation strike.
Read more...Poland: fascists stab anti-fascist in Warsaw
Posted on: 19th May 2006
Very bad news indeed - tuesday was truly a fascistic day in state politics and we are sure that the fascists feel that they have complete state approval now.
Read more...Video from anti-vivisection demo in Moscow suburb of Pushino
Posted on: 16th May 2006
Demo took place may 14th, against a breeder of animals for vivisection. Some 50 people participated. No arrests.
Read more...More about conservative paranoia in Poland
Posted on: 16th May 2006
Mister Wierzejski, parlamentarian of the League of Polish Families and former member of the fascist "All-Polish Youth" has urged the minister of internal affairs and the minister of justice (both from the ruling ultra-conservative party Law and Justice (PIS)) to investigate alleged links of organizers of student protests against the new right-wing minister of education with criminal structures of homosexuals and pedophiles.
Read more...Poland: international anarcho/queer bloc Warsaw
Posted on: 15th May 2006
As you may know, for the last couple of years, homosexual rights have been under attack in Poland.
Read more...Wave of student actions in Poland
Posted on: 14th May 2006
Today, people from the Students' Initiative* held protests around Poland against the new Minister of Education, Roman Giertych. Giertych is the extreme-right leader of the League of Polish families, and the youth organization he reactivated (which had a history before the communist days of conducting progroms) is best known for attacking gay parades and the like.
Read more...Kazakhstan: Anti-eviction struggle in Alma Ata
Posted on: 8th May 2006
Translation in from
http://libcom.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10026
Russian original of below article:
http://zonakz.net/articles/?artid=14425
Read more...Poland: students march in Warsaw
Posted on: 7th May 2006
Today, May 6, over 100 high school students (and a few others) marched in
Warsaw to protest indoctrination in schools. The protest, organized by
anarchists and others from Students' Initiative, went to the Sejm and to the
Ministry of Education.
Read more...Anarchist bookfair in Czechy
Posted on: 6th May 2006
An anarchist bookfair is taking place in Czechy in Pisek, Paluba pub, Czeska Republika on June 23-25th 2006.
Read more...Slovakia: campaign against elections
Posted on: 4th May 2006
Priama akcia - IWA Slovakia starts its "(Not)voting is not enough" campaign
(This is a translated press release from 28th April 2006 with few additional info)
Read more...Mayday in Belarus
Posted on: 4th May 2006
1 May is traditionally celebrated around the world as a day that marks working people's struggle for their rights. The powers that be have long been trying to impose this date as a mediocre holiday, a day to get loaded, some sort of abstract "day of spring and work." We, on the other hand, remember the real meaning of this holiday, and what price working people've paid for today's gains.
Read more...Russia: Repression in Tomsk, Siberia
Posted on: 25th April 2006
Today, 25th of April two worrisome actions were taken against activists of Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Tomsk Region. Four unknown persons raided room of Igor Kuznetsov, and without showing any documents, they took flags of Siberian Confederation of Labour, a loudspeaker and information stand. This was
a de facto burglary.
Read more...Russia: Anarchists in the Legislative Assembly of the Perm province (not to vote)
Posted on: 24th April 2006
On April 20, 2006 Anarcho-Ecological Resistance movement conducted an action in the regional parliament of the Perm region, protesting against the poisoning of local residents by exhaust fumes from the illegal incineration of solid-propellant rockets (or missiles) within city limits with full knowledge of the local authorities.
Read more...Belarussian anarchists call for solidarity!
Posted on: 22nd April 2006
This morning Belarussian anarchists distributed information, that last night 3:30 AM OMON moved to destroy tent camp that has been put up in the city center to protest fraud elections in Belarus.
Read more..."Animal and Earth Liberation in Russia" censored
Posted on: 22nd April 2006
23rd of March website "Animal and Earth Liberation in Russia" (aeliberation.net) was closed by commercial hosting, motivation was "propaganda of illegal direct action". While new hosting is searched, administrators may be contacted through aelist@riseup.net
Read more...Poland: the radical right and education
Posted on: 22nd April 2006
The Minister of Education in Poland, and some lower level directors must feel emboldened by the right-wing government and have started acting worse and worse. First, last week they wouldn't let high school children receive a free CD prepared for them because on the cover there was a segment of Bosch's
painting "Hell", which of course demoralizes children.
Read more...Armenian friend in trouble in UK
Posted on: 22nd April 2006
Dear friends, our friend Vaagn from Yerevan group "Proryv" (section of Autonomous Action) is currently seeking asylum in in UK. In contrary to some previous information, at no point he was in Czech republic - it was his plan to get there but it failed.
Read more...Belarus: Lukashenko vs. journalists
Posted on: 22nd April 2006
We keep hearing stories about journalists disappearning off the streets of Belarus. Apparently Andrzej Poczobut was arrested and taken to the main KGB HQ in Minsk. He was talking to a journalist from Radio Racja when he was abucted in the streets.
Read more...Poland: Ministry of Education - Religious Indoctrine Fine but Pacifism Dangerous
Posted on: 22nd April 2006
The Minister of Education in Poland has sent a document around to schools on the eve of (the typically modest) anti-war protests to be held in Poland on March 19. (It is attached in Polish at the end.)
Read more...First Food not bombs in Narva, Estonia
Posted on: 22nd April 2006
From
http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14453/index.php
Budget of 15 euros was enough for 15 litres of Bortsch and 7 litres of
tea:-)
Read more...Russia: Taxi driver strike in Omsk and following repression against anarcho-syndicalists
Posted on: 8th March 2006
25th of February Yamschik (coach-driver), a syndicate of taxi drivers
organized a protest meeting in Omsk. (Exactly speaking, it is a union of
drivers of Marshrutnoe taksi, that is private minibuses, a popular means
of public transport all around developing world). Yamschik was founded
last autumn, it is member of syndicalist Omsk Confederation of Labour (local
section of Siberian Confederation of Labour), and has some 100 members.
Read more...Reclaiming the city - from Avtonom no. 25
Posted on: 8th March 2006
Following article was published in Avtonom 25. References to action are on Moscow anarchist Mayday of 2005.
Read more...Deserter day actions around Russia
Posted on: 8th March 2006
In second half of January 2006, private Sychev became symbol of brutal realities of Russian conscription. Dyedovschina - bullying and torture of new arrivals by Dyadi (gaffers), those soon to finish their duty, has been part Russian lexicon for a long time but now this word became known internationally.
Read more...Green Library in Riga, Latvia
Posted on: 8th March 2006
If you ever had occasion to be in Riga then go to the Green Library. There are lots of initiatives. Anarchists, ecologists meet there and lots of stuff.
Read more...Armenian anarchist seeking asylum from Czech Republic
Posted on: 5th March 2006
In January, editorial collective of avtonom.org was contacted by our comrade Eduard from anarchist communist group Proryv (Break-through), which is member group of Autonomous Action from Yerevan contacted us with bad news. Another member of the group Vaagn is currently in Czech republic, forced to leave his homeland.
Read more...Poland: Actions at Russian Embassy
Posted on: 28th February 2006
March 2 is International Solidarity Day with gays and lesbians in Moscow who want to organize a gay pride parade but are being repressed by municipal authorities.
Read more...Turkey: action against nuclear plans
Posted on: 21st February 2006
Anti-Nuclear Front was in action in Istanbul against the nuclear plans in Anatolia and Thrace
Read more...Bulgarian Anarchists Draw Daggers At EU
Posted on: 12th February 2006
Anarchist Movement The Federation of Bulgarian Anarchists staged a protest in Sofia on Saturday, handing out circulars with anti-EU and anti-IMF messages.
Read more...Poland: Picket against Bolkestein in Warsaw
Posted on: 12th February 2006
Today about 80 people gathered for a picket against the proposed EU Bolkestein directive in the center of Warsaw. The picket was organized by various leftist organizations. Two sections of the Anarchist Federation were present too, and distributed and read the following statement of the Polish Anarchist Federation about the directive.
Read more...Russia: Thoughts on Moscow Gay Pride
Posted on: 3rd February 2006
Moscow Pride 06 - First Russian International Gay and Lesbian Festival is planned to take place from 24th to 28th of May 2006. Program planned this far includes day of Scandinavian homoculture with seminars and exhibitions, conference on Oscar Wilde (with participation of his granddaughter), first international conference on International Day Against Homophobia, cultural program and what has raised most public controversy - 1st LGBT Moscow Pride parade, to happen 27th of May which is 13th anniversary of excluding criminal proceedings for homosexuality from Russian criminal codex.
Read more...Poland: meeting of anarchists in Przasnysz
Posted on: 30th January 2006
On january 28th a meeting of anarchists was held in Przasnysz, north-east of Poland.
Read more...The Bolkestein Directive: Social Dumping and International Challenges
Posted on: 30th January 2006
The labour movement has found internationally, it seems, an issue around which to mobilize: the Directive on Services in the Internal Market, otherwise known as the Bolkestein Directive. The directive, which would remove barriers to the provision of services between member states, is most often criticized for its "country of origin principle".
Read more...Croatia: Zagreb - Anarchist Bookfair
Posted on: 24th January 2006
Anarchist Bookfair in Zagreb (ASK - Anarhisticki sajam knjiga) aims to become a long-term, developing project. First bookfair (March 18th to 22nd 2005) went well, and we hope to bring in more and more people every year as participants, publishers, groups, projects - whoever is interested in what the bookfair has to offer.
Read more...Poland: anarchists called to court
Posted on: 23rd January 2006
Ten people who were arrested during the Council of Europe Summit protest in Warsaw last April have received court dates on charges like touching a police officer, using offensive words to a police officer and obstruction of justice.
Read more...Poland - pepsi boycott?
Posted on: 20th January 2006
Workers yesterday picketed the Frito Lay's factory in Warsaw. The controversary is over a case of sexual molestation in another city. Women sued Frito Lay's. In response, the management fired the head of the Solidarity union, saying that he falsified documents and increased the numbers of union members.
Read more...Belarus: arrests in Minsk
Posted on: 15th January 2006
12 people were arrested in Minsk for graffiti yesterday - two form Minsk, 10
people from Moscow. They will be held until at least Monday.
According to the new law, people caught writing anti-presidential graffitti
can spend up to 3 years in jail.
Laure
Read more...Poland: actions and statements against religion in schools
Posted on: 12th January 2006
On wednesday FA-Szczecin organized an action against teaching catholic morality in schools and calling for a stop of indoctrination by state institutions. A similar action was held today in front of the Ministry of Education in Warsaw.
Read more...Poland: state to promote catholicism in education
Posted on: 7th January 2006
The newly elected rightist government in Poland wants to create a National Institute of Education. (Narodowy Instytut Wychowania - wychowanie is education in the sense of teaching values.). The ministry of education says that it is meant to restore youth to traditional values. The institute would be independent of the government, but financed from the state budget.
Read more...Man arrested for attacking presidential residence in Poland
Posted on: 2nd January 2006
Polish police on Saturday arrested a man for attacking a sentry post guarding the residence of President Lech Kaczynski, Polish news agency said.
Read more...Poland: court cases for Equality March will likely be dropped
Posted on: 21st December 2005
The police general chief ordered the police chief in Poznan not to prosecute participants of the Equality March (for sexual minority rights) on November 19th.
Read more...Poland: picket for Mehmet Tarhan
Posted on: 10th December 2005
In Warsaw there was a solidarity picket for Mehmet Tarhan in front of the Turkish Embassy. Dec. 9 was International Day of Solidarity with Mehmet, an anarchist and war resister who is in jail for conscientious objection.
Read more...Poland: Freedom marches all over the country
Posted on: 28th November 2005
Demonstrations against the repression of freedom of assembly took place all over Poland in solidarity with the repressed gay march in Poznan on the 19th of November.
Read more...Poland: picket at finnish embassy
Posted on: 24th November 2005
Yesterday there was a picket at the Finnish Embassy in Warsaw in solidarity with imprisoned conscientious objectors, including (especially) Antti R..
Read more...Poland: More on equality parade attacked in Poznan
Posted on: 21st November 2005
On november 19th an Equality March was meant to happen in Poznan. The demonstration was in favour of tolerance, equal rights, women's rights and against discrimination because of sexual orientation. Until now all marches of this type were attacked as immoral acts of promotion of homosexuality and delegalized under the pretext that they were a threat to security.
Read more...Poland: arrests at illegal equality parade
Posted on: 20th November 2005
We are still waiting for official confirmation about how many people were arrested, but we know that the Equality Parade in Poznan today was attacked by police and counterdemonstrated by about 500 members of Mlodziez Wszechpolska, who threw eggs and stones.
Read more...Romania: no-border festival
Posted on: 18th November 2005
NoBorder Festival is planned to take place in city of Timisoara, Romania. this will happen, if(!), in period 24-25 march 2006.
Read more...Young anti-fascist killed in St. Petersburg Russia
Posted on: 16th November 2005
Timur was an active member of St. Petersburg's hardcore punk and anarchist community, and our dear friend.
Read more...Poland: demos against repressions on 8th of november
Posted on: 15th November 2005
On the 8th of november, solidarity actions with activists repressed for voicing their opinions took place in different cities in Poland.
Read more...Russia: 4th of November fascist demonstrations in Russia and counter-actions
Posted on: 5th November 2005
4th of November is a new national holiday in Russia - day of national unification. In 2004, government decided to finally scrap holiday of October revolution memorial day (which was during last years celebrated as a day of pacification and agreement, although there is definitely no any peace or agreement around the meaning of October revolution in Russian society). 12th of December, constitution day holiday was scrapped as well - apparent shift from constitutional presidential to absolutist presidential way of governance.
Read more...Report on repressions in Poland
Posted on: 4th November 2005
Freedom of assembly and speech has been limited in Poland. Enough police and state repressions! The Anarchist Federation and the Polish Anarchist Black Cross published its first report on 21st of December 2004. In it, attention was drawn to the fact that over the last few years, the actions of many different political and social groups that openly protest against the Polish government's policies are subject to bigger and bigger repressions, by the police and court apparata.
Read more...Poland: arrest in Krakow
Posted on: 1st November 2005
Yesterday afternoon, 5 undercover police agents came into the used book shop run by Marek Kurzyniec in Krakow and arrested him. There was a warrant issued for his arrest on the 27th of Oct., apparently because he did not pay some fines.
Read more...Poland: first day of actions for DeCentrum squat
Posted on: 26th October 2005
The DeCentrum Collective and friends demonstrated today in Bialystok to return their building. The city has been receiving calls, e-mails and faxes all day from supporters. A municipal official came out and invited two of the squatters in for negotiations but told them that they should form a legal organization in order to talk with them. They have invited the squatters back for talks, probably to try to stall things and get them involved with false promises and paperwork to wait it out and deradicalize the situation.
Read more...Poland: DeCentrum squat in Bialystok has been evicted by the city authorities.
Posted on: 26th October 2005
For those who do not know the squat, it was home and meeting place for various anarchist groups, FNB and other iniatives. It celebrated its 5th anniversary last weekend. Among some events that people may have readabout from the squat was the Girls in Action series, an international ABC meeting, antiborder events and the last Anarchist Federation Conference.
Read more...Poland: eviction of squat in Bialystok
Posted on: 25th October 2005
We have just received the information about the eviction of the squat "De-Centrum" in Bialystok.
Read more...Poland: court case in Krakow and other news
Posted on: 25th October 2005
Jan. 26, 2005 when Vladimir Putin came to Poland, anarchists organized a protest against the war in Chechnya. The action in Krakow was attacked by the police and 33 people were arrested. Many anarchist activists have charges against them. Unfortunately local activists have not written complete reports on all the charges, but we know about many individual cases of resisting arrest, etc. Among the more serious cases, Grzegorz Sobieszak from Warsaw has 6 charges. Marek Kurzyniec from Krakow is being charged with organizing an illegal demonstration.
Read more...THE ELECTION IN POLAND: THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT AND CAPITALISM
Posted on: 25th October 2005
As anarchists who espouse direct forms of self-management and organization,
we do not go to the polls.
Read more...Poland: actions against elections
Posted on: 25th October 2005
Anarchists from FA Praga went out on election day to warn people of
"government sickness" and the Duck Flu Epidemic. (The candidates in the
Polish elections are known as "Donald and the Duck", or the two ducks.) People were warned that the best way to avoid the Duck Flu was to stay home and avoid going near ducks and to innoculate yourself today because tomorrow would be too late. Anarchists offered a free drug to combat government sickness: common sense.
Read more...Poland: bomb scare in Warsaw. Gay group claims responsibility
Posted on: 25th October 2005
13 bombs were set around Warsaw on october 20th. They were not real but pyrotechnic experts said that, if they had contained explosives, they would have been so.
Read more...Russia: Black Petrograd 2005
Posted on: 21st October 2005
From 12th to 13th of November second annual festival "Black Petrograd" will be organised in St. Petersburg of Russia. This time theme of the festival will be resistance to summit of G8 in St. Petersburg 2006.
Read more...Poland: Direct action at Indesit factory in Lodz
Posted on: 16th October 2005
Apparently one of the managers of the Merloni Indesit factory in Lodz was attacked with razor blades by workers.
Read more...Belarus: The XIIth Congress of the Belarusian Federation of Anarchists (FAB)
Posted on: 13th October 2005
On the 2nd of October while at the Congress of democratic forces the Belarusian opposition was arguing, electing its united candidate for the forthcoming president election campaign of 2006, Belarusian anarchists carried out their Congress to discuss questions really important for Belarusian society.
Read more...Belarus: Black against red in Minsk
Posted on: 10th October 2005
Today (9th of October) "red" youth organisations (Avant-Guard of Communist Youth AKM and National-Bolshevik Party NBP) organised "Anticapitalism 2005" march in Minsk.
Read more...Hungary: New squat, solidarity needed !
Posted on: 7th October 2005
We squatted a house last saturday (october 1st, 2005) in Budapest, Hungary.
The building is the property of the local government of this district
(Erzsébetváros, 7th district of Budapest). It wasn't used for three years now. In one day we moved in, cleaned the building, established an infoshop, a coffeshop, a freeshop, a huge dormitory, and a galery with four exhibitions and with one cinema
Read more...Poland: unfairly arrested - but still charged with felony
Posted on: 30th September 2005
Today was another court hearing of Adam P. from Warsaw. (FA Praga). Adam was one of several people arrested during a protest against the Council of Europe Summit in Warsaw, April 25.
Read more...Russian squatter folklore investigations
Posted on: 26th September 2005
Commission on International Research of Hoolanarchism, which resides in Tyumen of Siberia and internet, recently announced publication of yet another illustrated collection of scientific materials under title Trudy Kommissii Po Mezhdunarodnomu Issledovaniyu Huli-Anarkhizma SKVOT KLIZMA (Piter, 2003-2004). Vyp. 3, that is, Works of Commission on International Research of Hoolanarchism SQUAT KLIZMA (St. Petersburg 2003-2004), Vol. 3.
Read more...Russia: 5th general meeting of Autonomous Action
Posted on: 26th September 2005
19th-22nd of August 2005 members and friends of Autonomous Action gathered to Ufa, capital of the Bashkirian republic of the Russian Federation. This was 5th general meeting of the federation after its foundation in 2001.
Read more...Poland: We will not be Quiet
Posted on: 25th September 2005
The Anarchist Federation has been conducting a national "Boycott Elections" campaign. The object of the campaign is not only to convince people not to vote (which is actually quite easy), but also to present our alternatives to the current politic system.
Read more...Radical ecological protest camp in Otradniy, Russia - chronology of actions from 21th of September to 26th of August 2005
Posted on: 23rd September 2005
Chronology of actions from 21th of September to 26th of August 2005
Read more...War Criminals, Out of Prague! Join the street protests!
Posted on: 22nd September 2005
In the days of 18th and 19th of October, there should take place the conference called "The Days of EU and USA" in Prague, organized by Teleaxis agency. In its frame there should have main speeches people associated with wide range of crimes against humanity, human rights abuse and aggressive war conflicts.
Read more...Hunger strike in colony #3 of Dimitrovgrad, Russia
Posted on: 20th September 2005
Monday 12th of September 2005, 140 prisoners of colony #3 of Dimitrovgrad of Ulyanovskiy region declared a hungerstrike. Tuesday, 180 prisoners were on strike. Strike was finished in midday of Wednesday, at which point 142 prisoners were striking.
Read more...30th Congress of the Anarchist Federation of Poland
Posted on: 18th September 2005
The 30th Congress of the Anarchist Federation took place from 16-18 September in Bialystok.
Read more...Poland: antiwar action and police repression in Wroclaw
Posted on: 14th September 2005
On the 10th of september a group of antiwar activists from Wroclaw held an antiwar picket and happening and was attacked by the police.
Read more...Poland: leftist activist sentenced to 1000 euro fine for participating in nurses' strike in 2000
Posted on: 13th September 2005
A leftist activist, Andrzej Smosarski has been sentenced by a first instance court to a 3700 zloty fine (about 1000 euro) or 90 days of arrest for allegedly kicking a cop during a road blockade organized by the nurses' trade union in 2000.
Read more...Poland: city repressions against illegal traders
Posted on: 11th September 2005
The city authorities, in their efforts to gentrify the city and control all areas of economic life, began a massive crackdown on all street peddlars, even those with permission. City police, regular police and tax police were involved with raids last week which cleared several areas of street vendors.
Read more...No Border - Bulgaria/Greece
Posted on: 31st August 2005
The No Border camps and actions have finished. The actions were organized by the Anarcho-Resistance Group, the Anti-Authoritarian Movement, the Group of Refugees and Immigrants (Greece) and the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative.
Read more...Bulgaria, Greece: No border camp
Posted on: 10th August 2005
Web site for No Border in Bulgaria and in Greece is updated with info where will be the camp in Bulgarian side and some maps.
Read more...Belarus: Food not Bombs in Minsk
Posted on: 5th August 2005
FOOD NOT BOMBS actions take place in Minsk every Saturday for more than one month now. Every time the collective succeeds to feed about 60-80 people with delicious and warm vegan food.
Read more...Poland: report from FA-Bialystok
Posted on: 4th August 2005
Below is a short report of what has been going on with FA Bialystok over the past month. Unfortunately due to technical problems, we haven't been able to report regularly.
Read more...Turkey: conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan on trial
Posted on: 4th August 2005
Today, another session of Mehmet Tarhan's trial took place in Sivas.
Read more...Poland: gay rights activist sentenced for "insult against cahtolics"
Posted on: 2nd August 2005
Robert Biedron, an activist for gay rights was sentenced by a court in Elblag without the possibility of defence, for "insult against roman-catholics".
Read more...Poland: capitalist bastards: Jeronimo Martins (biedronka)
Posted on: 2nd August 2005
Portuguese company Jeronimo Martins owns the supermarket chain Biedronka, which is the largest chain in Poland. (JM is owned in turn 49% by Royal Ahold.) In Brazil and Portugual, its markets are called Pingo Doce, Feira Nova, Madeira, and Recheio (also Hipers, Mini-Hipers). Over the past 2 years, Biedronka has been the focus of numerous labour conflicts, lawsuits, a modest anarchist protest campaign and most recently, the first large class action lawsuit taken against an employer in Poland. (It is only the second class action ever taken in Poland.) Biedronka's treatment of labor is well known in this country and has been the subect of numerous articles and TV reports.
Read more...Poland: Solidarity being sued
Posted on: 2nd August 2005
Andrzej Mierzwinski, a member of Solidarity since 1990, is suing it for failing to protect his interests. This is the first suit of its kind in Poland.
Read more...Belarus: activist arrested
Posted on: 28th July 2005
This is the second time in 10 days that Andrzej Pochobut has been arrested.
Read more...Poland: in defense of the miners
Posted on: 28th July 2005
On July 26, about 8000 miners descended upon Warsaw. They had come to the Sejm, the Polish parliament, to protest reforms in retirement rules which allow them to retire after 25 years of work. A number of unions organized for the protest, which was the largest the miners had had since 2003 when they brought riots to the city.
Read more...Ireland: Tesco temp workers protest in Dublin
Posted on: 27th July 2005
We received a statement by a Committee of Defence of Temp Workers in Tesco in Dublin organized by Polish temp workers. They organized after two temp workers, Zbigniew Bukale and Radoslaw Sawicki were laid off from Tesco Distribution on Greenhills Road in Dublin. They were fired for protesting against continuous rising of daily norms and criticizing the recruitment system (leasing employees from temp agencies Grafton and Jobs).
Read more...Poland: miners' protest in Warsaw
Posted on: 26th July 2005
Several thousand miners from Silesia are protesting in front of the parliament in Warsaw. They are making pressure on the parliament to vote on their citizen's law proposal about an earlier retirement system.
Read more...Latvia: gay pride attacked by fascists
Posted on: 25th July 2005
on saturday there was first gay pride event in Riga, Latvia. At first city authorities banned it, but afterwords "youth suport group of gays and lesbians" apealed in court and ban was canceled.
Read more...Russia: first 18 days of ecological protest camp in Otradniy
Posted on: 21st July 2005
Camp was launched 4th of July, and it was harrassed by local police and FSB the next day already. Officers came to camp in daytime, when everybody except two persons were doing business in the city, they illegally searched tents and demanded to close the camp, claiming that "local police is about organise a training in this ground". Eventually human rights activist from Samara was called for legal support, and officers had to retreat due to illegality of their claims and stubborness of activists.
Read more...Russia: anniversary of Kronstadt
Posted on: 20th July 2005
Action by Resistance Group Piotr Aleksevich
Read more...Poland: Hunger strike of Chechens at refugee center in Warsaw
Posted on: 17th July 2005
During the last three days, Chechen refugees were holding a hunger strike in protest against the way they are being treated by the personel of the center in Warsaw.
Read more...Poland: fascist action in Myslenice
Posted on: 17th July 2005
Yesterday, fascists from the National-Radical Camp (ONR- skinhead nationalists) held a demonstration in the town of Myslenice and a training camp. The action was to commemorate an anti-semitic action in 1936 started by Adam Doboszynski and his followers, whose legacy the ONR would like to follow. It is believed that this action is a dress rehearsal for one next year on the 70th anniversary of the events. The nationalist scum are trying to get a plaque of Doboszynski erected on the square.
Read more...Poland: demonstration against layoffs in French-owned companies
Posted on: 15th July 2005
A demonstration took place in Warsaw on the anniversary of the taking of the Bastille.
Read more...Poland: fascists commemorate pogrom in Myslenice
Posted on: 15th July 2005
Unfortunately our intelligence was bad and we only found out about it now
but fascists plan to celebrate the Myslenice pogrom this weekend.
Read more...Bulgaria: police attack protesters
Posted on: 11th July 2005
Suhodol, the suburb situated 1 km from the capital's disposal site, was the place in Bulgaria with the highest concentration of riot police last night. After seven days of blocking the access to Sofia's landfill and unseen accumulation of waste on the streets of the city, the protest was repressed and the garbage dumping restarted successfully.
Read more...Russia: squatting portal
Posted on: 5th July 2005
There should not be white spots, empty and abandonded buildings in our cities. Less words, more action! Squatter movement was made born by people, who for different reasons had no roof on their heads.
Read more...Russia: Anti-fascism is trendy now
Posted on: 5th July 2005
The following article about Anti-fascism is to be published in 25th number of x-USSR anarchist journal Avtonom. It is a contribution to the current Russian discussion about methods of anti-fascism, although does not necessarily reflect opinions of whole collective of the journal.
Read more...Russia: case of Aleksei Cherepanov
Posted on: 5th July 2005
Aleksei Cherepanov was back in court and this time was sentenced to 9 months in prison.
Read more...Poland: anti-gay parade by fascists
Posted on: 22nd June 2005
Last weekend there was a "Parade of Normalcy" organized in Warsaw by the League of Polish Families and their fascist youth organization, MW.
Read more...Ukraine: actions against WEF in Kiev
Posted on: 22nd June 2005
Ukraine, protests against World Economic Forum conference in Kyiv, 16-17 of June
Read more...Criminalisation of Marihuana in Bulgaria
Posted on: 15th June 2005
On the web side of Kanalb -www.kanalb.org you can find now a 18min film called Promena about a demonstration in 2004 against the criminalisation of drugs and drug addicted people.
Read more...Syndicalists and Homosexuals - Who are you sleeping with?
Posted on: 10th June 2005
This weekend, two events are the source of questions as to tactics, work with the public and alliance politics. They are questions we have raised in the anarchist movement, even if some people are closed or even hostile to the discussion.
Read more...Romania: in 23-29 may in bucharest takes place Gay Fest 2005.
Posted on: 29th May 2005
one interesting detail is that on saturday the city hall banned the gay parade. one of the reasons was that this is a high risk demo and that are needed for at least 50 cops... and because in same day is a football game they did not allowed this parade to happen.
Read more...Summary of Anarchist Mayday actions in Russia
Posted on: 22nd May 2005
Read more...Poland: Council of Europe summit in Warsaw
Posted on: 19th May 2005
A Summary of Anti-Summit Activities and Update on the Arrested
Read more...Slovakia: ecology campaign
Posted on: 17th May 2005
Priama akcia - IWA Slovakia starts an eco campaign in Eastern Slovakia to save important forrest area.
Read more...Poland: protests against Council of Europe meeting in Warsaw
Posted on: 16th May 2005
Warsaw is again a fortress city as world leaders gather here for the 3rd Council of Europe Summit. Politicians from as many as 50 countries (CoE countries plus observers) are expected in the city.
Read more...Turkey: anti-civilization gathering in Yalova
Posted on: 11th May 2005
this year on 19-22 May 2005 we have a anti-civilization gathering in Yalova, the south of Istanbul which there are alot of wild areas and there are also big complexes of industries...
Read more...Poland: Mayday events in Lodz and Czestochowa
Posted on: 8th May 2005
Read more...Russia: march for legalizing drugs in Moscow
Posted on: 8th May 2005
Today there should have been marihuana march in Moscow as well. We decided to organise anarchist support for this important event. Hundreds and thousands of people are jailed in Russia for most ridiculous 'crimes', many of them framed alltogether. When internal migration regime is finally getting more liberal, drug sales and racketeering on drug dealers is getting more and more important source of income for the police force. If legalizing grass would not lead to collapse of the police force once and for all, at least it would be a very serious blow to their finances.
Read more...Slovenia: self-organized workers protest
Posted on: 6th May 2005
0n 12 of May 2005 at 17:00 in Trbovlje (Zasavje region) will be organized a workers protest: "For raising workers rights and return of dignity".
Read more...Anarchist mayday in Moscow, Russia 2005
Posted on: 3rd May 2005
This year, "unaligned anarchists", Rainbow Keepers, Autonomous Action and whatever could bring only 40 people to anarchist mayday march in Moscow.
Read more...xUSSR, Avtonom no. 24 English summary
Posted on: 27th April 2005
Avtonom is a pseudo-quarterly journal by of Autonomous Action, which developed from a network to a libertarian communist federation January 2002, after two years of existence. Currently Autonomous Action has local groups in 13 cities of Russia and Armenia, and supporters and friends in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
Read more...Poland: Squatters Forum
Posted on: 25th April 2005
On 22-24 april took place a squatters forum on the "White Bear" squat.
Read more...Poland: Regional Federation Formed in Silesia
Posted on: 12th April 2005
On April 9, 2005, in the M9 squat in Sosnowiec, there was a regional gathering of anarchists from Silesia. People from Tarnowskie Góry (ZZ IP), Katowice, Jaworzno, Ruda Śląska, Rybnik, Wrocław, Opole (FA), Kędzierzyn-Koźle (FA), Tychy, Bytom/Cieszyn, Sosnowiec (Apologia, squat M9) and special guests from FA Częstochowa were present.
Read more...Croatia: Balkan Anarchist Bookfair in Zagreb 18.-20.03.2005.
Posted on: 2nd April 2005
It was 2nd Balkan @ bookfair after one,that took place in 2003 in Ljubljana.Space for it was situated in centre of Zagreb ,at art-gallery «Nova».3 days room with booktables was opened and certainly much over 500 people passed by ,some of them just for few minutes,some stayed longer,discussed, argued, socialized .
Read more...Russia: art under attack by orthodox religion
Posted on: 31st March 2005
Organisers of an art exhibition "Beware religion!", Moscow, face the prosecution under the pressure of religious fanatics and politicians. Below is the full story and the letter of support.
Read more...Belarus: more information about nazi and police attacks
Posted on: 31st March 2005
On March 16, 2005 a group of 20-30 nazi-skinheads, presumably with the support of policemen in civilian clothes, attacked young people who were returning after a rock concert that took place in the Minsk club “Leo”.
Read more...xUSSR: Avtonom #23 English summary
Posted on: 23rd March 2005
Welcome to another international mailout of Avtonom, after a long break. This number is dedicated to our comrade Gosha Volkov, killed in Perm in unclear circumstances in November 2004.
Read more...Krakow: new anarchist library
Posted on: 21st March 2005
A new anarchist library starts it's activity today in Krakow on Krakowska 19 street.
Read more...Poland, Anti-war action in Szczecin
Posted on: 21st March 2005
Yesterday at 15:00 in Szczecin the Anarchist Federation, Food Not Bombs, the Student Revolutionary Group and GuerillaART have organized an anti-war demonstration.
Read more...Congress the of Polish Anarchist Federation
Posted on: 21st March 2005
March 19-20, the Congress of the Anarchist Federation took place in Warsaw(Praga). Delegates from Warsaw, Warsaw-Praga, Gdansk, Torun, Czestochowa, Lodz, Poznan, Bialystok, Krakow, Slupsk, Zyradow, Ciechanowiec and Rzeszow were present.
Read more...Nazi-skinheads and the police attack visitors of rock concert in Minsk (Belarus)
Posted on: 21st March 2005
On March 16, 2005 a group of 20-30 nazi-skinheads, presumably with the support of policemen in civilian clothes, attacked young people who were returning after a rock concert that took place in the Minsk club “Leo”.
Read more...Balkan Anarchist meeting on 8, 9 and 10 April in Sofia (Bulgaria).
Posted on: 14th March 2005
Hello comrades! With this message we want to invite you to a Balkan Anarchist meeting on 8, 9 and 10 April in Sofia (Bulgaria).
Read more...Deserter day festival in Moscow 20th - 23rd of February 2004
Posted on: 12th March 2005
Farewell to arms! Festival was organised by Moscow group of Autonomous Action, Food Not Bombs and Indyvideo. Main demands of the festival were "no to war in Chechnya!" and "No to new limitations of deferment and exemption from military service!"
Read more...Poland: cops raid another squat in Warsaw
Posted on: 11th March 2005
The police has raided the squat "Bialy Mis" (White Bear) in Warsaw today.
Read more...Anarchy Bus Project - Call for Participation and Support / Summary of Meeting in Moscow
Posted on: 9th March 2005
Anarchy Bus will be an international group of activists. It will travel on its first leg from Poland through the Baltics to Russia and Ukraine and on its second through Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia*. It aims to: provide an opportunity for anarchists activists to meet each other and to bring literature, exhibitions, videos, etc. to various cities. There, we would like to meet with anarchists, workers' activists and, when possible, do some public meetings.
Read more...Feminist demo in Warsaw
Posted on: 9th March 2005
A couple of hundred of liberal feminists organized a march a few days before Women's Day.
Read more...Russia: soliarity action with HIV infected prisoners
Posted on: 17th February 2005
10 AM in the morning 15th of February, activists of FrontAIDS (Russian ACT UP!-equivalent) and some Moscow anarchists blocked entrance of ministry of (in)justice in Moscow.
Read more...Some recent anarchist actions in Russia
Posted on: 17th February 2005
1) After protests, regional administration partially gives up neoliberal reform in Omsk
2) Kaliningrad 28th of January - anarchists and pensioners attempt to raid
mayor's office
3) 28th of January - solidarity action for Israeli anarchists in Moscow
4) 29th of January - anarchists harrassed in the Moscow suburb of Zhukovsky
5) Other actions against monetarization of benefits and repression in
Murmansk
6) 12th of February - old joke in a new city
Read more...New magazine on Eastern/Southeastern Europe issues founded. Searching for correspondents!
Posted on: 13th February 2005
In Leipzig/ east Germany a few people recently gathered together, having in their mind the idea of a surregional magazine in german language.Due to the
existing lack of knowledge concerning social situation, reality of life and the political sphere in Eastern/ Southeastern Europe, to which you are confronted within left political groups, this is supposed to be our main domain.
Read more...SERBIA and MONTENEGRO: Attempt to arrest conscientious objector Dragoslav Dojkic
Posted on: 5th February 2005
Today, on 4 February 2004, the police tried to arrest Serbian conscientious objector Dragoslav Dojkic. In the morning police visited his home, but he was not at home.
Read more...Poland: protests against Putin
Posted on: 28th January 2005
About 250 people took part in anti-Putin protests.
Read more...Russia: social protests
Posted on: 24th January 2005
Demonstrations against monetarization of social benefits have continued all around Russia during week.
Read more...Poland: interesting court cases
Posted on: 20th January 2005
Three Court Hearings in Gdansk Offer Interesting Perspective on Social Problems in Poland
Read more...Protests against neo-liberal reforms and repression against anti-authoritarians in Russia
Posted on: 19th January 2005
During last 9 days, Russia has been shaken by protests unseen since the "rail wars" of 1998, when embittered miners blocked railway connections around the country. Little surprise, that in some cities anarchists and their friends organizing and participating to these protests have been targeted with a fierce repression.
Read more...Anti-Fascism From the Polish ABC (Anarchist Black Cross)
Posted on: 16th January 2005
Some info about repressions of antifas in Poland
Read more...Anarchist Bookfair in Zagreb, Croatia
Posted on: 11th January 2005
The First Anarchist Bookfair in Zagreb will take place on March 18th to 20th, 2005.
Read more...Poland-Anarchist in trouble
Posted on: 4th January 2005
Patryk Cichon, anti-fascist from Stalowa Wola and animator of RASH (Red&Anarchist Skinheads) had been sentenced to 3 years of jail fro alleged assault and robbery.
Read more...Russia: Sabotage for defence of trees
Posted on: 3rd January 2005
24th of October Commando Jeffrey Luers together with inhabitants of the city
of Zhukovsky of Moscow region organised an action of ecological sabotage. Activists trespassed to construction site of city stadium and spiked some 60 trees marked to be cut, they left signs "trees are spiked, cutting down
is a danger for life!" behind them.
Read more...Russia: A mop up operation in Bashkiria
Posted on: 28th December 2004
According to today's Novaya Gazeta, there was an unforeseen mop-up operation in city of Blagoveschensk of Bashkirian republic (Russian Federation) 12th of December.
Read more...Some information about situation with alternative service in Russia
Posted on: 24th December 2004
In the spring call-up season only 1000 people appealed for alternative service in Russia.
Read more...Poland: hunger strike of Chechen refugees
Posted on: 16th December 2004
Refugees in Debak camp near Warsaw held a protest action which lasted nearly two weeks.
Read more...Russia: Last days of the squat in St Petersburg
Posted on: 15th December 2004
As a result of huge amount of evictions to the squat "Klizma" during the autumn 2004, until the end of October there where nobody left living permanently in the squat. First week of November the squat was raided daily by cops. Anyway, it was planned to use the squat as accommodation place for the quests of the anarchist festival "Black Petrograd-04". It was possible to stay there only at night time, and you couldn't leave anything at the squat.
Read more...Czechy: police raid flat of antifascists
Posted on: 14th December 2004
In the night from December 6th to 7th 2004 armed and masked cops invaded flat of 3 brothers antifascists, arrested them and made home search. In the end they found one gas-operated gun and two small bags of marihuana only.
Read more...Anti-fascist action in Sankt-Petersburg 12th of December
Posted on: 14th December 2004
Today there was a meeting of nazist NDPR party in Sankt-Petersburg, for sure this could not be left without attention of Antifa. Some 20 Sankt-Petersburg antifas from ex-Bukaneros firm and Bootboys crew decided to visit the event.
Read more...Poland: police attacks squat in Czestochowa
Posted on: 12th December 2004
The police has attacked the squat "Electric Mary" in Czestochowa yesterday night during a benefit techno-party being held there.
Read more...Ukraine: Sumy anarchists write about Yuschenko
Posted on: 8th December 2004
Because most of western mass-media show Yushenko as democrat here is more
information about him
Read more...Prospective of the Workers' Movement and Anarcho-Syndicalism in Poland
Posted on: 3rd December 2004
In Poland we have two phenomena occuring simultaneously; on the one hand, trade union membership has reached a low. Unions tend to be concentrated in large industries, often from the budget sector, sometimes privatized companies. (There are exceptions, but it is not a significant portion of the private workplaces.) On the other hand, the situation is so bad for most people that strike and worker activity is on the increase. While this is happening the, the great majority of workers find themselves not protected by unions. A growing portion of workers find themselves in temporary or contractual relations that preclude protection by the labour code. This segment of workers, most of which have never been organized is something of a black hole.
Read more...Polish Anarchist Federation meeting in Czestochowa
Posted on: 2nd December 2004
As usual the meeting of the FA happened in a good atmosphere with about 35 delegates from all around the country. The meeting took place in the squat "Electric Mary" in the "holy city" of Czestochowa.
Read more...Polish minister of health fired
Posted on: 2nd December 2004
The polish minister of health was fired for writing a letter in response to an action request about health policies from the EU.
Read more...Aleksei's comments about Ukraine
Posted on: 29th November 2004
For years, I was wondering why people do not get point of anarchists,
but now I am certain that one quite obvious reason is that
when looked from aside, anarchist movement has no any
coherent politics whatsoever and there is no agreement about
even most elementary questions. So I am more like pointing
out a fact than looking for a quarrel.
Read more...Poland: critical mass attacked
Posted on: 28th November 2004
On the 26th november a critical mass was in Poznan was attacked by the police.
Read more...UKRAINE: MARKOV'S THEORY ON YUSHCHENKO AND THE POLISH REACTION
Posted on: 28th November 2004
Laure Akai's comments on the situation in Ukraine
Read more...Russia: trial of Aleksei Cherepanov
Posted on: 24th November 2004
Krasnodar anarchist Aleksei Cherepanov was given one year probational sentence today, 23rd of November.
Read more...Poland: Gay rights parade attacked in Poznan
Posted on: 21st November 2004
Yesterday a gay rights parade was stopped by nationalists and hooligans in Poznan.
Read more...International solidarity campaign in support of Slovak workers act NOW
Posted on: 19th November 2004
As some of you already know, workers in Neusiedler SCP in Slovakia are in now 2 months struggle against the management. In September they formed a Petition
committee whose members were sacked afterwards. After a public meeting another 14 workers were sacked. Here is a brief info and all the news till 19th November.
Please read carefully and take action in this struggle which is precedent in Slovak history!!!
Read more...Slovakia: Neusiedler SCP workers struggle continues!
Posted on: 14th November 2004
On Monday 9th November a protest meeting of Neusiedler
SCP workers in Ruzomberok took place (see the first
international appeal to support the workers at
1 in
English and
2 in
German). The meeting took place in a neighbourhood
unit with around 110 participant which was a very low
number. There were workers from NSCP (some of them
with masked faces), students, pensioners... The
representatives of the new union Papier think the low
number was because of the stewards who harrassed the
workers in the morning and made disciplinary reports
on workers.
Read more...Hungary: New Squat in Budapest
Posted on: 14th November 2004
On Friday, 30th October squatters occupied Centrum, formerly the Uttoro Aruhaz (pioneer shopping mall), a vast former supermarket in the centre of Budapest.
Read more...Russia: Cherepanov court delayed
Posted on: 14th November 2004
Judge has passed court of Cherepanov to 22nd of November. This is good news, it seems like judge is not interested to judge Cherepanov, and hopes that court of appeal will overturn prosecutors appeal until 22nd of November.
Read more...Animal rights activists picket at Slovakian embassy
Posted on: 11th November 2004
Pictures from the picket at the Slovakian embassy in Warsaw against shooting
of animals.
Read more...About wearing masks during protests in Poland
Posted on: 11th November 2004
The constitutional court in Poland has decided yesterday that the new law about demonstrations which seeks to make it illegal for people to wear masks during demonstrations is unconstitutional.
Read more...Trouble in the squat Klizma, st. Petersburg
Posted on: 10th November 2004
News are a bit unclear, but it seems like nazis set squat Klizma on fire yesterday.
Read more...Support crucial workers struggle in Slovakia
Posted on: 6th November 2004
On Monday 11th November, 14:30 CET workers of Neusiedler (Austrian based multinational) hold a protest meeting in the town of Ruzomberok (mid-Slovakia).
Read more...action - bears and wolves in slovakia
Posted on: 5th November 2004
The Slovakian government has decided that bears and wolves are some sort of
'pests' and are allowing 60 bears and 100 wolves to be shot.
Read more...English update on Aleksei Cherepanov case 4th of November 2004
Posted on: 5th November 2004
1) Current situation
2) A letter from Aleksei Cherepanov (31st of August, 2004)
3) A letter from regional administration of Gosnarkokontrol of Kuban
area to Aleksei Cherepanov (20th of September, 2004)
5) A fax you may send to help Aleksei Cherepanov
Read more...The Polish Social Forum, with the sponsorship of the President of the City, was called off due to 'lack of interest'.
Posted on: 1st November 2004
The Groups trying to organize it - the New Left, Attac, Workers' Democracy and some left crazies - complained that there was absolutely no response from alterglobalists, NGOs or unions in attending the event.
Read more...Workers protests in Romania
Posted on: 30th October 2004
One hour of work costs in Romania 1,70 euro(average).Low salary,mass lay-offs, but also delays with paying wages cause more and more strikes.After period,when most of conflicts took place in unionist frames,more reports comes about wild, self-organized strikes,which often stay isolated from each other:as in textile factory in Zimnecia,where women workers stopped production due to extremely low wages and horrible conditions;as in Timisoara,where 200 women was fired from textile factory after they striked against raising up the norm(accord work)…
Read more...Workers from Romania: Struggle in "promised land" of capitalists
Posted on: 30th October 2004
Restructurization of production proccesses and changes in romanian society ,that happened last years are strongly connected to changes in EU countries.Romania became integral part of Europe,so had been also integrated in european employment system.Transformations in factories as well as migration created continuing exchange between romanian and foreign companies,but also between romanian workers and workers abroad.
Read more...Radio Hooligans - history of the pirate radio in USSR and CIS
Posted on: 27th October 2004
My article is about Free Operators - they are also called radio hooligans,
or radio pirates. I will try to tell who are they and from where did they
springed from.
Read more...Turkey: action against walls in Istanbul
Posted on: 24th October 2004
On the night of 22 October (2004), a group of anarchists made spray paintings to the central walls of Avcýlar the neighbourhood against all the walls that were built all over the world and to support all imprisoned people (prisoners) by global death machine.
Read more...Poland: Picket at the Israeli embassy in Warsaw
Posted on: 23rd October 2004
About 50 people participated in the picket at the Israeli emassy in Warsaw in protest against the construction of the wall.
Read more...London: FSB provocation in European social forum
Posted on: 22nd October 2004
Russian powers took an innovative approach with covering ESF in London in mainstream media. They organised their own demonstration, demanding extradiction of Chechen resistance spokesperson Ahmed Zakaev from UK to Russia.
Read more...Russia: A letter from Oleg Serebrennikov
Posted on: 22nd October 2004
Oleg writes 14th of October: After 6 months of investigation, 14 PM (local time, 11 AM GMT) October local court of Izhevsk begins hearing of criminal case
1-515 against neo-nazis Yan Vladislavovich Krasnovskiy (born 1982), Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Novikov (born 1987), Vladimir Andreyevich Ivonin (born 1984) and Mihail Olegovich Gubanov (born 1986), on part 2 of statue 213 and part 2 of statue 115 of Russian Criminal Codex. These people are members of Izhevsk section of neo-nazi Freedom Party.
Read more...Poland: Success in court of the Committee Free Caucasus
Posted on: 21st October 2004
An administrative court in Poznan has decided that the president of the city and the governor of the voivodship had no right to forbid demonstrations against the war in Chechnya at the Russian consulate in that city.
Read more...Russia: action in Kaluga in defense of migrants
Posted on: 20th October 2004
On Oct. 26 there will be an action in Kaluga to defend migrants' rights. The demo will be in front of the Migration Office.
Read more...Russia: 4th general meeting of Autonomous Action in Plyos, 20th-22nd of August 2004
Posted on: 17th October 2004
Plyos is a village famous for its magnificient paysages around Volga river,
it has been an inspiration of many classical Russian painters. It was an
excellent place for 4th general meeting of the Autonomous Action, summer
meetings of the federation have traditionally been organised in outdoor tent
camps in order to save costs.
Read more...Some repressions in Poland
Posted on: 13th October 2004
Some of incidents with police in the last days
Read more...Belarusian Social Forum
Posted on: 9th October 2004
5-7 of November 2004 in Minsk Belarusian Social Forum (BSF) will be held for the first time. The event was initiated by The Federation of Anarchists of Belarus, "NAVINKI" newspaper crew, non-governmental organizations "Belarusian Lambda League", Republican Youth Female Association "YANA", Belarusian Social-Democratic Youth "Maladaya Hramada", Belarusian Social Movement "RAZAM!" and by some other social initiatives.
Read more...Poland: 4th anniversary of De Centrum squat
Posted on: 6th October 2004
Some congratulations to some squatted social centers.
Read more...Animal rights activist beaten in Warsaw
Posted on: 4th October 2004
There is a group called "Empathy" which deals with animals. They held a couple of demos in Warsaw in relation to a circus, or more accurately, a festiwal of different circuses which came.
Read more...Exploitation in supermarkets in Poland
Posted on: 29th September 2004
A woman from Elblag has won a court case against the Portuguese company Jeronimo Martins Distribition (JMD), owner of a supermarket chain in Poland called "Biedronka".
Read more...Poland, Protest of miners in Katowice
Posted on: 27th September 2004
Last week about 700 miners protested at the hq of the Katowice mining company against plans to restructure the "Wujek" mine (famous during martial law) and the "Slask" mine from nearby Ruda Slaska.
Read more...Anarchists against the wall movie
Posted on: 27th September 2004
A movie about the Anarchists against the wall is available here: 1
Read more...Bulgarian Anarchist Radio Returns to the Airwaves
Posted on: 25th September 2004
The anarchist radio program "Diversion on the Airwaves" will resume broadcasting again Sept. 25th (Saturday) after a short break.
Read more...Riots in Kalmykia
Posted on: 23rd September 2004
September 22 - Riot police were out in force in the capital of Russia's southern Kalmykia region on Wednesday after violent clashes with opposition protesters seeking the resignation of its long-standing leader.
Read more...Russia: Environmental accident in the Kuban Delta
Posted on: 23rd September 2004
In February-March, 2004 there was a large environmental accident in the delta of the Kuban River running into the Sea of Azov. This accident took place in a protected area - Priazovsky Federal Zakaznik (wildlife refuge).
Read more...Belarus/Poland: Chechens stuck in brest
Posted on: 18th September 2004
88 Chechens attempted to enter Poland on Monday to receive asylum. The Polish authorities permitted 16 of them to enter the country, while the others had to return, the NTV television channel reported. On Saturday night, 125 Chechens tried to cross the border but only 24 were let in.
Read more...Russia: funny action in Tyumen
Posted on: 17th September 2004
A number of actions were held around the world on Sept.11. One of the small ones that not a lot of people have heard about took place in Siberian Tyumen.
Read more...This Saturday evening, about 100 Chechens arrived in Terespol but were not allowed in Poland.
Posted on: 16th September 2004
There seems to be some media/state conspiracy in not telling this story. The largest newspaper spoke of their arrival but did not say that they were not allowed in.
Read more...Welcome to anarchist festival "Black Petrograd -04"!
Posted on: 16th September 2004
Autumn in Russia began with a wave of terror. Death of hostages during the raid of school in Beslan is used by power for strengthening president's rule. We are promised "elections" of governors of republics from among candidates chosen by president only, army of ministry of internal affairs taking constant control over the regions, Duma to be formed only from candidates of marionette parties, and a new wave of state political terror under banner of "fight against extremism". This is the biggest maneuver of rulers of Russia to consolidate their power during the last 11 years. And still we may hardly be surprised - there is little doubt that security services are up for a total control over the society. Goal of such a control is not security of the people, but absolute power of the state.
Read more...New ABB is out - no funds to send it around !!!
Posted on: 13th September 2004
Hey everyone, here comes a little communique from AbolishingBB group, editors of Abolishing the Borders from Below anarchist magazine.
Read more...Warsaw: Praga anarchists against gentrification
Posted on: 12th September 2004
Praga Anarchist Group (FA Praga) made a protest visit to an international conference on "The Revitalization of Decayed Urban Areas", held in an old factory-turned arts center in the Praga district of Warsaw.
Read more...Anarchist block at antiracist demo in Athens
Posted on: 10th September 2004
Last Saturday after footbal game Albania-Greece(2-1),that took place in Tirana,all over Greece swept racist pogrom on scale unseen till know.
Read more...Anarchist action against state terror in Moscow
Posted on: 8th September 2004
Governement organised demonstrations 7th of September in various Russian cities with theme "Russia against terror. Together we will be victorious!".
Read more...Poland will build six new refugee centers on its eastern border.
Posted on: 7th September 2004
The new centers will add to Poland's twelve existing centers, which house up to 2,250 refugees, Pawel Dakowski said.
Read more...Russia: Leaflet about Beslan massacre
Posted on: 6th September 2004
We all are hostages of inhumane power! Let us free ourselves! Yesterday - Nord-ost, today Beslan, tomorrow what? And every time, what follows the nightmare is the same: fear, hysteria, apathy, powerlesness - in the society, growth of ethnical hatred and calls to strenghten police executive powers, censorship and
control of the state over people.
Read more...Wall in EU border in Lithuania
Posted on: 2nd September 2004
There has been some reports that a wall against immigrants is being built on the eastern borders of the EU.
Read more...Poland: Picket for human rights in Vietnam
Posted on: 29th August 2004
Some people from FA-Praga visited a picket organized by people from Amnesty
International and the Association for a Democratic Vietnam (Vietnamese
refugees living in Poland).
Read more...Poland, Antiwar action in Poznan
Posted on: 28th August 2004
On thursday about 30 people from the Commitee Free Caucasus, Naszosc and Anarchist Federation have participated in a blockade of the exit of the airport terminal to prevent the arrival of officials of the loyalist government in Chechnya.
Read more...Polish neo-Nazis raid Chechen camp
Posted on: 28th August 2004
Polish neo-Nazis have raided a camp housing Chechen refugees near Warsaw,
the Chechenpress news agency reported Tuesday. The agency said up to 20 Polish
youths burst into the Moshna camp 20 miles from Warsaw and attacked
residents with broken bottles and gas pistols.
Read more...Russia, cherepanov case - maybe good outcome
Posted on: 24th August 2004
In a surprise turn of events, a change in decision was made in the
Cherepanov case.
Read more...Protests in eastern germoney
Posted on: 22nd August 2004
For almost a month, Monday protests have been held in the eastern parts of
Germany to protest the Hartz 4 program. The choice of Mondays is symbolic as
it reminds people of 1989 when Monday protests were held throughout the GDR.
Read more...Conference: Towards a Citizens' Critique of the European Union. May 14 -15, 2005 in Warsaw,Poland.
Posted on: 21st August 2004
THE EU - We would like to focus on a critique of representative institutions of power and the EU as an instrument of European capital as well as its functions as lawmaker, policeman and fortress keeper.
Read more...Terror and human rights as bourgoise concepts
Posted on: 17th August 2004
A summary of discussion in Athenaeum of anarcho-syndicalists in Belgrade Monday 25th of July 2004
Read more...Indy- or anti-media? Against ANY journalism...
Posted on: 17th August 2004
A summary of discussion in Athenaeum of anarcho-syndicalists in Belgrade Monday 25th of July 2004
Read more...Breaking news - Ecological disaster in Perm, Russia
Posted on: 16th August 2004
At morning 15th of August, a wagon on its way to factory "Galogen", located in Kirov district of Perm, dropped from rails and leaked around 40 tons of 20% hydrochloric acid to environment.
Read more...Russia: First day of court against Aleksei Cherepanov
Posted on: 13th August 2004
12th of August court case against Aleksei Cherepanov began in Sovetski district court of Krasnodar. Court began with questioning of 3 witnesses of the prosecution, two officers of Gosnarkokontrol and one
witness "from the street". To questions of judge and Aleksei's lawyer concerning details of Aleksei's arrest in Tramvainoe street 12th of May and illegal search in his room 19th of May, they answered "we do not remember", and referred to documentation of investigation, obviously in order not to tell conflicting versions. When defence asked why Aleksei was not present during search, one of the witnesses answered "I do not know"!
Read more...Russia: Send a fax to protest against police brutality in Perm!
Posted on: 13th August 2004
10th of August 11:40 PM, 14 participators of a protest action against dismantling ballistic missiles in Perm were taken to police station of Lenin district in Perm, 3 arrested juvenile offenders were sent to Center of Social Adaptation.
Read more...Statement of a total objector in Finland
Posted on: 12th August 2004
Speech of Antti Rautiainen delivered in district court of Helsinki on the 11th of August. Eventually he was sentenced to 15 days in prison.
Read more...Ukraine: actions against corruption in education
Posted on: 11th August 2004
After three months of unsuccessful attempts, students of Sumy higher educational establishments decided to proceed in attack. The Constitution Day of 2004 might be the most sated on record. On June 28 the hundreds of students, their parents, and professors of Sumy State University and Sumy State Pedagogical University as well as other universities of city gathered on the main street initiating 'a tent town'
Read more...Russia: Case of Aleksei Cherepanov has been passed to court
Posted on: 11th August 2004
13th of August will be first hearing on the case of Aleksei Cherepanov,
anarchist and journalist from Krasnodar. He is accused of possession
of drugs which were "found" in his room 16th of May in course of
an illegal search.
Read more...Russia: Blockade of Perm oblast administration lasted 6 hours
Posted on: 11th August 2004
Blockade of Perm oblast administration, organised by participators of the
protest camp and supported by inhabitants of Perm, was launched around 5 PM.
Around 20 persons blockaded building, chaining themselves to each others.
Read more...Serbia: A group of activist from DSM! network met more then a hundered workers in occupied factory of "Jugoremedija" in the city of Zrenjanin.
Posted on: 8th August 2004
Namely, 280 of 357 workers of "Jugoremedija" have been on strike since
December 27th last year. Personal security of the director of
"Jugoremedija", Aleksandar Jovanovic, inflicted severe injuries on a number
of strikers. They even used trained dogs. One woman was badly injured, 2
women have dislocated arms and one worker received a blow to the head. In an
incredible scene, women workers had laied down infront of the security vans,
and defened their factory from the personal army of the director. Workers
had locked the factory and director cannot enter any more, while the
confused "security" had left the scene.
Read more...Criminalization of anarchists in Bulgaria
Posted on: 5th August 2004
The neoliberal political class in Sofia is now engaged in new efforts
to criminalize and intimidate dissent, branding protestors and anarchists
as a threat to "national security". The most flagrant example of this new
clampdown on freedom is the arrest of a 20-year-old anarchist in mid-July.
Read more...News from Indymedia Romania
Posted on: 5th August 2004
About the conflict between staff and management at Moldova state television and the shipping canal on the Bystroe arm of the Danube Delta which gravely endagers the eco-system of the region.
Read more...Report from the II meeting of the anarchists of the former Yugoslavia
Posted on: 5th August 2004
The meeting was held in the ecological village Zelenkovac (Bosnia and Herzegovina), from 2. do 4.
July of the 2004. year
Read more...Russia, Protest meeting in Perm 16th of July
Posted on: 17th July 2004
Anarchists and ecologists gathering 5 PM at movie theater Ekran had only
Permission for a picket. Some 200 people, most of whom Zakamsk inhabitants
came to listen what powers had to reply to ultimatum given in a meeting a
week before. Protest camp participators repeated performance which had
been organised at oblast administration two days before, and atmosphere
was cheerful. Since powers did not came with any answers, activists
brought in a loudspeaker, agitating people for more radical action. By
legal definition, loudspeaker is the crucial difference between meeting
and a picket, and so action turned illegal.
Read more...Radical ecological protest campaign in Perm of Russia: what happened so far
Posted on: 15th July 2004
Tomorrow, 16th of July protest camp organised by various local and
nationwide anarchist and ecological groups in Perm turns to its third
week. Although few people may stay in camp more than few days or one week,
every day there have been 20-30 participators in the camp. Only mass
meeting organised this far gathered 300 people in Zakamsk suburb of 100
000 inhabitants Friday 9th of July, hardly an uprising but still numbers
unusually big for the area.
Read more...Aleksei's notes about "gopniks" and "non-formal" subcultures in ex-USSR
Posted on: 15th July 2004
Best description on what is a gopnik is in Muri’s colon in May’s issue Of
ABfB. Whether you may define that just as hooliganism, that depends a bit on the
context and region. Most likely term "gopnik" comes from slang word "gop
stop", which dates back to tsar's time and means street robbery. Whereas
in big cities of Western Russia it is enough to have short hair, jogging
suit and violent attitude to be a gopnik, here in Ural there were lots of
prison camps and whole culture is saturated by prison ways, so you must be
more close to original “gop stop” concept, a tru gangsta to qualify, since
at least 2/3 of the young men look like gopniks.
Read more...Workshop on pga-conference *breaking the activist ghetto*
Posted on: 15th July 2004
already in the 2nd european pga-conference in leiden the question
("how to break the activists ghetto?") was a crucial topic. we hope
and we want to contribute, that this debate will continue in the
coming conference in belgrade on different levels. on one hand we
are interested, for example, to participate in a follow-up-workshop,
which should raise the approaches of social or autonomous centers and
its relationships to the quarters or broader social realities in their
cities. on the other hand we want to propose and we would like to
prepare (together with other interested groups) another
two-parts-workshop under the headline of breaking the ghetto and with
the subtitle of "migration, labourstruggles and (re)appropriation".
Read more...Protest camp in Perm, Russia - new press releases
Posted on: 14th July 2004
14th of July participators of the protest camp organised a performance in
front of Perm oblast administration. For a moment, square in front of the
administrative building transformed into a scene of epic battle between
good and evil, more exactly, between nature and dangerous factory.
Read more...Polish farmers largely ignore the EU bureaucracy
Posted on: 14th July 2004
It has been reported that only 15% of Polish farmers have applied for UE subsidies.
Read more...Protest camp in Perm, Russia - recent press releases
Posted on: 13th July 2004
Hi, today I only had time to roughly translate few recent press
releases. Although they may be a bit cryptic for people
who have not followed Russian sites (such as Perm
campaign indymedia perm.indymedia.ru), I hope they give some
authentic camp feeling.
Tomorrow I will try to get more detailed timeline on
what has happened since camp was launched 2nd of July.
Right on center column of Perm campaign indymedia, there
is a short 2 minute briefing video about Perm camp in Russian.
A.
Read more...A place under the sun - movement against urban tightening in Moscow
Posted on: 13th July 2004
Every year in Moscow much enough squaremetres are built to house a typical
Russian city with 200 000 inhabitants. Moscow is spreading further on from
MKAD ringroad, which was build to the border of the Soviet capital, and in
the city itself builders are eager to use every availaible piece of land.
Yards, children's squares, garages of "common mortals", architectural
heritage and any free space are sacrificed from the way of development.
This phenomenon is typical for many big cities and was named "tightening
construction" in Russia.
Read more...WORKERS' PROTESTS IN POLAND FROM MAY TO JUNE 2004
Posted on: 13th July 2004
Rebellion of Avon's women, Unionists from Wagon S.A., Tramway-workers threaten to strike, Picket of "Solidarity" in front of PKN Orlen's management's building, A picket of PKS Kozienice's workers in front of Parlament, Znin: sugar factory's workers refused to accept employer's proposal, The prostesters laughed at government's declaration
Read more...Russia, Sankt-Petersburg - attacks against squat KLIZMA
Posted on: 8th July 2004
In night between 3rd and 4th of July squat KLIZMA (former Pekarnia) in Sankt-Petersburg
was attacked by local criminal "gopnik" youth, apparently in cooperation
(or after request of) police.
Read more...Russia, update on case of Aleksei Cherepanov
Posted on: 8th July 2004
Next week anti-fascist, anarchist and independent journalist Aleksei Cherepanov from
Krasnodar has spent two months in prison. 12th of May 2004 he was planted one gram of grass by officers
of Gosnarkokontrol (FSNK RF), but eventually he was not arrested for 10 days because of possession but
because of "a refusal to follow legal orders by officers of Gosnarkokontrol".
Read more...30th of May, Black flag over Ufa (Russia) to commemorate Mikhail Bakunin
Posted on: 1st July 2004
30th of May Ufa Federation of Anarchists and Autonomous Action of
Ufa made an action dedicated to 190th birthday of Mikhail Bakunin.
Read more...190th anniversary of Mikhail Bakunin in his birthplace Pryamukhino
Posted on: 1st July 2004
30th of May 2004 was 190th birthday of Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin.
Celebrations were organized 29th-30th of May in his birthplace Pryamukhino,
located not far from the city of Torzhok in Tversk oblast.
Read more..."Occupy the occupier" blockade in Warsaw
Posted on: 30th June 2004
Read more...Poland, Boycott Nescafe day
Posted on: 27th June 2004
Today pickets took place in different cities accross Poland with the message to start boycotting Nescafe because of worker layoffs by the company.
Read more...Poland: something stinks at Avon
Posted on: 21st June 2004
Five Polish women have joined forces to take the Avon Corporation to court.
They contend that their relationship with Avon should have been considered
as an employer-employee relationship, than they were in fact employees of
Avon, not independent contractors selling services to Avon on a goodwill
basis.
Read more...Poland - Internet radio activist murdered
Posted on: 18th June 2004
Read more...Meeting in ex-yu 2-4 july in Zelenkovac
Posted on: 18th June 2004
meeting of anarchist groups and individuals, mainly fom the area of
ex-yugoslavia, but everybody else is welcome...
Read more...Action in Moscow in solidarity with US prisoner Jeff Luers.
Posted on: 16th June 2004
Yesterday evening a group of anarchists in Moscow wrote "FREE JEFF LUERS!"
with huge letters to the wall of US Embassy in Moscow. Protesting this way
against imperial "justice", radical activists gave moral support to their
comrade Jeffrey Luers. All participators of the action successfully escaped,
so security of one of the tightest guarded buildings in Moscow was put in
shame.
Read more...Gay rights picket in Warsaw
Posted on: 11th June 2004
About 1000 people participated today in a picket at the city hall in Warsaw.
Read more...Letter Campaign about Repression of Gay Pride Parade, Warsaw
Posted on: 10th June 2004
We would like to call on individuals and organizations to send e-mails or
faxes to the offices of the President of the City of Warsaw, Poland, Lech
Kaczynski to show support for gay rights in this country and to protest
against growing homophobia. Faxes and e-mails should be sent either today
(10 June) or tomorrow (11 June) as tomorrow there will be a demo held in
front of his offices instead of the annual Gay Pride Parade (Parada
Rownosci), which homophobe Kaczynski has banned.
Read more...Poland, Warsaw/Krakow, The chinese president arrived and got notices ;)
Posted on: 10th June 2004
The chinese president arrived with a surprise visit in Poland. No word of
it was known until it leaked this morning. The polish president arranged a
military parade for the occasion.
Read more...Chinese president visits Poland
Posted on: 8th June 2004
The chinese president arrived with a surprise visit in Poland. No word of it
was known until it leaked
this morning.
Read more...Please join to fax campaign for Aleksei Cherepanov
Posted on: 8th June 2004
9th of June. Pervomaisky court of Krasnodar will make a
decision on his further arrest 10th of June. You may use
this text, or make your own (which is recommended).
Read more...President of Warsaw pied
Posted on: 2nd June 2004
The president of Warsaw Kaczynski met his pie today. It was meant for him as
a result
of his cowardly policy of forbidding the gay and lesbian march in Warsaw
under
the pressure of right-wingers from the League of Polish Families and their
fascist arm, the "Mlodziez Wszechpolska".
Read more...xUSSR: Avtonom #22 English summary
Posted on: 2nd June 2004
Dear friends,
welcome to another international mailout of Avtonom. As you see, repression
in Krasnodar and consecutive transfer of editorial collective to Moscow has
deformed our journal from its former riotous self to a boring 44 page
academic opus with a glossy cover and 3 page articles. This might have been
the KGB intention in the first place. Moscow intellectuals are up for no
good. This may be end of Avtonom, but samizdat is still alive and kicking,
just read Luchi from Tyumen or Skunx Times from Kirov to get convinced...
Read more...Invitation to the women camp in Belarus!
Posted on: 28th May 2004
Date: about 15-21 July
Objectives of camp: for us important meet with activists from other
countries for experience exchange and possibility of common
projects\contacts.
And we never had camp with women\feministic\gender tematics.
Also energization belarusian women activists.
Read more...Invitation for 2nd Poland-wide Workers Conference in Poznan on 19th June 2004
Posted on: 27th May 2004
"Towards workers democracy.Self-organization,cooperativity,participation in
management of production."
Read more...Russia, Aleksei Cherepanov arrested again
Posted on: 27th May 2004
Monday 24th of May Aleksei Cherepanov was
ordered to an interrogation to Gosnarkokontrol (Recently
formed Russian ATF equivalent),
after which he was immediately arrested - this time
he was not transferred to normal jail but to
FSB (x-KGB) prison for prisoners on remand in Krasnodar.
Read more...Protest in Polish prisons
Posted on: 26th May 2004
Prisoners are on hunger strike against the overcrowding in Polish prisons
Read more...Yemeni citizen thrown out of Poland for antiwar activity
Posted on: 26th May 2004
Polish authorities have ordered Ahmed Ammar to leave Poland for "security reasons" which were never disclosed for public scrutiny. It is strongly suspected that the reason was his involvment in moderate anti-war activity.
Read more...Indymedia Romania
Posted on: 25th May 2004
hy tehre, since who knows when we will put a newsletter together here's a thing about romania. finally we are entering the familly of civilised countries and have an indymedia romania:-)
Read more...THE ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC FORUM
Posted on: 20th May 2004
In terms of the Forum, it is hard to say how many
people came because, typically nobody stayed for
everything but people came for one or two things they
were interested in. The space usually had from a low
of 200 people to up to 400 people, so we estimate
(although we weren't really counting) that between
800-1000 different people showed up in total.
Read more...Russia, Krasnodar saga continues
Posted on: 20th May 2004
A translation of new press release by Autonomous Action, 20th of May 2004
An illegal search in house of a journalist and anti-fascist Aleksei
Cherepanov in Krasnodar
Read more...noborder camp, croatia
Posted on: 19th May 2004
Mursko Sredisce, Croatia (30.04. - 1. 05. 2004)
Impressions settled down, so it’s time for report. Tho whole event was
organized by the following groups: ACT, AFA, ANFEMA, FNB, RAI. During
those two days around 60 people visited camp, some for one day, some for
both days.
Read more...New repressions against anarchists in Krasnodar, Russia
Posted on: 15th May 2004
Lyosha Cherepanov, one of the most active
militants of Autonomous Action of Krasnodar got
drugs planted on him on Wednesday. Lyosha does
not use drugs, not even grass which freely flourishes
in every other yard of Kuban. He is freed from army
for health reasons, but got a letter from draft commission
to come to "re-register" in Wednesday. In middle of the
road, he was arrested by police. He was allowed to
make few phonecalls, so he was able to inform
that he was planted drugs and sentenced to "9 days
of administrative arrest" for "a refusal to follow orders
of Gosnarkokontrol", which is a new ATF-analogue in
Russia.
Read more...Reactions to the gay march and confrontations with right-wing counter-demonstrations and the role of the police
Posted on: 13th May 2004
The problems involving the homosexual tolerance march in Krakow started a
few days back when Civic Platform, the second most popular party in Poland,
said they were against this march. On the 7th of may the march took place but with some problems from nazis, League of Polish Families and others.
Read more...Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow English Bulletin 2/2004
Posted on: 11th May 2004
Contents:
1.. Preface
2.. Support Minsk anti-fascist 7!
3.. Izhevsk anti-fascists still need help!
4.. Moscow hospital bill fundraiser
5.. New Anarchist Black Cross contact in Ufa
6.. Dimitri Ryabinin is free
7.. Post address of Olga Nevskaya
Read more...Cops shoot two people dead in Lodz
Posted on: 10th May 2004
Last night cops shot dead two people in Lodz during an evening youth event where
football hooligans joined.
Read more...Mayday in Riga, Latvia
Posted on: 6th May 2004
While burgeoisie and bureaucrats were drinking champagne... around 40
people joined for CRITICAL MASS action to show solidarity to working
people, alternatives to car-culture and just to have fun.
Read more...Anti-WEF demonstration in Warsaw 29th april
Posted on: 6th May 2004
Newsletter by Bas Moreel and Laure's comments to it
Read more...Repression of the Alternative Economic Forum
Posted on: 24th April 2004
DISTRIBUTE WIDELY! Two Forums planned for the time of the European Economic Summit in Warsaw
are still looking for a place to take place after intense pressure from
police, media and the political apparatus forced them out of their location.
Read more...Anti-fascist banner drop in Moscow
Posted on: 20th April 2004
19th of April, in eve of Hitler's birthday Moscow union of radical
artists with support of Autonomous action and Autonomous Action
dropped 20x8 meter banner with text "No to fascist laws!", "No to fascist
power" over an advertisement in beginning of the Tverskaya
street of Moscow, in front of state duma and near Kreml.
Read more...Moscow pigs off the hook
Posted on: 19th April 2004
Today 1 pm there should have been an "anti-fascist flash mob" (or more
exactly
smart mob) in the eve of Hitler's birthday, organised by trots and some
liberal
anti-fascists.
Read more...Theater events 28.04, warsaw
Posted on: 15th April 2004
The following street theatre acts are going to be part of the anti-summit events.
Read more...Anti-cop activist shot in Moscow
Posted on: 12th April 2004
25th of March 19 year old German Galdetsky was shot
several times in Yaroslav train station of Moscow, he was
done several operations in hospital, and is currently in a serious
condition.
Read more...Poland - Lawmakers prepare for repressions
Posted on: 8th April 2004
Steps of the Polish state apparatus towards easier sentencing of activists
Read more...Russia: Anti-fascist demonstration in Rostov-na-Donu, 4 April
Posted on: 6th April 2004
On 4th April 2004 in the Rostov-on-the-Don there was an anti-fascist
demonstration, organized by the Federation of Anarcho-Communists (FAK).
Read more...Trade unions against the European Economic Summit
Posted on: 5th April 2004
The Polish Nationwide Protest Committee (OKP) called upon all organizations
participating in it to "actively support" the demonstration against
unemployment which is to take place on April 29th during The European
Economic Summit in Warsaw.
Read more...Repressions related with the planned Warsaw events
Posted on: 3rd April 2004
The list of repression about anti-summit organisers is growing. Below is what we have learned about so far.
Read more...Manager of "Jedynka" escaped protestors
Posted on: 2nd April 2004
More on the situation in the "Jedynka" construction company in Wroclaw, where workers have been on strike in protest of layoffs.
Read more...1500 hospital patients evicted for WEF?
Posted on: 2nd April 2004
A PAP report claims that 1500 ill people in Warsaw
hospitals will be evicted for the WEF summit. The
true purpose is unclear, but officially is for
WEF participants and protestors (maybe healthy,
maybe as victims of violence).
Read more...European week against racism in craiova (from CAF-Craiova)
Posted on: 1st April 2004
hello
in march we put all our energy and money for making known to the people the european week against racism , fascism and nationalism .
Read more...Russian Duma moves to limit protest actions
Posted on: 31st March 2004
MOSCOW, March 31 (Reuters) - Protests in most Russian public places,
including outside official buildings, will become illegal under a bill
given preliminary approval by the Kremlin-controlled parliament on
Wednesday.
Read more...South Russia - Dmitry Ryabinin's case - update
Posted on: 31st March 2004
As a result of the court case Dmitry lost about 60000 roubles (about 2000 dollars) - so it is necessary to help him financially. Below there are the bank accounts to send money from abroad.
After the sum is collected, these accounts are gonna be used by Anarchist Black Cross groups in Russia.
Read more...Customs of workers in Wroclaw
Posted on: 30th March 2004
Read more...Anti-fascist demo in St. Petersburg
Posted on: 28th March 2004
Read more...Occupation strike attacked in Wroclaw (Poland)
Posted on: 28th March 2004
Read more...Appeal to Stockmann for workers without residence permission (Russia)
Posted on: 27th March 2004
Website nelegal.ru is supporting interests of "illegal" workforce in
Moscow.
Few years ago there were 5 million workers in Moscow without "propiska"
(residence permit), most of them Russian citizens. Website has opened a
campaign
against Finnish department store chain Stockmann because company
maintains illegal (according to Russian laws) practice of discriminating
workers without residence permission in employment.
Read more...Prison hungerstrike in St. Petersburg
Posted on: 27th March 2004
According to mainstream media site newsru.com,
in 23rd of February at least 2196 inmates in various jails and
colonies of Sankt-Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast surrounding
the city declared a hungerstrike to support inmates in colony number 4 in
Fornosovo.
Read more...Radio De-Centrum from Bialystok
Posted on: 25th March 2004
Read more...Police racism in Warsaw
Posted on: 25th March 2004
Anarchists in Warsaw are organizing an anti-racist action for next week. The
reason for this is because of the police treatment of Arabs and other
non-white people (for example Pakistanis) in the aftermath of the Madrid
bombings.
Read more...POLAND NEWSLETTER No 2 - March 2004
Posted on: 24th March 2004
What to expect if you happen to be in Warsaw the last
three days of April?
You can't know with an incompetent and corrupt
prestige-hungry government served by police and
security services where there is still something of
the spirit of the Polish Communist Party times.
Maybe this
SPECIAL EUROPEAN ECONOMIC FORUM ISSUE
gives you an idea.
Bas Moreel.
Read more...Eviction alert for "Rozbrat" squat in Poznan!
Posted on: 24th March 2004
Comrades from Poznan are sending an appeal for support concerning possible eviction of the "Rozbrat" squat. The squat exists for almost 10 years now.
Read more...The Role of the Media (and the Police) in Spurring Violence and Hysteria (by Laure Akai)
Posted on: 21st March 2004
There is no doubt about it; violence of all kinds is a bonanza for the
media. While on the one hand journalists and editors pretend to abhor it,
violence is indeed the health of the media. It is the one thing they are
sure to cover enthusiastically, the one thing t