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The advantage of such a solution over a catalog based on server-side scripting is that it is much faster, it's viewable offline and more easily re-usable. Click above to go back to the main Alter-EE page Posted on: 19th January 2004Who are we? We are the militants of the libertarian socialist movement called "Autonomus Action". It unites people from the former Soviet Union (USSR) - Russia, the Ukraine, Byelorussia, Armenia and Kazakhstan. Posted on: 19th January 2004This year, on January, 13th, the court has taken place on two Krasnodar “Autonomous Action” activists - Lion S. and Dmitry R., accused of beating the director of the press-service of Kuban oil company "Rosneft" Mr. Dolgov Posted on: 15th January 2004More than 14 200 freight wagons and 1000 passenger wagons loaded with 480 000 persons headed to the steppes of Kazakhstan and Kirgistan. The journey took almost a month and one fifth of the passengers never made it there due to hunger, thirst and typhus fever which were rampant in the freezing and over-crowded wagons. Countless others died due to hunger and diseases in the steppes during the following years. Only in 1956 were the Chechens and Ingushetians allowed to return to the Caucasus. Posted on: 10th January 2004In the night of thursday to friday a local electronics supermarket MediaMarkt in Lodz organized a sale. The events evolved into a consumption pandemonium as thousands of people were storming the supermarket to buy microwave ovens and other stuff. Posted on: 10th January 2004After a robbery in the headquarters of a ultra-capitalist conservative party in Lublin, Poland (see map on alter-ee page ;-) anarchists in that town have been accused of it, because anarchist signs were painted on the walls inside of the robbed office. Posted on: 30th December 2003last month the squat Papirna received its final warning regarding noise complaints from concerts held in the basement there.Posted on: 29th December 2003"Novost" is french language informational bulletin reporting on politics in Eastern Europe from strongly workers-oriented perspective.Posted on: 29th December 2003Arkadiusz, a polish squatter living in Paris has been jailed for 5 months because of a fight with a cop during the evicition of a squat. Posted on: 25th December 2003Interview with Dariusz Skrzypczak, the president of the "Solidarity" trade-union in Nestle Poland (ex-Goplana). Posted on: 25th December 2003The US vice-minister of defense, Doulas Feith, arrived to Poland on the 8th of December. His visitation has opened unofficial negotiations concerning opening the US military base in Poland. Posted on: 24th December 2003Open source activists in Poland have engaged in a legal battle with the national social security giant and it's software. Posted on: 22nd December 2003At the end of last week, tens of thousands of people in Warsaw were forwarded warnings, ostensibly from the ABW warning people to stay away from Galeria Mokotow shopping mall for fear of terrorist attacks. Posted on: 21st December 2003After many years of lying there unchanged, the WEF page got a bit of a (much needed) cosmetic makeover. Posted on: 21st December 2003The workers from the hospital HCP Medical Center (employed by the Bresco firm) were not getting paid on time. When it happened again and there wasn't money on the account by 13 Nov., they went on strike. Posted on: 12th December 2003After much consideration as to whether or not to participate, I decided not to for a couple of reasons, the main one being the proposed strategy for dealing with the question of violence which was undertaken by certain groups. Posted on: 12th December 2003 On the eve of accession to the European Union (significantly planned for May 1 to change the nature of that holiday), the European Economic Summit (which was cancelled in Dublin due to planned protests) is coming to Warsaw. Posted on: 9th December 2003on the night of 6 to 7 december, the police from craiova launched a new repressive operation against caf-fac (craiova anarho front - antifascist front craiova) Posted on: 8th December 2003Last week in Lublin the pro-capitalist demonstration of a liberal party and nationalists which were protecting them has encountered a counter-demonstration of Anarchist Federation from Lublin. Posted on: 5th December 2003Our student protest movement collapsed just when it was about to be formed. In Thursday 27th there was quite a heated meeting where rectorate answered to questions of the students (day before there had been a spontaneous meeting of African students association, which had turned to a general assembly of all foreign students). Posted on: 5th December 2003A helicopter with the members of the Polish government crashed yesterday. Unfortunately the passengers survived... Posted on: 2nd December 2003Threat of steelworks’ collapse – pressure of international corporations. The tragic situation of Silesia, the region in which the heavy industry and mining play the key role, is caused mainly by the government’s actions, which ruin both of these industries. In the case of the mining industry the authority is aiming at the liquidation of this part of industry mostly because of the World Bank’s dictate. In the case of the heavy industry, the instructions of the European Comission which is bossing about how much can be produced contribute to the liquidation of plants and depriving thousands of people of employment. Posted on: 29th November 2003On the events, which it succeeded it snatched on the forums in Paris - only it is below, and at first - a little general impressions and conclusions. The total of the second European forum, is forced it recognized, it is considerably worse than that byl after the first (sostoyalsya in the fall of 2002 in Florence). Posted on: 29th November 2003On friday, the Poznan Antiwar Coalition made an action in an underpass in the city center. Posted on: 28th November 2003It has been long 4 days since night between 23rd and 24th of October. Fortunately shouts did not woke me up, so I do not have to see students jumping from 5th floor to their death in dreams of rest of my life, as I suppose some my friends will. Posted on: 22nd November 20037th of November is day of rememberance of the October "revolution". After collapse of the Soviet Union, official name of the date was changed to contentless "Day of pacification and agreement", since cancelling a general holiday would have angered people. Posted on: 21st November 2003Hello everyone! There has been some very worring develpoments in Poland in last month. Thats why apart from usual news (not so many, sorry!) there will be also commentary about present situation here. Enjoy reading! Posted on: 20th November 2003During the meeting we discussed mainly about the flow of information inside the federation and about ways to optimize this. Posted on: 16th November 2003Here are some news about publications in romania.Posted on: 15th November 2003Yesterday there was a small picket at the Greek embassy in Warsaw in solidarity with the Thessaloniki 7.Books and periodicals Posted on: 13th November 2003Following the participation in the International Week Against Racism events organised in Timisoara in march (for those who didn`t heard, see bellow) and the International NoBorder Camp in Timisoara, as well as the whole activity during this year (graffity, direct confrontations, leafleting, internet fight, concerts.) antifascists in Romania organised again. After friends in Craiova went to the Sighisoara Mediaval Art Festival, it was time for antifas in Timisoara to make another move. Posted on: 12th November 2003Anarchists in Krakow have put a banner on one of the bridges in the city on the occasion of polish independence day (11 november). Posted on: 12th November 2003About 150 neonazis demonstrated in Warsaw yesterday on the independence day. Posted on: 11th November 2003On Friday, the 7th, November 2003, the squatted house in Petersburg was evicted.Posted on: 8th November 2003The railroads are one of many industries in Poland that have either gone on strike or plan to soon. Their strike is called for next week. Posted on: 5th November 2003Infoshop called Epicenter here in Petersburg. The space is provided by feminist NGO (Petersburg Center For Gender Issues). Posted on: 31st October 2003As some of you know, last year in Timisoara, the biggest city in the west of Romania, was an action against Mcdonalds on the 16 of october organised by AActiv-ist Collective. Then we had 30-40 people. Posted on: 30th October 2003People from FA-Krakow have participated in a picket organised by lonely parents (mostly women) against the plan of the government to cut the funds for single parents. Posted on: 30th October 200328. of October 2003 police officers of Kirovskiy district raided the squat Pekarnia. The reason for cops to check the house was, that a day before one of the homeless people, who live at 2nd floor (the squat Pekarnia is located at the 3rd floor), fall out from the window and was taken to hospital because of severe head injury. Posted on: 29th October 2003yesterday in timisoara and bucharest there was prostests of students against PSD the goverment party! Posted on: 26th October 2003Poeple from FA-Torun are pariticipating in a campaign of support for a self-organised center for homeless in Torun, which was squatted by the homeless and furnished with the help of neighbours. Posted on: 25th October 2003As it was announced, in Thuersday (23.Oktober 2003) was held projection of FNBs film in House of Culture in Student's Town in Belgrade. Posted on: 24th October 2003Rainbow Keepers annual conference was organized at "Kasimov alternative" (Kasimov city, Russia) on 04.-07. september 2003. The aim of the conference was to discuss the internal structure and strategy of the movement, as well as concrete campaigns and further plans, for example protest camps. Posted on: 20th October 2003One floor of the 3- storeyed empty house in the industral'nom region in Petersburg is seized by anarchists and activists of pank/.YuCh of scene. Posted on: 19th October 2003 Many people know Proudhon's famous phrase "Anarchy is the Mother of Order" but, unfortunately, after a long time of being twisted in the public consciousness, almost everybody has a bad association with anarchy, considering it to be chaos and anarchists to be a drunken mob. Posted on: 19th October 2003Introduction A new wave of workers' strikes in Poland has appeared after 22 years since Polish August happened (Solidarity Revolution) and after 13 years of the social and political changes beginning in 1989 (capitalism). Posted on: 18th October 2003-Besides existing 3 detention centres, Moscow authorities plan to set up 3 new detention centres with capacity of 500 places each until end of the year. Posted on: 18th October 2003A decade has passed since the bloody October events in Moscow 1993. Events, which some (such as Zyuganov, Glazev and Anpilov) call " Yeltsinite coup", and others (such as Chubais and Gaidar) call "attempt of a red-brown putch". Posted on: 18th October 2003This was one more beautifull day, as always when it is planed some action. We gathering ourselves in squat "Rebel House" in Belgrade, in order to prepare action at the Day of fight against multi-national companies and at the Day of health food. Posted on: 15th October 2003Today members of the Worker's Initiative, Anarchist Federation and sympathisers as well as trade-unionists from "Solidarity'80" (about 50-60 people) have picketed one of the McDonalds restaurants in Poznan Posted on: 15th October 2003Below is some machine translated text about the picket in Odessa in defence of the anarchist newspaper "Nabat". Some pics and the original text are on: http://www.nabat.info/home/articles/2 Zaczek Posted on: 15th October 2003Volja (Russian word meaning "freedom" and "will") is an international anarchist paper that was founded by several anarchists in Moscow in 1989. Posted on: 14th October 2003In August 2003 26 years old anti-authoritarian Anastasia Drozdova was assaulted in Moscow without any clear reason. Posted on: 19th September 2003During the whole of June an occupation took place at the Uniontex SA- textiles factory in Lodz.It was caused the workers rights being attacked.For a few months the workers were almost deprived of the means to live. Posted on: 17th September 2003An anarchist from Krakow stands a trial accused of organising an illegal demonstration against the war in Iraq. Posted on: 16th September 2003So apparently the Polish government supported the EU position on farm subsidies against the demands of developing countries in Cancun. Posted on: 16th September 2003Dozens of cops and several miners were wounded during riots at the building of the council of ministers in Warsaw on the 11th september. Posted on: 28th August 2003Protest campers and local inhabitants of Azov decided to move protests from Azov to Rostov-na-Donu 25th of August, since the Rostov oblast governor Chuba is in any case the main person responsabile for the ecologically disastrous methanol terminal project. Aim was to organise a symbolical "funeral of the nature of Azov", where local inhabitants would lay flowers in front of the Rostov oblast administration. Posted on: 27th August 2003On September 13, 2003, at Sofia, Bulgaria, we the anarchists from Sofia organize an Anti-Fascist festival. Posted on: 27th August 2003A march of unemployed people which has been walking to Warsaw arrived in the capital today and made a demo. Posted on: 27th August 2003Contraction "SPS - der'mo!" Left young people of Perm' arranged the unsanctioned protest action against SPS and capitalism. Posted on: 25th August 2003"Kolokol Publications" circulates newsletters on Bangladesh, Chechnya, Eastern Europe and Russia (Kolokol Newsletter), Iraq, Israel/Palestine (Canaan Newsletter), the U.S. (American Voices), religious anarchism and, exceptionally, plain anarchism. To receive these newsletters, to ask to stop sending them, to comment on them or to offer materials please write to kolokol_be@yahoo.co.uk Posted on: 23rd August 2003On the 6th of september will take place the 10th anniversary of the anarchist periodical "Inny Swiat" in Mielec, on the "Island of Freedom". Posted on: 23rd August 2003Hi folks, I would like to introduce to you pretty interesting initiative of our friends from Berlin, AK KRAAK collective Posted on: 21st August 2003 Basically it suppose to be discussed on next NoBorder meeting in Vienna(October?),but somebody wrote pre-proposal already,after this discussion in Cologne camp.Except germans people from Macedonia,Romania,Poland ,some Russians living in Germany,etc,participated,but whole thing was rather boring brainstorming like thingfull of misunderstings and misconceptions which are plaguing East-West anarchist /antiauthoritharian connections,so good described by Antti,not one time only... Posted on: 19th August 2003The workers in "Wagon" railway wagon manufacturing plant in Ostrow Wielkopolski have blockaded the Poznan-Katowice highway yesterday. Posted on: 14th August 2003On 29th-30th august will be organised: The "Abramowszczyzna" meeting for the 6th anniversary of the Anarchist Library at the "Rozbrat" squat. Poznan - Rozbrat ul.Pulaskiego 21a Posted on: 12th August 2003Police launches wholesale repression - protest against arrests now! 7th of August around 9 am security of the construction site came to blockade of the supply line of the terminal. Security ordered to close the protest camp which they claimed to be located to area of the construction site, and threated to run over the camp with a bulldozer. Security failed to show any documents which could prove that camp was located to area owned by the company. Posted on: 10th August 2003The Praska Group is a small collective from Warsaw. It is a member of the Anarchist Federation. Its members are active in a number of movements and have been organizing No Border activities plus are active in feminism and criticism against gender and sexual stereotypes. The group were among the founders of the anarcho-feminist group KURWA (now defunct); although it is not a specifically feminist group, anarcha-feminist and gender issues are essential to its politics. Members of the group also edit a zine for women workers called "Women to the Streets". www.alter.most.org.pl/pga Posted on: 9th August 2003the festival is known as a point for gathering of all subcultures, and for the past 1-2 years noua dreapta/new right fascist group was present there with fascist propaganda.Posted on: 8th August 2003In night between 28th and 29th of July 5 animal rights activists were arrested in a car in Pohjanmaa region of the Finnish West coast. Half hours before the arrest alarm bells had went on in a furfarm nearby, some locks of the farm had also been broken. This farm had been targeted by animal liberation activists one year before. Posted on: 8th August 2003The anarchist show "Freedom Now" on a local radio of the Lodz technical university was taken off the air by the new management. Posted on: 8th August 2003Workers from Amep Pack apealed to rubber water pipes and petrol bombs to stop the foreign investors to get inside the yard of the company Posted on: 8th August 2003"Abolishing the Borders from Below # 11" an anarchist courier from EE is out right now. Horror show issue: 28 pages of info, reports, articles, statements and ... Vampire on the cover page !!!Posted on: 8th August 2003Harrassment and arrests in the eve of next major protest. In Friday 1st of August, several police officers invaded camp uprooting tents and verbally abusing participators. Pretext of their action were false claims by terminal staff that ecological protesters had stolen property from the terminal construction site. On Friday, 30.01, a demo took place in Torun against racism and violence. Last Saturday special purpose police department broke up a rock-concert in “New Club” in Minsk. 50 people arrested. Two antifascist groups from Grodna “Kalian” and “Pet Nihil” were supposed to perform there. Controversies are only available for Alter-EE mailing list subscribers.