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Russian Anarchists on the Invasion of Ukraine
From the CrimethInc. Collective (26/02/2022) … As the Russian invasion of Ukraine proceeds, anarchists throughout Russia continue to mobilize in protest, joininng thousands of other Russians. Here, we publish two statements from longtime Russian anarchist projects that offer some analysis … Continue reading
Against Militarism and War: For self-organised struggle and social revolution
International Anarchist Statement A proclamation by Russian President, Vladimir Putin, gave the green light for Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. Putin claims that Russia’s act of war against Ukraine is aimed at supporting the Russian-occupied Crimea and the Donetsk and … Continue reading
Against War: International Workers Association
Against War and Militarism: Resolution of the IWA Founding Congress (1922) Militarism is the system of monopolistic State violence for the purpose of defence and expansion of the national theatre of exploitation (defensive war or war of aggression), for bringing … Continue reading
Against War: Emma Goldman
The Promoters of the War Mania (1917) AT THIS most critical moment it becomes imperative for every liberty-loving person to voice a fiery pro- test against the participation of this country in the European mass-murder. If the opponents of war, … Continue reading
Against War: Ricardo Flores Magón
The Barricade and the Trench (1915) Front to front are the two enemy defenses: the barricade of the people and the military trench. The barricade shows to the sun its enormous, irregular bulk, and appears to be proud of its … Continue reading
Against War: Errico Malatesta
The War and the Anarchists (1912) There is no nefarious deed, no criminal passion that interested parties do not try to excuse, justify, and even glorify by means of noble reasons. This is, in essence, a source of comfort, for … Continue reading
Against War: Leo Tolstoy
Letter to A Non-Comissioned Officer (1898) You are surprised that soldiers are taught that it is right to kill people in certain cases and in war, while in the books admitted to be holy by those who so teach. there … Continue reading
Against War
Soldier! The Enemy is in Minsk, not Kiev! (Pramen, 21/02/2022) Putin, with his imperialist ambitions, threatens to invade Ukraine. Lukashenko is ready to support his Kremlin master by sending Belarusian soldiers to war in another country. The attempts to pump … Continue reading
Twenty-First-Century Fascism: Where We Are
Enzo Traverso on post-fascism in times of pandemic. (New Politics/Verso Books Blog) Over the past decade, the world experienced a notable increase in far-right movements. The ghosts of the 1930s seemed to be reawakening and a neo- or post-fascist wave extending … Continue reading
The war in Ukraine: Mucho Macho
A reflection on the machismo or the masculism of war, by Sarah Babiker, for El Salto Diario (27/02/2022) … I know that this outburst, outside the framework of geopolitics, devoid of the contextualisation of historical background, economic interests, or international … Continue reading →