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In Memory of Dmitry Petrov

From the CrimethInc. collective (03/05/2023), we share an incomplete biography and translation of the anarchist Dmitry Petrov’s work. On April 19, 2023, three anarchists were killed in battle near Bakhmut: an American named Cooper Andrews, an Irishman named Finbar Cafferkey, … Continue reading

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To Hell and Back: Anarchists Under Attack in Ukraine

From the zine, lib.edist.ro … This zine is dedicated to the memories of Yury Samoilenko, Sergey Petrovich, Igor Volohov, Finbar Cafferkey, Tisha, Dmitry ‘Ilya’ Petrov, and Andrew Cooper, may they all rest in power! On 24 February 2022, one man, … Continue reading

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Lessons for Anarchists About the Ukraine War from Past Revolutions

We share a historical-political essay on the war in Ukraine, by Wayne Price, from the latest edition of the Black Flag Anarchist Review. Lessons for Anarchists About the Ukraine War from Past Revolutions Wayne Price (BlackFlag Anarchist Review Volume 3 … Continue reading

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Ukraine: Listening to voices “from below”

It is one year today that Russia invaded Ukraine, with all of the horror and barbarism that follows any war. Over this time, we have sought to understand the conflict as best we can from a distance, without premade judgements. … Continue reading

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War in Ukraine: An anarchist debate

A word of command has made these silent figures our enemies; a word of command mighttransform them into our friends. At some table a document is signed by some persons whom none of us knows, and then for years together … Continue reading

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Ukraine: Anarchists organising themselves in the face of war

The Lundi Matin collective in france has initiated a video news series dedicated to meeting and covering resistance movements around the world, to examine the reasons for engagement. We share their first report below. (For those unfamiliar with french – … Continue reading

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Ukraine: Trying to see beyond our myths

In response to a recent text by anarchists entitled Anarchist Antimilitarism and Myths About the War in Ukraine (antimilitarismus.noblogs.org and the Anarchist Library) and continuing with an earlier reflection on “revolutionary defeatism“, we share an interview below with Antti Rautiainen … Continue reading

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Resistance to war in russia

From the CrimethInc. collective (26/09/2022) … Russia: Mobilization and Resistance Can the Russian Anti-War Movement Rise to the Challenge? On September 21, following the Ukrainian counteroffensive of early September, Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization” of the Russian population to support the … Continue reading

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Russia: The Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization

From the CrimethInc. collective (22/08/2022) … When the Russian military invaded Ukraine at the end of February 2022, anarchists and other anti-war demonstrators defied draconian anti-protest measures to take the streets to express opposition. Over the months since those protests were crushed, resistance to … Continue reading

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A portrait of Nestor Makhno

tradition is not to preserve the ashes but to pass on the flame For our times of war, we share a portrait of the anarchist Nestor Makhno, by Alexander Berkman. Nestor Makhno, The Man Who Saved the Bolsheviki: Personal Recollections … Continue reading

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