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woensdag 31 januari 2018

Anarchic update news all over the world - 31.01.2018

Today's Topics:

   

1.  Russia Support anarchist and antifa prisoners in
      St.Petersburg! (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

2.  Kurdish-speaking anarchist forum (KAF): call for sollidarety
      against the war (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

3.  France, Alternative Libertaire AL - Syria-Kurdistan, Kobanê
      defeated, Afrin will win (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

4.  Poland,  rozbrat: Powder falls off more and more [machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

5.  London Anarchist Communists: Demo at Senate House 25th
      January (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

6.  Anarchist Gaucho Federation - FAG: [OPINION] Our position on
      Lula's trial in TRF4. (pt) [machine translation]
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

7.  Spain, cgt-lkn EuskaL Herria: (Video press conference) The
      III Meeting of the International Union of Solidarity and
      Struggles begins (ca) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

8.  Poland, WORKERS' INITIATIVE: Powder falls off more and more
      - rozbrat.org [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

9.  US, black rose fed: ICE RAIDS & RESISTANCE: AN INTERVIEW
      WITH BLACK ROSE/ROSA NEGRA - AUSTIN (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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Message: 1





Fundraising for lawyers working on cases about police raids and arrests of anarchists and 
antifascists in St. Petersburg ans Penza, Russia has begun. At the moment 2 people in St. 
Petersburg and 5 people in Penza are arrested, more are connected to the case as 
witnesses. Continuation of raids and repressions is highly possible. They are charged with 
2 of Art. 205.4 of russian Criminal Code (participation in terrorist community) at the 
request of court from Penza. ---- On January 23 on the way to Pulkovo Airport the Federal 
Security Service (FSB) detained Victor Filinkov. In order to get the testimony he was 
beaten up and tortured with electric shocks in the wood. Signs of torture were confirmed 
by the Filinkov's lawyer and members of the Public Monitoring Commission (ONK) who have 
visited him in the pre-trial detention center. Filinkov is arrested for two months.

On January 25 the FSB came unexpectedly with a raid to Igor Shishkin's apartment. After 
the raid neither his lawyer, nor members of Public Monitoring Commission were unable to 
find Igor for more than a day. On January 27 Igor with signs of a beating was brought to a 
court session where he was arrested in Pre-trial Detention Center for two months. 
Journalists were not allowed to attend the hearing and evenmore two of them were arrested.

Tortures were also applied to witnesses. Ilya Kapustin was beaten up and tortured with 
electric shock while police demanded him to give testimony that some of his acquantances 
are up to "something dangerous". Numerous traces of the stun gun usage were recorded later 
by health service.

Legal help is necessary for prisoners (whose number can increase) and witnesses. So far it 
is early to speak about the certain amount of money, but it will be at least 200 thousand 
rubles for work of lawyers in the next months.

https://avtonom.org/en/news/support-anarchist-and-antifa-prisoners-stpetersburg

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Message: 2





No to war,  No to dictators and States,  No to corporations, No to religions, No to 
nationalism! ---- Dear Anarchist Comrades wherever you are, ---- We, anarchists stress 
that we are against war, against military attacks and militias.  We are strongly against 
killing civilians and launching attacks against villages, towns and cities killing 
innocent people discriminating and destroying their places. ---- We believe neither any 
states nor any groups have the right to attack anybody else on the grounds of religion, 
nationality, land disputes and others.  We believe whatever the justification is for 
attacking and launching wars are simply against freedom and humanity. ---- Our attitude 
and position against the current war that the State of Turkey has launched on Afrin, the 
rest of Rojava and its citizens is not because we are Kurdish or Kurdish-speaking.  We are 
against all wars as a matter of principle in all corners of the world.

We stand up firm by our anarchism principles against whoever launches
this kind of war.  We have the same attitude and same position even if
Kurds launch war to invade the freedom, cultures and society of any
ethnics or groups. Our stand against the State of Turkey in launching
the war against Rojava is from this position no more and no less. We are
against war, against the State, against any kind of superiority, class
division and against the capitalist system.

In view of the above we reject any kind of war whether launched by the
State of Turkey against Rojava or another State against some nation or
group elsewhere in the world.
We believe that we should be against war and denounce it, we should
campaign in any way against glorifying war and war mango. It is our sole
duty to encourage and persuade people to stand up against war. It is our
duty to make people more aware that war only brings more profit and
interest for the corporations especially the military fields.  In the
meantime it brings us more poverty, more misery, more displacement,
losing our beloved ones, soaring prices, homelessness, unemployment,
destroying our places & our climate as well as dividing us all.

We also denounce all TV channels and the social media in the region that
since the aggressive attacks have started, they have tried to deny the
rights of people in Afrin and Rojava and do not recognise their
legitimate defence. They are deceiving people and trying to mobilise
them in support of the State of Turkey under different reasons and
bringing them falls justification.

No to State and nationalism
No to Authority
No to Religion's power
No to Parliamentary System
No to Militia's power
No to Political Party and Capitalism
Yes to self-organising, to self-ruling

Kurdish-speaking anarchist forum (KAF)  
www.anarkistan.com

www.facebook.com/sekoy.anarkistan

https://twitter.com/anarkistan

anarkistan@riseup.net

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Message: 3





Libertarian Alternative condemns the Turkish and Islamist attack, launched with the green 
light of Putin, against the Rojava / Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. 
International solidarity with the Kurdish left! Some explanations and hypotheses on this 
new turning point in the Syrian civil war. ---- After months of impatience, the Turkish 
army and its Islamist auxiliaries based in the Idlib region launched an assault on the 
canton of Afrin, one of the historic  Kurdish cantons  , which declared its democratic 
autonomy in July 2012, and today is a pillar of the Democratic Federation of Northern 
Syria . ---- Why Erdogan is attacking now ---- The Turkish state hates the Kurdish left, 
whose center of gravity is the PKK, and would willingly raze all Syrian Kurdistan if it 
had the power, as it has put Turkish Kurdistan on fire since the summer of 2015 .

It does not support the idea that is constituted, on its southern border, a political 
entity dominated de facto by the Kurdish left.

The imperialist adventure Erdogan in Syria since 2011 is a failure : Bashar al-Assad is 
still in place ; the Islamic State, which he had supported, is on the ground ; the 
Islamist militias he sponsors in the Idlib region have no future, and are bombarded by the 
Russians.

Erdogan is also outraged that the United States militarily supports this Democratic 
Federation of Northern Syria, for imperialist reasons of their own - to hinder Iranian 
influence in the region.

Islamist militiamen from the Sultan-Murad Brigade (linked to Ankara, affiliated with the 
ASL) praying before the assault on Afrin on 22 January 2018.
Why Afrin ?
The Canton of Afrin is considered the "  weak link  " of the Democratic Federation of 
Northern Syria by the Turkish state, because it is separated from the rest of Syrian 
Kurdistan by the Turkish occupation zone.

The conquest of the Canton of Afrin may offer a way out of Islamist militias now 
identified in the Idlib region, and expand the Turkish occupation zone in northern Syria. 
After Afrin, one of Erdogan's declared goals is the city of Manbij.

Why does Putin let it ?
In the face of Turkish threats, the integrity of the canton of Afrin was, until now, 
guaranteed by the Russian army, which controlled the airspace, and had a base there.

The Russian forces evacuated Afrin , and even allowed the Turkish air force to bomb the 
canton. Why this flip-flop ?

According to the Turkish press , Erdogan would have demanded Moscow's carte blanche to 
invade the canton, failing which Ankara would defeat the peace talks in Syria.

According to Aldar Xelîl , one of the leaders of the Tev-Dem Movement [1], the Russians 
asked the Kurdish Self-administration on 19 January to allow Bashar al-Assad's army to 
take control of Afrin for lack of what they would allow the Turkish attack. Kurdish forces 
have clearly refused this blackmail. Hence the Russian go-ahead in Ankara.

It is possible that Erdogan's obsessive hatred against the Kurdish left will ultimately 
serve Moscow's interests: Idlib's Islamist militias and their Turkish chaperone rushing 
against the militia of the Kurdish left, is the simultaneous weakening of several 
opponents of the bloody regime of Damascus.

Why Afrin can hold

Afrin is a mountainous region, in which Turkish armored vehicles will penetrate less 
easily than in open country.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had been waiting months for this offensive, and had 
time to prepare the defense.

Although isolated, Afrin can receive reinforcements via a "  corridor  " currently 
controlled by the Damascus regime. The latter will probably leave him open as long as he 
deems it useful for Islamist militias in Idlib to exhaust themselves by attacking Afrin.

The Turkish army and its proxy Islamist militias did not particularly shine by their 
effectiveness during the "  Euphrates Shield " campaign at the  end of 2016. Daesh held 
them in check for three months in front of Al-Bab. What will they do to face Afrin that, 
already, the population of Syrian Kurdistan calls to defend with the same heroism as Kobanê ?

Solidarity is needed ! Alternative libertarian all and all anticolonialists and 
anti-imperialists to join the protests at the call of the Kurdish Democratic Council in 
France (CDKF) .

We got up for Kobanê, let's get up for Afrin !

Libertarian alternative, January 22, 2018

Protests
In Lorient, Wednesday, January 24 at 18 hours, Place Aristide-Briand
In Paris , Saturday, January 27 at 3 pm, Place de la République, at the call of the 
Kurdish Democratic Council in France.

The Democratic Federation of Northern Syria in December 2017 (click to enlarge)

[1] The Movement for a Democratic Society (Tev-Dem), born in Syrian Kurdistan in 2011, is 
a broad coalition of associations, parties and local committees wishing to set up the 
project of democratic confederalism. Read about "  Yes, people can change things 
(experience Rojava)  " , Alternative Libertaire, November 2014.

http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Kobane-a-vaincu-Afrin-vaincra

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Message: 4






The media in recent days have discovered that Polish nationalism refers to the legacy of 
Nazism . This discovery took place only after the nationalists attacked liberal 
politicians, hanging their images on the gallows. When the libertarian environment has 
warned for years that patriotism is just a pretext for assault, racist pogroms or simply 
the killing of foreigners, the media preferred to equate nationalist violence with the 
activities of left-wing groups. Although it is difficult to find examples of violence in 
the nationalist style among the tenants, workers or women, the conviction still remains 
that the left wing struggling for a decent life of the most successful social groups is 
not much different from those who celebrate Hitler's birthday.

When a pub run by nationalists and a meeting place for local "patriots" under the sign of 
Mlodziezy Wszechpolska and ONR, or Szturmowców hosted the National Movement - Robert 
Winnicki, was recently scattered in Poznan , which allegedly was to be initiated by 
anti-fascist communities demonstrating their opposition to the invited nationalist. A 
group of supporters of the deputy then expressed their attachment to their homeland, 
shouting slogans such as "white honor, white pride" . Today, it turns out that Winnicki 
tried to cover up the achievements of the protagonists of recent media reports.

Already this Saturday, in the said "patriotic" pub, there is a concert of performers 
perfectly fitting into this scenery. One of the stars of the evening is rapper Wuem 
Enceha, associated with the supporters of the Warsaw "Legia" (which may seem strange in 
our city) and Autonomous Nationalists. Among the texts of his works one can hear, among 
others:

"Red whores will burn, add antifa,
feed on HIV, feed AIDS-
Mordy always upholstered, whore leftist with a curse
Fascism will not pass? Will not pass - will run
Until every pussy goes down and pedal ass will break
NOP, ONR just like that , we will never give up
We fight for a free country "

The second of the evening stars is Tomasz Kus, leader of the Nordica band, formerly known 
as neo-Nazi Agressiva 88 . In its concerts, Nordica performs, among other things, the 
works of the legendary neo-Nazi circles , the 88 88. However , Kus himself appears in 
T-shirts with Nazi totenkopfs.

As you can see, the owners of the place puts on the creators and the public who usually 
orders five beers using the Heil Hilter gesture. From such a public, the All-Polish Youth 
tried to cut off the media in the media, but at the same time the Poznan branch of the 
organization used the Reduta pub for a press conference with Winnicki.

The Polish parliamentary right in the media emphasizes its political correctness and 
sometimes tries to cover up its fascination with racism. This does not prevent her from 
maintaining close relations with her nationalistic political base. For example, the 
Voivode of Wielkopolska, Zbigniew Hoffmann, who went together with members of the National 
Radical Camp in one march. Deputy Tadeusz Dziuba participated in a recent meeting with 
Robert Winnicki, and police the police not to react to the festival of racist slogans 
shouted at the Reduta pub.

Once again we declare - we do not agree to tolerate fascism! Nationalism will not pass!

http://www.rozbrat.org/publicystyka/sprawy-lokalne/4594-puder-odpada-coraz-bardziej

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Message: 5






The University of London continues to deny the outsourced workers that keep the 
institution running the terms and conditions afforded to their colleagues that are 
directly employed by the university. Outsourced workers suffer from far worse pensions, 
holiday entitlements, sickness entitlements, and maternity and paternity leave than 
in-house employees. ---- For months these workers - among them cleaners, receptionists, 
security officers, porters and post room staff - have been demanding that the university 
make them direct employees, that it end zero hours contracts and that it implement pay 
rises. So far these demands have fallen on deaf ears. ---- Join these workers on 25 
January at 6pm as they protest outside The University of London's Senate House and demand 
that the university put an end to it's discriminatory employment practices. Security 
officers and receptionists will be on strike, with a picket line from 2pm.

That same day the University of London will be hosting the UK's largest postgraduate fair, 
where together with many other universities, it will be marketing the courses for which it 
charges thousands of pounds a year. While students pay thousands of pounds to attend these 
universities, many of the staff are systematically discriminated against. Meanwhile 
university Vice-chancellors and other top management keep on receiving inflation-busting 
pay rises.

https://londonacg.blogspot.co.il/2018/01/demo-at-senate-house-25th-january.html

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Message: 6






We of the Gaúcha Anarchist Federation will not participate in the mobilizations against 
Lula's trial in TRF4 and in defense of his right to the candidacy in 2018. We can not 
ignore the history of class reconciliation of the PT governments, the neo-developmentalism 
of their governments and their and the role of the PT as a lackey of the Brazilian State, 
oligarchies and the cynical game of financial capital, business and media groups. As we 
said earlier, the PT helped to dig its grave and create the conditions for the 
parliamentary coup against Dilma Rousseff. ---- However, we do not ignore the meaning of 
this judgment and the consequences that can be caused by the condemnation of Lula, with a 
possible scenario of an upsurge of social conflict and repression. In this sense, we are 
against any attempt to intimidate and criminalize social protest. But with regard to Lula 
we say: we do not care about his guilt or innocence, but the relations he has maintained 
and maintained with the enemies of the oppressed. So we are not with Lula.

For us, the criterion of class independence and centrality in the current conjuncture of 
the popular struggle against the Sartori government's Fiscal Regeneration Regime (RRF) and 
the Pension Reform of the Temer government is worth more. Thus, our role as an anarchist 
political organization will be to push the mobilization towards these struggles in the 
categories we have inserted. For the guarantee of our rights and as an exercise of class 
struggle to open strategic perspectives that today are closed by a pragmatic horizon and 
little reach in the popular struggle.

With Lula or without Lula, election is fraud.
In defense of our retirement, against the pension reform.
No to the Tax Recovery Regime and privatizations.

Anarchist Gaucho Federation - FAG

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Message: 7






Today, Thursday, January 25, the III Encuentro of the International Union of Solidarity 
and Struggles has started in El Escorial (Madrid). 282 people from 32 organizations and 25 
different countries participate in the meeting. ---- This meeting organized by the CGT 
brings together different trade unions whose common denominator is the will of the direct 
struggle for social transformation, an international network of combative and independent 
trade unionism. ---- The agenda for the meeting is as follows: ---- Thursday, the 25th; 
opening and presentation of participating organizations ---- Friday, the 26th; debate on 
the sectorial fight: Transport, communications, metal, public services, etc. --- Saturday, 
the 27th; debate on the role of the struggle of women at the global level: for equality, 
against sexist violence, for abortion, etc.

Sunday 28th, Conclusions and closing of the meeting.

You can follow live streaming of this Meeting:

25.01.2018 15:00 h. Presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbYlAuiHp24

26.01.2018 21:00 h. Conclusions of the day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8vEMJpa2CM

27.01.2018 21:00 h. Conclusions of the day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsgOkRROSyI

28.01.2018 09:00 h. Resolutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1La9fK21PA

https://www.cgt-lkn.org/blog/archivos/4929

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Message: 8






The media in recent days have discovered that Polish nationalism refers to the legacy of 
Nazism . This discovery took place only after the nationalists attacked liberal 
politicians, hanging their images on the gallows. When the libertarian environment has 
warned for years that patriotism is just a pretext for assault, racist pogroms or simply 
the killing of foreigners, the media preferred to equate nationalist violence with the 
activities of left-wing groups. Although it is difficult to find examples of violence in 
the nationalist style among the tenants, workers or women, the conviction still remains 
that the left wing struggling for a decent life of the most successful social groups is 
not much different from those who celebrate Hitler's birthday.
When a pub run by nationalists and a meeting place for local "patriots" under the sign of 
Mlodziezy Wszechpolska and ONR, or Szturmowców hosted the National Movement - Robert 
Winnicki, was recently scattered in Poznan , which allegedly was to be initiated by 
anti-fascist communities demonstrating their opposition to the invited nationalist. A 
group of supporters of the deputy then expressed their attachment to their homeland, 
shouting slogans such as "white honor, white pride" . Today, it turns out that Winnicki 
tried to cover up the achievements of the protagonists of recent media reports.

Already this Saturday, in the said "patriotic" pub, there is a concert of performers 
perfectly fitting into this scenery. One of the stars of the evening is rapper Wuem 
Enceha, associated with the supporters of the Warsaw "Legia" (which may seem strange in 
our city) and Autonomous Nationalists. Among the texts of his works one can hear, among 
others:

"Red whores will burn, add antifa,
feed on HIV, feed AIDS-
Mordy always upholstered, whore leftist with a curse
Fascism will not pass? Will not pass - will run
Until every pussy goes down and pedal ass will break
NOP, ONR just like that , we will never give up
We fight for a free country "

The second of the evening's stars is Tomasz Kus, leader of the Nordica band, formerly 
known as neo-Nazi Agressiva 88 . In its concerts, Nordica performs, among other things, 
the works of the legendary neo-Nazi circles , the 88 88. However , Kus himself appears in 
T-shirts with Nazi totenkopfs.

As you can see, the owners of the place puts on the creators and the public who usually 
orders five beers using the Heil Hilter gesture. From such a public, the All-Polish Youth 
tried to cut off the media in the media, but at the same time the Poznan branch of the 
organization used the Reduta pub for a press conference with Winnicki.

The Polish parliamentary right in the media emphasizes its political correctness and 
sometimes tries to cover up its fascination with racism. This does not prevent her from 
maintaining close relations with her nationalistic political base. For example, the 
Voivode of Wielkopolska, Zbigniew Hoffmann, who went together with members of the National 
Radical
http://www.rozbrat.org/publicystyka/sprawy-lokalne/4594-puder-odpada-coraz-bardziej

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Message: 9






In February 2017, Austin, TX was rocked by a series of protests over ICE raids that 
resulted in over 50 immigrants being detained. Despite backlash from school 
administration, students played an active role in the mobilizations as they staged walk 
outs, highway take overs and street protests. The oppressive role of police goes beyone 
killing black and brown people on the street. In this interview A World Without Police 
(AWWP) explores the broader function the police and court system serve in their 
collaboration with ICE in attacking immigrant communities. ---- Luis is a member of Black 
Rose/Rosa Negra in Austin involved in immigration and worker organizing. He's been active 
with ICE Out, an organization that seeks to end the Priority Enforcement Program and all 
conflation of local law enforcement with Immigration in Austin.

Listen to the interview here

We also recommend checking out other podcasts with members of Black Rose/Rosa Negra:

Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook speaks on Revolutionary Left Radio 
giving a history of anarchism and it's ideas.
Romina Akemi, co-author of "Breaking the Waves: Challenging the Liberal Tendency within 
Anarchist Feminism" is interviewed on KCHUNG Radio discussing feminism, anarchism and 
movement building

http://blackrosefed.org/interview-luis-ice-austin/

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