#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #RUSSIA #ANARCHISM #News #Journal #Update - (en) Russia, avtonom: Powder in the Gears of the System: Trends in Order and Chaos Episode 64 (July 24) (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Hello! Today is Sunday, July 24 and we continue our podcast "Trends of Order and

Chaos". This is episode 64. Here are the highlights of the past week's agenda.
---- Listen on SoundCloud ---- 1. Proper war ---- For several months now, the
Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian Army have been mutually accusing each
other of "covering with civilian objects." Either Russia claims that some kind of
Ukrainian military meetings were held in civilian buildings in the city of
Vinnitsa. Therefore, they demolished residential buildings with cruise missiles,
and that at the same time ordinary peaceful children and adults died - it's like
Ukraine itself is to blame, there was no need to place military facilities in the
city center. On the contrary, Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russia is
delivering military supplies to occupied Kherson on convoys with "humanitarian
aid." Accordingly, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine strike at these trucks, the
Kremlin is also to blame.

Of course, this argument is pointless. In a war against each other, states
inevitably trap civilians, and inevitably use them for camouflage - if only
because it is effective. Especially for Ukraine: it is still seriously losing to
the Russian Federation in the quantity and quality of weapons, and therefore it
certainly cannot simply withdraw all military units from the cities into an open
field to be bombed there and rolled into dust. That is, the parties simply do
what helps them win the war.

What is interesting here is that everyone is appealing to some "correct way" to
wage war, without "war crimes" and without harm to civilians. As if in itself the
invasion of the Russian army into Ukraine without an invitation was no longer a
"war crime." Of course, it was, like any imperial aggression. The Ukrainians are
trying to repel this aggression with military force, and they can be understood.

But for us, as anarchists, it is strange to say that some kind of "correct",
"civilized" war is possible at all. Any war of states is a battle for dominance
between the ruling classes. It always brings ordinary people only death,
suffering and filtration camps. In the best case (if it is a defensive war), it
can only not worsen the situation of people, but this is also unlikely.

The only war that improves the lives of civilians is a class war, which is also a
social revolution. It reformats the social and economic structures of society,
making them more fair and more appropriate to the current level of development of
society. The current Russian aggression, of course, has nothing to do with this.
Although it must be said that some social changes are taking place under the
influence of this aggression in Ukraine itself, and they are rather positive:
grassroots self-organization, general armament, distancing from the imperial
Kremlin propaganda.

2. Reaction in Russia
In Russia, as it should be for an aggressor country, economic degradation and
political reaction are taking place. Since the beginning of the war, we already
have 200 suspects and defendants in criminal cases related to anti-war speeches
and 3,303 administrative protocols on discrediting the army. These are not "mass
repressions" yet, but significant ones, and their degree will undoubtedly only
increase.

Under these conditions, what the anarchists have been talking about in recent
years becomes even clearer. Now in Russia there is no point in participating in
conventional politics such as elections (even municipal ones). Even if by some
miracle you are allowed to be elected, then you will face a choice: either
zigzag, draw a Z on your forehead and support the war, or go to jail (like
Gorinov, Yashin, etc.). It is impossible to change the regime by puppet
"elections" in the Russian Federation. Politics should be street and radical.

You don't have to go to jail like Yashin. Be active, but also smart: try your
best not to sit down. Each of you listening to this podcast is needed to make the
so-called "Russian Federation" more free. Fight propaganda, boycott "elections"
and any support for the war. Organize outside of the systemic parties, official
unions and the like. Organize first of all where you work and live. The state
system in Russia is rusty and creaking - any powder in its gears stops them for a
long time. This is real anti-fascism today.

3. Antifund project
Very opportunely, our comrades from Antijob and other good initiatives created
the Antifund project to support strikes and protect labor rights during layoffs
and downtime.

"Antifund" helps:

People who experience pressure at work because of their political views;

People who are forced by their superiors in various forms to support a "special
operation" during working hours;

People who are illegally fired or laid off because of an anti-war position (for
signing collective letters, for being detained at rallies, for texts on social
networks, etc.);

People who, upon dismissal, were not paid the due compensation for their views;

People who were not hired because of their views;

People who are determined to organize a grassroots union or strike in the
workplace but don't know how to do it.

You can ask for help, legal and not only in the telegram bot @antifund_bot.

4. The destruction of the Runet continues
In connection with the war, the Kremlin continues to destroy the Russian Internet
at full speed.

This week, Roskomnadzor announced that it would use so-called "coercive measures"
against the free encyclopedia Wikipedia and the Twitch streaming service.

"Coercive measures" here are "to oblige search engines to inform users about the
violation of Russian legislation by these services." This refers, of course,
primarily to information about the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

These measures apply almost exclusively to Yandex. It is clear that Google did
not care about such demands of Russian bureaucrats, and other search engines have
microscopic shares in the Russian market. Most likely, Yandex will bend under the
orders of Roskomnadzor and its search results will be strewn with dice like
"Wikipedia violates Russian law." Well, given how often Yandex has buckled under
the Kremlin lately, that's another reason to stop using it. At this rate, it will
soon become as toxic as Vkontakte - we hope that you left Vkontakte a long time
ago. If not, leave as soon as possible, people in Russia are imprisoned mainly
based on materials from VK.

By the way, another news related to Internet censorship - Roskomnadzor unblocked
the Tor browser site two months after the court decision. Tor, among other
things, allows you to open blocked sites by masking the end goal of an Internet
request from your ISP.

This means that now, at least from Russia, you can download TorBrowser itself.
Whether it will work is another question. Actually, the nodes of the Tor network
(through which traffic is redirected) were blocked by Roskomnadzor without any
official warning. But you can try. We have instructions on our website.

In addition, this whole story shows how chaotic and unsystematic Internet
censorship in particular and the entire system of government in Russia as a whole
work.

5. Return of Cipollino
The team of the Moscow Library named after Chipollino announced their return to
the Open Space near the Baumanskaya metro station (Pleteshkovsky pereulok,
building 8, building 1). The library catalog has grown considerably. Chipollino
as a character is very much connected with the social revolution that we talked
about earlier:) So be sure to go to the library if you are in Moscow.

6. Repression
By the way, arrests of two activists in Moscow were extended this week.

Dmitry Ivanov, the author of the Protest MGU telegram channel. He is accused of
"discrediting the Russian army", and on July 21 the Moscow City Court left Dmitry
in a pre-trial detention center until September 2. The meeting was attended by
both Dmitry's support group and employees of the "E" center. Support Dmitry Ivanov.

And the next day, on July 22, the arrest of Kirill Ukraintsev, leader of the
Kurier trade union, was extended until September 25. Kirill is accused of
violating the rules for holding public events, the main reason for the anger of
the authorities and capital is the strike of Delivery Club couriers organized by
him. You can write a letter to Cyril, as well as sign a petition in his support.

But again, the rusty machine of tightening the regime for the already convicted
political prisoners is slipping. The case of the transfer to prison of an
anarchist political prisoner Yevgeny Karakashev was never considered on appeal.
The materials were sent to the court of first instance to eliminate violations.
Therefore, you can write to Zhenya at the old address:

361423, KBR, Chegemsky district, pos. Kamenka, st. D. A. Miziev, 1, IK-1, EPKT,
Karakashev Evgeny Vitalievich, born in 1978

And July 29 will be the birthday of Dmitry Dubovsky, a member of the Belarusian
partisan group "Black Banner", sentenced to 18 years in prison. We join the call
of ABC-Belarus: send Dmitry words of support and solidarity!

Dmitry Nikolaevich Dubovsky, IK No. 3, Vitebsk region, Vitebsk district, Vitba
village, 211300, Belarus.

Freedom to all political prisoners and let's stop the war!

Well, that's all for today! We remind you that in "Trends of Order and Chaos" the
participants of "Autonomous Action" give anarchist assessments of current events.
Listen to us on Youtube, SoundCloud and other platforms, visit our website
avtonom.org!

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