WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE SWITZERLAND News Journal Update - (en) France, FA: LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY! defending freedom of expression (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 We would like to thank the solidarity support internationally, on site

and in the days that followed, for the Declaration of July 23, 2023,
urgently written by the federates present, in order to call, on behalf
of the FA, to the defense of freedom of expression and to the refusal of
physical and verbal aggression, with degradation of books, suffered at
the press table of the Francophone Anarchist Federation at the Book Fair
of the International Anti-Authoritarian Meetings RIA, in Saint- Imier
(Switzerland). ---- The Statement below* is not an FA statement; in
accordance with our operations, a press release is being drafted by the
Secretariat for External Relations, upon return from the RIAs, after a
necessary period of information exchange and consultation of the entire
federation.

We did not give in, in Saint-Imier, and we are more mobilized than ever.
Long live international solidarity! Long live anarchy!

Anarchist Federation, August 8, 2023

*Will the cradle of anarchism become its tomb?
The press table held by the activists of the Francophone Anarchist
Federation in the Book Fair of the International Anti-Authoritarian
Meetings of Saint-Imier 2023 suffered several attacks (books stolen,
torn, soiled, burned, intimidation, physical attack, etc.).
      These acts contradict the fundamental principles of anarchism:
  * Freedom of speech
  * The struggle against religion, all religions, and theocratic powers
  * Solidarity
      They are dangerous because they establish a thought police echoing
the worst regimes we are fighting.
      Against obscurantism and intolerance, let us mobilize libertarian
forces!
Saint-Imier, July 23, 2023, Francophone Anarchist Federation

First signatories of the Declaration (alphabetical list):

  * Anarchist Communist Group Great Britain (Great Britain)
  * Barricade of Livros (Portugal)
  * Delegation of Anarchist Political Organization APO in St. Imier (Greece)
  * Libertarian group SAT-Esperanto
  * Federación Anarquista Ibérica FAI (Spain)
  * Federazione Anarchica Italiana FAI (Italy)
  * Federacija za anarhisticno organiziranje FAO (Slovenia / Croatia)
  * Federación Libertaria Argentina FLA (Argentina)
  * FLM Mountain Libertarian Federation (Switzerland)
  * Iniciativa Federalista Anarquista IFA Brasil (Brazil)
  * Imprenta Comunera - Cali (Colombia)
  * Kurdish-speaking Anarchist Forum KAF (Kurdistan)
  * The Commune - Ravenna (Italy)
  * May's friends - Saint-Nazaire (France)
  * Free Mujeres (Spain)
  * Nada editions (France)
  * Verlag Graswurzelrevolution (Germany)

      FA International Relations Communiqué

https://federation-anarchiste.org/?g=Lien_Permanent&b=1_230
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