Showing posts with label Abolishing the Borders from Below. Show all posts
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Friday, April 10, 2009


INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-EASTERN EUROPE:
ABOLISHING THE BORDERS FROM BELOW #34:
According to the English language section of the Polish anarchist news site Centrum Informacji Anarchistcznej the latest issue of Abolishing the Borders from Below (no 34) is now available for distribution. The ABfB has a website, but it is not up to date. Their magazine, however, continues its regular and excellent reporting from Eastern Europe.
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Abolishing the Borders from Below #34, an anarchist journal from Eastern Europe, is out. The March'2009 edition of this excitingly irregular anarchist magazine has 64 pages, following the slogan on the cover “The turning point is here – lets turn crises into system collapse!” and includes following materials:
-“These shards are our tears” – we wont forget you Stas and Nastya;
-Students on the streets of Chisinau after 29 years old student was shot dead by Moldavian police;
-Czechoslovak anarchist Federation in 2008 report;
-“Towards an education for freedom” text from Russia;
-“20 years after the round table” – a brief look at capitalism in Poland;
-“Instead of proletarian struggles” – text by Barricade Collective;
-“What causes the economic crisis” – crisis from polish anarchist perspective;
-Renaissance of squatting movement in Czechia-“Dept-strike as one of possible answers to he crisis” – text from Hungary;
-Interview with Black Flag Rec. on anarchist movement in city of Lodz;
-Minsk Zine-Fest from a slightly other point of view;
-Workers Initiative under attack from employers and state - Poland;
-Workers in Ukraine seize their plant – various reports and statements;
-Platform minimum of Czechoslovak Anarchist Federation;
-Reports from solidarity actions with “Greek-Revolt” around Eastern Europe;
-Rozbrat – a free space in an unfree world – report on situation in Poznan;
-Report from protests against NATO-summit in Krakow (Poland);
-“Russian prisons are amongst the most rebellious in the world” - on prison resistance in Russia;
-“All governments are the same scum!” – report from March 8 demo in Warsaw;
-Unknown moments of East European anarchist history – anarchist groups in Lodz (Poland) 1905-1939;
-“The case of the Janov neighbourhood” – antifascist report from Czechia;
-Antifascist action Budapest – Day of Honour report;
-“No repression for standing up to fascism” – polish state protects fascists and anti-semites;
-Interview with Russian anti-racists;-... and many more information, announcements and contacts;
ABB is available in many anarchist bookstores and distributions around the globe.
You can order as well directly by editorial collective under:
wielkowitsch@hotmail.com
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Sunday, March 02, 2008

ANARCHIST MAGAZINES:
ABOLISHING THE BORDERS FROM BELOW #31(FEBRUARY 2008) IS OUT:
Abolishing the Borders From Below is an irregular anarchist journal published by a network of anarchists from various countries in eastern Europe. Here's a description of the contents of this latest issue....



“Will we be asked – or will we Act?”
ABOLISHING THE BORDERS FROM BELOW #31 (February 2008) is out!
International anarchists collective from Berlin brought in last days of February 2008 next issue of its excitingly irregular magazine “Abolishing the Borders from Below - an anarchist journal from Eastern Europe”.

The main chapters in this issue are: MILITARISATION in Eastern Europe and resistance against it; FACING REPRESSIONS – various reports, articles and interviews on state repressions against activists, incl. letters from the prisoners; and LABOUR STRUGGLES with reports on strikes and daily resistance of working people and involvement of anarchists in these actions.

Here is more detailed overview of the content of 64 pages of AbolishingBB#31:

*“Not so quite on the Eastern Front: FRONTEX Assures Xenophobic Europe that its Doing its Job”;
*Interview with two Russian comrades about their detention in connection with “Nevskiy express” case;
*“Your hope strengthens my hope, which sometimes grows very dim in my prison cell” – letter from prisoner;
*“This is what the Law looks like, the Law created by the immaculate dictators” – letter from prisoner;
*The case of Adam Pazuryna – anarchist from Warsaw;
*“They didn’t ask us in 68’ and they are not asking us again now…” resistance against US-military basis in Czech Rep.;
*“It’s said it’s for peace…but imagine Russia is building its radar in Mexico or Canada…how would the USA react?” – interview about the US-Army-radar-Base and social response to this project in Czech Rep.;
*Update on campaign against the Us-Military Base in Poland;
*Anti-NATO week in Bucharest in Romania – guide for activists planning to join the resistance on the spot;
*Actions against Hypermarket AUCHAN in Poland,
“46 days and 1050 meters deep on strike under increasing attack of a common front made by mine-management, the government, the media and the leaders of unions which were not striking” – STORY of BUDRYK miners strike in Poland;
“We will not let the government crush the miners strike, and we will not tolerate lies in the media, we will not let them appease rightful demands” – anarchist commentary to the strike in Budryk;
JAN KUCERA – another victim of neo-nazis…;
Reports on anti-fascist struggles in Czech, Poland and Russia;Report from Slovakia on social conflicts, workers resistance, activities of Priama Akcia;
“New Government new problems” – first analysis of the politics of new polish Government;
*Interview with activists from Anarchist Federation from Poznan about situation of ROZBRAT – oldest anarchist center in Poland finding itself in danger of eviction;
*“On the proposed legislative clampdown in Estonia – what`s all the fuss about?”;
*“Reform – growth for the rich, less for the poor. Capitalism against people – people against capitalism” – leaflet of Czech anarchists against anti-social reforms;
*Animal protection actions in Ukraine;
*“Black-red company in Warsaw Uprising (1944) against Nazi occupation” – historical material from chapter “unknown moments of Eastern European anarchist/syndicalist history;
*Documentary on successively developing social resistance in Slovenia;Fourth Anarchist Bookfair in Zagreb;
*“Equality now!” – a gender festival in Moscow 8th-10th of March 2008;and more…;

If you would like to distribute this anarchist journal in your region, please contact the distribution section of AbolishingBB collective under: wielkowitsch@hotmail.com

More info about the collective and journal itself, incl. content of the past issues (2001-2007), you can find under: www.abb.hardcore.lt

Sunday, October 21, 2007


EASTERN EUROPE:
ISSUE NUMBER 30 (OCTOBER, 2007) OF THE ANARCHIST JOURNAL 'ABOLISHING THE BORDERS FROM BELOW' NOW AVAILABLE:
Abolishing the Borders From Below is a cooperative project of numerous eastern European anarchists, bringing news of the libertarian movement in that part of the world. The latest edition has reports from Poland, Russia, Serbian, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova,Ukraine, Czech Republic, Turkey and Belarus. Most of the longer articles are organized under four headings: Mental Health, No Borders, Don't Vote-Organize and Anti-Militarism, but there is news from across the region. For a complete list of the articles and reports see HERE.
Now in its sixth year of publication Abolishing Borders is an irregular publication in chronic need of funds. To subscribe, read more or donate see their website at http://www.abb.hardcore.lt/