Bakunin and the Historians
Libertarian Labor Review (later renamed Anarcho Syndicalist Review)
Summer 1992
https://syndicalist.us/2013/05/27/bakunin-and-the-historians/
“Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, the anarchist, was a political thinker; his reputation, based partly on his appetite for action and partly on unsympathetic historiography, obscures this…” Robert Cutler opens the introduction to his anthology of Bakunin’s writings with these words. Another historian, Nunzio Pernicone, deplores the modern fashion of “Bakunin-bashing.” And Arthur Lehning, in a 1978 review of the historical literature, refers to a conspiracy of silence...
Network Case Suspects Go on Hunger Strike
Submitted by S2W on Dec 6 2018 11:13
OVD Info
December 2, 2018
Dmitry Pchelintsev and Andrei Chernov, residents of Penza and suspects
in the so-called Network case, have gone on hunger strike, claiming
remand prison officials and FSB officers have intimidated them during
their review of their criminal case file, something to which they are
entitled by Russian law. Several Penza suspects in the case have claimed
they have been put in solitary confinement, handcuffed to radiators, and
threatened with violance.
Festival Father Frost against Putin 2019 to take place in January
Submitted by S2W on Nov 18 2018 07:28
Next year, 2019, the Father Frost against Putin-festival will once again
take place in Helsinki. From the 5th to the 6th of January you can join
discussions about the state of affairs in Russia and the x-USSR region,
and get a chance to meet various social and political activists without
the fear of police or special service operations. (fear of infringement
from the side of police and special services).
Kaliningrad Anarchist Vyacheslav Lukichev Interrogated for 36 Hours and Beaten
Submitted by R Totale on Nov 17 2018 14:42
A report, translated by the Russian Reader, on the ongoing repression against Russian anarchists. Russian anarchists have also published a call for international solidarity.
The untold history of armistice and the end of World War I
Submitted by Jared on Nov 10 2018 04:20
‘The best antidote to ideology is detail,’ writes Paul Mason. And the detail that’s missing this Armistice Day is that working people, when they take power into their own hands, can end whatever catastrophe is imposed on them.
Sobre el ataque contra la FSB en Rusia
Submitted by R Totale on Nov 8 2018 22:00
Hoy (31-10-2018) un joven anarquista ruso, murió en un ataque a los cuarteles generales del FSB en Arkhangelsk. El FSB ha conseguido su objetivo, forzando a los jóvenes rusos a ataques con bombas en lugar de participar en la organización pública.
On the Attack against the FSB in Russia
Submitted by R Totale on Nov 8 2018 21:55
Russia: Free the “Network” Prisoners
Submitted by S2W on Nov 2 2018 23:42
Note from the Russian Reader:
Once upon a time in another fairy tale kingdom, I made a silly
resolution that I would grow a beard and keep it until my sisters and
brothers in HERE Locals 34 and 35 won their strike against Yale
University and got a new contract.
The strike ended ages ago, and the unions won their contract, but I
still have the beard.
No Justice, No Peace: Petersburg’s Kangaroo Courts Revisited
Submitted by S2W on Oct 22 2018 20:05
Russian political prisoner Yuli Boyarshinov, a “suspect” in the FSB
frame-up known as the Network case aka the Penza-Petersburg “terrorism”
case, lookng like a human being amidst the combined armed guard of
regular police and riot police at Petersburg’s Dzerzhinsky District
Court this past Friday.
Rupression.com campaign statement about the accused
Submitted by S2W on Oct 15 2018 22:41
In February 2018, a campaign was launched in Russia to support those
accused in the Network case. Among the main goals of the campaign were
fundraising for legal costs, organizing humanitarian support for the
arrested and offering support to their relatives.
