As tensions escalate between the Wagner private military force and the official Russian military, one can't help but think of the civil war that erupted in Sudan between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (described here: https://crimethinc.com/Sudan).

This is where militarization leads. As governments and corporations are relying more and more on brute force to suppress social unrest and channeling more and more resources towards police and private security towards that end, they are creating the conditions for horrific civil wars on an ever-widening scale.

This gives us another lens through which to read the events of January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC (see https://crimethinc.com/January6). It also drives home the importance of the fight to #StopCopCity and block the militarization of the police.

Vladimir Putin has some nerve to say that Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion is "pushing the country toward anarchy and fratricide."

Torturing and assassinating dissidents was fratricide. Invading Ukraine was fratricide. Anarchy is the opposite of fratricide, the opposite of civil war: it is the condition that prevails when people do not compete to rule each other. Totalitarianism always leads to bloody conflicts for power.

We have translated two statements from clandestine anarchist groups in Russia about the mutiny of the Wagner company and what it means for the future of the country. One is the Movement of Irkutsk Anarchists; the other is the Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists.

You can read them here:

https://crimethinc.com/WagnerMutiny

Życie pośród wstrząsów

Walka przeciwko Cop City mierzy się z bezprecedensowymi represjami

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/21/zycie-posrod-wstrzasow-walka-przeciwko-cop-city-konfrontuje-sie-w-bezprecedensowymi-represjami

Osoby uczestniczące w ruchu śledzą trajektorię walki z Cop City przez rok 2023, analizując jego strategię w obliczu bezprecedensowych represji.

#Polski

"No somos mártires"

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/21/no-somos-martires-un-mensaje-de-serge-que-sobrevivio-a-un-intento-de-asesinato-a-manos-de-la-policia-francesa

Un mensaje de Serge, que sobrevivió por los pelos a un intento de asesinato a manos de la policía francesa.

#Español

Ruští anarchisté o Wagnerově vzpouře

Prohlášení Hnutí irkutských anarchistů a Bojové organizace anarchokomunistů (BOAK)

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/24/rusti-anarchiste-o-wagnerove-vzpoure-prohlaseni-hnuti-irkutskych-anarchistu-a-bojove-organizace-anarchokomunistu-boak-1

Zde jsme narychlo přeložili dvě prohlášení ruských anarchistických skupin.

#Čeština

Russische Anarchist*innen über den Putschversuch von Wagner

Kampforganisation der Anarcho-Kommunist*innen und Bewegung der Irkutsker Anarchist*innen

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/24/russische-anarchistinnen-uber-den-putschversuch-von-wagner-kampforganisation-der-anarcho-kommunistinnen-und-bewegung-der-irkutsker-anarchistinnen

Texte russischer Anarchist*innen über den Putschversuch von Wagner.

#Deutsch

We've added a statement by the editorial committee of Autonomous Action, Russia's most consistent anarchist publishing platform, to our collection of statements by Russian anarchist groups regarding the mutiny of the Wagner private military company and the situation it creates:

https://crimethinc.com/WagnerMutiny

Руските анархисти за бунта на ЧВК “Вагнер”

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/24/ruskitie-anarkhisti-za-bunta-na-chvk-vaghnier-statements-from-three-anarchist-organizations

По-долу можете да прочетете три бързо преведени изявления от руски анархистки групи.

#Български

A sighting of our Gender Self-Determination poster in the window of an ice cream store, courtesy of kamcc71 on Tw*tter.

https://store.crimethinc.com/collections/posters/products/gender-self-determination-poster

Since the statements that we published from anarchists in Russia were composed, Yevgeny Prigozhin has announced that his forces that were bound for Moscow have turned around, following negotiations with the ruler of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Prigozhin may have bitten off more than he can chew, but so has Putin in Ukraine—or else he would not have needed Prigozhin in the first place. It remains to be seen how this crisis will play out in Russia in the long run. In Turkey, the failed coup attempt of 2016 enabled President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to consolidate power, but any sign of weakness and disunity can only imperil Putin. The volatile and unpredictable situation that our comrades predict in Russia is likely still ahead of us. It will be for the best if the forces contending in it are not two rival totalitarian despots, or at least, not *only* them.

http://crimethinc.com/WagnerMutiny

Rosyjscy Anarchiści O Buncie Wagnera

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/24/rosyjscy-anarchisci-o-buncie-wagnera-statements-from-three-anarchist-organizations

Poniżej przetłumaczyliśmy pośpiesznie trzy oświadczenia rosyjskich grup anarchistycznych.

#Polski

Мнения анархистов в России насчёт мятежа “Вагнера”

Заявления трёх анархистских организаций

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/24/mnieniia-anarkhistov-v-rossii-naschiot-miatiezha-vaghniera-zaiavlieniia-triokh-anarkhistskikh-orghanizatsii-1

Уже после появления этих заявлений Пригожин объявил, что его силы, направлявшиеся в Москву, повернули назад после переговоров с президентом Беларуси Александром Лукашенко. Возможно, Пригожин откусил больше, чем мог прожевать. Впрочем, как и Путин в Украине, иначе Пригожин был бы ему не нужен.

Нестабильная и непредсказуемая ситуация, которую наши товарищ_ки прогнозируют в России, скорее всего, ещё впереди. Будет лучше, если противоборствующие в ней силы не будут двумя соперничающими тоталитарными деспотами, или, по крайней мере, не только ими.

#Русский

À propos de la mutinerie de Wagner, communiqués d’anarchistes russes

Prises de parole de trois organisations anarchistes

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/24/a-propos-de-la-mutinerie-de-wagner-communiques-danarchistes-russes-prises-de-parole-de-trois-organisations-anarchistes

Nous avons traduit à la hâte trois déclarations émanant de groupes anarchistes russes. Tous sont clandestins par nécessité. Le premier est basé en Sibérie, le second est l’Organisation de combat anarcho-communiste, que nous avions interviewé l’année dernière, et le troisième est le collectif éditorial Avtonom, sans doute la plus importante plate-forme de publication anarchiste encore en ligne.

#Français

Anarchici russi sull’ammutinamento della Wagner

Dichiarazioni da tre organizzazioni anarchiche

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/24/anarchici-russi-sullammutinamento-della-wagner-dichiarazioni-da-tre-organizzazioni-anarchiche

Qui abbiamo tradotto in fretta e furia tre dichiarazioni di gruppi anarchici russi.

Da quando sono apparse le seguenti dichiarazioni, Prigozhin ha annunciato che le sue forze dirette a Mosca hanno fatto marcia indietro, a seguito di negoziati con il sovrano della Bielorussia, Aleksandr Lukashenko. Prigozhin può aver fatto il passo più lungo della gamba, ma lo stesso ha fatto Putin in Ucraina, altrimenti non avrebbe avuto bisogno di Prigozhin.

La situazione volatile e imprevedibile che i nostri compagni prevedono in Russia è probabilmente ancora di fronte a noi. Sarà meglio se le forze che se la contenderanno non saranno due despoti totalitari rivali, o almeno non solo loro.

#Italiano

Anarquistas Russos Sobre o Motim do Grupo Wagner —
Declarações de Três Organizações Anarquistas

Traduzimos três declarações de grupos clandestinos anarquistas russos sobre o motim dos mercenários do grupo Wagner. A primeira está sediada na Sibéria; a segunda é a Organização de Combate Anarco-Comunista; e o terceiro é o editorial coletivo da Avtonom, a plataforma anarquista mais significativa da Rússia.

Leia aqui:

crimethinc.com/MotimWagner

#Português

“Não Somos Mártires”

Uma mensagem de Serge, que sobreviveu a uma tentativa de assassinato da polícia francesa

https://crimethinc.com/SergeVive

Uma tradução da primeira mensagem de Serge desde que a polícia francesa o feriu gravemente junto com muitas outras pessoas durante um protesto em Sainte-Soline em 25 de março de 2023. Serge passou um mês em coma depois que um policial lançou uma granada em sua cabeça. Temos acompanhado com ansiedade a situação dele e é com grande alívio que informamos que ele se recuperou o suficiente para postar a seguinte mensagem.

Como sempre, o Estado põe em perigo a vida daqueles que supostamente protege, culpa as vítimas de seus ataques e depois toma medidas para silenciar os sobreviventes.

#Português

Please circulate this call for solidarity with Soulèvements de la Terre in response to repression in France:

https://lundi.am/Appel-international-de-soutien-aux-Soulevements-de-la-Terre

Scroll down for English.

"Macron’s government has taken an unprecedented step in the repression of social and environmental movements. On June 21, the government decreed the dissolution of Earth Uprisings, which involves over 140,000 supporters and over 150 local groups. This was accompanied by waves of arrests of activists across France...

"We propose to continue making Earth Uprisings visible in public space: in front of social centers, through innoscriptions on walls, with banners and parties, rallies and direct actions, and other actions adapted to our contexts.

"For the global uprisings of the earth, and in solidarity with all who face repression around the world, we are calling for solidarity on June 28 in a variety of ways. Dozens of rallies will be held across France, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Catalonia..."

“There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another… The means employed become, through individual habit and social practice, part and parcel of the final purpose; they influence it, modify it, and presently the aims and means become identical.”

― Emma Goldman, My Disillusionment In Russia

She was born on on this day 154 years ago: June 27, 1869

Ρώσοι Αναρχικοί για την ανταρσία του Βάγκνερ

Ανακοινώσεις από τρεις Αναρχικές Οργανώσεις

https://crimethinc.com/2023/06/24/rosoi-anarkhikoi-gia-ten-antarsia-tou-bagkner-anakoinoseis-apo-treis-anarkhikes-organoseis

#Ελληνικά

For the 54-year anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion, please read our reflection on those events, "Stonewall Means Riot Right Now."

https://crimethinc.com/2020/06/28/stonewall-means-riot-right-now-what-the-queer-uprisings-of-1969-share-with-the-george-floyd-protests-of-2020