This is a difficult time to be anti-war and anti-authoritarian in Russia. People were arrested yesterday for opposing the invasion of Ukraine.

Please support the longtime prisoner support group ABC Moscow so they can stand up for Russian protesters who are arrested.

They can receive financial donations here:

https://wiki.avtonom.org/en/index.php/Donate

Here are some telegram channels you can follow for news of the developments in Ukraine:

https://news.1rj.ru/str/nexta_live (not anarchists)

https://news.1rj.ru/str/rebel_queers (Ukrainian anti-authoritarians)

https://news.1rj.ru/str/uantifa (Ukrainian anti-authoritarians)

https://news.1rj.ru/str/ressentiment_channel

Against Russian imperialist aggression: A call from Ukrainian anarchists

Our comrades in #Ukraine are requesting people to demonstrate tonight at 7 pm in front of Russian embassies (or other suitable locations) worldwide.

If Russians can do it—defying Putin and his police—you can do it too.

Please circulate widely!

The Russian embassies and consulates in the US are in NYC, DC, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle.

In Canada, they are in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa.

As the Russian military bombards Ukrainian cities, and the Ukrainian government prepares to respond, the latest episode of the “Revolutions” podcast has just been released. This episode covers the history and theories of the Anarchist Black Army, anarchists and revolutionary peasants who fought in the Ukrainian front of the Russian Revolution.

Direct Link: https://revolutionspodcast.libsyn.com/1087-anarchy-in-ukraine

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revolutions/id703889772?i=1000551821622

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/05lvdf9T77KE6y4gyMGEsD

A hasty translation of a statement from Food Not Bombs Moscow, which just appeared on their Telegram channel:

We will never take the side of this or that state, our flag is black, we are against borders and freeloader presidents. We are against wars and killings of civilians.

Palaces, yachts, and prison sentences and torture for dissenting Russians are not enough for Putin's imperial gang, they should be given war and the seizure of new territories. And so, "defenders of the fatherland" invade Ukraine, bombing residential areas. Huge sums are being invested in murder weapons while the people are impoverished more and more.

There are those who have nothing to eat and nowhere to live, not because there are not enough resources for everyone, but because they are distributed unfairly: someone has a lot of palaces, while others did not even get a hut.

In order to keep and increase the benefits in their hands, the government declares wars. Who will collect their intestines with their hands, who will have their arms and legs torn off by explosions, whose families will bury their children? Of course, all this does not apply to the ruling minority.

We must resist the militaristic regime and the war it is waging with all our might. Spread information among your comrades, fight as best you can. No war but the class war. Solidarity instead of bombs.

In this report, we cover the first day of grassroots resistance to Putin's invasion of #Ukraine in both #Russia and Ukraine and in other parts of the world—including information about how people can support anarchists in both countries, as well as Ukrainians who have been forced to flee.

https://cwc.im/UkraineFebruary24

Graphic by https://twitter.com/lizar_tistry

Authoritarian "leftists" are circulating a paragraph taken out of context from a text written by Ukrainian anarchists to criticize their movement's failures. The authoritarians are alleging that *our comrades* joined fascist groups in Ukraine. This is an outright lie.

Yes, our contacts in Ukraine report that a few people who called themselves anarchists ended up joining the Azov battalion. Obviously, these were not comrades of ours—nor were they ever really anarchists if they did so. Our lives are dedicated to fighting fascism on every front.

We believe it is important to be both critical and self-critical in our movements—even when this opens us up to cheap misrepresentations by our adversaries. Likewise, we center the voices of those on the ground—so we published this material from Ukrainians just as we received it.

We do not believe that a couple so-called anarchists apparently joining a fascist battalion reveals some deep truth about anarchism any more than we think the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is proof that every person who reads Marx is inherently inclined towards allegiances with Nazis.

Right now, the Russian state is inflicting militarized violence across Ukraine in an assault that many of these authoritarians excuse.

We generally ignore trolls on social media, but this smear is an attempt to deflect attention and delegitimize those who oppose the invasion.

In the midst of our efforts to coordinate solidarity with refugees and support Russian anti-war protesters while debating all the different thorny issues that this invasion raises, it is tiresome to have to debunk those who willfully misrepresent us.

Thank you for reading.

Russian Anarchists on the Invasion of Ukraine

https://crimethinc.com/AntiWarRussia

In brave and thoughtful statements, two longtime Russian anarchist groups explain why they oppose the invasion of #Ukraine, exploring the situation in #Russia and how the invasion might shift it.

Russian fliers opposing the invasion, reading “You pay for Putin’s war—taxes, closed borders, poverty, service blockages, information vacuum—no war!” and “No to military invasion of Ukraine: peace to the people, war on the rulers.”

Anarchists marched with this banner in anti-war protests in Moscow on February 24. Even after police dispersed the main demonstration, making many arrests, anarchists regrouped and continued until the police captured them.

The courage these protesters have shown is humbling.

"Anti-authoritarian forces have organized their own international detachment within the framework of the Territorial Defense of Ukraine. In addition, dozens of our friends are defending the capital and large cities with weapons in their hands."

https://linktr.ee/Theblackheadquarter

You can read an interview with a spokesperson for this group here:

https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/24/russia-and-ukraine-grassroots-resistance-to-putins-invasion#interview-the-committee-of-resistance-kyiv