This is bigger than Putin. Rulers always use force to assert their desired sphere of influence. Remember what the democratic Spanish state did when Catalunya sought independence (http://cwc.im/Catalanreferendum)—and what the US did in Chile in 1973.

The problem is the state itself.

This is why the struggle against the invasion of Ukraine has to be a struggle against all nationalism, war, and state power. Otherwise, we will be condemned to experience the same tragic events again in the future.

This is why we support anarchists in Russia and Ukraine.

Read about how Russian anarchists understand the situation:

https://cwc.im/AntiWarRussia

https://cwc.im/RussianAnnexation

https://cwc.im/UkraineFebruary24

And how Ukrainian anarchists see it:

https://cwc.im/Ukraine2022

https://cwc.im/UkraineWar

This war is just one chapter in a long-term fight.

What would Russian oligarchs do if their properties around the world were occupied by squatters?

Think of all the expensive housing properties they speculate on for profit. Some must be empty.

We remember how anarchists squatted mansions in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1917.

Following up our zine about Ukraine, we've prepared a zine collecting statements from Russian anarchists opposing the invasion of Ukraine, exploring its repercussions in Russia and arguing for international solidarity.

https://cwc.im/russiantiwar

Please print and distribute widely!

"Whether Russians decide to support this invasion at great cost to themselves—or to oppose Putin at great risk to themselves—may determine what happens in Ukraine. We owe it to the Russians who are protesting to learn how they see the invasion and what it means for their lives."

From another longstanding Russian anarchist group, another statement against the invasion, emphasizing the complicity of those who make excuses for Putin.

https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/26/russian-anarchists-on-resisting-the-invasion-of-ukraine-updates-and-analysis#the-anarchist-black-cross-of-st-petersburg-statement-against-the-war

Don't listen to random Anglophones about this.

Listen to the ones risking their freedom in Russia, the ones who understand Putin's agenda best.

The Anarchist Black Cross of St. Petersburg Statement against the War
We, the anarchists of St. Petersburg, strongly oppose the imperialist war of conquest unleashed by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. There is no sitting on the sidelines in this conflict and there cannot be.

We believe that a military operation against Ukraine only serves to preserve the current political regime in Russia—to ensure that Putin, who has been in power for more than 20 years, who has unleashed several bloody military attacks, who has repressed dozens of journalists and anti-fascists and opposition activists, who has destroyed freedom of speech and human rights in Russia, who has plunged the vast majority of the population into poverty, can remain the president of the Russian Federation indefinitely.

Those who are culpable for the war crimes that are being committed right now before our eyes—rocket attacks on cities and villages, the killing of civilians, the use of prohibited ammunition—are not only those who give orders and participate in hostilities, but also those who support or excuse these actions directly or indirectly.

We urge everyone by any possible means to demand an end to the war and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine!

No Pasaran!

-Anarchist Black Cross, St. Petersburg

https://news.1rj.ru/str/rupression/4256

There are anarchists and anti-fascists in Kyiv who are fighting against the invasion—just as they were fighting against Ukrainian fascists before this. Putin's effort to smear all those on the receiving end of his invasion as "fascists" is pure propaganda.

https://linktr.ee/Theblackheadquarter

Our podcast is back, offering an hour and a half of background on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including perspectives from anarchists in both Ukraine and Russia on the history of the conflict that led up to this moment.

https://cwc.im/exworker81

Please circulate this widely.

#Ucrania: el contexto de la invasion rusa

https://crimethinc.com/zines/ucrania-el-contexto-de-la-invasion-rusa

Este fanzine recompila unos cuentos y entrevistas de anarquistas ucranianxs, presentando un rango de perspectivas a cerca de la historia de Ucrania y el contexto inmediatamente anterior de la invasión rusa.

#Rusia: lxs anarquistas en contra de la invasión de #Ucrania

https://crimethinc.com/zines/rusia-lxs-anarquistas-en-contra-de-la-invasion-de-ucrania

Esta recopilación presenta cuatro declaraciones hechas por grupos anarquistas Rusos con años de militancia. La recopilación explora que repercusiones tiene la invasión en Ucrania en la sociedad Rusa.

101 years ago this week, sailors on the island of Kronstadt revolted against party dictatorship in favor of self-determination.

To learn what they were fighting for in their own words, read this chronology, including every issue of their daily paper:

https://cwc.im/kronstadt

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"Spring Is Coming: Take to the Streets against the War"

A call from Russian activists to demonstrate on March 6 against the invasion of #Ukraine:

https://cwc.im/RussiaSpring

Defying a new repressive law, people across Russia will demonstrate against the invasion of Ukraine this Sunday. Let's do the same in solidarity with them.

The new episode of our podcast includes interviews with the Committee of Resistance in Kyiv, four statements from Russian anarchist groups mobilizing against the invasion, and a live audio interview with an anarchist refugee from Luhansk inside Ukraine.

https://cwc.im/exworker82

The View from #Ukraine, the View from #Russia

https://cwc.im/UkraineRussiaView

A protester in Russia and an exile from the Donbas region of Ukraine tell their stories, describing the invasion of Ukraine from their vantage points.

Center the voices of ordinary Ukrainians and Russians!

"While some supposed 'leftists' in the English-speaking world have parroted Vladimir Putin’s talking points, excusing the Russian invasion by blaming NATO or speculating that the thousands of Ukrainians who have already been killed must be fascists, we believe that any responsible engagement with these events must center the voices of ordinary Ukrainians and Russians who oppose military aggression. Rather than being mere information consumers, rather than abetting the imperial ambitions of dictators or looking to other self-interested governments to contain those ambitions, we have to build relations of real solidarity with the people who are immediately affected by this invasion—in Ukraine, in Russia, in Belarus, and elsewhere."