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."

Russia is at war with its own people over the invasion of Ukraine.

By 8 pm Moscow time, police had arrested over 4419 people in 56 cities for protesting against the war. (https://news.1rj.ru/str/gazeta_volja/982)

The call to action for today's demonstrations:

https://cwc.im/RussiaSpring

Stand with Russian and Ukrainian people.

We endorse this fundraiser for anarchists in Sudan who are standing up to a military dictatorship:

https://firefund.net/supportthesudaneseanarchists…

We published this interview with a Sudanese anarchist group two months ago:

https://cwc.im/Sudan2021

Please support them in fighting for their freedom.🏴

Meanwhile, while Twitter is banned in Russia, the official Russian state Twitter account in Vienna is complaining about a "barbaric" action at the Russian embassy in Vienna. Apparently a motorcyclist put a bit of paint on the gates of the embassy, presumably symbolizing the blood of the thousands of Ukrainian civilians that have been murdered since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

https://twitter.com/RusBotWien/status/1500468102550724612

Between 3000 and 5000 people gathered today for an anti-war rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Putin sent Russian troops to Kazakhstan to suppress an uprising in January.

Signs read "Putin, we do not need to be saved," "Kazakhstan is next?" and "Power kills."

https://cwc.im/Almaty2022

While supplies last, we've been including these zines in orders from our online store:

https://store.crimethinc.com

You can also print them yourself at our site, if you want to:

Ukraine zine:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/ukraine-background-russian-invasion

Doxcare zine:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/doxcare

Responding to gunshot wounds:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/demonstrators-guide-to-responding-to-gunshot-wounds

Seven Myths about the Police:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/seven-myths-about-the-police

There’s No Such Thing as Revolutionary Government:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/theres-no-such-thing-as-revolutionary-government

A Hell of a Mistress, the Beautiful Idea—An Interview with Aragorn!

https://crimethinc.com/zines/a-hell-of-a-mistress

War in Ukraine: Ten Lessons from Syria

https://cwc.im/FromSyriaToUkraine

Drawing on their experiences in the Syrian Revolution, Syrian exiles and their comrades discuss (anti-)imperialism, international solidarity, and understanding the nuances of complex and contradictory struggles.

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In March 2011, protests broke out in Syria against the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Assad turned the full power of the military against the ensuing revolutionary movement; yet for some time, it appeared possible that it might topple his government. Then Vladimir Putin stepped in, enabling Assad to stay in power at a tremendous cost in human lives and securing a foothold for Russian power in the region. In this text, a collective of Syrian exiles and their comrades think through how their experiences in the Syrian Revolution can inform efforts to support the resistance to the invasion in Ukraine and the anti-war movement in Russia.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay. 🏴