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Anarchist division of Nestor Kalandarishvili in Siberia (1917-1919)

Нестор Каландаришвили

The revolutionary events at the beginning of the last century, and the following civil war, did not leave Siberia unaffected. One of the key, dramatic events at that time unfolded in Irkutsk; as well as the December battles of 1917 and 1919, the partisan war, foreign intervention, and the arrest and execution of the White movement’s leader, A.V. Kolchak.

The main forces of the civil war are considered to be the “Whites” and the “Reds”, but little is said about the participation of anarchists in the fight for freedom.

Solidarity with Alfredo Cospito from Irkutsk anarchists

Alfredo Cospito is an Italian anarchist political prisoner, a member of the "Informal Anarchist Federation" (IFA).
Cospito was convicted for the attack on Roberto Adinolfi, general director of Ansaldo Nucleare, and was later sentenced to life imprisonment for the events of the night of June 2 to 3, 2006 at the Carabinieri Cadet School in Fossano (Cuneo), where two small bombs exploded, causing no death or injuries and no serious damage.

In Omsk, a meeting was held the memory of miners Raspadskaya

In Omsk, June 16 rally memory miners mine Raspadskaya. It has been dated to 40 days after the tragedy, when, after a methane explosion killed about 90 miners. Organized a rally Omsk branch of the Siberian Confederation of Labour (SKT). The purpose of the rally - to express public opinion on the safety at the enterprises of the Russian Federation. At the meeting were invited representatives of the official trade unions from the Federation Omsk Trade Unions (FOS).

Center "E" again excited. At this time in Irkutsk

The victim of the operatives of the Centre for Combating Extremism was the 30-year-old Alex Malinin. His attempt to deprive of liberty for a crime he did not commit. For Alexei excited criminal case under the number 37812 on UD-st.116 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, namely beating without causing injury. Alex is a man with active citizenship, engaged in authorized shares to protect the rights and freedoms, the environment and animals.

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June 11th is the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. This action day has a long history, it was organized first time 20 years ago in 2004. In the first year, we managed to paint a graffiti to wall of one of the most guarded objects of Moscow,...

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Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war...

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