Statement by Russian anarcho-syndicalists and anarchists on the situation in Kazakhstan
We, Anarcho-syndicalists and Anarchists of Russia express our full and complete solidarity with the social protest of the working people of Kazakhstan and send them our comradely greetings!
The current explosion of social protest in Kazakhstan, one of the most outstanding and brightest since the beginning of the new century, has become the apogee of the wave of the strike struggle of oil workers and other categories of workers in the country, which has not stopped since last summer.
Eighty-five years later, the struggle continues, Ferrer, Ascaso, Durruti! They symbolize and remind us of so many anonymous people who gave their lives for the ideals of freedom and social justice.
When we took part in the 2019 climate strikes, we couldn’t imagine that further protests would be paralysed by pandemic. And when the pandemic came, it seemed that, with the apparent decline of some industries some, the state of the planet would improve, at least minimally. But it turns out that we are actually worse off than we thought. The last two years have confirmed that, if there is any hope, the necessary changes will have to address the real causes of the problems. And much more than just touch.
Anarchists and anarcho-syndicalists of Russia send comradely greetings to the working people of Italy!
LONG LIVE FIGHTERING TRIEST!
“(...) we are neither for the government of the majority, nor for the government of the minority; neither for democracy nor for dictatorship. We are for the abolition of the police system" (Errico Malatesta, 1926)
Those of us who are part of Solidaridad Obrera - AIT in the Valparaíso Region are in a process of anarcho-syndicalist agitation, organizational development, incorporation of new militants, and the establishment of our own space.
The International Week Against Unpaid Wages was established in 2019 by the International Workers’ Association (IWA) to point out to the phenomenon of unpaid wages and the possibilities to fight back using anarchosyndicalist methods. This year it will take place from 11th to 17th October. Your participation is more than welcome. Do you have experience with unpaid wages? Would you like to propagate the topic in the streets in your neighbourhood or on social media?
Again we see how the State, together with those who hide behind a false patriotism, they encourage hate speech towards people migrants. We have seen that, faced with the complacency of the forces of order, and before the silence of the people who declare themselves lovers of the peace, families with children have been violated generating a terror of hordes that have mercilessly destroyed and attacked those who only seek a possibility of starting a decent life away from governments dictatorships and the economic crises they suffer in their places of origin.
On Friday 25th to Sunday 27th June 2021 the IWA Plenary and Extraordinary Congress took place. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions both meetings were organised online, not in-person in Bratislava as was initially planned. Most of the IWA-AIT affiliates (Sections and Friends) were able to attend. Since it was online, our meetings were not interrupted by repressive regimes and travel visas. In the report that follows we summarise what was discussed and how Priama Akcia as the host Section of the IWA-AIT evaluates the meetings.
