Elephant in the room #23 – Ukraine, antifascism and anarchism

A lot of leftists and antifascists believe that there is a fascist junta in Ukraine that came to power after 2014 Maidan protests.

To break that myth and talk in details about the current politics in Ukraine we got together with an anarchist comrade from the country who tells us a bit about what was happening in last years there, why the police is working together with local fascists and what anarchists and antifascists are doing to fight back.

Queer Uprising in Poland

In the last year feminist as well as queer feminist protest was really present in poland. Taking in account, that poland is a conservative and catholic country this was quite a huge mobilization and push towards self organization. The protest was connected with two aspects, on one hand the change of the antiabortion law and on the other hand the increasing homophobic propaganda.
In this interview with a transender anarchist from Warzaw we look back and talk about the queer uprising, the repression and the impact on the queer movement.

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Elephant in the room – FAU and anarchist syndicalism in Germany

Anarchists were and are still an essential part of the workers struggle all around the world. From anarchist syndicates to smaller affinity groups for direct actions against bosses. Today we meet one of the activists of the anarchist union FAU from Jena, who will tell us a bit more about the past, present and the future of syndicalism in Germany.

What are the challenged of the modern anarchist syndicalism and how to move on overcoming them.

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The end of Circle-A era

For last year many of you send us texts for new Circle-A issues. Even more were bombarding us with regular question about where is the next magazine. We believe that for society attacked by coronavirus and capitalism Circle-A would be an important instrument. However the situation inside the collective have changed radically and we have to announce the end of the project.

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