Today, 19 November 2022, the “Bloody November” 2019 in Iran was commemorated worldwide, also on the Theaterplatz in Dresden. We were at the rally with a banner to commemorate the murdered people in Iran and to show solidarity with the feminist revolution. There were several hundred people from Leipzig, Chemnitz and Dresden, mainly from the Iranian community.
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Elephant in the Room #43 – Feminist perspective on the Revolution in Iran and the Iranian diaspora
Picture: Woman standing on a burning rubbish bin, waving her veil. Tehran, 1 October 2022, https://freethinker.co.uk
Baharak is an Iranian living in exile for some years already. She had to leave Iran and is now located in Leipzig. We talked about the feminist aspects of the revolution in Iran and the problems which appear with the uprising in the diaspora. The diaspora is as diverse as the people today in the streets of Iran. And different groups claim the revolution for their believes.
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Demonstration, 16 November: Accommodation instead of deportation!
16 November 2022 at 14 o’clock
Demonstration starts: Postplatz Dresden
Accommodation instead of deportation!
No human being is illegal, everybody has the right to stay anywhere!
That’s why we will be on the streets together
From the immigration office to the deportation prison.
Elephant in the Room #42 – Situation of prisoners in Ukraine and Russia during the war
The war in Ukraine has kept everyone’s attention for over eight months now. Many were horrified by the atrocities that accompany war efforts and are ongoing. We see dead soldiers, tortured civilians, sad faces of those who found their relatives killed and happy cries of locals on de-occupied territories. However, not much is known about one of the most marginalised and invisible groups of the population – the prisoners.
In this interview with talk with Masha from ABC-Belarus, who wrote an article about the situation of prisoners in Ukraine and Russia. We focus on the situation of facilities in occupied territories, people inside the prisons, forced labor of prisoners and more.
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FUNDRAISING TOUR: Anarchist struggle in Belarus and repression
Event in Dresden :
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Dinner starts 6 pm, Presentation 6.30pm
AZ Conni, Rudolf-Leonhard-Straße 39, 01097 Dresden
Event will be in english
In 2020 belarusian society rose against the dictatorship of Alexander Lukashenko and his minions. For months people organized, demonstrated and fought for a just and free society. However, the state prevailed and started smashing the protest step by step. It’s been more than 2 years since the beginning of the uprising. Thousands ended up in prison for many years. Among them anarchists and antifascists who stood on the streets with the people. Despite already a long period of time that passed since the protests, the state terror continues, with more arrests on the regular basis for participation in the protests or continuing resistance against the regime.
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