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Against Fatherland – 5 years of uprising in Belarus – exhibition & events

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Against Fatherland

5 years of uprising in Belarus – exhibition, guided tours & events

07. until 16. October 2025
daily 3-6 pm
at Hole of Fame, Königsbrückerstr. 39, 01099 Dresden

August 9, 2025 marked five years since the uprising in Belarus against Lukashenko’s authoritarian regime. The biggest uprising Belarus had seen since its independence. All parts of the society took to the streets. Since then, people in Belarus have been persecuted for participating in the protests and sent to prisons and camps. The repression continues to this day. At the beginning of September 1187 people were counted as political prisoners.

We would like to take this anniversary as an opportunity to look back at what happened then and how the repression continues to affect people today.

In a photo exhibition, we show the first three nights of the protests in 2020 and the reaction to the massive police violence. We look at specific social groups that participated in the protests and the importance of neighborhood meetings in the uprising. Furthermore, the exhibition shows the extent to which anarchist groups were involved in the events. And the perspective of those imprisoned will be represented through their artistic work created in prison. The specific situation in women’s prisons is also addressed.

Opening event – Tuesday, October 7, 2025 | 7 p.m.
Guided tour of the exhibition

Lecture – Friday, October 10, 2025 | 7 p.m.
What does it feel like to help organize a rebellion?

Guided tour of the exhibition
Saturday, 11 October 2025 | 3 pm in English

Panel Discussion: German Staatsräson as a starting point for a leftist movement?! Migrant perspectives on Antideutsch politics [GER/EN]

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Migration to Germany for political activists from around the globe can be a challenging experience. Among many other problems approach of local leftists and anti-authoritarian structures to the political crisis in the middle east can be seen as strange and quite conservative. Attempts to participate in political debates on that matter is a sure way to isolation if you do not share the established ideas within the german left and liberal society about Israel/Palestine. With all that and despite those challenges there are still a lot of migrants who continue to question the politics of unconditional support of state of Israel as well as xenophobic attitude towards people coming from Middle East.

During this panel discussion migrants organizing in Germany will share their experience of trying to deal with antideutsch tendencies deeply rooted inside leftist circles. From public debates and canceled presentations all the way to actions by german leftists against different parts of migrant communities – we share our experience with each other and those interested in attempt to find a way out of this mess.

Saturday 06.09.2025 20:00-21:30 @Seminarraum

Leftists against left extremism?

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Usage of Left Extremism classification that stems from German secret services as an attempt to pressure AND and Anarchist Days

In past days it came to our knowledge that a certain individual is trying to apply pressure at least on one of the event venues from Anarchist Days to cancel the events and kick out organization from the venue. Reasons provided in the complaint are formal – Anarchist Network Dresden (AND) as well as some of our partners during Anarchist Days are considered left extremist organizations by VS and this should make those providing spaces to Anarchist Days think twice with whom they work.

A few days ago, we learned that an individual is actively trying to sabotage the Anarchist Days in Dresden. In an email to the organizers of one of the A-Days venues, it was stated that the Anarchist Network Dresden itself and several other groups represented at the A-Days with lectures were ‘left-wing extremists’ and were being monitored by the German Verfassungsschutz – so it would be better to think twice about collaborating with us.

Delegitimising left-wing, progressive politics, pushing them out of the city and criminalizing them are moves that we otherwise already know from CDU and AfD politicians. However, the person responsible for these emails is known to us and is considered as part of the left scene in Dresden by some.

We believe this is just a continuation of attempts by certain individuals to sabotage our political work as well as to take away voices of the people who give presentations during A-Days. We are also deeply concerned that more and more individuals inside Dresden left scene appeal to law constructs of the state to fight back political opponents within the city. With the saxonian regional government as well as federal government giving up into the hands of fascist organizations we see such development as a direct support of german state in its fight against left and anarchist structures.

We do not believe there is any space inside the anarchist circles for people who appeal to the states and their structures in attempt to push their own political agenda.

08.06.24 antiauthoritarian-antifaschist block at the Demo #WirSindDieBrandmauer

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You cannot vote fascism out of society!

🫵🏽Being an anti-fascist is not an option, but rather a necessity for all those who believe in a just and equal society, without fascism and all other authoritarian ideologies!

✊🏽We are going together at 08 June 2024 to the demonstration #WirSindDieBrandmauer there will be an antiauthoritarian-antifascist block in #Dresden

meeting point: 3pm Goldener Reiter

You can read more about the topic here:

vote fascism out

Anarchist Days in Dresden 2024 – call for participation

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We invite you to participate in this years Anarchist Days in Dresden by means of a lecture, workshop, concert or socializing.

As anarchists we seem to be lost in the modern time of conflict. Climate disaster, economical exploitation, rise of fascism and wars make activists more confused than ready to act. And event though anarchist movement continues to grow, it fails to develop comprehensive answers to many different challenges.

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