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Week of Solidarity with people in Ukraine

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February 24, 2026 marks the beginning of the fifth year of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. What this means for the lives of people in Ukraine is unimaginable for most people here. Temperatures have been below freezing for weeks. Due to ongoing Russian attacks with drones and ballistic weapons on the energy infrastructure, many cities have no permanent water or electricity supply. Even in apartments in the metropolis of Kyiv, people are freezing at zero degrees.

On January 13, 2026, Holocaust survivor Yevgenia Besfamilnaya is found dead in her apartment. Besfamilnaya translates as “without a name.” As a child, she escaped the Babyn Yar massacre by the Germans in 1941 and later grew up in an orphanage. The systematic Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure proved fatal for her.

With all the crises and wars, it is easy to lose sympathy for individuals; it is numbers, cities, temperatures, drone strikes that we hear every day with half an ear on the news. Ukraine may feel very far away to the German left, and fates such as that of Yevgenia Besfamilnaya may elicit a brief moment of concern.

Some of us traveled to Ukraine ourselves last fall. We learned a lot, our perspective on many things changed, and friendships were formed. That is why we are organizing a week of solidarity with those who are now living and fighting in the fourth year of Russia’s war of aggression: a week of solidarity with the people of Ukraine!

During this week, we want to talk to comrades on the ground, discuss local organizations, get to know the Antifa Gym in Kyiv, and learn from history together with a lecture on the history of Russian imperialism! On Friday, we will show a film about anti-authoritarian activists who have decided to fight with weapons in their hands.

On February 24, a demonstration will take place in the old town to mark the sad anniversary of the Russian offensive.

Solidarity with the struggle for freedom in Ukraine and everywhere in the world where people rise up against authoritarian and fascist oppression!

17.02.-24.02.2026
Week of Solidarity with people in Ukraine | Dresden
EVENTS

Tuesday, 17.02.2026 | 7pm
Solidarity event for Antifa Gym in Kyiv 
Malobeo | slideshow | auction | Solidarity cocktails made from kvass
@Malobeo, Kamenzer Str. 38, Dresden

Soli Veranstaltung für Antifa-Gym in Kyiv 

Wednesday, 18.02.2026 | 6pm
They had no choice – Mensch und Tier im Krieg in der Ukraine
Tierbefreier*innen| input & live interview in german/english
@Hole of Fame,  Königsbrücker Str. 39, Dresden

They had no choice – Mensch und Tier im Krieg in der Ukraine

Thursday, 19.02.2026 | 6pm 
Centuries of militarism of russian empire
OAG | 6pm food | 7pm presentation (en)
@Malobeo, Kamenzer Str. 38, Dresden

Centuries of militarism of russian empire

Friday, 20.02.2026 | 6pm
Movie: Anti-authoritarians at war (EN) and talk
ABC Dresden | movie and talk in english
@Hole of Fame, Königsbrücker Str. 39, Dresden

Anti-authoritarians at war – a documentary by Manon Boltansky and Nico Dix

Dienstag, 24.02.2026 
Demonstration in Solidarity with people in Ukraine
on the anniversary of russian´s full scale invasion
Afterwards vegan Borschtsch @Malobeo | 8pm

Anti-authoritarians at war – a documentary by Manon Boltansky and Nico Dix

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17.02.-24.02.2026
Week of Solidarity with people in Ukraine 
Dresden

Friday, 20.02.2026 | 6pm
Movie: Anti-authoritarians at war (EN) and talk
ABC Dresden | movie and talk in english
@Hole of Fame, Königsbrücker Str. 39, Dresden

Anti-authoritarians at war – a documentary by Manon Boltansky and Nico Dix

“Anti-Authoritarians at War”, a documentary by Manon Boltansky and Nico Dix, was filmed in summer 2024 in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Izium. It follows the people behind the Solidarity Collectives, both those at the forefront and those working behind the scenes. The film illustrates how people make everyday decisions under extreme pressure and how grassroots, non-hierarchical organizing persists even during war.

The film looks at difficult choices, organizing under fire, and solidarity that goes beyond borders.

SOLIDARITY COLLECTIVES is a network of volunteers and activists who support people affected by the war in Ukraine. SC provides humanitarian aid, medical supplies, evacuation support, protective gear, and logistics. Their work is based on mutual aid, horizontal organizing, and international solidarity.

Movie is in English without subtitles

Centuries of militarism of russian empire

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17.02.-24.02.2026
Week of Solidarity with people in Ukraine 
Dresden

Thursday, 19.02.2026 | 6pm 
Centuries of militarism of russian empire
OAG | 6pm food | 7pm presentation (en)
@Malobeo, Kamenzer Str. 38, Dresden

Centuries of militarism of russian empire – from soviet myths of fighting against militarism to modern expansion into the whole world.

For some parts of authoritarian left Russia myth around soviet union was heavily rooted into anti-imperialism and constant struggle for the global revolution. Over 30 years after collapse of the bolsheviks regime we can look at the history of that formation and how it continued imperial policies of the russian empire before the revolution of 1917. We will also have a look at the modern Russian state that finds itself in the permanent war and continuous militarization despite promises of ending Cold War.

We will also have a look at the responses of russian anarchist, leftist and liberal circles to different rounds of wars started by the last dictator of russia Vladimir Putin and why war in Ukraine can break the back of the Emperor.

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

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

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vote fascism out